Episode 1053
 
Beauty is the Terror
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: May 09, 2024

Episode Theme song: "Every Angel is Terrifying" the Weeknd

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Andy thought he was going crazy when he found muddy footprints in his condo but no other sign of life
- Penny admitted to Gordy that she and Cory kissed
- Andrew summoned Antonio to find out what he is planning with his blackmail scheme
- Madeline asked Tyler if he had feelings for Kim
- Bryce heard Chantel admit to Will that she misses her child
- Victoria saw Ethan kiss Abby

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Will moves up to the file room with a sly grin on his face. Earlier in the day, he met Chantel in the cafeteria, and they have, seemingly, become fast friends. He recalls how she has mentioned that she, sometimes, misses the child that she gave up for adoption. He hopes that she can find the peace that she needs as he can tell that she is struggling. He was, also, a little surprised to hear that she had a child because when he first met Chantel, he had gotten some gay vibes from her, and so he thought that she was a lesbian. If anything, it has made him realize that he can't judge a book by its cover.

He uses his pass card to unlock the file room door and he moves inside, where he sees Chantel sitting at the small desk, as she types into the computer as she is digitalizing some files.

"Hey," Will says, causing her to turn around and look at him. "These files, we are done with them at the nurses station. I was hoping that you could handle them for me?"

"Of course, I can," Chantel stands up from her chair and moves towards and grabs the files from his hand. "I just hope they aren't needed on a rush basis? I have a lot to do today."

"Nah, you can take your time," Will replies to her. "This place, it's looking great, by the way. You, Cheresa, and Bryce, you're doing a great job."

Chantel chuckles back to him. "Thank you," she tells him. "I don't know Bryce as well as I do Cheresa, but she's a great gal to work with."

"Yea, she seems really cool."

"Do you mind if I'm honest with you?" Chantel asks him as he nods back to her. "And just keep this between us, okay?"

"Of course."

"I've found myself often being attracted to Cheresa," Chantel admits to him. "And before you ask, since you know about my son, I am bi-sexual."

Will chuckles back to her. "No judgement from me; I think people can be attracted or be with whomever they choose to be. That being said, can I give you some advice?"

"Yes, that's why I told you how I was feeling."

"Be careful," Will warns her. "Cheresa has been with her girlfriend for a number of years, and they've been through a lot together. I don't want you to get your hopes up only for them to be dashed."

Tyler's Townhouse

"You've had some time to think since you showered," Madeline chuckles to Tyler, who emerges from the washroom with a white towel wrapped around his waist. They have been continuing their conversation about their possible future after they had sex earlier in the morning, but Madeline has been asking Tyler if he still has feelings for Kim. He noted that he will always think fondly of Kim because of their history and connection to Blake, but Madeline still suspects that there is more to his feelings. "Are you ready to answer me? Are you ready to tell me if you have feelings for Kim?"

Tyler uses the second towel that is in his hand to dry some more of his hair. "That's almost everything I thought about while cleaning up."

"Almost?"

"Well, I was hoping you'd end up joining me," he winks back to her.

"That could be arranged, but I still think we need to get all of our cards down, Tyler," Madeline tells him. "I know what I saw that day in the cemetery, you can't tell me that there's nothing between you and Kim."

"It's complicated," Tyler admits to her as he sits next to her on the sofa. "Kim and I, we shared a child together; a child that was tragically taken from us too soon. Like I said earlier, we are bonded together in ways that no one will ever understand. And at the end of the day, she's married to Robbie, and they are, seemingly happy."

"I get that you and Kim are bonded," Madeline looks back at him. "But if she wasn't married to Robbie, would you want to pursue her? Deep down, do you still have feelings for her?"

"I…I guess I do," Tyler admits to her. "I always have, and probably always will. But like I said, she's married to Robbie, so my feelings for her, do not need to interfere in anything that goes on between you and me."

The Cascade Apartments

Victoria continues to stand in the hallway of the Cascade Apartments as she peers through the doorway of Ethan's unit, as he kisses Abby in his living room. Victoria, earlier, had encouraged Ethan to fight for Abby if he still has feelings for her, because if she remarries Dominick, he would have lost her forever. Victoria encouraged Ethan because she wanted to try to save Eva's marriage to Dominick. When she got to the apartment, she was able to stop the door from closing when Abby arrived, and to her surprise, they are kissing, which means her plan is working perfectly.

Inside the apartment, Abby pulls away from Ethan and tries to catch her breath as the kiss was incredible. "Ethan," she gasps for some air. "We…we can't do this. I'm going to be marrying your grandfather!"

"But why?" Ethan asks her as they move further away from one another. "It's clear that there is something between us, Abby."

"I am not denying that," Abby replies to him. "But the fact is, I should still be Mrs. Dominick Robertson. Dominick, he pulled me out of a very dark time of my life. We connected after I lost my son, Sonny. And after I killed my mother in self-defense. There is a part of me that will always love him."

"But are you in love with him?" Ethan asks her quickly. "Because you might love him, but I think you know that you're in love with me. The same way that I am in love with you."

"What did you just say?" Abby asks him in surprise.

"You heard me," he says as he moves closer to her and caresses her cheek. "I am in love with you, Abby. And even if you marry Dominick, my feelings, they won't change."

"I…I don't know what to say."

"Don't say anything," Ethan whispers as he leans in closer to her. "Let me show you how much you mean to me," he says as their lips start to touch again, and quickly the kiss becomes more and more passionate.

The Tower's, Floor One; Andy's Condo

Andy feels his heart racing a million miles per second as he moves back into the living room of his condo. He arrived earlier to collect some of his personal belongings as he is planning on moving in with Nicholas today, but when he arrived, he was stunned to see muddy footprints on the carpet in the living room. When he looked at the footprints, the mud was still fresh and ended up on his hand.

Panicked, he rushed through the entire condo, but didn't see any other sign of life, which has made him wonder what, exactly, is going on. When he gets back to the living room, he can see the muddy footprints again.

"How did this happen?" he asks himself as he closes his eyes and thinks back to his last nightmare about Clayton. The vision of Clayton was one where he was covered in dirt and mud because after Andy accidently killed him in self-defense, he and Nicholas buried him at the Victors mansion. "Is this real? Or is this a part of my nightmare? Oh my God, am I losing it completely?"

He moves back into the kitchen and starts opening some of the cupboards. He opens one and pauses as he looks at a bottle of whiskey. He reaches for the bottle and pulls it out of the cupboard. He slowly opens the bottle and moves it to his nose. He takes a deep smell of the alcohol and jumps when his cell phone rings. He puts the bottle down and moves to the table where he sees Nicholas' name on the screen.

"Hey," his voice cracks when he speaks. "No, I'm not alright," he tells Nicholas as a tear falls down his cheek and he looks back at the bottle of whiskey. "And I don't know if I am going to be."

Penny's Farmhouse; Holdenville, Oklahoma

Gordy feels the blood drain from his face as he continues to stand in the kitchen of Penny's farmhouse as he just revealed to him that while he was away at the last auction, she and Cory shared a kiss. He knew that he could feel that something was happening between them as he could feel their chemistry, so to get confirmation from his fiancé is both satisfying but also infuriating. He feels like he was just punched in the stomach, and he realizes that he was right all along; the reason Penny has been so resistant to make wedding plans is because she has been pining away after the man that she saved from the plane crash.

"Please say something," Penny looks back at him, as she can tell that his blood is boiling. "The kiss, Gordy, it was just an one time thing, okay? There is nothing going on between me and Cory!"

"Bullshit," Gordy fumes back at her. "If the kiss was nothing, you would have told me about it as soon as I got here; instead, it was like pulling teeth for you to be honest with me, Pen."

Gordy, then, rushes past her and moves towards the stairs. "Where are you going?" she asks him as she follows him, realizing that he is going to confront Cory.

Gordy pushes the door to Cory's bedroom open and immediately punches him in the face. "Gordy stop!" Penny squeals as she moves up to Cory, who falls backwards from the unexpected blow.

"What the hell?" Cory asks him as he notices that his nose is bleeding.

"That's for kissing my fiancé, you son of a bitch!" Gordy yells at him. "And there's a lot more of where that came from."

"Gordy," Penny glares back at him. "That's enough! You get the hell outta my house, now! I will not have violence in here!"

Gordy chuckles back at her. "You kiss another man, I get mad, and I have to leave? What the hell has happened to you, Penny? What the hell has happened to us?"

"I told you, the kiss just happened, but you're the one lashing out!" Penny yells at him before she turns to Cory and looks at him. "Are you okay?"

"I'll be fine," Cory nods back to her. "But I think you and Gordy need to settle this once and for all. I think we need to figure this out, right now."

The River Rock Casino

"You should both know that I do not take well to threats," Antonio crosses his arms over his chest as he looks over at Andrew and Daisy, who summoned him to Andrew's suite at the casino. Once he moved into the room, Andrew told him that they had to get a few things straight, which Antonio doesn't take well too. "I am the one in control here, not you. But I don't think that I have to remind you about that."

"Daisy told me that you're blackmailing us into staying at this damn casino," Andrew huffs back to him. "And we are here to tell you that it won't work. We won't give into you or your threats. We have the money to pay back your stupid loan and we are leaving."

Daisy gulps not realizing that Andrew was going to defend their choice to leave so boldly. She has no idea how Antonio is going to react, but she hopes that he will back down.

Antonio chuckles back to him before he looks at Daisy. "So, you're okay with the world knowing that you were sleeping with many men for money? You want your friends and family to know that you were a common whore?"

"Shut your mouth," Andrew yells at him. "You won't talk to her that way!"

"And what about you?" Antonio looks back at him with intent. "Do you really want your secret to come out, Andrew?"

"You don't know anything," Andrew calls his bluff.

"That's where you're wrong," Antonio glares back at him. "I know everything that I need to know, and you know that your world would come crashing down around you if I say anything."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Daisy asks him quickly. "What secret do you have on Andrew?"

Antonio arches his eyebrow back to Andrew. "Oh, you haven't even told your current lover about your past romantic adventures?" Antonio shakes his head back to the younger man. "Well, let me tell you, Daisy. Andrew, he's been with a few women, and some of those encounters have resulted in a pregnancy. Yes, Andrew he's a father."

"What?" Daisy gasps back in surprise. "Andrew? Is that true?"

"It's true," Antonio chuckles to her. "You know, when Albertinah was in the hospital, usually parents are the ones that can donate bone marrow. That was the case, a parent did donate his bone marrow to her."

Daisy looks at Andrew in confusion. "What is he saying? You…you and Trenyce?"

"Andrew is the father of baby Albertinah," Antonio proudly announces as Daisy gasps and Andrew feels the blood drain from his face at the revelation.

Next on One Day at a Time
- Daisy confronts Andrew
- Victoria gets an eyeful
- What will happen between Penny and Gordy?

 
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