Episode 993
 
Reckless, Like I Promised
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: November 10, 2023

Episode Theme song: "Anyone Who Loves Me" Charlotte Cardin


Previously on One Day at a Time
- Tara revealed herself to Kim while still holding her at gun point
- Melissa told Nicholas that Clayton isn't who he claims to be
- Dale knocked out Helen after she realized he was planning revenge and was the one who hit Dawn with his car
- Lois Kam told Natasha, Robin and Leah that the majority of Cory's estate was going to the women he loved. All three thought it was her that he was talking about
- Will and Bryce reunited with Eva and Victoria at the Calimo cabin
- Tyler was furious when Abby dropped the lawsuit with Frederick and Felicia
- Lukas saw Jeff and Meggan together after he had proposed to his sister

The Lawson Estate; Greg, Kim & Cheresa's Home

Another huge thunder bolt blasts outside and shakes the Lawson estate a little as a terrified Kim looks back at Tara, who just revealed herself to Kim. She can't believe that the woman that kidnapped Cheresa last year is standing in front of her, with a new, altered face as Tara revealed that she used the money that Robbie paid her with to get a new face once she escaped the police because she wanted to get back at everyone who crossed her.

"You…you're Tara?" a stunned Kim finally says back to her as more lightning flashes in the sky, which illuminates the window. "How is this possible? And what do you want?"

Tara glares back at her as she continues to point the gun in Kim's direction. "I told you, I want revenge on those who crossed me."

Kim shakes her head in horror. "No one crossed you! You kidnapped Cheresa! We were saving her from you! If anyone should want revenge, it's me and Cheresa!"

"You? Why would you want revenge?" Tara asks her coldly.

"Maybe you don't remember," Kim looks back at her. "But those boxes collapsed on me and as a result, my baby, it didn't make it. My baby died because of you and your plan!"

Tara rolls her eyes back to her. "I was just following orders," she snips back to her. "It was your ex-husband that hired me to scare Cheresa! I just took it to the next level."

"You're crazy," Kim looks back at her. "Not only did you kidnap Cheresa but you changed your face and have been pretending to be someone else? Who the hell does that?"

"You shut your mouth right now," Tara yells back at her as another thunder bolt can be heard. "Or else I will shut you up, for good."

The Calimo Mansion

Natasha, Robin, and Leah all sit on the sofa in the living room of the Calimo mansion while they face Lois Kam, who has just revealed that the majority of Cory's estate is going to be left the woman that he always loved; the woman that was in his heart. Naturally, all three women, who had history with Cory, are sitting there believing that Cory has left her the majority of his estate.

"Well, Lois," Robin looks over at the lawyer. "Please, don't keep us waiting. Who did Cory leave the rest of his estate too?"

"Ms. Calimo," Lois looks over at Natasha. "Before we continue, how is Sophie? She was here but she left. Is she okay?"

Natasha uneasily nods back to her. "She will be okay; she's devastated by Cory's passing but she will move on in time. Thank you for asking."

"Of course," Lois smiles back to her. "I know that this is incredibly difficult, especially since Cory was still so young."

"What does the rest of the will say?" Leah asks her. "Who did Cory leave the rest of his estate too? The woman that he loves? Who was that?"

Lois purses her lips back to her before she looks back at the will. "Robin, it's you. Cory said that you were the woman in his heart that he loved, so you are now the owner of his penthouse and will receive the rest of his money."

"Me?" Robin gasps as she covers her mouth as tears fill her eyes, as Natasha and Leah look at her, feeling somewhat jealous that they weren't the love of Cory's life. "I…I don't know what to say."

"I don't think there's anything to say," Lois replies to her. "I'll be in touch with the details of transferring all items respectfully. In the meantime, I hope you all can take some comfort in Cory's final wishes. I'll see myself out."

"Thank you," Robin tells her as a tear falls down her cheek before she turns and hugs Natasha and then Leah, still stunned that Cory left her the majority of his estate.

***

On the other side of the living room, Antonio stands with a scotch in his hand looking out of the French doors as the rainstorm continues outside. He looks at the three women sitting on the sofa and can tell that they are emotional while listening to Lois read Cory's final will. He can't wait until it's over so he can take Robin home and put this part of the night to an end.

He turns back to look at the rain while more thunder bolts in the sky as he recalls getting that phone call in his office earlier in the evening.

[FLASH]

"Tell me you did the job," Antonio says into his phone. "Tell me that you tampered with the Calimo private jet to ensure it will go down?"

He listens as his goon responds to him quickly as he gets a sly grin on his face. "Perfect, good work, thank you, you didn't let me down."

[FLASH]

He comes back to present day when another lightning strike flashes across the sky as he gets a sly grin on his face.

"I thought if Cory was out of the picture, I could be with you Robin," he whispers to himself as he looks over at the woman, who is hugging Natasha. "And now that I have ensure that has happened, I will be with you. I won't settle for anything less."

The Richardson Estate; Meggan, Lukas, Donovan, Logan & Olly's Home

"Where did you disappear you in the middle of this storm?" Meggan asks her brother as she turns around and sees Lukas moving into the living room of the mansion that they live in together. She knows that they had been talking earlier but he said he wanted to go out and just left without reason. Had it not been pouring rain, she would have gone to bed, but she wanted to ensure he got home safely. "Is everything okay?"

Lukas moves to the bar and pours himself a brandy before he looks back at his sister. "I…I went for a drive," he looks back at her as more thunder booms outside. "After you told me about your proposal earlier, I went to find Jeff."

"What? Why would you do that?" Meggan asks him in confusion.

"Because," Lukas tells her before he takes another sip of his brandy. "I thought he owed it to you, to both of you, to allow you to give him an answer to his question. I mean, who does that? Who asks someone to marry them but rushes off before he can get a response?"

Meggan shrugs back to him. "To be fair, he did just find out that someone died."

"Yea, but who called him?" Lukas asks her quickly. "His damn ex-wife! Jeff will always have a pull to her."

"Where is this coming from, Lukas?" Meggan asks him quickly. "Why are you being so hard on Jeff now?"

"Because," Lukas looks back at her with an intent. "I went to Leah's house and I saw them together."

Meggan arches her eyebrow back to him. "What do you mean? Who was together?"

"Jeff and Leah," he reveals to her, as Meggan feels the blood drain from her face. "And they were in each other's arms. So, if you want a reason to say no to his marriage proposal, I just gave you one."

The Calimo Cabin

"Dinner was lovely, thank you Victoria," Eva tells her daughter as she, Victoria, Bryce and Will move back into the living room of the Calimo cabin. Victoria just finished serving the four of them dinner, as they were reunited earlier in the evening when Will and Bryce showed up at the cabin. While things have been tense between Victoria and Bryce, dinner was relatively calm and now, they are looking forward to enjoying the evening before they head to bed.

"Yea, Vic, I had missed your cooking," Bryce smiles over to his wife. "I am glad that I found you, I was so worried about you."

"And I was determined to find you," Will says as he looks over at Eva. "Once I realized that you were alive."

"I am just grateful that we were able to escape Raven's Meadow and Frederick," Victoria admits to them. "There was a time when we were in that padded cell that I wasn't sure if we would ever escape."

"But here we are," Eva moves up to her daughter. "And remember, we have a plan to ensure that Frederick can't hurt us again."

"You have a plan?" Bryce asks them back. "What plan is that? And how can Will and I help with that?"

Victoria uneasily looks over at Eva wondering if she can trust Bryce; she knows that he has apologized for working with Frederick, but he explained that he was being blackmailed, first by Vinny and then the doctor. She wants to believe her husband, but she can't help but wonder if he will be blackmailed again into helping him.

"Well," Eva looks back at her daughter and gives her a nod of approval, knowing that they could use the help. "We found this secret office in the hospital. We stayed there overnight before we left."

"We were there too," Will reveals to them.

"We saw all these files," Victoria tells them. "And we brought some here with us," she explains as she points to the boxes of files.

"You see, we had hoped that we could read the files and find out something incriminating against Frederick and use that to ensure he stays away from us," Eva reveals to them.

"Have you found anything yet?" Bryce asks them curious if their plan has worked.

"Not yet," Eva shakes her head back to him. "But there are so many files, it might take us a while."

"Not if we help" Will suggests to them before he looks over at Will. "If we all start reading those files, it might go faster."

"You guys would do that?" Victoria asks him quickly.

"Of course, we would," Bryce smiles back to her as more thunder booms in the storm. "We will do anything we can to help you guys win this war against Frederick."

Raven's Meadow

Leah quickly moves down the hallway of the hospital as she needs to see Frederick. After Cory's will was read, Leah looked at her phone and saw messages from Tyler indicating that Abby had revoked the restraining order that Dominick put in place to ensure Frederick had to stay away from Felicia. She can't believe that this is happening because now, Frederick has free control over her mother and that is the last thing that she wants to have happen.

She reaches the Chief of Staff's office door and opens it just another loud crackle of thunder can be heard in the storm. "You're still here, good, we have to talk," she announces as she slams the door closed behind her.

"Oh my daughter, what brings you by this evening," Frederick asks as he stands up from behind his desk and looks over at Leah.

"Please don't call me that," she rolls her eyes back to him, still hating the fact that Frederick is her biological father. "And you know damn well why I'm here. How did you get Abby to drop the restraining order against Felicia?"

Frederick chuckles back to her as lightning flashes in the sky outside. "My dear, I believe that is a question to ask Abigail. Perhaps, since she has taken over as Dominick's wife, she realized that there was no reason for there to be a restraining order in the first place?"

"Cut the bullshit," Leah snaps back to him. "You have never given me a straight answer, I don't know why this would be any different."

"What does that mean?"

"I've asked you for months about my missing child," Leah hisses back to him. "And you have done nothing to help me find him. I only found out that it was a boy when I found your secret room at the winery in Santa Barbara! You have a grandson out there, and you've done nothing to help me find him! Why would I think this, when you are obsessed with my mother, would be any different?"

"Leah…"

"Just shut up, Dad," she yells at him. "You and I, we will never have a relationship. Ever! Do you hear me? Not as long as you continue to feel the need to play God with my life and my families lives!"

The Young Estate, Boston; Melissa & Phil's Home

Nicholas looks back at his mother in shock as she just admitted to him that Clayton isn't who he claims to be. He has no idea what Melissa is talking about, but he needs to find out because it might be his way to get out of this shame of a marriage he has found himself in with Clayton. He wants nothing more than to be able to reunite with Andy and try to move from this entire mess.

"You have to be more specific with me," Nicholas looks at Melissa, who is taking a sip of her red wine. "What, exactly, do you mean that Clayton isn't who he claims to be?"

"I don't know that I should say anything else on the subject," Melissa waves her hand in the air. "I have said far too much as it is."

"You won't do that to me," Nicholas warns her. "We had a deal, mother! You were going to tell me everything you know about Clayton or I was walking out that front door and I wouldn't be coming back! I will still leave you here and never look back if you're not honest with me."

"Why do you always have to do this to me!" Melissa squeals back to him. "Isn't it enough that I've given you this head start? You can use this and put two and two together!"

"Tell me what the hell is happening here!"

"Fine!" Melissa yells back at him. "Clayton…he's not a Wilkins at all! He isn't related to Olivia, Preston, Madeline or Reese…"

Nicholas feels the blood drain from his face at her revelation. "What? How is that possible?"

"It doesn't matter but that is the truth! Is that what you wanted?"

"My God," Nicholas whispers to himself, realizing what this means. "If this is true, then Clayton can't blackmail me anymore because he wouldn't have access to Preston and Olivia's money…oh My God…this changes everything!"

The Black House; Helen & Dawn's Home

Helen's eyes slowly open but she quickly feels disorientated as her head is throbbing in pain. She tries to remember what happened to her or where she is but the pain is almost too much for her. She hears another loud clap of thunder outside as the rainstorm continues. She opens her eyes again and tries to focus; she tries to move her arms and legs but she realizes that she can't move them, which panics her.

She forces her eyes open and she looks around, not recognizing the space that she is in. She looks down, however, and sees that she is sitting in a chair but her arms and legs are still not able to move.

It's then she realizes that she is tied to the chair. She tries to scream but she realizes that she has a gag in her mouth. The noise, however, causes someone to appear in an opening on the side of the room that she's in.

"You're awake," Dale says as he emerges as lightning flashes behind Dale, which causes Helen to realize that she is almost outside. "Good, I had hoped I hadn't killed you. Not yet, at least. I want to savor that moment."

Helen squirms in the chair and tries to scream as Dale chuckles back to her. "You want to know where you are? I am surprised, I mean, I guess I am not surprised, that you don't recognize the place."

Helen looks back at him in horror as another thunder boom echoes behind her. "You're in the treehouse in your backyard," he whispers back to her. "I'm going to kill you in the same place that you and Adam killed Mallory. How's that for karma?"

The Lawson Estate; Greg, Kim & Cheresa's Home

"Please, Tara, I'm begging you, you don't have to do this," Kim pleads with the woman that is holding her at gun point. "Just put the gun down and we can talk about this. I … I promise that I can help you."

Tara laughs back at her as more thunder echoes outside in the storm. "No one can help me now," she spits back to her. "This has gone on far too long. There's only one thing left to do…"

"Please," Kim tells her as a tear falls down her cheek. "Don't kill me! If it's money that you want, I have a lot of it. I can help you…"

"And then what about my revenge?" Tara taunts her. "No, the more I think about this, the more perfect it is. I can get revenge on Robbie, Greg and Cheresa all by one single action."

"And what's that?"

"By killing you," Tara chuckles back to her as lightning flashes, which illuminates the window in the bedroom just as she fires the gun twice! Two bullets fly through the air as Kim screams in horror! The bullets hit Kim; she grabs her chest and then looks at her hand, which is covered in blood. Kim's body then crumbles to the ground as Tara starts to chuckle as more thunder booms behind her.

Next on One Day at a Time
- Meggan makes a decision
- Ethan admits to Paige he needs to get away
- Will Kim be saved?

 
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