Episode Theme song: "Lonely Millionaire" Kacey Musgraves

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Nicholas brought Andy & Jarrod together to announce that he's made a decision
- Simona told Sophie she could press charges against Meggan if she had anything to do with the miscarriage. Sophie decided to get Max's advice. Max and Natasha, meanwhile, shared a steamy kiss
- Frederick decided to go to Italy to try to find Dominick & Felicia
- Abby told Ethan she would make their transition work
- Donovan tried to bridge the gap between him and Sergio
- Jacob saw Cassie and Stephanie talking

The Sugarbowl

"Thank you for both meeting me this evening," Frederick says to Meggan and Bryce as the three of them are sitting in the back booth of the coffeehouse. While he knows that it is late, Frederick asked to his daughter and grandson, and thankfully, they agreed to meet them. Frederick doesn't have a drink in front of them, but Meggan has a coffee as she feels like she needed to sober up since she was fighting with Logan about Sophie's miscarriage before she got the call from Frederick. "I know that it's late."

"You made it seem important," Bryce replies to him quickly. "Assuming that this has to do with your quest to find Felicia?"

"I still have no idea where she is," Frederick replies to them. Frederick doesn't want anyone to know that he has hired a private investigator to track down Dominick and Felicia; the fewer people that know what he is up too, the less likelihood there is that someone will, even accidently, slip up and let anyone know his plan. "The truth is, this entire ordeal has left me feeling like I need a break, just to clear my head."

"A break? What does that mean?" Meggan asks him quickly.

"It means, I'm leaving town for a short time," Frederick reveals to them. "I wanted you, both, to hear this from me. I will miss Christmas, but I will be back when I feel like the time is right. And Meggan, please relay this to Logan."

"I will," Meggan nods back to him. "

"I hope this time away is what you need," Bryce looks over at him. "And when you come back, you'll be able to focus on what is important."

"Nothing is more important than finding my wife," Frederick tells them. "Nothing."

***

Sophie opens the door to the coffeehouse and scurries inside. She is on her way to see Max to get his advice on what she should do about Simona suggesting that if Meggan did anything to cause her miscarriage, she could press charges. On the drive back into Twin Peaks from the Calimo mansion, she decided that she would show up at Max's with some hot chocolates; another way of a peace offering, since she knows Max was not happy with her for sleeping with Logan.

After she places her order, she happens to see Meggan, Bryce, and Frederick sitting together. Meggan makes eye contact with her and ends up approaching the younger woman.

"Sophie, hi," Meggan says coming up to her. "I've…I've been thinking about you. How are you?"

"Do you even care?" Sophie snaps back at her.

"Of course, I do," Meggan replies to her quickly. "Logan blames me for the loss, by the way. And I am truly, truly sorry."

"Your words mean nothing," Sophie snaps back at her. "Your actions…that's what matters."

"I don't know what I can say or do to make things right."

Sophie listens to Meggan's words and suddenly realizes that she knows what she has to do. She had been thinking, non-stop, about Simona's suggestion and realizes that she can do something.

"You know, Simona Lopez paid me a visit," Sophie reveals to her. "And she told me that if you did anything, anything at all, to cause my miscarriage, I could press charges."

"What?" Meggan gasps back at her in shock. "Sophie! You know damn well that it was an accident."

"But Simona doesn't know that, at least not yet," Sophie replies to her.

"Sophie, what are you saying?"

"I'm going to say this," Sophie glares back at her. "Either you check yourself into rehab and you get sober, for good this time, or I'm going to tell Simona that you caused my miscarriage, and I will press every charge I can at you. The choice is yours, Meggan: get help or go to jail, for a very long time."

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

Donovan moves into the living room of the lavish mansion that he still lives in, despite being divorced from Lukas. While he married into the family, he is grateful that Meggan has allowed him to stay on there until he finds a new place to live. But considering how busy he has been lately, he hasn't even been looking for a new place, however.

As he moves into the living room, he sees Logan finishing a drink and about to pour another one. "Logan, you're still up," Donovan announces to him. "I…I haven't had the chance to tell you how sorry I am; I heard about Sophie and the baby."

"This town doesn't know how to keep a secret," Logan huffs back to him. "But thanks, Donovan. We aren't family anymore, so I appreciate that you still give a damn."

"We will always be family," Donovan moves up to him and pulls him into a hug. "No matter what happened between me and your Uncle, I've been in your life for a very long time, and I care about you."

"Thanks."

"Just do me a favor, okay?" Donovan replies to him as Logan nods to him. "Don't go too hard on the alcohol; whatever feelings you have, you have to deal with them. Drowning them in alcohol will only make things worse."

"You're right," Logan smiles back to him. "And that's why I won't pour another, I'll go to bed instead. Night Donovan, and thanks."

"Good night," Donovan says as he watches Logan leave the living room.

Just then, Donovan's cell phone pings with a new incoming text message. He pulls his phone from his pocket and smiles when he sees that it is a message from Sergio, whom he had dinner with earlier in the evening. He had arranged a romantic dinner at the Pink Flamingo in hopes of starting to build a bridge after he found out that Donovan slept with Lukas during the custody case.

"Thanks again for dinner; like I said, it will take more than a dinner to make us work again," Donovan reads the message from Sergio. "I think we need a break, D. I need to learn to trust you again. Sorry if I gave any mixed signals."

Donovan sighs reading the message. "A break?" he whispers. "What can I do to make this right, Sergio? If anything?"

With that question, he moves to the bar to pour himself the drink that Logan just turned down.

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

At the back table, Cassie puts her fork down and, then, smiles over at Jacob as they just finished a late dinner together. Cassie takes a sip of her of her white wine before she wipes her mouth dry.

"Those prawns are my absolute favorite," Cassie tells him with a grin on her face. "Thanks again for indulging me with this late-night dinner."

"Of course," Jacob chuckles back to her. "I know how you can get once you have a craving. And it was nice that Ms. Rodriguez could pop over and watch Carter while we dine out."

"You know she loves our son," Cassie winks back to him. "Although, what's not to love."

"You got that right," Jacob continues to chuckle.

"Are you not hungry? You barely touched your lasagna?"

"Yea, I guess I have something on my mind," Jacob reveals to her.

"Talk to me, Jacob. I'm your wife, you can tell me anything."

"Alright," Jacob puts his fork down and looks back over at Cassie. "You came into the restaurant to get a table while I was parking the car."

"Yes?" Cassie asks him curious about where this is going.

"And, well, when I came in, I saw you," Jacob continues to tell her. "You were at the bar talking to Stephanie," he tells her as he recounts what he witnessed. "What I don't understand is why. Why were you talking to Stephanie, especially after she told me that she didn't want me to be her friend anymore? What is going on?"

Cassie gulps heavily back to him. She knows that she was reminding Stephanie that she knows her secret: she was born a man, Stefan, and she blackmailed her into staying away from Jacob or she would reveal his secret.

"Yes, I know all of that," Cassie tries to think of a lie to tell Jacob. She knows that she can't tell him the real reason that she was there. "The truth is, I was just trying to be polite. I was just saying hello, that's all. No harm, no foul."

"Well, I appreciate you doing that," Jacob breathes a sigh of relief. He didn't know what the encounter could be, but he is glad it wasn't drama. "But going forward, I think it's best if we just leave Steph alone. If she doesn't want to be friends, I think that should go both ways."

"I can do that," Cassie smiles with her. "You will never see me talk to that woman again, promise."

***

At the bar, Abby and Ethan continue to sit next to one another, each with a cocktail in front of them. Abby arrived to get a late dinner, but she ran into Ethan, who just recently moved out of the Lawson estate as he felt like he needed time while Abby was adjusting to this period of having two children. In Ethan's mind, Abby had been prioritizing Olly, and Max, ahead of him and Georgina; he had many frustrating moments, and so, he moved out because he hated feeling like was the second fiddle.

"I can't tell you how much it means to me that you're willing to give him during this transitional period," Abby tells Ethan before he takes a sip of his drink. "The fact of the matter is, it is impossible for me to want to ignore Son…Olly. I thought he was dead, and the fact that he's alive, it's a miracle."

"I know all of that," Ethan replies to her. "And good catch with the Sonny."

Abby chuckles back to him. "He got so confused when Max and I called him Sonny; I have to let the name Sonny go, he is Olly. And Ethan, I am sorry if I ever made you feel like a second fiddle. I never meant to do that."

"I believe that too," Ethan nods back to her. "Look, I can see that you're serious about this, Abby."

"I do, I really mean this," Abby tells him. "I will do whatever I can to make this work, I swear."

"Okay, I've made a decision."

"Oh? What is that decision?" Abby asks him.

"I'll move home with Georgina," Ethan tells her as she gets a grin on her face. "I'll give us another chance."

"Oh Ethan," she pulls him into a hug before she kisses him on the lips. "I am so happy, thank you! Thank you! You won't regret this, I promise you!"

One Day House

"You've made a decision? What does that mean?" a confused Jarrod asks Nicholas as he, his former partner, and Andy all face one another in Nicholas' office at the One Day House. Jarrod and Andy just arrived at the office as Nicholas asked them to join him; neither one really knows what they are doing there, but they are curious to find out.

"I'd like to know the same thing," Andy looks back at Nicholas, feeling the same confusion that Jarrod is feeling. "What's going on?"

"Well, honestly, my world was turned upside down when Jarrod walked into that courtroom at the justice of the peace. For years, I thought you, Jarrod, were dead. I thought you were the love of my life and I was devastated when I thought you died," Nicholas tells them.

"I know, and I continue to be sorry for my role in that," Jarrod replies to him.

"But you didn't die," Nicholas looks back at him with tears in his eyes. "And I know that you were a victim of my mother's manipulations. Andy and I, we have been dealing with her for years. Nothing good ever comes when my mother is involved. But, Jarrod, after you died, I was lost. I was confused. I mourned for a very long time. But you know what? One day, I found love again. I met Andy, and instantly, there was a connection," he chuckles as he looks at Andy. "We've been through a lot together, but in the end there is always love."

"Always," Andy looks back at him.

"But after my dinner with Jarrod, I realized that I had a choice to make because you," he looks at Jarrod. "You kissed me and asked me if we could move on from all of this. I…I had no idea what I was going to do. On one hand, I have this man that I love with Andy, but on the other hand, had my mother not interfered, you and me, Jarrod, we'd still be together today, I believe that to my very core. But I knew that I had to make a decision. And I've done a lot of soul searching."

"What ever you decide, we will support you," Jarrod whispers back to him. "I know that I hurt you, and I don't even have the right to ask you for anything."

"But that's the thing," Nicholas looks back at him as a tear falls down his cheek. "I want to know what this could have been like; all these years that my mother ripped from us, it's not fair, and I want…I want to see what it could have been like."

"What are you saying?" a stunned Andy asks him.

"I…I want to give my relationship with Jarrod a chance," Nicholas whispers as another tear falls down his cheek.

The words hit Andy like a ton of bricks. He feels like his heart moves into his throat and he can't breathe. He is losing Nicholas to Jarrod, all because of Melissa, meaning her plan to break them up worked perfectly.

The Cascade Apartments

Sophie softly knocks on Max's apartment door while her other hand holds a cardboard tray of two hot chocolates. Despite realizing what she wanted to do about Meggan, she decided to still come and see Max, in hopes of sending an olive branch to him, since he is upset with her for sleeping with Logan.

She doesn't hear a response, so she finds herself trying to open the door, which is unlocked. She moves inside the apartment and, immediately, can hear some muffled noises.

"Max?" she calls out, wondering if he is watching TV. She peeks her head into the living room, but it's empty, but she can hear more noises.

She walks down the hallway, closer to Max's bedroom and the noises get louder. She freezes at the doorway of his bedroom as she can see Max and Natasha, her mother, engaged, in hot, passionate sex with one another.

Next on One Day at a Time
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- Andy falls into despair
- Paige is served