Episode 712
 
You Pray for the Truth
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: June 23, 2021

Episode Theme song: "1977" Years & Years

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Nicholas left for a business trip leaving Andy alone in the Young mansion, where he continued to hear odd noises
- Jacob witnessed Paige and Max share a close moment
- Victoria looked around the study in the Victors mansion as she wondered if there were still secret passages
- Greg stunned Brooke by admitting that he has been sleeping with Kim
- Dawn told Trenyce that Cheresa saw her and Brad in bed together

The Young Mansion; Nicholas & Andy's Home

Andy moves into the master bedroom of the mansion that he is living in with Nicholas and draws the large curtains closed. He is going to bed early because he has to be at the Twin Peaks Sun offices first thing the following morning to work on a piece he is writing for the paper. With Nicholas still being out of town, Andy thinks that this is the perfect chance to try to catch up on some sleep and to have a good rest as he hasn't been sleeping so well lately since he has been hearing the odd noise that comes from the closet.

"I know it's a tad early but considering how many sleepless nights I have had because of that damn noise, some extra sleep will do me wonders," Andy whispers to himself as he peels his shirt off and throws it in the laundry hamper. He moves over to the large bed and crawls under the covers.

He leans over and shuts off the lamp on his bed side and shuts his eyes, trying to fall asleep. Soon, however, the loud scratching noise starts coming from the closet again. Andy groans as he rolls over and turns his light back on, annoyed that this is happening again.

"Not this again," he whispers to himself as he moves to the closet and opens the doors. Once again, he doesn't see sign of what could be making the noise. "I have to get some sleep. I can't deal with this today, tomorrow is too important."

He slams the closet doors closed as the sound increases in volume. He moves into the washroom that is just off the side of the main bedroom and opens the medicine cabinet. He pulls out a bottle of sleeping pills and pops two in his mouth.

"These pills with some ear plugs should do the trick," he says to himself as he scurries back to his bed, despite the scratching still very present in his room, knowing that he has to try to get some sleep.

Robertson Enterprises; The Studio

"Hey, I'm going to take off its getting late," Max tells Paige and Jacob as he packs up some of his photo equipment. He knows that they have another busy day planned at work the following day so he doesn't want to stay too long, besides, he has to have a good work-life balance. Once he is done putting his camera away, he will take off for the night.

"Thanks for all your hard work today," Paige smiles over to him, which Jacob notices.

Jacob can't help but wonder why Paige is suddenly being so nice to Max after everything that he did to her in the past. He knows that he shouldn't feel insecure about their relationship but he is having seen the two exes hug at the Roboto launch and now she is being nice to him. He can't help but feel jealous about Paige and Max's history.

"Sure, see you guys tomorrow," Max waves to them as he leaves the studio.

"What's up with you?" Jacob immediately asks her as he moves closer to his girlfriend. He can't help but want to get some answers from him.

"Not much, I'm almost done with my work today too. We could head to get a drink before we call it a night if you want?"

"I saw you and Max at the Roboto launch," Jacob reveals to her as she looks back at him in surprise. "I saw you two hug and now today, you're being so nice to him. What's up with that?"

Paige moves a piece of her hair behind her ear as she is somewhat surprised by Jacob's questions. "We shared a close moment, that's all. Despite everything, I think Max is a good person, Jacob. That doesn't change the fact that I want you, I don't want Max back. But there's no point in being mean or rude to him; he's still our co-worker. I'm just trying to coexist."

"Okay," Jacob uneasily nods back to her. "Sorry for jumping to the conclusions. I guess I felt insecure."

"There's no need," Paige moves up to him and pulls him into a hug. "You're the one I want, Jacob. The only one I want."

They share a kiss as Max watches them from the door of the studio, as he had forgotten something inside. He peers at them and sigs to himself, knowing that he has to do something to break them up, but secretly happy that Jacob is seemingly insecure about their relationship.

"You will be mine again," he whispers to himself before he takes off quickly.

The Pampa Grill

"I know it's late but I had to see you two," Victoria uneasily looks across the table and sees Meggan and Brad sitting on the other side. She recalls how they visited the Victors mansion recently and asked Vinny to tell the truth about whether or not Daisy was alive or not; at the time, Victoria defended her boyfriend to them thinking that there was no way that Daisy could be alive or that Vinny was up to anything. However, since she saw him come out of what appeared to be a secret door in the study the other day, she hasn't been able to stop thinking about it; what if the secret passages weren't removed from the house the way Vinny had said? Vinny himself was locked in a cage in those passages for years.

"You made it seem very important," Brad replies to her, as he tries to hide his bruised face from his recent fight with Chris. "I assume that this has to with our recent visit to the Victors estate?"

"Has something new happened?" Meggan asks her next before she takes a sip of her water.

"I don't know exactly," Victoria admits to them. "But, I thought I saw Vinny walk out of a secret passage way."

"That doesn't surprise me," Meggan replies to her. "I know that there are a lot of tunnels in that mansion."

"But that's the thing," Victoria shakes her head back to them. "He told me that he had the passages removed. That's why this is so odd to me, why would he lie to me about that? Unless…"

"Unless he's hiding something?" Brad finishes her sentence for her before he shoots Meggan a look of concern.

"I don't know for sure," Victoria replies to them.

"Act as if you don't know anything or suspect anything," Meggan tells her. "But keep your eyes open. If Vinny is hiding something, we have to find out what it is."

"I will try to do that," Victoria uneasily nods back to them. "I don't want to think Vinny is lying to me, I just have this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach."

Roboto

"Good, you're still here," Brooke announces as she opens the door to the main office at Roboto and sees Kim sitting behind the desk. Brooke had paid Greg a visit earlier in the day to ask him about sending her divorce papers when he stunned her by revealing that he has been sleeping with Kim; Brooke couldn't believe that her husband was involved with another woman but now she needs answers from Kim about what is exactly going on with her and her husband. "We have to talk."

"Brooke, I was just about to pack it in for the night," Kim replies to her. "If this has anything to do with the launch, we still don't know what happened. We are all busy trying to figure that out."

"This doesn't have anything to do with Roboto," Brooke tells her as she moves closer to her. "This has to do with you and my husband."

Kim looks up at her in surprise. "Yea, that's right, Greg told me everything. I know that you've been sleeping with my husband."

Robbie closes the door to the office, having heard Brooke accuse Kim of sleeping with Greg. He feels odd having heard this news, as he touches his lips thinking about how he kissed Kim recently. He shakes his head to himself before he scurries away, not seen by either woman.

"I guess you were going to find out sooner or later," Kim says back to Brooke. "Look, you might be upset, but you were with Robbie. Greg and I, we just happened after Bob passed away. It's nothing serious, we are just enjoying one another's company."

Brooke chuckles back to her. "You're enjoying more than his company," she quips back to her.

"I don't know what you want me to say to you," Kim stands up from the desk. "I'm not going to apologize to you, Brooke. Greg and I are adults, if we want to sleep together, we will."

"Stay away from my husband," Brooke warns her as Kim looks back at her with a digusted look on her face. "Considering this your friendly warning. The next time, I won't be so nice."

The Sugarbowl

"I can't believe that you broke up a fight between Chris and Brad," Dawn tells Cheresa as they sit in the back booth together with hot chocolates in front of them. Cheresa just finished telling her girlfriend about how when she came to the coffeehouse earlier, she saw Brad and Chris getting into a physical fight with one another. Of course, she broke it up and expressed to both men how disappointed she was in them. She can't believe that grown men are fighting like that, and Cheresa can only imagine they were fighting because of Trenyce.

"I know," she sighs back to Dawn. "They are acting like they back in high school or something."

"You think it was over Trenyce?" Dawn asks her back.

"I can't think of anything else that they would fight over," Cheresa admits to them. "I just hate this entire mess. I feel like it will get worse before it gets better."

Dawn uneasily gulps back to her as she thinks about how she accidently told Trenyce that Cheresa saw her and Brad in bed together; this could be how Chris found out about Trenyce and Brad. "I think I made things worse."

"You did? No, Dawn, you're being so supportive. You're the best girlfriend I could ask for."

Dawn uneasily chuckles back to her. "You might not feel that way after I tell you what I did."

Cheresa looks back at her with worry on her face. "Okay? Tell me, what did you do?"

"I accidently told Trenyce that you saw her and Brad together," Dawn slowly reveals to Cheresa, who feels her face go pale. "She knows that you saw her having sex with your brother."

The Young Mansion; Nicholas and Andy's Home

Andy lays in the large bed tossing and turning as the scratching noise continues throughout the room. Andy moans loudly as he is feeling groggy from the effects of the sleeping pills that he took, but with the noise being so loud, he hasn't fall asleep, even with the ear plugs in.

He sits up in the bed and removes the ear plugs. "Please go away," he yells out in frustration.

To his surprise, the noise stops but he can hear something else in the closet. It appears that the closet door handles are moving like something is trying to get out of the closet. Andy stands up and quickly moves over to the doors. He opens it and screams in horror at the sight of what he sees: Reese, his dead husband, is standing in front of him!

"Reese?" Andy gasps once he is finished screaming. "Reese is that really you?"

Next on One Day at a Time
- Dominick and Eva come to blows
- Will gives Kim an update
- Andy wonders what is happening to him

 
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