Episode 1176

 

Through the Twilight Empty Streets
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: May 14, 2025

Episode Theme song: "Minneapolis" Noah Reid

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Abby admitted that Max, not Andrew, was Olly/Sonny's father, then she went into labour. At the hospital, Ethan learned that Abby needed an emergency c-section
- Thrilled by the on-goings in court, Lukas and Donovan had sex
- Will and Eva made love while Paige learned she was pregnant. Will and Paige came face to face
- Shane learned that Natasha went to Detroit
- Albertinah had a DNA test completed. Daisy broke into the lab
- Jeff and Victoria worked on a new line at Robertson Enterprises while Leah remained positive that Victoria set her up for the missing funds
- Isabelle and Bryce made love

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"Look, I appreciate you two staying around and waiting with me," Ethan looks at his parents, Jeff and Leah, as he paces in the waiting room of the hospital while he waits for more updates on Abby, who was taken into an emergency c-section as the baby was breach. "There's nothing much more you can do, so you can go and I can fill you in later."

Jeff and Leah uneasily look at one another before they look back at their son. "We don't mind waiting with you," Leah replies to him quickly. "It's not every day you become a father for the first time, and we, we are about to be grandparents."

"I know, I know," Ethan sighs back to them. "But realistically, once the c-section is over, Abby is going to be out of it for a while anyways, so like I said, if you have something else to do, you can come back later."

"I hate to say it, but I do have a lot of work at Robertson Enterprises that I could tackle," Jeff tells his family. "But if I go, you have to promise me that you will call me as soon as the baby comes."

"Yea, I promise," Ethan moves closer to him and hugs him. "Go to work and I'll be fine here, I promise."

"Alright, I'll go, just keep me posted," Jeff says before he turns his attention to Leah and kisses her on the lips. "Chat later?"

"You bet, I'll stay here and keep our son company," Leah smiles back to him before Jeff departs.

Once he's gone, Leah turns to her son and arches her eyebrow. "Now that your father is gone, you can drop the act with me. You're scared, aren't you?"

"Terrified," Ethan admits to her. "The longer I go without hearing something, anything, the more concerned I become."

"Ethan, Leah," Cheresa says as she moves into the waiting room. "I have news about Abby and the baby," she reveals as Ethan and Leah look at one another before they look back at the doctor.

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Sophie sits at a table with a glass of wine in front of her. Her mind is racing over the fact that Max revealed to her that he is the biological father of Abby's child, Sonny. Once he told her that he was reeling, he admitted that he needed time to think, so he went home, leaving her own head spinning. She has, already, had insecurities about Max's friendship with Abby, but now, she knows that not only did they sleep together, but they also have a child together.

"You look a million miles away," Isabelle announces to her friend as she sits across from Sophie. "What's on your mind?"

Sophie takes a sip of her wine before she looks back at Isabelle. "It's a long story," she sighs back to her. "One that I don't know all the details of yet, so I don't know that I should share. What's going on with you? You…you look like your glowing?"

Isabelle feels her cheeks flush as she recalls how she met Bryce the previous day; they hit it off, and he kissed her, and they ended up having sex in her office.

"Is it that obvious?" Isabelle asks her with a chuckle.

"It is, what's going on with you?"

"I…I met someone," Isabelle reveals to her friend. "And we hit it off, I mean, really hit it off."

"That's exciting?" Sophie asks her quickly. "I mean, how fast did you two move?"

"We had sex," Isabelle whispers back to her. "And I know what you're going to say, it was fast, I know, but I had been lonely for a while and I…"

"You have needs, I get it," Sophie looks back at her. "I'm not one to judge you. How was it? Have you heard from him again?"

"It was amazing," Isabelle gushes back to her. "He's a very good-looking man. But…"

"But? It sounds like the perfect time!"

"But," Isabelle uneasily looks back at her. "To answer your other question, I haven't heard from him since, and I don't know what that means. I…I hope I wasn't a one-night stand."

"Give it a little more time," Sophie encourages her friend. "If he likes you as much as you like him, you will hear from him, I believe that."

The Calimo Mansion

Natasha opens the door to the Calimo mansion and wheels her suite case into the foyer. She is finally back from her quick trip to Detroit, which has left her having more questions than answers regarding Shane's name mismatch in his yearbook. Weeks earlier, Sophie found his high school yearbook in the attic, and when she looked at it, she noticed that Shane's name was Derek Rainer. Shane explained that it was a typo and the editors only caught it after the publication. What left a bad taste in Natasha's mouth is that Shane snapped at Sophie for bringing the yearbook from the attic in the first place.

When Natasha got to Detroit, she went to Shane's high school, where she saw another headline referring to Shane as Derek Rainer. She, then, was able to the Rainer's home address, or at least once was their home address. When she spoke to the homeowner, he pushed her away once he heard the name Derek Rainer. Natasha has no idea why the man would push her away, but she can't help but think that there is a lot more to this story.

"Ah, I thought I heard the door," Shane announces to his fiancé as he moves into he foyer and sees Natasha. "How was your business trip?"

"It was good," Natasha replies to him as she moves up to him and kisses him quickly on the lips. "Most productive."

"That's good to hear," Shane looks back at her as he crosses his arms over his chest. "Tell me, again, Natasha, where did you go? And what business did you have there?" he asks as Natasha looks back at him in surprise and gulps heavily, wondering if he, somehow, knows that she went to Detroit instead of her business trip.

The Sugarbowl

Will and Paige sit across from one another in the back booth of the coffeehouse. Earlier, they ran into one another at the hospital, and Will confronted Paige about why she was at the hospital. When Will realized that he was about to have a break, he suggested that they head to the coffeehouse to talk, which Paige agreed too.

"So, I was at the hospital because…" Paige begins to look over at her lover, knowing that she discovered that she was pregnant with his child. As she looks at him, however, she can't help but notice that he seems distracted. "Are you listening to me?"

"Yea, sorry," Will shakes his head back to her. "I guess I have a lot on my mind too."

Paige arches her eyebrow. "Was it a tough day at the hospital?"

"It was busy, yea," Will nods back to her. "And right before I went on break, Abby was brought into emergency."

"Abby? Why? What happened?"

"She went into labour," Will reveals to her. "Cheresa was handling it, but I guess the baby was breach and they needed to do a c-section."

"I hope it all works out," Paige says back to him. "Is that all that is troubling you? Talk to me, Will. What is going on?"

Will gulps as he looks back at her. "I…I saw Eva," he reveals her. "And to be honest, it brought up a lot of unresolved feelings," he tells her as Paige feels the blood drain from her face.

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

"Oh God, that was amazing," Lukas sighs as he lays next to a naked Donovan in the large bed in his room at the Richardson estate. They got back to the mansion once the custody battle went into recess because Abby went into labour; while having a drink together, Lukas thanked Donovan for swiping Abby's medical file, which helped them prove that Max, not Andrew, is Olly's biological father. The revelation certainly helped their case to keep the boy that they have raised since he was born. Lukas and Donovan's hands touched, and Lukas kissed him, which lead to them having hot, passionate sex with one another.

"Yea, it was," Donovan replies to him as he looks over at him with a grin on his face. "It…it had been a long time since we …"

"Far too long," Lukas chuckles back to him. "We've been at odds for so long, maybe we had some pent up frustrations to get out."

"Something like that," Donovan looks at his estranged husband. "But…my God, what did we just do, Lukas?"

"What do you mean?" Lukas asks him quickly. "We had sex? Really amazing sex."

"Yea," Donovan crawls out of bed and grabs his briefs to slide over his body. "But I'm dating Sergio, and you're, you're close to Clayton, aren't you?"

"Clayton and I are getting close but we aren't in a relationship," Lukas says as he gets of out of bed and pulls some grey sweat pants on. "You and I, despite everything, we are still married, Donovan."

"I…I need to see Sergio," Donovan admits to him. "I should tell him what's happened."

"Uh, okay?" Lukas shrugs his shoulders. "But from my point of view, we are married, and I enjoyed having sex with you. And you, you clearly enjoyed it too."

Robertson Enterprises

Tyler sits behind the large desk in the main office of Robertson Enterprises with his laptop open as he is reviewing the most recent reports from the security team on their investigation into the money that was taken from the offshore account from Leah's computer.

Tyler sighs as he reads the report and then runs his hand through his hair. The report is telling him that all evidence continues to point towards Leah's direction; because her laptop was used, which requires her logon credentials, the team hasn't been able to show that anyone else could have been responsible.

"Leah is not going to like this," he whispers to himself as he moves to the bar and pours himself a scotch. "The evidence shows that she took that money; I don't know if, or when, she will ever be able to work for the family company again, and that is going to devastate her."

***

Jeff steps off the elevator at Robertson Enterprises and starts to walk towards his office. He took Ethan's advice and left the hospital, despite Abby being in labour, to get some work done since there was nothing more he could do except wait, and he has a number of things to do considering he and Victoria are trying to come up with a new concept to help the company get back on top.

As he moves towards his office, he sees the light on in Victoria's office, so he pops his head into he door, where he sees her behind her desk with her laptop open. "This seems to be a habit of yours," he grins at her as he moves into the office. "Another night of burning the midnight oil."

She chuckles to him. "Well, I'm finally getting some concrete ideas on what we could present to Tyler And I needed as distraction after testifying in court."

"Oh?" Jeff asks as he moves up to her desk and leans down behind her to look at her computer screen.

"I was thinking," Victoria points to her screen. "What is something that we are currently lacking as products? And it came to me… a luxurious bath line. We could do soaps, bubble baths, bath salts, candles, facial masks…every woman's dream … a spa day but within your own home," Victoria explains to him. "And, we could get Trenyce to do some designs for bathrobes, slippers, towels, facial clothes, we could have an entire new line!"

"Wow," Jeff looks at her with a grin on his face. "I love this idea, Vic. I think we could really run with this."

"Really?" Victoria asks him in surprise. "You mean that? You think it's a good idea?"

"I do, I really do," Jeff says as they look into one another's eyes.

Victoria, without thinking, kisses him on the lips. It only lasts for a moment before she parts ways. "Sorry…I…I didn't mean to do that."

"It's…uhh..it's fine."

"No, it's not," Victoria stands up from her chair as Jeff stands up straight. "I crossed a line; I…I was just excited by the fact that you liked my idea and…It won't happen again, I promise."

Jeff nods back to her. "Agreed, it will not happen again."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"I…I don't know what to say," Trenyce admits to Andrew, Chris, and Daisy as they all stand in a room in the hospital as they are about to get the DNA test results for Albertinah. Andrew, however, just revealed to his family that while in court, Abby revealed that Max, not Andrew, is the biological father of Sonny, the boy that they were in court fighting for. "I can't believe that Abby would lie about you being Sonny's dad, even after she thought the baby died."

"I don't even know which way is up or down right now," Andrew admits to everyone. "She let me mourn a child that she thought was mine! I mean, who does that?"

Daisy moves up to him and pulls him into a hug. "Maybe this is why you always said you didn't feel a connection to Sonny?" she asks him as they exit their embrace.

"Yea, it must be," Andrew tells him.

"I know we haven't seen eye to eye lately," Chris looks at the younger man. "But I am sorry about this; it sucks thinking you're someone's father only to learn you're not."

Trenyce gulps heavily knowing that Chris took that dig at her. But, before she can say anything, Stephanie comes into the hospital room.

"Oh good, you're all here," Stephanie puts a smile on her face. "Now, Trenyce, you can choose to have everyone here for this, or only you; it's up to you."

"I want everyone here," Trenyce replies to her. "We are all in this together, we all have a right to know the truth."

"Very well then," Stephanie says back to her as she opens the envelope with the results, causing Daisy to gulp heavily. Stephanie reads the paper and then looks at Chris and then Trenyce. "Chris, your DNA is a match to Albertinah's, you are her father."

Andrew feels his heart break inside his chest as for the second time in a few hours, he has learned that he isn't a father. He rushes out of the room, causing Daisy to chase after him.

"Really?" Trenyce asks as she gets water in her eyes. "Chris is the father of my little girl?"

"You're positive about this?" Chris asks the doctor. "There's no way that this could be a mix up?"

"No, these tests are 99.99% accurate," Stephanie explains to him. "Congratulations Chris, you're a father after all," Stephanie says as Chris and Trenyce lock eyes with one another and a single tear falls down Trenyce's face.

***


"How is she?" Ethan asks Cheresa, who just came in and told him and Leah that she has news about Abby and the baby.

"Abby is fine," Cheresa replies to him quickly. "She's resting now and she should be awake within the hour."

"And the baby?" Leah asks her next. "How is my grandchild?"

"She's fine," Cheresa says back to them. "The nurses are checking her out, but she appears to be healthy."

"She?" Ethan asks her in surprise. "I have a daughter?"

"Yes, you do," Cheresa smiles back to him. "You and Abby have a beautiful baby girl."

Ethan pulls Cheresa and Leah into a hug as tears flood his eyes. "I'm a father to a girl," he whispers to them. "I'm really a father to a baby girl."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Paige keeps mum about her pregnancy to Will
- Shane and Natasha have a heated confrontation
- Daisy comforts Andrew

 
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