Episode Theme song: "To be Alive" Rina Sawayama

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Clayton & Nicholas came face to face in Andy's condo
- Leah was determined to break up Victoria and Bryce
- Cheresa told Abby that she is pregnant
- Robbie saved Kim and Tyler from the boardroom, just as Tyler was about to kiss her
- Antonio was shot at the engagement party. Madeline told Robin and Isabelle that he died from his injuries
- Natasha and Max were with Sophie when she started to come out of her coma
- Leah and Jeff realized that Meggan fell off the wagon

Twin Peaks General Hospital

The sunlight creeps into Sophie's hospital room as a new morning has arrived in Twin Peaks. Shane hovers over Sophie while Natasha is at the foot of the bed. He opens her eyes and flashes the light into them. He nods his head and then makes a note in her file, which causes Natasha to arch her eyebrow.

"Well? How is she? I could have sworn that last night she was waking up," Natasha tells Shane, who sets the file down on the end table. "She was making noise and stuff."

"The body sometimes does that," Shane looks back at her. "That doesn't mean that Sophie is waking up."

"Oh, I see," Natasha sighs back to him, feeling her heart break in her chest. She had really hoped that Sophie making some noises the previous night was a sign that her daughter was going to emerge from her coma. "I guess I had hoped…"

Natasha stops mid-sentence when Sophie, suddenly, starts making small moaning noises again. She looks at Shane and points at her daughter. "You see? This is what she was doing last night, Shane?"

Shane looks back at Sophie and leans over her. "Sophie? Can you hear me? It's Shane, you're in the hospital. Sophie?"

To his, and Natasha's surprise, Sophie's eyes start to flutter open and she looks around the room.
"Sophie? Sophie, oh my God," Natasha cries as she rushes up next to her daughter. "You came back to me, you really came back to me!"

Dominick's Townhouse

Abby paces back and forth in the living room as her mind races about the previous night when she was feeling faint so she went to the hospital, where Cheresa ran some tests and ultimately told her that she is pregnant. Abby barely slept a wink after that as she can't help but realize that Ethan, must, be the father of the baby because she hasn't been able to make love to Dominick since they reunited because he hasn't felt strong enough as he is still recovering from his stroke and coma.

"This is a disaster," she whispers to herself. "I am finally happy with Dominick again, and this has to happen? My God, my marriage to him could be over before it even begins. No, no," she shakes her head. "I won't let this happen! I won't lose Dominick, not after everything we've been through!"

She freezes when she sees Dominick emerge in the living room. "You were up early, darling, is everything okay?" Dominick asks her as he moves to the bar and pours himself a cup of coffee.

"Oh, I'm fine," Abby sighs back to him. "The truth of the matter is, the excitement I'm feeling is making me not want to sleep."

"Excitement?" Dominick chuckles before he takes a sip of his coffee. "What are you so excited about?"

"Do you even have to ask?" Abby asks him with a grin on her face. "Our wedding, of course! I can't wait for us to get married, Dominick. In fact, I think we should get married as soon as possible!"

Dominick moves closer to her and kisses her on her lips. "Well my darling, your wish is my command. We can get marred as soon as you'd like."

"I was hoping you'd say that," Abby winks back to him, as she hopes that by marrying Dominick she will be able to forget about the fact that she's carrying his grandson's child.

The Pier

Nicholas swiftly walks down the pier. He and Clayton came face to face the previous night in Andy's condo and they both admitted that they had a lot to lose in the situation. Once they realized they were at a stalemate, they agreed to meet the following morning next to the old storage lockers. Nicholas just hopes that he can trust Clayton, because after everything that has happened, he just wants this to end.

Nicholas looks at the old Lawson storage locker and takes a deep breath. He knows that so much has happened in the particular locker room as previously Brooke Lawson was the Rose Peddle killer and that's where she was hiding out. Then, Cheresa, was kidnapped and held hostage there.

"Hopefully nothing like that happens today," he whispers to himself as he sees someone sitting with their hoodie over their head on a nearby bench. "Here goes nothing," he says moving up to the man. "Clayton? Good morning."

Clayton looks up at him and stands up from the bench. "Morning Nicholas," Clayton tells him. "Did you think about what we are going to do?"

"I didn't think of anything else all night," Nicholas admits to him. "And, I think I've come up with a fair solution to this mess."

"I'm listening. What do you think is fair?"

"I won't press charges on your or stalking or gaslighting Andy, and you won't press charges on Andy for hitting you over the head that night, because we both know that you were attacking me at the time," Nicholas tells him. "And you leave town, for good, Clayton. It ends this entire cycle of hurt and deception, and we can all move on with our lives freely. What do you say?"

"I say it sounds like you and Andy win, again," Clayton grits his teeth back to him. "How is that fair?"

"Fair? You are the last person to be talking about fair, Clayton. Besides, we still have no idea how or why you did any of this?"

Clayton sighs back to him. "You want the truth?" he asks as Nicholas nods back to him. "I was struggling in Boston for years; you know, not making a lot of money. One day, I met this woman, who took an interest in me, but I had no idea why. She offered me a lot of money to come to Twin Peaks and, as she said, scare someone. I really didn't know what or why, but when I saw how much she offered me, I took the job."

"That was my mother?" Nicholas asks him.

"Yea," Clayton admits to him. "That's when I pretended to be a Reese ghost in your mansion. I didn't understand the gravity of that until I got to know you, Andy, and Madeline. And then, to be honest, this back and forth about whether or not I was or wasn't a Wilkins, it got all very confusing. I have no idea what to believe about any of it. And that night, when I went to confront you and Andy, I...I never meant to hurt or scare anyone when I picked up that fireplace poker...but I never expected Andy to try to kill me."

"It was self-defence, and you know that," Nicholas sighs to him. "My mother has caused us enough pain, Clayton, all of us. You've done some horrible things, but you were just a pawn in my mother's game. But, Clayton, come on, do you really want to get revenge on Andy and I forever? We are in love, you have to know that we will end up together in the end. You always creating conflict will do no one any good. I mean, don't you want to find love the way you deserve too? Come on, take this deal, leave town without any of us going the police; it is the best and fairest thing or all of us to do. So, do we have a deal Clayton?"

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Leah finishes the piece of bacon on her breakfast plate before she picks up her napkin and wipes her mouth. She came to the restaurant for a quick breakfast before she plans to head into Robertson Enterprises as she has a busy day planned. She can't help but think about the previous night at the masquerade party where she and Jeff learned that Meggan and Bryce shared a kiss before they revealed that Bryce is actually Noah; this, combined with the fact that Frederick faked Noah's death, has caused Meggan to fall off the wagon. She just hopes that they can get Meggan under control, but once she starts drinking, they have no idea what she is capable of.

"I can't focus on that completely," Leah sighs to herself as she takes a sip of her coffee. "I have to deal with the fact that Victoria is still married to my son and she is working at my family company. I have to keep my eyes on that woman because I don't trust her as far as I can throw her."

She looks up and sees Bryce moving into the restaurant. She quickly grabs her purse and makes a beeline for her son. "Bryce, hi," she says to him. "Good morning."

"Morning Leah," Bryce uneasily looks back at his mother. He never knows what to expect when she approaches him as she has been relentless in her quest to have them reconnect as mother and child.

"You should be proud of me," she chuckles to him as he arches her eyebrow. "I didn't call you Noah just now. See, I'm getting better."

"Only you just mentioned it now," he tells her. "I heard from Jeff that Meggan is drinking again. That can't be a good thing."

"It's not," Leah sighs back to him. "But that's the least of my worries right now. I'm determined to make you see the light about Victoria," Leah tells him. "And I have to get that woman out of my family company."

Bryce runs his hands through his hair. "One step forward with you not calling me Noah and five steps back with you bashing my wife," he tells her. "Like I said, Leah, if you want anything, anything at all, to happen between us, you will have to accept Victoria as my wife. And that's final. Now, if you'll excuse me."

Bryce rushes away from Leah who sighs heavily. As he moves to his table near the back of the restaurant, he can't help but see Meggan sitting at a table with a Bloody Mary in front of her. He moves closer to her table and sits across from her.

"I heard that you're drinking again," he looks over at his Aunt. "What are you thinking?"

Meggan grins back at him. "Good news travels fast, huh?" she chuckles before she takes a sip of her drink. "There's nothing like vodka in the morning."

"I think…I think you should stop, Meggan. Please, do this before someone gets hurts."

Meggan laughs at him. "You need to mind your own business. I won't tell you that again."

Robertson Enterprises

Victoria opens the door to the main office at Robertson Enterprises. She breathes a sigh of relief when the space is empty as the last thing she wants this morning is to deal with any member of the Robertson family. She is currently experiencing a bit of a hangover as she enjoy too much champagne the previous night at the engagement party. Of course, at the party, she ended telling Paige that she knows that Abby slept with Ethan. Paige was stunned and left not knowing what she was going to do about Dominick's engagement.

"I don't have time to worry about Paige," she says as she pours herself a cup of coffee. "Which is good because I have to focus on Leah and ensuring she stays out of my marriage. The first step was to get a job here."

She turns and looks at the main desk in the office and gets a smile on her face. She sets her cup of coffee down and moves to the desk, where she sees a laptop resting on top of the desk. "Leah's computer," she gets a grin on her face. "This is too perfect."

She sits down and turns the laptop on. Once the screen populates, she realizes that she needs to enter a password. "If I was Leah, what would I make my password?" she asks herself quickly. "Noah's birthday?" she types into the laptop and suddenly, she has access to the Robertson Enterprises intranet's.

"Okay, let's see what Leah is working on," she says as she gets a devilish grin on her face.

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"Are you sure you don't want to me to get you anything?" Robin asks Isabelle, who is sitting on in a chair in the waiting room with red eyes. She hasn't been able to leave the hospital after she learned that Antonio died from his gunshot wounds the previous night. She can't believe that her father is really gone; she feels like she's living in a horrible dream.

"No," she looks back at her father's fiancé. "I couldn't eat or drink even if I tried."

"I know how you feel," Robin sits next to her. "This feels surreal."

"Who would do this? Who would shoot, and kill, my father?" Isabelle asks him as her lower lips quivers. "Who would turn my life upside down?"

Robin gulps as she thinks about how she learned that Antonio was the one who caused Cory's plane to crash last year; if anyone knew the that, she might be a suspect in his death. And she knows that if he did that to Cory, who knows what else he was doing behind her back.

"I wish I could answer you," Robin replies to her. "But I'm sure that we can get some of those answers."

"That's why I'm here," a voice announces at the door of the waiting room. The two women turn and see Simona standing there. "I have a few questions for you about Antonio's death."

***

"Darling, here drink some water," Natasha holds a cup up to Sophie's mouth, while her daughter uses the straw to drink some of the water. "You have no idea how happy I am that you've woken up. How are you feeling?"

Sophie leans back in her hospital bed and looks at her mother. "I'm…I'm okay," she replies to her quickly. "What…what happened?"

"We don't need to get into that right now," Shane tells her. "The main thing is for you to continue to focus on regaining your strength."

Sophie looks back at Natasha. "I'm so glad you're here," Sophie tells her mother.

"Of course, I'm here baby," Natasha replies to her quickly. "You're my daughter, I love you so much."

"I…I love you two," Sophie replies to her, as her eyes open wider in surprise.

"Sophie? What is it? What's wrong?"

"I…uh…Dad, he…he was here," Sophie tells her quickly. "Dad visited me while I was in my coma."

Natasha looks over at Shane with an arched eyebrow. "Sweetie, you know that your father passed away."

"I know, but he was here," Sophie protests to her mother. I swear he was here."

Shane pulls Natasha aside and looks at her. "Don't upset her. You and I both know it was impossible for Cory to be here, but she might have saw Cory while she was in her coma; let's not confuse her."

"Okay," Natahsa gulps back to him before she looks at Sophie, who is getting water in her eyes.

"Dad, you were here. You were really here," Sophie says as a tear falls down her cheek.

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