Episode 699
 
Healing that I Seek
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: May 13, 2021

Episode Theme song: "The Most" Mylie Cyrus

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Robin arrived at the Eiffel Tower to meet Adam, who was still at his hotel telling Helen that they would never be together again
- Cheresa saw Trenyce and Brad having sex
- Greg told Brooke that they wouldn't be together again since he didn't trust her following Robbie's affair
- Brad asked Meggan for help in searching the Victors mansion
- Abby and Max went to get a paternity test on her unborn child

Paris, France

Robin walks slowly around the park the Eiffel Tower stands in. There are some water fountains about 50 feet away from the tower; Robin sits on the base of the fountains and looks back at the large iconic tower. She has been waiting for Adam for what seems like ever, and he has not arrived yet. They were supposed to meet at the Eiffel Tower at 4 pm so they could spend the rest of the afternoon and evening together. It was going to be the start of their reunion but now, for whatever reason, he is not here yet. She can still see that there are so many people around the tower and within the park; maybe she just hasn't found him yet?

She opens her large Chanel purse and grabs her cell phone. She sighs heavily when she looks at the screen and sees no new notifications.

"Where are you Adam?" she asks herself as she stands up and slowly starts moving towards the Eiffel Tower again. "Maybe I just haven't seen you yet. I'll go back closer to the tower and see if I can find you."

She moves closer to the iconic sight hoping that she finds Adam so they can start their future together in one of the most romantic cities in the world.

La Reserve Paris Hotel & Spa

"Adam wait," Helen quickly stands up from the large bed in Adam's hotel room and races to the door. She opens it and looks down the hallway and sees Adam scurrying to the elevator. "Adam, please!"

Helen rushes towards her ex-husband as she recalls how she just professed her love to him and even kissed him; instead of Adam admitting he still cares about her, he told Helen that he is in love with Robin and told Helen that he was going to track her down. Helen, however, can't give up without a fight. She loves Adam with all of her heart and she realizes that this could be their chance to be together.

"Helen, I told you," Adam looks back at her as he presses the elevator button. "I am meeting Robin, I am already late! I have to get to the Eiffel Tower so we can start our life together."

"Doesn't it matter that I just professed my love to you?" she asks him with water filling in her eyes. "After everything we have shared, don't my feelings for you matter at all?"

"Of course they matter," Adam looks back at her. "You will always be in my life, Helen. That will never change, but I am in love with Robin. You have to accept that, okay?"

Before Helen can reply, the elevator door opens and Adam hops inside. "I have to get to Robin, I'll see you later."

The doors close and as soon as they do, Helen covers her mouth as she gasps out letting a tear fall down her cheek. "I've lost him," she whispers to herself. "I've really lost him."

Twin Peaks
The Black House; Helen & Dawn's Home


"I love that we can make love whenever we want cause your Mom is away," Cheresa smiles over to Dawn as they lay naked next to each other in Dawn's room in the Black house. The two women just finished having intense sex with one another and are basking in the afterglow. After the last few months that they have had, both of them are thrilled to have some down time together.

"You're telling me," Dawn chuckles back to her. "I guess I should tell her that she needs to go away more often." Dawn pauses and looks back over at Cheresa, who rolls over to lay on her back to face the ceiling. "How are you, really? Are you feeling better about things now that Brooke got off with community service?"

"I'm relieved," Cheresa admits to her. "I was worried that she was going to go to jail and that would have been the worst possible outcome."

"Maybe now you will be able to move forward with Chris and Trenyce?"

Cheresa shuts her eyes and immediately sees the haunting images of Brad and Trenyce having intense sex with one another. She hasn't been able to stop thinking about seeing her mother and her brother in that heated position. She finally turns to face Dawn. "I'm not so sure about that."

Dawn arches her eyebrow. "Why not? What's holding you back?"

"I…" Chersea begins to reply to her. "I just don't know if I will ever be ready to welcome them fully into my life and that's something they will both have to get used to."

The Sugarbowl

Brooke slowly stirs her coffee as she sits in the back booth of the coffee house. She should be happy, and she is, with the outcome of her trial, but she can't help but think about what Greg told her after the hearing ended: he doesn't see them having a future together. She had hoped that he would have realized that their marriage is worth saving she during the lead up to her trial she realizes that she is still in love with her husband. Instead, he told her that they would not be together because he wouldn't be able to trust her since her affair with Robbie.

"I know I messed up with Robbie," she whispers to herself before she takes a sip of her beverage. "But I have to believe that there is something that I can do to win you back, Greg."

She slowly looks up and happens to see her husband move into the coffeehouse. She waves over to him which catches Greg's attention. Greg finishes ordering and then moves over to the booth where she is sitting.

"Enjoying your coffee with a new sense of freedom?" he asks her as he sits across from her.

"Yea, I suppose I am," she admits to him. "I don't know if I thanked you enough for everything you did to support me during the trial Greg. I couldn't have gotten through it all without you."

"You have thanked me," Greg nods back to her. "But you're welcome. I told you that I would do anything and everything in my power to make sure that you didn't go to jail."

Brooke smiles back to him and reaches over and grabs his hand. "That's why I was hoping you'd had a change of heart concerning us? I was hoping that you'd find it in your heart to forgive me and give our marriage another chance? We could really put our family back together, Greg."

Greg looks back at her. "I told you…"

"I know what you said," Brooke cuts him off. "But I was hoping after some time, you'd realize that I was right."

"I don't want to hurt you Brooke," Greg looks back at her. "But I meant what I said, what we had as a married couple, is over. I can't go back down that road again."

Brooke bites her lower lip. "Okay, if you really mean that then I will stop pressuring you. I won't make a fool of myself by throwing myself at you."

"You're making a fool of yourself," he tells her. "If I was in your shoes, I would do the exact same thing. We are friends, we are parents, Brooke … we have history, but that's all."

Brooke lets a tear fall from her eye and it runs down her cheek. "Yes, we are. And we always will be," she tries to smile through some tears.

The Victors Mansion

Brad slowly pulls into the driveway of the Victors mansion and looks over at Meggan, who is looking out her window at the large estate. She hasn't been to the mansion in years; just the sight of the property is bringing back so many memories for her that she thought she had suppressed. Still, she knows that she agreed to help Brad investigate Vinny and the property because if there is a chance that Daisy is alive, she has to do everything she can to help her sister.

"Hey, are you sure you want to do this?" Brad finally breaks the silence and asks her.

Meggan looks back at him as she feels herself start to shake a little. "I'll be fine," she tries to tell him. "I'm nervous and I'm having a lot of flashbacks about this place … but I have to find out if Daisy is alive."

"We can leave as soon as you need to, okay? Your well-being is the most important thing."

Meggan uneasily smirks back to him. "Thanks. Let's go talk to Vinny and see if he will give us any information."

They leave the vehicle and slowly make their way up to the front door where he rings the doorbell. They wait for a moment before Vinny opens the door.

"Brad, Meggan, this is a surprise," he tells them as they move into the foyer of the mansion. "What brings you all the way out here?"

"We have reason to believe that Daisy is alive," Brad replies to him quickly causing Vinny to gulp and look back at them. "And, we think you know something you're not telling anyone."

"If you know anything Vinny," Meggan looks back at him with intent. "You have to tell me. You have to tell me if my sister is alive."

Vinny starts to chuckle back to them. "I'm so sorry to have to do this to you," he continues to chuckle. "But, Daisy is dead. Not that it's funny but the fact that you guys are still thinking that I know more than I'm saying, that's what's hilarious."

"Forgive me if I don't think this is very funny," Meggan replies to him quickly. "We just want the truth."

"The truth? The truth about what?" Victoria asks as she emerges at the top of the staircase. She slowly walks down as she looks at Brad, Meggan and Vinny. "Come on, someone answer me! The truth about what? What's going on here?"

Twin Peaks Medical Clinic

Abby paces back and forth in the medical clinic examination room as she waits for the nurse to return with the results of the paternity test that she had on her unborn child. In a few short minutes, she will learn if Max or Andrew is the father of her baby; she has been hoping and praying that Andrew is the father because she still believe that he will come around to the idea of being a father and it will allow them to finally be together.

"I know Max seems genuinely excited about being a father but if Andrew is the father, this could be our chance to finally be together. I have to take that chance," she whispers to herself. "That would be the best possible outcome; Andrew and I would be together and Max could focus on getting back together with Paige. Everyone would win."

She shuts her eyes for a moment and recalls how the nurse ensured her that only she would get the test results because it's a privacy issue. Even though Max provided some of his DNA, he won't get the test results. She just hopes that they are the results she needs.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," the nurse says as she opens the door and looks at Abby. "I have the results."

Abby feels her heart start to race. She takes a deep breath. "Okay. Before you tell me, can you please just tell me again that I'm the only one that will get the test results? No one else will have access to these, not even Max?"

"That's correct," she tells Abby, who nods back to her. "We did the test on the child, you're the mother of the unborn child so no one else will have access to them since it would be a breach of privacy."

"Okay, good. So tell me, was Max a match to my baby's DNA? Is Max my baby's father?"

"Yes, he is," the nurse smiles back to him. "Congratulations, you two make such a lovely couple and he really seems excited about being a father. Max will be a great father to your child."

Abby feels the blood drain from her face as she sits back down into a chair. "Are you okay?"

"I'll be fine," she tells the nurse. "I…I just need a minute to process this."

"Of course, I'll be out front if you need anything."

The door closes and Abby grabs the small pillow on the exam table. She puts it to her mouth and screams into it. Once she's done, she looks up with her red face. "This can't be happening," she says flustered. "This can't be happening to me!"

Paris, France

Adam rushes into the park next to the Eiffel Tower and starts to scan the faces of all the people that are near the tower, trying to see if he can find Robin. He doesn't see her at first, so he continues to walk around, trying to find her. He knows that he is a few minutes late but he is hoping that Robin is still there so they can start their life together.

"Come on Robin, come on, where are you?" he asks himself as he continues to search for her. He pauses and looks up at the Eiffel Tower, which has the sun setting behind it now. "I know I'm late but I have to find you. I have to find you so we can finally be together."

He pulls out his cell phone but doesn't see any new messages from her. He sighs heavily as he puts the phone back into his pocket and he starts to walk around again, hoping to find Robin.

La Reserve Paris Hotel & Spa

"Merci," Shane says to the waiter as the door to his hotel room opens and the waiter wheels in some room service. Shane pulls out some Euros and gives him a tip before the waiter departs. Shane goes to close the door behind the waiter when he sees Robin slowly walking down the hallway of the hotel.

"Robin? What are you doing here so soon? I thought you were meeting Adam at the Eiffel Tower?"

Robin looks up and sees her friend. With tears in her eyes she pulls him into a hug. "Come inside," Shane tells her as they move back into his hotel room and the door closes behind him.

"Here some tissue for your tears," Shane passes her a box of Kleenex, wondering why she is so emotional.

"Thank you."

"What happened?"

"He didn't show up," Robin admits to him as she pats her eyes dry. "Adam stood me up."

"Oh Robin," Shane moves next to her and puts his arm around her. "I'm so sorry. I wish I knew why he would do that to you but I have no idea why anyone would do that to you. You deserve so much better."

"I guess I brought this on myself," she admits to him as she continues to wipe her tears. "I never should have told him to stay away from Helen. I bet that's where this is all coming from."

"If that's the case, he should have been man enough to tell you," Shane looks into her eyes. "You deserve that much. You deserve the world."

"Do I?"

"Yea," Shane nods back to her. "If you were the love of my life, I'd give you anything and everything you'd ever want."

Robin uneasily smiles back to him and their eyes lock. Immediately, Shane leans in and kisses her passionately and Robin responds to him. They stand up and start undressing each other as their lips continue to kiss each other. Soon, they are naked and falling back on to the bed, their passion taking over.

Next on One Day at a Time
- Victoria has strong words for Brad & Meggan
- Cory & Leah make an admission
- Abby makes a bold decision

 
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