Episode 1191

 

Message From the Other Side
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: July 09 2025

Episode Theme song: "Cardinal" Kacey Musgraves

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Max announced that he wants to have full custody of Olly/Sonny once he learned that he was the boy's biological father
- Natasha revealed to Shane that she went to Detroit and saw Louie
- Penny told Robin that Cory helped her get dressed
- Trenyce told Chris to forgive Andrew and Daisy so they could mend their family
- Tyler got another update from the investigation into the missing money from Robertson Enterprises
- Jeff and Victoria worked on a new line together
- Andy asked Nicholas if they should elope to prevent Melissa from ruining their wedding

Robertson Enterprises

Jeff moves closer to Victoria's office and peers inside, immediately smiling at the sight of her working behind her desk. While he knows that Leah has beliefs that Victoria the one that arranged for the money to go missing from Robertson Enterprises, Jeff has come to realize that there is no proof, and while he and Victoria have been working on the new line, he has grown fonder of her.

"Did you see the latest notes on our ideas from Tyler?" he asks Victoria as her into office, still smirking at her.

Victoria looks up at Jeff and nods back to him before her eyes dart back to her laptop screen. "I am just reading them now," she reveals to him. "It seems like he likes the core ideas, he just has some questions around the details of the launch."

"I think those should be pretty easy to iron out," Jeff replies to her. "Maybe we can set up a meeting this week?"

"Yea, I'd like that," Victoria smiles back to him. "It seems. Mr. Claus that we make a good time."

Jeff chuckles back to her. "I tend to agree," he whispers back to her. "Just don't tell Leah, she won't like that."

Victoria giggles as she moves a piece of her hair behind her ear. "Trust me, the last thing I want to do is have any conversation with Leah, about you or anything."

***

Meanwhile, in the CEO office, Tyler is on cloud nine as he pours himself a cup of coffee at the bar. Earlier, Kim paid him a visit and they ended up sharing another kiss; it is the second kiss that they've shared in recent weeks, which has left him feeling like they might have an actual chance at a reunion since her marriage to Robbie is, once again, ending.

"I got your message," Leah announces as she enters the office and throws her purse down on to the sofa. "What's going on?"

Tyler turns to face his sister with a sigh. "Thanks for coming," he replies to her.

"I don't have a lot going on right now," she chuckles to him. "So, I was happy to get out of the house and come back to this place that I love so much."

"I'm afraid I don't have great news for you," Tyler admits to her. "I got another email from the investigator that is looking into the missing funds."

Leah arches her eyebrow. "And it's not good news?" Leah says with a heavy heart. "I was hoping that they'd find proof that it was Victoria…"

"I know that's what you wanted," Tyler tells her. "But the latest report just says that the money transferred was initiated by your computer and your logon; there is no other evidence suggesting anyone else."

"I don't know what I have to do," Leah admits to him. "Because I know that I didn't steal from my family's company; how the hell can I prove this? How I show everyone that I am innocent?"

The Tower's; Floor Ten; Andrew & Daisy's Home

"I don't know why I am so shocked to hear that Frederick is actually alive," Andrew tells Daisy as he sits next to her on the sofa in the living room of the condo that they just purchased together. Daisy just finished telling him about her meeting with Dominick, Meggan, and Lukas, where Dominick revealed that Frederick, and Felicia, are alive, and that they are married. Daisy came home from the meeting and just revealed all to her new fiancé. "This isn't the first time that he has done something like this."

"But to let us all think he's been dead for over a year is wild," Daisy shakes head back to him. "You should have seen Meggan; she was gutted by this news. She was furious that Frederick would do this to her and their family, again."

"I can't say that I blame her," Andrew sighs to her. "Frederick seems to get backed into a corner, and to get out of taking any sort of ownership, he fakes his death."

"What do you make of the fact that he and Felicia are married?" Daisy asks him next.

"I'd like to know what caused Felicia to accept that proposal," Andrew chuckles to her. "Because she, in my mind, would never have said yes if she was in the right frame of mind. That being said, Frederick has been in love with Felicia for years."

"Dominick was pretty upset by the news," Daisy reveals to him. "Not that I can blame him. In any event, it looks like my father is back in our life."

"You know what's odd about that?" Andrew asks her as they lock eyes. "He was always a father figure to me too. After my mother died, I was raised on the winery in Santa Barbara by Frederick."

"Another thing we have common," Daisy chuckles back to him, as her cell pings with a new text message. She grabs her phone and looks at the incoming message from Trenyce. "Oh, that's nice and unexpected."

"What is it?" Andrew asks her quickly.

"Trenyce and Chris, they've invited us over to dinner," Daisy reveals to him. "I am thinking they want peace between all of us."

"Do you think we should go?"

"Why wouldn't we?"

"Chris has not been happy with me since the truth about my fling with Trenyce came out," Andrew explains to her. "I get it, but this is a pretty fast turnaround."

"I think we should go," Daisy looks back at him. "If they are making the effort, then so should we, and we can share the news of our engagement."

Andrew uneasily sighs back to her before he nods back to her. "Okay, let's have dinner with Trey and Chris. But I have to tell you Daisy, if Chris comes for me, I think it will be the last and final straw for me."

The Tower's; The Penthouse; Cory & Penny's Home

"Where's Pen?" Cory asks Robin as he moves into the living room of the Penthouse and sees his lover looking on her phone. He just got home from seeing Sophie, and was expecting to see Penny waiting for him, instead of Robin.

"She's resting," Robin looks back at him. "We had a good chat earlier; she seems to be in better spirits, especially after my last talk with her."

Cory sits next to her on the sofa and kisses her quickly on the lips. Penny stands, meanwhile, in the hallway and listens to their conversation, as she is curious to hear how Robin really feels about the fact that Cory helped her get dressed earlier, which is a seed that the purposely planted to make Robin jealous.

"That's good to hear," Cory nods back to her. "She did say that she appreciated hearing from someone else that went through something like this, so thanks again."

"Of course," Robin purses her lips together. "I have to ask you something though; it's about something that Penny told me earlier."

"Alright, I'm listening," Cory looks at her, as Penny's eyes open wider in anticipation.

"Penny revealed to me that you helped her get dressed earlier today," Robin reveals to her. "What is that all about?"

Cory looks slightly baffled at the question. "What do you mean? What do you think it was about?"

"I…I don't know," Robin shrugs back to him. "I didn't like hearing that you were seeing her in her underwear, Cory, especially given your history with Penny."

"I was helping her, Robin," Cory explains to her. "Her nurse maid couldn't make it today, and she needed help getting an outfit together. There wasn't anything else to say about it."

"Okay, I believe you," Robin sighs back to him, as Penny gets a grin on her face, knowing that her plan worked perfectly. She slowly moves back to her room. "I just hope it doesn't happen again."

"I am in love with you," Cory tells her. "But I won't stop helping Penny while she's with me, so you will have to deal with this jealousy Robin. I don't want that to come between us."

Twin Peaks Law Courts

The tension in the courtroom is thick as Max sits next to Lois at a table, next to them is Lukas, Donovan, and Josh, and at the third table sits Ethan and Abby. Max has joined the custody case after he learned that he is the biological father of Olly/Sonny, thanks to Abby's testimony, where she admitted that she lied about Andrew being the father because, at the time, she wanted to be with him, and once she was told her son died, she never thought of telling the truth as the damage had been done.

"All rise, the honorable Judge Franklin Ross resides," the bailiff announces as everyone in the courtroom stands up and Franklin makes his way to the chair.

He slams his mallet down before he says, "You may be seated." Everyone follows his instructions before he opens the file in front of him. "Alright, this case just took a turn with Mr. Max Black requesting full custody of the child in question as well as he is the biological father."

"That is correct your honor," Lois Kam stands up. "We want to thank you, again, for allowing Max to have a chance to get to know his child that he never knew about. We do have one more minor request, if we may."

Abby looks at Ethan with a worried look, as she is wondering what is this new request is.

"Don't worry," Ethan whispers back to her. "It'll be fine."

"What is this request?" Franklin asks Lois quickly.

"We want to expediate the remainder of the trial," Lois announces to everyone in the room. "My client has missed enough time with his son's life, the least we can do, is finish this trial without any further delays."

"I can grant that request," Franklin nods back to her as he looks at Josh, and Ethan, who also nod back in agreement.

The Sugarbowl

Andy and Kim sit across from one another in the back booth, each with a latte in front of them. The siblings have decided to catch up with one another as they felt like it had been a while since they connected.

"I still hate that you filed for divorce from Robbie," Andy sighs to his sister before he takes a sip of his latte. "I have always felt like you and he were meant to be together."

Kim uneasily looks back at him. "The truth is, I don't think I will ever forgive him for sleeping with Madeline; that resulted in me losing another child, and I know I have my own responsibility to play in that, but the trigger was his affair. I just think that, if we were truly meant to be together, these bad things wouldn't keep happening."

"You're really okay with the divorce?"

"I have to be," Kim nods to him. "And, to be honest, I've been growing closer to Tyler again, and that feels like a breath of fresh air."

"You and Tyler?" Andy asks her in surprise. "You two also have a lot of history."

"I am going slowly," Kim replies to him. "I don't want to jump into anything too soon. What about you? How are the wedding plans coming between you and Nicholas?"

Andy gets a grin on his face as he thinks about marrying Nicholas. "You know what's interesting?" he begins to say back to his sister. "Nicholas and I, we both had conversations with Clayton recently."

"Oh no, should I be worried?"

Andy chuckles to her. "The opposite, actually," he tells her. "He wished both of us well and revealed that he longs for our kind of love. It was really nice."

"Then it seems like nothing will stop you and Nicholas from having your happy ending then," Kim beams back to him.

"Unless…"

"Unless? What could possibly happen now?"

"Melissa," Andy looks back at her with intent. "I am worried that Nicholas' mother will try to stop the wedding, which is why I suggested that he and I elope. If Melissa doesn't know about the wedding, she might not be able to stop it."

One Day House

Nicholas sits behind his desk at the One Day house typing furiously into his laptop as he has a million things on his to-do list today. His eyes happen to dart to the picture frame next to his computer; the picture is of him and Andy. He smiles at the sight of him and his fiancé; he knows that Andy, recently, suggested that they elope to prevent Melissa from learning about the wedding day. He was worried that if Melissa knew about the day, or even got an invite, that she would do something to try to stop the wedding from happening.

"Maybe he has a point," Nicholas sighs to himself. "My mother has done many things to try to keep us apart, so maybe shutting her out from the wedding plans would prevent her from having any other tricks up her sleeve."

He sighs again as he shakes his head. "The fact that I even have to think this about my own mother is crazy," he tells himself.

He looks up when he hears a soft knock on his office door. His mouth opens in shock when he sees Melissa moving into his office. "Hello Nicholas, aren't you going to welcome your mother back into town?"

The Calimo Mansion

Shane feels the blood drain from his face as he just heard that not only did Natasha go back to Detroit, but she also saw Louie, who claimed that he is Shane's father. Shane was confronting his wife because he was shocked that Natasha went back to Detroit because he had asked her to leave his past in the past.

"You look like you've seen a ghost," Natasha tells Shane quickly. "Do you want to sit down?"

"No, I'm fine," Shane whispers back to her as he finds himself shaking a little. He can't believe that his past is coming back to haunt him.

"I can tell that you're rattled that I met with Louie, and he claimed that he was your father," Natasha replies to him. "This is why I wanted to go back to Detroit, Shane. I felt like I still needed answers that you weren't giving me. Do you have any idea what it was like for me to hear that Louie is your father? You told me that your father's name was Oscar, hell you have a child named after him!"

"I asked you not to do this, Natasha," Shane runs his hand over his face. "And you still went back to Detroit!"

"You know what Louie told me?" Natasha looks at him. "He told me that the reason you left your past behind and created this new life is because…"

"Don't say it!" Shane yells at her. "Just leave it alone!"

"I can't leave it alone!" Natasha shrieks back at him. "Not when we are about to be married and….and I feel like I have no idea who you are?"

"Who do you think I am?"

"I think you're Derek Rainer," Natasha looks back at him as they lock eyes. "And I think you ran away because of what Louie claimed."

"And what is that?" Shane asks her quickly.

"That you killed your mother," Natasha reveals as Shane's eyes open wider in horror. "Louie claimed that you killed your mother."

Next on One Day at a Time

- Logan shares news with Sophie
- Isabelle lashes out at Bryce
- Shane explains his past to Natasha

 
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