Episode 1204

 

Towards the Time of Your Life
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: August 12, 2025

Episode Theme song: "II Hands II Heaven" Beyonce

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Abby was devastated after she lost the custody case, while Lukas suggested to Donovan that they run away with Olly
- Shane and Natasha's wedding day arrived
- Cory slept with Penny
- Jeff & Victoria had sex
- Leah asked Bryce to help her get Felicia away from Frederick
- Nicholas told Melissa to leave town and never come back

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

"What do you say? Let's pack some bags and the three of us, you, me, and Olly, let's go somewhere and spend the rest of our lives together?" Lukas asks Donovan as they face one another in the living room of the Richardson mansion. They woke up in the morning feeling the effects of the Judge's decision to award Max custody of their son; Lukas, then, suggested to his estranged husband that they run away with their child so they wouldn't have to give him up to Max.

"I…uh…I don't know what to say," Donovan stutters back to him. "You really think we could just run away and not look back?"

"What's stopping us?" Lukas asks him quickly. "We could go somewhere, get new passports with new names, and then disappear. No one would ever find us, Donovan. And we, we could keep Olly."

"I don't know," Donovan admits to him. "What kind of life would we give our son if we are on the run?"

"The kind of life where we raise him," Lukas tells him. "Come on Donovan, if we are going to this, we have to act quickly; we have to leave now."

Donovan gulps heavily as he looks back at his husband. "What about Clayton? What about Sergio? What about our families?"

Lukas grabs his hand and squeezes it. "None of that matters if it means we keep our son, Donovan. Olly, he is the most important thing in my life, isn't he?"

"I can't imagine my life without him…"

"Then let's do this," Lukas encourages him. "Let's ensure we never lose our little boy?"

Donovan nods back to him. "Okay, let's go," he finds himself saying. "Let's get out of here and never look back…"

The Lawson Estate; Cheresa, Abby, Ethan, & Georgina's Home

"Are you feeling any better?" Ethan asks Abby, who moves back into the living room after she just went upstairs to check in on their daughter. Earlier, Abby broke down in his arms over the fact that she lost Sonny again; she can't believe that the Judge gave Max custody of the little boy that she was told died after birth.

"No, I'm not," she sighs back to him before she starts to pull her long hair into a ponytail. "I don't think I will be okay until I get my son back."

"I know that's how you feel, but like I said earlier Abby, I…I don't think an appeal will work," he admits back to her. "The fact is, the Judge listened to all sides and he made his decision. I know that it is not the way you wanted it to go, but we have to find a way to move on from this. We have to move forward, especially for our daughter's sake."

"I don't think you understand this," Abby replies to him quickly. "And that is only because you've never lost a child, and I hope you never have to go through this, Ethan. But…I…I can't live without my child. I physically hurt being away from him."

"But the Judge…"

"I don't care about the fucking Judge!" she shrieks back to him. "I've…I've made a decision, and I don't care if you support me or not."

"What decision? What are you talking about?" Ethan asks her, concerned about Abby's state of mind.

"I'm going to the Richardson mansion," she reveals to him. "I'm going to get Sonny and I'm going to run; I'm going to run as far as way as I can with my kids and be with them. Do you want to come with me? Or am I going to do this alone?"

"Abby…"

"No, Ethan," she shakes her head as tears fill her eyes. "You're not going to change my mind, the only thing I want to know is if you're coming with me or not."

The Calimo Mansion

"Carter's checkup went okay?" Shane asks Jacob as they stand together in one of the guestrooms in the Calimo mansion. Shane is buttoning up his white shirt as his wedding to Natasha is scheduled to take place in a couple of hours and Jacob, his best man, his helping him get ready for the event. Earlier in the morning, Jacob and Cassie had taken Carter to the hospital for a check-up.

"Oh yea, totally fine," Jacob smiles back to him. "He is a perfectly healthy little boy."

"I'm happy to hear that," Shane chuckles back to him. "The last thing I wanted to hear today is that my grandson is sick or something."

"Honestly, we didn't want to have the appointment today, but I was the only time that the doctor could see us," Jacob admits to him. "I am just glad that it went smoothly so we weren't late for the wedding. How are you feeling?"

Shane smiles back to his son. "Honestly? I am good man, this isn't my first time down the aisle, especially with your mother, but I have plans on making this the last and final time."

"Have I told you how happy I am for you and Mom?" Jacob asks him back as Shane nods to him. "Seriously Dad, you and Mom, you are meant to be together, and I know that this time, you two will live happily ever after."

***

Meanwhile, in the main bedroom, Natasha stands looking into a large mirror as she has a makeup artist applying some lipstick to her lips. Behind her, her wedding dress lays on the bed, which Sophie is currently looking at.

"You look so beautiful today," Natasha tells her daughter. "I am so glad that you agreed to stand up for me."

"We have been through a lot, haven't we?" Sophie turns and faces her mother. "But at the end of the day, Mom, I just want you to be happy, and I can tell that Shane makes you happy."

Natasha giggles back to her. "Shane and I, oh boy, we have been through it together, haven't we? The truth is though, he has been a constant in my life over the last 25 years. I can't believe it's been that long, but here we are."

"You two have spent a lifetime together, through good times and bad ones," Sophie says back to her. "But I hope you know that seeing you two together, getting married, despite everything that has happened, it is encouraging to all of us seeking that kind of love."

"Listen to be baby girl," Natasha grabs her daughter's hand. "You will find love, but I don't want you to be in a rush, okay? You're a young, beautiful, vibrant woman," she continues. "You will find your person, I know you will."

Sophie pulls her mother into a hug. "I love you, Mom."

"Love you too."

"Now, let's get you into this dress, you are about to be a wife again!" Sophie chuckles as she moves to the bed and picks up the dress.

***

In the foyer, Andy and Nicholas move into the mansion, having arrived for the wedding. At first, Andy wasn't going to come because he knows that Kim will not be present because she doesn't want to be around Robbie, but he thought that he should still arrive to support Shane and Natasha as they have always been good to him. And, he knows that later in the day, he and Nicholas are planning to get married at the courthouse.

"Are you excited for the day?" Nicholas asks his fiancé quickly.

"Two wedding's in one day in this town?" Andy chuckles back to him. "What could possibly go wrong?"

"Don't think that way," Nicholas playfully swats his arm. "Are you sure you still want to go to the courthouse later and get married without any fan fair?"

"There is nothing I want more," Andy moves up to him and kisses him on the lips. "I still think that is the best option to ensure that Melissa doesn't do anything to try to stop us."

"Speaking of," Nicholas arches his eyebrow back to Andy. "I saw my mother last night, and I told her to leave town. Robin told her the same thing."

"Do you think you got through to her?"

"I think so," Nicholas nods back to him. "If both of her children are telling her to leave, I can't imagine that she will stay in town, so I don't think we have anything to worry about."

"From your ears…" Andy chuckles back to him. "Come on, let's go get a seat so we can leave quickly after the ceremony and go get married ourselves."

***

Cory walks through the rose garden looking at the flowers as he waits for the ceremony to begin. His mind, however, is still on the fact that he and Penny had sex the previous night; he can't believe that he got caught up in her again since he has reunited with Robin. The truth is, he has no idea what he is going to because he feels like either Penny or Robin will be hurt by what has unfolded.

"There you are," a voice calls out from behind him. Cory turns around and sees Robin approaching him. "I haven't seen you in a few days, how are you?"

"Robin, hi," he says as they hug quickly and he kisses her on the lips. "I am good, just enjoying some sun before the ceremony begins. You look lovely today."

"Thank you," Robin nods back to him with a grin. "How many times have Shane and Natasha been married now?"

"I've lost count," he chuckles back to her. "But maybe this time will be the last time?"

"At some point we all have to settle down, don't we? Sort of like you and me," she replies to him. "I think this time we have finally figured this out, don't you?"

Cory uneasily sighs back to her. "Yea, I hope so, anyways."

"What is it, Cory? What's wrong?" she asks him, knowing that something is troubling him by his tone. "

"Nothing, I swear," he lies to her. "I am fine, perfectly fine. Come on, let's go get a set together?"

"I'd like that a lot," Robin says as she grabs his hand and they move towards the French doors that lead into the living room of the mansion.

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

"I am surprised that you're not with Jeff having breakfast together," Dominick tells Leah as they sit across from one another in the restaurant, with some food in front of them. Dominick assumed that his daughter would have had eaten with her lover instead of him, not that he is complaining that he is getting to see her.

Leah uneasily sighs back to him before she takes a bit of her pineapple that came with her eggs. "He had an early meeting at Robertson," she admits to him. "He was out of the house before I got up today."

"That is an early meeting," Dominick replies to her quickly. "When I ran the company, we didn't have super early meetings."

"He is working on a new line, and I guess they had something important to discuss. Anyways," Leah waves her hand in the air. "The reason I wanted to see is because I actually saw Tyler earlier. I…I have an idea on how we could get Felicia away from Frederick."

Dominick looks back at her in surprise as Eva approaches the table. She was just on her way out as she has to get to the Calimo mansion for Natasha's wedding, but she saw the two of them together and wanted to come and see them.

"Do tell," Dominick looks back at her, as Eva pauses so she can hear their conversation. "We need to do something to help Felicia."

"I agree," Leah replies to him. "And that's why I asked Bryce to help us."

"Bryce?"

"Think about it Dad," Leah tells him as she takes a sip of her coffee. "He is on the inside; he could be the perfect person to help us with this.

"And I want to help," Eva announces to them as she comes up to the table. "I want to do whatever I can to help you get Felicia away from Frederick," she tells them as Dominick uneasily looks back at Leah, still believing that Eva is part of the cause as to why Felicia is in the message that she is currently in. "Please let me do this, Dominick. Let me help make this wrong a right."

The Tower's; Floor Eight; Victoria's Condo

Victoria looks into the mirror of her washroom with a white towel wrapped around her otherwise naked body. She just stepped out of the shower and is about to get ready for the day as she has an important meeting with Tyler in about an hour about the upcoming launch of the bath-spa line that she and Jeff have been working on together.

She is about to apply some make-up when she thinks back to how she and Jeff had intense sex the night before in her office. Their attraction had been building for weeks, and finally, they caved and enjoyed one another.

"It can never happen again," she whispers to herself. "He is with Leah, and my divorce, to his son, isn't even finalized yet. Even though it was incredible, it can't happen again."

She puts her lipstick down when she hears a knock on her front door. She arches her eyebrow wondering who could be at her door at this hour of the morning. She moves to the door and opens it, seeing Jeff standing on the other side.

"Jeff, what are you doing here? I thought we'd meet at the office, we have the meeting with Tyler soon."

"I…I had to see you," he admits to her as he moves into the condo and she closes the door behind him. "I haven't been able to stop thinking about you, about us, and what we did last night."

"I have thought about it too, but like I said…"

He cuts her off by kissing her passionately. He pushes her up against the wall as she starts to undress him. He removes her towel and starts to feel her naked body.

"God help me, I want you so badly," she moans as she unzips his pants and wraps her legs around his waist.

"You're going to have me," he grunts as he carries her to the bedroom. "Over and over again, Victoria."

"What about our meeting?"

"Who cares," he says as he crawls on top of her, causing her to moan out in pleasure as he enters her for the first time.

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

"If we hurry, we can get out here before lunch time," Lukas tells Donovan as they start to put some of their clothing into duffle bags in their room in the mansion. They have decided to take Olly and leave Twin Peaks so they can continue to raise their son together.

"Yea, I agree," Donovan nods back to him. "And I agree with you; let's go somewhere, then get new identities before we leave again. We don't have time to do that here."

"Do you want me to go get Olly packed?" Lukas asks him quickly.

"No, I'll do it," Donovan tells him. "Why don't you go to a bank machine and get as much cash as you can? We won't be able to use our credit cards or they will be able to track us."

"Good idea," Lukas says as he moves up to Donovan. "You're sure you want to do this?"

"We can't lose Olly," Donovan nods back to him, as they hear the doorbell ring.

"Ugh, whoever that is, has horrible timing," Lukas replies to him. "I'll see who it is and then hit the bank."

"Sounds good," Donovan tells him as they move to the front door.

Once they are in the foyer Lukas opens the front door and sees Max standing on the otherwise. "Good morning, Lukas," Max says stepping into the mansion. "I'm here to get my son; I'm here to take Sonny home with me."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Ethan tries to talk sense into Abby
- Will Max stop Donovan and Lukas' plan from running away?
- Cheresa worries about Dawn

 
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