Episode 560
 

Closing Up Your Heart
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: September 01, 2019

Episode Theme song: "Whatever You Want" Pink

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Tyler found the device Bob used to brainwash Felicia with, but Kim covered with him about what it really was. Later, Kim realized the device was missing from her purse
- Natasha and Shane worried when they hadn't heard from Jacob
- Adam and Robin reunited and made love
- Craig revealed to his friends that he is HIV positive. Brandy, later, gave him drugs to help with his disease
- Jeff and Meggan shared a close moment which made her feel guilty for lying about her baby's paternity
- Robbie won the election and kissed Brooke

The Pampa Grill

"That's quite the shiner," Andy announces to Tyler, who is sitting at a table in the restaurant by himself. Andy looks at the man who was the father of his nephew, observing the large black eye that he has. Andy can only assume that Vinny lashed out at Tyler with his fist once the truth about his affair with Daisy was exposed. Andy doesn't condone the violence but he can understand why Vinny punched Tyler. "I hope you're putting ice on it."

"I am," Tyler uneasily nods back to him. "And, if you are going to attack me for my actions, please stop. I've heard enough of it to last me a life time."

"I bet you have," Andy replies to him. "But, you have to understand why so many people are concerned. This thing between you and Daisy, it's hurt a lot of people."

"This thing is between Daisy and I," Tyler tells him. "We certainly didn't mean for anything like to happen. It just happened."

"You didn't stop to think about Vinny or her job?"

Tyler shakes his head back to him. "Like I said, it just happened. I'm sorry so many people are upset by this, but I can't take it back and to be honest, I wouldn't want to take it back. Daisy and I, we had something together."

"My God," Andy gasps back at him. "You are in love with her, aren't you?"

Before Tyler can reply, Andy's phone pings. He pulls it out of his pocket and sees an incoming message from Lukas. "I have to run," Andy looks back at him. "But, Tyler, please, don't do anything else that will cause more hurt, okay?"

***

"I can't believe that you actually won the election, Mr. Mayor," Natasha smiles across the table to her brother, thrilled that he won the race because leading up to the election day, the race was very close between Robbie and Daisy. Still, Natasha is thrilled that her brother was able to become the mayor.

"It has been a little overwhelming, to be honest," Robbie replies to her with a grin on his face. "I knew that I had a chance but in the back of my mind, I always just assumed that Daisy would win again."

"Well, now that you're mayor, what are you going?"

Robbie shrugs his shoulders. "I don't know that I should do anything drastic, you know? I mean, Daisy was running a good ship, it's just nice that I'll be able to make changes for the better."

"That makes sense," she replies to him. "And, I'm sure Daisy would appreciate that."

"I still can't believe that she and Tyler Robertson were sleeping together…"

"Me either," Natasha admits to him. "But, secrets always have a way of coming out."

Robbie uneasily nods back to her as he thinks about kissing the very married Brooke after she told him that he had won the election. He knows that they can't kiss again for obvious reasons, but he hasn't been able to stop thinking about it.

"Yea, that's the truth," he nods back to her. "Anyways, Nat, I should get running. Duty calls, you know?"

Natasha uneasily chuckles back to him. "Yea, yea," she smiles to him. "Let's get together soon?"

She watches as he rushes out of the restaurant before she opens her large Chanel bag and pulls out her phone. She looks at any new messages and feels her heart sink as she still hasn't heard back from Jacob. She has left him voicemails, texts and emails, but he hasn't responded to her yet.

"What's going on with you Jacob? Why aren't you replying to me?" she asks herself before she takes a sip of her sparkling water.

***

At another table, Helen picks up her orange juice and takes a sip of it while she looks at Adam. She can't help but think that her ex-husband is looking particularly handsome this morning; she knows that she shouldn't be thinking this way but since they made love, she can't help but feel this way again. That moment of the two of them being together again has made her realize that she still cares a lot for Adam, despite him telling her that they can't be together because of his feelings for Robin.

"It was nice of you to want to have breakfast with me today," Helen finally tells Adam, who sets his coffee mug down. "It's not often we get to be together, just the two of us."

Adam smiles back to her knowing that he had an ulterior motive for having Helen join him this morning. He can't help but think back to the previous night when he and Robin finally made love again; after months of him pushing her away, they reconnected and reunited. Now, he has to tell Helen what has happened, because he can tell that she has been holding on to hope that they would get back together since they made love not too long ago.

"I'm glad that you were free," he replies to her. "How was Dawn this morning?"

"She was good, actually," Helen tells him. "She was going to Shelley's to watch some of the live feed of the Gen Next House. I think she's missing Cheresa."

"They have become pretty close and the campaign started when Dawn needed her friends the most," Adam replies to her quickly. "But, I'm glad she has Shelley. She needs people around her who love her still."

"I couldn't agree more," Helen admits to him. "That's why I'm glad we have been spending so much time together."

Adam uneasily smiles back to her. "About that, I have some news for you and I wanted you to hear it from me."

Helen arches her eyebrow back to him in surprise. "What is it? Is everything okay?"

"Everything is fine," Adam nods back to her. "It's about Robin and I. We…we got back together."

Helen feels her heart sink into her stomach. She quickly tells herself that she knew that this was coming but she still can't believe that she thought that, maybe, this breakfast was a sign of them getting back together.

"I'm sorry if this hurts you," he tries to tell her, as he can see that she is visibly upset.

"No, don't apologize to me," Helen stops him quickly. "I knew that this was coming; you kept telling me that you and Robin were going to get together. Ignore my reaction, please. I'm happy for you, I really am."

Adam reaches over and grabs her hand. "This doesn't mean that I won't be there for you or Dawn, you have to know that."

A single tear falls down Helen's cheek. "I know that, Adam. We will always be in each other's lives, our history speaks to that. I am happy for you and Robin," she tells him, even though she knows that she is trying to convince herself of the very thing she is saying.

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"Hey, I got your text, what's going on?" Andy asks Lukas as he walks into the waiting room and sees his friend pacing back and forth. Andy hopes that everything is okay; he got worried when the message from Lukas indicated that he was at the hospital.

"It's Craig," Lukas turns and looks back at his friend with worry all over his face. "He's not doing so well."

Andy shakes his head in confusion. "What do you mean? What's wrong?"

Lukas shrugs his shoulders back to him. "I wish I knew," he admitted to him. "We were going to have breakfast together but he felt sick and looked pale, so I brought him here."

"You don't think that it's the HIV do you?" Andy asks him.

"How could the disease already be making him so sick?" Lukas asks him back. "We just found out he was positive. I don't know, Andy, I don't like this. I don't like this one bit."

***

"I'm glad that you came in today if you're not feeling so great," Brandy, who is still in control of Victoria, tells Craig, as he lays down on a bed in an examination room. Brandy lifts the sleeve of his shirt up to expose his bare arm and then she places an elastic around it. She looks at him for a moment and can see how pale he has become. She turns around and grabs her large syringe with medication in it.

"I'm just surprised this is hitting me so quickly," he replies to her, almost out of breath. "What's happening to me, Victoria?"

Brandy turns to him and purses her lips together as she shoots some of the liquid out of the needle. "Your body is reacting to both the disease but also the medication," she informs him. "You know that new drugs in one's system can have differing effects. I promise, soon, you'll be feeling better."

"God, I hope so," he looks up at her as he braces himself for her to inject him with more medication. "Because, this is the worst feeling in the world."

"Brace yourself, this may sting," she comes closer to him and puts the needle into his arm and slowly injects the liquid into Craig's system. "Good, that's very good, Craig. You'll be back to normal very, very soon."

Craig uneasily hopes his eyes and looks back at her, hoping that she's right. "Thanks for being here for me, Vic."

"Of course," Brandy purses her lips together. "I wouldn't be anywhere else."

MW Investigations

Meggan slowly moves towards her office door with an herbal tea in her hand from the Sugarbowl. She still loves having a hot drink in the morning, but because of the baby, she can't have coffee so she has been turning to tea more and more often. She is also moving slower than usual because she is very close to her due date; part of her can't wait for the baby to be here, she's ready for her former body back.

She opens the door and immediately sees Brad sitting behind her desk with his laptop open. She smiles at the sight of him working; she can't believe everything he has done for her, most importantly, agreeing to say that he is the child's father despite her knowing that Jeff is the father of her baby. She shuts her eyes for a moment recalling how she and Jeff saw each other recently and they shared a close moment. A part of her thinks that the secret is slowly eating away at her, but another part of her is sure that she is doing the right thing.

"What are you looking at with such intent?" she finally asks him, causing Brad to look up. He gets a slight grin on his face at the sight of her.

"I'm watching some of the Gen Next House," Brad admits to her. "But, I'd rather look at you."

Meggan chuckles as she moves into the office. "Aren't you sweet?"

"I'm being honest," he stands up to greet her. "You're beautiful."

"Thanks," she purses her lips together. "But, you don't have to stop watching that if you don't want too."

He waves his hand in the air knowing that he has to stop watching the feed. "I have to stop or I'm going to go crazy."

"Are you still worried about Max and Cheresa being so close all summer long?" Meggan asks him as he runs his hand through his hair. "I told you, Brad, you have to let that go, or it will drive you crazy."

"I know, I know," he replies to her. "I just can't stop thinking about what he did to Robin and Adam…I don't want him around Cheresa. You can't blame me for that."

"No, I can't, and I don't," she informs him. "But, we have to maintain our integrity of the firm. No one can know that we know what Max did to Adam, so we have to act normal around him."

"That might be easier said than done."

"I get it," Meggan tells him. "I have an idea, why don't we get away for the weekend? It might be our last chance before the baby comes."

"What did you have in mind?" he asks her, excited that he could actually be alone with her all weekend.

"I'm sure I could get permission to go to the Calimo cabin for the weekend. What do you say? A weekend in the woods with me?"

"I say, let's do it! It'll be fun," he smiles back to her.

Robertson Enterprises; Dominick's Office

"Have you come up with anything to share with your father about how we can compete with Roboto and the Gen Next House?" Jeff as his wife as they sit next to one another on the sofa in Dominick's office. Jeff is holding his tablet trying to think of a good campaign that will put Robertson Enterprises back on top, but he is struggling to come up with something solid.

Leah sighs and puts her file down on the table in front of her before looking back at Jeff. "To be honest, no. I know it has to be something grand, but I keep drawing blanks."

"I hear you," he replies to her quickly. "And, that scares me because I know how much Dominick wanted all of us to come up with a good idea."

"He never does well when Roboto is beating him. It's that damn feud he has going with Bob Calimo; it's a never ending cycle."

"I don't know how you were in the middle of that for so long," he admits to her. "When you were married to Robbie, you must have felt like you were forced to take sides."

"I guess a little," Leah replies to him. "Robbie and I tried our best to keep Bob and Dominick out of our marriage. But you know what? I don't want to dwell on that."

"Are you suggesting we focus on our marriage?" he winks at her before he leans in and kisses her.

Their lips part for a moment before she looks into his eyes. "I'm saying, a little get away might be good for us. You, me, alone? It might also clear our minds enough to come up with a campaign idea?"

"I love the way you're thinking…where should we go?" he asks her.

"I still have access to the Calimo cabin," she reveals to him. "How about we plan a weekend getaway there?"

"That sounds perfect," he leans and kisses her again. "And just what we need."

Wild Night; The Offices

Robbie opens the door to his campaign office and quickly moves inside, still riding the wave of having won the election. A part of him still can't believe that he is the mayor of Twin Peaks; now, he has to pack up his campaign office so he can move into City Hall.

"There you are," Brooke announces as she comes into the office, leaving the door ajar as she does so. "I was beginning to think you didn't want to move today."

Robbie turns and chuckles back to her. "Are you kidding me? I can't wait to get to my new office. Part of me still thinks this is all a dream."

"Do you want me to pinch you to remind you that this is real?" she smirks to him as she comes up to him. "Actually, on second thought, you might like that too much."

Robbie chuckles back to her. "You're right, if you were the one pinching me, I would like it."

Their eyes lock and both of them are taken back to their kiss that that they shared recently. He moves closer to her and licks his lips. "We can't do this," she replies to him. "I'm married."

"But you want it just as much as I do," he whispers back to her. "Sometimes, you can't deny attractions."

She doesn't respond with words, instead she leans in and kisses him passionately on the lips. Outside the doorway, Cory stands watching in shock as he was headed up to his own office at the night club. He was going to congratulate Robbie on his win; instead, he's looking at Robbie and the very -married Brooke sharing a heated kiss.

Raven's Meadow

"I must admit, I was surprised to hear back from you so quickly following our last visit," Dominick tells Greg as he sits in the doctor's office next to Eva, as they came back to get an update on Felicia's status. Dominick looks over at his wife as it is her first time visiting Greg with him; he wanted her to be in on Felicia's prognosis, so she came with him.

"Well, yes, I think we both want what is best for Felicia, and that's why I wanted you to come here again today," Greg replies to him before looking over at Eva. "And, Mrs. Robertson, it is nice to officially meet you."

"Likewise Doctor," Eva smiles back to him. "But, I insist that you call me Eva, please."

"Very well, Eva," Greg nods back to her. "Before I begin, do you have any questions? I know that this is your first visit here."

Eva sighs and looks back at Dominick before she returns her focus to the doctor. "I guess my concern is that she is now claiming that she didn't start the fire. I'm not sure how or why she would retract her story now. At the time of the fire, she was off her medication, which, to me, means she did start the fire."

Greg agrees with her. "Yes, I'm with you. I believe these dreams that Felicia has been having is her confusing her reality with her subconscious. Once that is settled, she should be on the way to recovery."

"Well, what do you propose we do to ensure she is get start to tell the difference between her reality and her dreams?" Dominick asks him, wondering what his next plan of attack will be. "I remember last time I was here you said that you might have to take drastic action."

Greg uneasily nods back to him. "I did, and I think I know exactly what we have to do," he reveals to them. "I think we should do some electrotherapy on Felicia."

Eva's mouth opens in horror. "You want to use shock therapy? Isn't that dangerous?"

"It can be," Greg replies to her. "But, I have a lot of experience in the field. I think it might be our only option. Dominick, what do you think?"

Eva and Greg look at Dominick who wonders if this is the best option for his ex-wife. He doesn't know how to answer, but he finds himself nodding back to Greg. "If you think that's what is best, then I think we could try it."

"Dominick!" Eva gasps at him. "You can't be serious!"

"I want Felicia to get better," Dominick replies to her. "And, if the doctor thinks this is what is best, then I support it."

"I'll make the appropriate arrangements," Greg advises them. "And Eva, please, don't worry. Felicia is in very good hands."

The Calimo Mansion; Bob's Office

Tyler opens the door to the office and moves inside quickly. He wanted to do some work on the Gen Next House, but he decided to use Bob's personal study instead of going into Roboto because he didn't want to deal with all the looks of the people who now know about his affair with Daisy. He just hopes that soon the gossiping and disapproving looks will stop sooner rather than later.

He moves to the desk and opens his laptop and starts typing into the keyboard. He stops and turns around for a moment, looking up to the bookshelf where he found some odd looking device that Kim told him was a family heirloom; he doesn't know why she would lie to him about what the device actually was, but it didn't look like it could possibly be something that Bob's father gave him. It looks far newer and technological than that.

"So, what was it?" he asks himself before he stands up and looks at the bookshelf. "And, why would you to me about it, Kim?"

He turns around when he hears a beeping noise coming from the laptop. He sees something flashing on his screen so he moves back to the chair, but before he sits down, he sees something on the floor, under the desk. He bends down and reaches for the small item on the floor. When he picks it up, he realizes that it is the same device he was just thinking about.

"How did you get on the floor?" he whispers as he looks at the device closer. "And more importantly, what the hell are you?"

Next on One Day at a Time
- The Summer Send-Off Dance takes place
- Andy and Donovan discuss Craig's illness
- Brooke and Robbie wake up after making love

 
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