Episode Theme song: "Man" Jojo

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Melissa stopped Andy & Nicholas' wedding by revealing Jarrod, Nicholas' presumed dead partner. Nicholas fainted at the sight of him
- Lukas gave Donovan the signed divorce papers
- Sophie learned she was pregnant with Logan's baby
- Cheresa learned that someone put flowers on Chantel's car, unaware that it was Dawn
- Cassie learned a secret from Stephanie's past
- Max struggled to bond with Sonny after he was awarded custody of his son
- Paige saw Will and Eva kissing again
- Jeff & Victoria continued to see one another in secret

The Young Mansion; Melissa's Manor

Nicholas lays on the sofa in the living room of the mansion that Melissa owns in Twin Peaks. For years, Nicholas lived in the mansion, but after all the heartache that occurred there, he moved into Andy's condo, where they currently live. He is still unconscious, as he fainted at the Law Courts earlier when Melissa stopped his wedding to Andy by revealing that his partner, Jarrod, is alive. Nicholas, for years, believed that Jarrod died from HIV and the shock of seeing him caused him to faint. Melissa, Andy, and Jarrod brought Nicholas back to the mansion, and they are hoping he comes too very quickly.

"If Nicholas doesn't wake up in 5 minutes, I'm going to call Madeline," Andy announces to the room, knowing that his sister-in-law is a doctor and can help in this situation. "He's been out for far too long."

"The shock of seeing the love of his life in the flesh was too much for my son," Melissa replies to him as Andy and Jarrod lock eyes with one another. "He will be fine, once he wakes up."

"I…I don't understand any of this," Andy admits to them. "You're the man that Nicholas was involved with?"

"I am," Jarrod tells him. "It's a very long, complicated story, and I will tell you, and Nicholas, once he wakes up."

"You should brace yourself," Melissa looks back at Andy as she sits next to Nicholas on the sofa. "Once Nicholas realizes what has happened, you two, you will be a thing of the past. Nicholas and Jarrod, they belong together."

Andy gulps heavily as Nicholas groans. He rushes towards his fiancé. "Nicholas, can you hear me?" Andy asks him as Melissa grabs his hand.

"Nicholas, darling, it's your mother, please open your eyes," Melissa encourages him.

Slowly, Nicholas' eyes open and he looks around in confusion. "What….what happened?"

"You fainted," Andy explains to him. "But you'll be fine. Do you want some water?"

Nicholas nods back to him as Andy moves to the bar to get some water for him. "I…I thought…I thought I saw Jarrod," Nicholas announces to his mother. "But that is impossible, right? Jarrod…he…died…years ago. I couldn't have seen him."

"I'm here," Jarrod moves closer to Nicholas as their eyes lock. "I am here, Nicholas. I am alive."

The Claus House; Leah, Jeff, & Paige's Home

Jeff moves into the living room of the house that he lives in with Leah and Paige and makes a quick beeline for the bar. He needs a drink to calm his nerves as earlier in the day, he was with Victoria and they were on the verge of making love, again, when Bryce showed up at her door and demanded to speak to her. Thinking quickly, he hid under the bed while Victoria and Bryce spoke; once Bryce left, Jeff also departed as they realized that they had a close call.

"Dad, it's so early to be drinking, are you okay?" Paige asks her father as she moves into the living room and sees her father about to take a sip of his scotch.

"It's been a long morning," Jeff chuckles to her as he takes a sip of his drink and then looks back at her. "How are you doing baby girl? How is the baby?"

Paige sighs heavily as she recalls that she saw Will and Eva kissing in the park earlier. She still hates that she was stupid enough to get involved with him when he was always in love with Eva, and now she is pregnant with his child, and has no idea what she is doing to do.

"Oh, we are both fine," Paige tells him. "I am just kicking myself for being so reckless."

"Hey, don't beat yourself up," Jeff moves closer to her. "These things, they happen sometimes, and you know what I always say."

"I do?"

Jeff chuckles to her. "Everything happens for a reason Paige," he looks at his daughter. "When your mother got pregnant with you, it certainly wasn't planned, and, for a time, she didn't know if I was the father or if Robbie was the father, it was a very stressful time for everyone involved, but we made it through to the other side, and that's what will happen with you too."

Paige nods to him as he pulls her into a hug. "This will all work out, you'll see."

"That's what I'm hoping for," Paige whispers as they embrace. "Because I feel so lost about everything right now."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

"Have you heard from Donovan at all?" Eva asks Victoria as the mother-daughter sit across from one another in the restaurant with some lunch in front of them. Eva knows that her son is going through a horrific time right now as he and Lukas have lost custody of Olly to Max.

"Barely," Victoria admits to her mother as she takes a sip of her white wine. "When I call him, he says that he just needs time and space, so I am trying to respect that."

"My poor son," Eva shakes her head back to her daughter. "I can't imagine what he is going through right now."

"I know, I just hope that he reaches out when he needs us," Victoria tells her.

"While my son is struggling, you my dear, you're glowing," Eva notes back to her with a grin on her face. "What's going on?"

Victoria arches her eyebrow with a slight grin as she thinks about her torrid affair with Jeff, which is on-going. At first, she wasn't sure that getting involved with Jeff was the best idea, but she can't deny that she has been enjoying him in every single way.

"What ever do you mean?" she replies with a chuckle.

"Oh, come on, you can't fool your mother," Eva winks back to her. "Have you and Bryce reunited?"

"Oh God, no," Victoria shakes her head back to her. "Bryce and I are over, for good. But…"

"But?"

"But…" Victoria takes another sip of her wine. "There might be someone new, but it is very early, and I don't want to talk about it."

"That's fair," Eva replies to her. "But I am happy for you, Victoria. After everything you've been through, you deserve to be happy."

***

At a table in the back corner of the restaurant, Cheresa and Dawn are sitting across from one another as some soft jazz music plays in the background. They are both on lunch break from the hospital and decided to come out together instead of eating in the cafeteria. Cheresa, in particular, is happy to see Dawn as she wants to share the latest news she got.

"You said that you had a call with Simona earlier," Dawn tells her girlfriend before she takes a bite of her fish taco. "Is there any news on Chantel's case?"

"Somewhat," Cheresa nods back to her before she takes a bite of her chicken salad. "Simona said someone visited Chantel's car, at the national park."

Dawn arches her eyebrow back to her. "What do you mean? Who would visit the car?"

Cheresa shrugs back to her. "I have no idea," she admits to her. "But Simona said that someone left some flowers at the car, almost like you would at a tombstone."

"That's so weird," Dawn tells her quickly. "Unless Chantel has family in Twin Peaks that we didn't know about?"

"Chantel never mentioned family to me," Cheresa replies to her. "But between that and you getting another one of those threatening messages, this entire situation is getting weirder and creepier by the moment."

"I don't disagree with that."

"Just promise me one thing," Cheresa says as they lock eyes with one another. "You are going to be careful, Dawn. Whoever is sending you those messages, they could harm you, the way Chantel has been hurt. And…that's the very last thing I want."

"I will be careful," Dawn smiles back to her. "I promise you that, I will be fine."

***

Sophie slowly moves into the restaurant looking to get some lunch. She's had a busy day as she went to the Richardson estate to tell Logan that she is pregnant with his baby, but she saw him drinking with Meggan, so she left before he could see her. Instead, she went to see Max to see how he was adjusting to having Sonny. She ended up having a good time with Max and Sonny, but she left because she realized that she needed to eat, since she is eating for two now.

She freezes, however, when she sees Logan sitting at the bar with a sandwich, and a beer, in front of him. She shakes her head realizing that he is still drinking.

"I…I don't want to think that my friend has a problem," she whispers to herself. "But every time that I turn around, Logan is seemingly drinking. And he is living with Meggan, who is an alcoholic."

She turns to leave, not wanting to see him while he is drinking. She knows that she has to tell him about the baby eventually, but she wants him to be sober when she does.

"I will tell you about this baby, but not like this," she says to herself. "I just have to find a time when you're not drinking…"

The Tower's; Floor Three; Madeline & Clayton's Home

"Thanks for letting come over today," Lukas tells Clayton as they sit next to one another on the sofa in the living room of the condo that Clayton was living in with Madeline before she relocated to the Calimo mansion.

"Of course," Clayton says back to him. "I imagine it's not comfortable being at your place right now."

"For many reasons," Lukas uneasily chuckles back to him. "I gave Donovan the divorce papers earlier today; my marriage, it will be ending."

Clayton puts his hand on his shoulder. "Between your marriage ending and the custody case, you've been through a lot lately."

"And to top it off, my father is alive," Lukas shakes his head back to him. "I…I don't know, I sometimes feel like this town is cursed to always have so much drama going on."

"I feel the same way," Clayton reveals to him. "I went through so much with Andy and Nicholas and Madeline, well, she's been through hell and back with Robbie and Kim. I…I sometimes wish I could run away from it all."

"Interestingly enough, I have been feeling the same way lately," Lukas admits to him. "Wouldn't it be nice to just run away from Twin Peaks and never look back?"

"Then let's do it?" Clayton suggests to him quickly. "Let's leave Twin Peaks and never look back?"

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

"I, uh, feel like you've been ignoring me," Sergio tells Donovan as they face one another in the living room of the Richardson estate. Sergio has been feeling like Donovan has been giving him the cold shoulder as of late since he was the one who escorted Olly out of the mansion with Max. "Are you sure we are okay?"

"We are fine," Donovan waves his hand in the air. "I know that you were only doing your job; the fact is, Lukas and I, we were trying to stall the inevitable."

"I'm glad you see it that way," Sergio moves closer to him and pulls him into a hug. "I know that this has been difficult, but it will get better."

"I am not sure about that," Donovan sighs as they exit their embrace. "I…I don't think that I will ever recover from this, Sergio. Losing my son, I don't know, I feel like part of my heart is missing."

"Olly isn't gone forever," Sergio tries to tell him. "The truth is, you can see him at any time. You, Max, and Abby, you can come together and do what is best for Olly."

Donovan gulps back to him. "I don't know what that even is anymore," he whispers to him. "I just know that I am devastated and I am not sure what it will take for me to get past this hurt, or if I ever will."

The Cascade Apartments

"Alright, I'm coming," Max says as he stands up from the sofa, where he is watching a movie with Olly, as he hears a knock on the door. "I'll be right back buddy, okay?"

"Okay Max," Olly replies to him quickly before he returns his focus to the Paw Patrol video that is on the TV.

Max smiles back at his son before he opens the front door to his apartment and is stunned to see Abby standing in the hallway.

"Abby, uh, hi," he says as she moves into the apartment.

"Hi," Abby replies to him as she turns to face him. "I…I hope it's okay that I'm here…I…I couldn't stay away another day."

"We probably do have to sit down and talk about everything that happened," Max tells her. "You lying to me about being Sonny's father, that really gutted me."

"I know what I did was wrong," Abby admits to him. "The truth is, when I thought that our son died, I really didn't see the point of being honest. I…I thought my secret died with him. But he's alive Max, our son is alive…"

"He is, and he's amazing Abby," Max tells her.

"How has he been adjusting?"

Max shrugs back to him. "Slowly," he admits. "He asks for Lukas and Donovan all the time but I just keep saying that he is staying with me for a little while longer."

"Does he know that you're his father?" Abby asks him as he shakes his head no back to her. "What if…what if you and I talk to him today? We could tell him that we are his parents? What do you think?"

The Young Mansion; Melissa's Manor

Nicholas sits up on the sofa and looks back at Jarrod, still in shock that his partner is standing in front of him.

"So, I wasn't dreaming?" Nicholas asks again before he looks at his mother.

"No darling," Melissa replies to him. "Jarrod is alive, and he's here. I brought him back to town for you."

"It is true," Jarrod says to him as he moves closer to the sofa. "Your mother has been taking care of me for years."

"I…I don't understand any of this," Nicholas tells everyone. "You died from HIV years ago, so what the hell happened? How are you alive and why have you been hiding out with my mother all this time?"

"We can explain everything," Melissa replies to him.

"Then start talking," Nicholas demands from his mother. "Because this doesn't make any sense to me and I need to know everything, and I need to know right now!"

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