Episode Theme song: "Giver / Taker" Kacey Musgraves

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Franklin agreed to expediate the remainder of the custody case now that Max was also vying for custody
- Simona revealed to Dawn and Cheresa that she found a foot in the backseat of Chantel's car
- Robin and Cory made love while Penny had a brief flash
- Leah visited Felicia
- Paige wondered what she was going to do about her pregnancy
- Melissa returned to Twin Peaks and told Nicholas he would not marry Andy

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

A new day has emerged in Twin Peaks and at a table in the busy restaurant, Paige is sitting alone with a yogurt parfait in front of her, but she has barely touched it. Her mind is still racing over the fact that she is carrying Will's child, but she has since ended their romance because of his lingering feelings for Eva, and the fact that he lied to her, and the entire Robertson family, about Felicia being alive. She still has no idea what she is going to do about the pregnancy, but she knows if she is going to make any decisions, she has to make them sooner than later.

"Well, my beautiful granddaughter is eating breakfast all alone and looking a million miles away," Dominick smiles to her as he sits across from her. "What is on your mind, Paige?"

Paige looks over to her grandfather with a small smile on her face. "Hi grandpa," she replies to him. "What are you doing here?"

"The same thing as you, I am assuming," he winks back to her. "I wanted to have breakfast and had no motivation to make it at home."

Paige chuckles back to him. "Yea, I hear you."

"So, are you going to tell me where you were when I got here? You looked like you were deep in thought about something," Dominick notes back to her.

Paige sighs uneasily as she moves a piece of her hair behind her ear. "I…I don't know where to begin," she admits to him. "I guess…I have some decisions to make, and I am not sure how I am going to make them."

"Can this old man give you some advice?"

Paige chuckles to him as she looks back at him. "Of course, you know I think you're the wisest person I know."

"You have to always follow your heart," Dominick tells her. "You, you have one of the biggest hearts of anyone I have ever known, Paige. That's what makes you special and one of the sweetest souls I have ever met. When you look into your heart, you will find the answers that are right for you; it will never steer you wrong."

Paige wipes a tear from her eye before she reaches over and grabs Dominick's hand. "Thanks Grandpa, you always know the right thing to say to me."

Robertson Enterprises

Leah opens the door to the CEO's office and moves inside, where she sees Tyler already sitting behind the large desk typing into his laptop. She misses having a position at the company that has her family name attached to it, but she knows that she can't work until the mystery of the missing funds is resolved.

"Morning, I know you're busy, but we need to talk," Leah tells her brother as she sets her purse down on the sofa and moves to the bar to pour herself a cup of coffee.

"Hi," Tyler says standing up from behind his desk. "If you're looking for an update on the investigation, I'm afraid there isn't any new information since the last time we spoke about it."

"This doesn't have to do with the investigation," Leah waves her hand in the air as she takes a sip of the coffee she poured. "This is about our mother."

"Felicia?" Tyler asks with an arched eyebrow. "What has Frederick done this time?"

"I wish I knew," Leah sighs back to him. "I went to see her yesterday; I went to the Victors mansion. Mother and I, we had tea together."

"How did she seem?"

Leah shrugs back to him. "Fine, I guess," Leah admits to him. "We had a nice visit. There's just something…off…with her, and I can't place it."

"Off? How do you mean?" Tyler asks her.

"I mean, I asked her if she was happy, and she said she was," Leah explains to him. "When would our mother ever say that she was happy with that man? She hated him as much as we all do. Something is going on with Felicia, I just don't know what it is."

"With Frederick involved, it could be anything," Tyler sighs back to her. "I don't know what we can do to help her though?"

"We have to get Felicia away from Frederick," Leah tells him with intent. "If we can get Felicia alone, I think we can get through to her and figure out what is really going on."

"I agree," Tyler nods back to her. "The question is then, Leah, how are we going to get our mother away from the madman?"

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

"Yea, I had a great time yesterday too," Cory says into his cellphone as he stands in the living room of his lavish penthouse that he is sharing with Penny currently. He is talking to Robin on the phone before she heads into work for the day, but they are talking about the fact that they were able to make love the previous day while Penny was resting. He couldn't be happier about the fact that they have reunited and are back on good terms. "And no, I don't think Penny heard a thing. Like you said, she was resting."

Cory pauses as he listens to Robin reply to him before he starts to chuckle. "Yea, we will have to do it again," he tells her. "And hopefully soon, you can spend the night, so we can do it again the morning."

There is another slight pause. "When I'm with you, I can never get enough," he chuckles to her. "Okay, we can stop. Have a great day, talk later."

He hangs up the phone and runs his hand through his hair. In the hallway, Penny stands frozen, realizing that Robin and Cory had sex the previous day, right under her nose. She feels her blood start to boil at the thought of them betraying her in that way.

She turns and quickly moves back to her room. She closes the door once she is inside and pounds her fist into her bed.

"I need to step up my plan," she tells herself. "I will not lose Cory to Robin. He belongs to me!"

***

Meanwhile, on the first floor, in Andy and Nicholas' condo, Nicholas moves to the small table and passes Andy a cup of coffee and some scrambled eggs. He sits across from his fiancé before he takes a sip of his own coffee.

"Thanks for making me breakfast," Andy tells him before he takes a bite of his eggs before he looks back at Nicholas. "This will keep me going while I work at the paper."

"Ah, so you do have a busy day planned?" Nicholas asks him.

"Yea, I do," Andy nods back to him. "How about you? Lots to do at the One Day House?"

"There always is," Nicholas chuckles back to him. "I…uh…I have to talk to you before you leave though. And it is important."

Andy puts his fork down and looks across at Nicholas. "You can talk to me about anything, what's up?"

"Something happened yesterday at the One Day House," Nicholas uneasily admits to him. "Something that you're not going to like."

Andy arches his eyebrow back to him. "You're scaring me, Nicholas. What happened?"

"Melissa happened," Nicholas reveals to him. "She's in town, and she told me that she was going to do whatever she could to stop our wedding."

Andy feels the blood drain from his face at the news from Nicholas. "This is what I was worried about," he tells Nicholas. "I knew that your mother would try to stop our wedding!"

"We won't let her," Nicholas tries to keep Andy calm. "I'm telling you, my mother will not stop us from being happy Andy. I will see to that."

Twin Peaks Law Courts

"I thought the Judge said he was going to expediate the rest of the trial?" Cassie asks Max and Lois as the three of them stand in the foyer of the courtroom. The previous day, Max and Lois asked the Judge to proceed with the rest of the trial on an expediated pace since they already lost so much time in the case because of Abby giving birth to Georgina, which he agreed too.

"Yes, he did," Lois nods back to her. "The thing was, we started very late in the day, so the Judge thought it was best that we stop of the day, get a good rest, and come back today. Today, though, it will be a busy, long day."

"Who is scheduled to take the stand today?" Max asks Lois quickly.

"Both Lukas and Donovan," Lois replies to him. "And before you ask, yes, I have a long list of items to bring up that will discredit them to the Judge. I am sure Ethan Alexander will do the same."

"Perfect," Max smiles back to her before he looks at Cassie. "I have lost too much time with my son not to win this case; whatever you have to do to ensure I win, do it Ms. Kam."

***

Inside the courtroom, Lukas, Donovan, and Josh are huddled up against the wall so Ethan and Abby, who are sitting at their table, are unable to hear what they are talking about. Both men know that they have to take the witness stand in today's session, and they are worried about it, since they know that, so far, the people that have taken the stand have been racked over the coals.

"I need you both, no matter what type of questions come at you, to remain calm, cool, and collected," Josh advises his clients. "When I ask my questions, I will paint you both in a wonderful light; a light that will demonstrate that you two are the only parents that Olly has ever known."

"Lukas and I," Donovan uneasily looks back at his estranged husband and then over at Josh. "We both have sorted pasts, to be honest with you. I am expecting both Lois and Ethan to bring up every last detail."

"They likely will," Josh tells them. "That's why it is critical that you two are as calm as possible. Everything can be explained, right? That's the thing to remember."

"I hate this so fucking much," Lukas sighs back to them as he runs his hands through his hair. "We are Olly's parents! Max and Abby, they need to drop this case before we lose our son."

"We aren't going to lose him," Donovan tells Lukas. "We have to believe that the Judge will see that are his parents and let Olly stay with us."

"My God, I hope so," Lukas replies to him. "But I am scared; I am so scared we are going to lose our son."

***

At their table, Abby and Ethan sit next to one another, talking about their own strategy. Abby is feeling happy that, finally, they will get the chance to expose Lukas and Donovan in negative light, since they did a great job of doing that for her.

"No matter what Ethan, you have to make them look as awful as they made me look," Abby instructs her lawyer. "Promise me that you'll do that."

Ethan uneasily chuckles back to her. "I will do my best Abs," he tells her. "Between Lois and I, I am confident that the Judge will realize that Donovan and Lukas are not fit to raise Sonny."

"Good, because those two made me seem like an unfit mother," Abby huffs back to them. "I…I just want this to be over, and I want my son," she tells him. "I hate that I'm here and not at home with Georgina. I want to be with my children!"

"I know you do," Ethan says back to her. "I will do whatever I can to make that happen, okay?"

Abby pulls him into a hug. "I know I don't say it often enough, but thank you," she says as they hold one another. "I couldn't do this without you, Ethan. You've been my rock."

"I wouldn't be anywhere else," Ethan winks back at her as they exit their embrace. "Are you ready to get your son back?"

"More than ready," she smiles back at him. "More than ready."

Twin Peaks Police Station

"Why do you think Simona wanted us back so soon after she gave us that update last night?" Dawn asks Cheresa as they walk through the police station, moving closer to Simona's office. The previous evening, Simona revealed to the women that she located Chantel's vehicle, and inside the vehicle, she found a foot that had been severed from a human body.

"I am hoping that it means that she got some test results back from what she discovered in Chantel's car," Cheresa tells Dawn as they reach the office door and knock. "I still can't even say it outloud."

"Neither can I," Dawn admits as they hear a faint, "Come in", so they open the door and move into the office.

"Thanks for coming back on short notice," Simona stands up from her chair and greets the woman. "Please have a seat."

"We are curious as to why you called us back so soon after last nights meeting," Dawn admits to her as she sits across from Simona.

"I got the test results back," Simona reveals to them as Dawn and Cheresa look at one another with worry on their faces. "And it is not good news, I'm afraid."

"Just tell us," Cheresa looks at her. "What did the tests reveal?"

"The foot I found," Simona begins to tell them. "It is Chantel's."

Both Cheresa and Dawn gasp in horror as they grab each other's hands and squeeze them tightly. "What…what does that mean?" Dawn asks her with her lip quivering.

"It means," Simona looks back at them. "That I know believe that Chantel was murdered in her apartment; I am opening a murder investigation to find out who killed Chantel White and why," she tells them as Dawn and Cheresa continue to be horrified by what is happening.

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