Episode 713
 
Prayers like Drops of Rain
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: June 27, 2021

Episode Theme song: "Man in Blue" Death Cab for Cutie

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Andy took some sleeping pills before going to bed. The scratching noise returned in the bedroom causing Andy to stay awake. When Andy got up to see what was in the closet, he saw Reese!
- Felicia warned Eva about hurting Dominick. Will and Eva, meanwhile, had a drink together during the Roboto launch, where Dominick announced Robertson Enterprises beat Roboto to the shelves with their serum
- Donovan admitted to Lukas he didn't know if he could move past Lukas cheating on him with Craig
- Abby and Andrew discussed the possibility of putting their baby up for adoption
- Brooke was furious to learn Greg and Kim were sleeping together
- Victoria told Meggan and Brad she thought Vinny might be hiding something
- Chris and Brad fought after Chris learned about Trenyce and Brad's fling

The Young Mansion; Nicholas & Andy's Home

"Reese? Reese is that really you?" a horrified Andy looks into the closet in the master bedroom of the Young mansion. He was trying to sleep when the scratching noise started again in the closet; Andy ended up getting up to see what the noise was or if he could make it stop and when he opened the closet door, he saw Reese standing in front of him. He knows that it can't actually be Reese; he saw his husband die years ago from cancer.

The figure doesn't say anything to Andy, he just looks back at him lovingly.

"This…this can't be happening," Andy mumbles as he moves backwards. He looks away and then back at Reese. The sight causes Andy to fall to the ground, fainting at the sight of his husband.

***

The sun slowly creeps through one small crack in the curtains in the master bedroom where Andy is laying on the bed. He jumps suddenly when he hears his alarm clock start to chime at him. Despite going to bed early the previous night because he has a big morning, he knows that he didn't sleep very well. He turns off his clock and yawns before he stretches his arms.

Suddenly, he looks over at the closet and sees that the doors are closed again. He slowly gets out of bed and moves to the closet and quickly opens the doors. He sees nothing out of the ordinary in the closet. He has no idea how he even got back into bed from the previous night's events.

"I saw you Reese," he whispers to himself. "I know I did. But, I had taken those pills. Did I dream it? Was it all just a dream?"

He shakes his head wondering what happened the previous night. He realizes that Reese was not actually in his bedroom; he saw his husband die from cancer. So what was it? What did he see? Or, did he imagine it?

"I have to shower and get to work," he tells himself. "I can try to figure everything else out later."

The Pampa Grill

Felicia slowly takes a sip of her coffee as she sits in the restaurant. She can't help but think about the other night when Dominick made his stunning announcement that Robertson Enterprises beat Roboto to the shelves with an identical serum product; she knows that the revelation caused a huge stir and sent everyone at Roboto into a tailspin. She can't help but think about seeing Cassie leave Dominick's office all those weeks ago; when she confronted Dominick about that, he covered with her and he vowed to her that he would never get involved with Cassie but Felicia can't help but still wonder.

"I need to figure this out," she whispers to herself as she looks up and sees Eva walking into the restaurant. Felicia feels her blood boil at the sight of Dominick's wife; she can't believe that Eva missed the launch party. If she was married to Dominick, she would have been there for him, despite no one knowing what he was planning.

Felicia sets her coffee up down and finds herself moving up towards Eva. "Eva, you and I need to talk," she says as she arrives at her rival.

"Good morning to you too," Eva replies to her quickly. "And, if you think you're going to come up to me and discuss my marriage with me again, you can stop right there. I'm not in the mood to deal with your meddling today."

Felicia uneasily chuckles back to her. "Maybe that's because you don't want to hear the truth," Felicia snaps at her. "Dominick was at the Roboto launch the other night alone; you couldn't even make an appearance to support your husband?"

"I had no idea what he was planning," Eva defends herself. "And furthermore, Natasha is my daughter! I am livid with what Dominick did to her, I don't care that it was business."

"You're unbelievable," Felicia groans back to her. "Dominick truly is the last person on your priority list, isn't he? You know what? Don't answer that, it's obvious to everyone, including Dominick."

Eva sighs as Felicia storms away from her and leaves the restaurant. Eva feels her blood boiling at the nerve of Felicia. "I need to see my husband," she whispers to herself. "I have to make sure he understands why I did what I did."

***

"Have you given any more thought to the idea Cheresa suggested to you about giving the baby up for adoption?" Andrew asks Abby before he takes a bite of his French toast. He looks over at the woman who is carrying his child and wonders if she has made any more decisions about the child since he knows that she was struggling with the idea of becoming a mother, which makes sense to him as he was also very nervous about becoming a father.

"I haven't really thought of anything else," Abby uneasily nods back to him. "I actually called the hospital before I came here today."

Andrew looks back at her in surprise as he arches his eyebrow. "The hospital? Is everything okay with the baby?"

"We are both fine," Abby nods back to him. "The adoption agency is run through the social services department at the hospital. I spoke to a woman there and she has agreed to meet me with me about putting the baby up for adoption after he or she is born."

"Wow, I can't believe you did that," Andrew admits to her.

"I hope you're not upset that I didn't consult you…"

"Not at all," Andrew reaches over and grabs her hand. "I told you that I would respect any decision you made, Abby. If this is truly want you want, then I support you."

Abby looks down at his hand resting on hers and smiles back to him. "I couldn't do this without you next to me Andrew. Promise you'll be with me every step of the way?"

"Of course," he tells her. "I won't leave you, I swear."

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


"Morning," Lukas says to his husband as he moves into the living room of the estate that he lives in with Meggan and Donovan. He sees Donovan pouring himself a cup of coffee and he wonders if Donovan has been able to move past everything occurred with Craig; now that the rape charges have been dropped and Craig has left town, Lukas just hopes that they can put their lives back together and move on. "How did you sleep?"

"Pretty good considering," Donovan turns to him. "Can I get you a coffee?"

"Sure, that would be nice."

Donovan pours him a cup of coffee and passes it to his husband. "I got an interesting phone call this morning," Donovan tells his husband. "From the adoption agency."

Lukas finishes swallowing his coffee. "Really? What did they want?"

"She asked me if we were still interested in adopting," Donovan relays the information to him. "It seems like there is a mother in Twin Peaks that was interested in giving her child up for adoption."

"I can't believe that," Lukas shakes his head back to him. "What are the odds of that?"

"That's what I thought."

"So?" Lukas looks back at him. "Does that mean you want to adopt a baby? You want to put life back together and pick up where we left off?"

Donovan uneasily shrugs back to him. "I wish I knew," he admits to his husband. "I was so excited at the prospect of a baby and now…"

"This is our chance," Lukas moves up to him. "We can do this Donovan. You just have to trust in us again. Do you think you can do that?"

Twin Peaks Executive Hotel

"Kim told me that you spoke to her," Greg closes the door to his hotel room as Brooke moves inside. The last time he saw Brooke, she was livid about getting divorce papers from him and he ended up revealing to her that he and Kim had been sleeping together. Of course, Brooke confronted Kim, who texted Greg all of the details about it.

"Yes, I did," Brooke nods back to him. "You can't really blame me, can you? I was surprised by your news about you and Kim; you didn't just expected me to keep my mouth shut?"

"I wanted you to realize that our marriage is over," Greg sighs heavily. "All I want, Brooke, is to move on from this. It's why I left my job at Raven's Meadow, I need a fresh start."

"Well, I'm sorry but that isn't going to happen. At least not right away."

"So you're going to contest the divorce? My God Brooke, we've been estranged for months!"

"I went over the divorce papers and you want to leave me with almost nothing," Brooke squeals back to him. "I don't think that's fair, not at all! We have built our life together, Greg, and you damn well know that."

"I am giving you what I consider to be fair," Greg huffs back to her. "You strayed on our marriage, more than once, I think the offer is reflective of that."

"Well, if you want this divorce, you're going to have to step this offer up because if not, I will stall every chance I get," Brooke glares back to him, not wanting to budge on her terms.

MW Investigations

"What did you really make of Victoria's visit last night?" Meggan asks Brad as they stand next to one another in the main office of MW Investigations. Meggan recalls how the previous night Victoria had summoned the two of them to the Pampa Grill and told them that she thought she saw Vinny emerging from one of the secret passages that is in the Victors mansion; what caused alarm for Victoria is that Vinny had told her that all the passages had been removed from the house. Victoria is now wondering if something more is going on with Vinny, and if something is, what could it be?

Brad uneasily sighs back to her. "I was thinking about it most of the night," he admits to her. "And, I have no idea. I mean, it doesn't seem logical that Vinny would have had all the passages removed, right? Some of them might have been structural to the building itself."

"Right, so if the passages are still there, what is inside of them?"

"And why would he lie to Victoria about that? It seems like a really dumb thing to lie about?"

"Unless he's hiding something," Meggan uneasily looks back at him. "We have to find a way to get into the house to look around Brad."

"I agree," he nods back to her. "And in the meantime, I think we should keep this from Trenyce and Tyler. Let's not get their hopes up with anymore false starts."

The Davenport House; Trenyce's Home

"What happened to your face?" a startled Trenyce asks Chris as she opens the door to see him standing on the other side. She wasn't expecting to see him this morning but now that he is here, she is left wondering what happened that he has a bruise on his face.

"Funny you should ask," Chris storms into the living room. "That's exactly why I am here today."

Trenyce slowly closes the door behind him and moves into the living room to follow him. "Well, you seem to be in a fine mood today. What's going on with you?"

"I know about you and Brad," he turns and grits his teeth together as Trenyce feels her cheeks flush. "Yea, that's right. I know that you're screwing that white boy."

"Oh Chris, stop that," Trenyce hushes him. "It happened once and it was an accident. We both agreed that it won't happen again."

"Only our daughter knows about it, doesn't she?" Chris asks her back. "That's why Cheresa has been so distant with us!"

"How did you find all of this out?"

"I heard you and Dawn at the Roboto launch," Chris admits to her. "And so, I confronted Brad. If you think my face is bad, you should see his."

"Chris! Why is the answer for you to be violent with him? Do you think that will solve anything?" Trenyce asks him back, stunned that this is all unraveling. This has turned into a huge mess and she has no idea how to fix it.

"No, you don't get to pin this on me," Chris yells at her. "You're the one who screwed up this time, Trenyce, not me!"

"I know I messed up okay?" Trenyce asks him. "What do you want from me?"

"Nothing," Chris spits back to her. "That's what I came to tell you, I want nothing more to do with you."

Robertson Enterprises; Dominick's Office

"I wasn't expecting to see you today," Dominick stands up from his desk when he sees Eva move into the office. She throws her purse onto the sofa in the office and moves to the bar, where she pours herself a brandy. "It is early to be drinking, dear. What is going on with you?"

"I'll tell you what's going on with me," Eva takes a sip of her drink and then faces her husband. "Your ex-wife needs to be reminded that she is just that, your ex-wife."

"Felicia? What did she do to upset you?"

"What doesn't she do?" Eva snaps at him. "She puts herself into the middle of our marriage at every chance she can get! She accused me of not being there for you the night of the Roboto launch because I wasn't at the party."

"You had no idea what I was planning, no one did," Dominick tells her. "But, I would have loved had you been there for me."

"You know damn well I can't get in the middle of your fight with Roboto, Natasha is my daughter!"

"And I am your husband," Dominick comes up to her. "What is this really about, Eva?"

"I'm tired Dominick," she admits to him as she looks at him. "I'm tired of you putting this damn company before me and I'm especially tired of Felicia thinking she has more claims on you than I do! I am your wife, not here!"

"Does this have anything to do with Will Coutts being back in town?" Dominick asks her as Eva feels her blood boil.

"This has nothing to do with Will!" she yells at him. "I've been feeling like I was the third on your priority list for months now, something has got to change!"

"You know my company means the world to me," Dominick tries to make her feel better. "But, you are my wife, I love you very much."

"Then start acting like it," Eva hisses at him. "Because I don't know how much more of this I can take."

Roboto

"This has to be the last time you visit me in this office," Kim tells Will as they stand next to one another in the main office of Roboto. Kim knows that Natasha, in particular, is still not okay with her paying Will to try to seduce Eva to create chaos in Dominick's life. Of course, they didn't tell Natasha that their goal is for Will to end up in bed with Eva because she would lose her cool completely. "I can't risk anyone seeing us together. We can meet somewhere else."

"I understand," Will nods back to her. "Based on what I read in the paper, it is a good thing we are carrying out this plan considering Dominick seemingly one upped you with the serum."

"Don't get me started on that," Kim fumes back to him. "But yes, this is why it is so important that you continue with your plan. How are things going?"

"Very well," Will nods back to her. "I was with Eva the night of the launch. We had a drink together."

"Perfect, and she doesn't suspect anything?"

"She likes my company," Will tells Kim. "She is fighting it but I can tell she is attracted to me."

"Good, keep this up Will. We'll be in touch?" Kim asks as he nods back to her. Will leaves the office and Kim moves back over to her desk to try to continue to do damage control with the serum disaster. She looks over when she hears the door open to her office. "Did you forget something?" she asks, thinking that Will is coming back for something.

"I'm glad you're here," Andy tells his sister, who stands up and walks over to him.

"Sorry, I thought you were someone else," Kim pulls him into a hug. "How are you?"

"Not well," Andy admits to her. "I…I don't even know what happened last night."

"Did you hear that noise again?" Kim asks him as they move to the sofa and sit down.

Andy uneasily nods back to her. "I took a couple of sleeping pills and tried to sleep regardless. But then…I heard a different noise. And…"

"Andy, what is it? You're scaring me!"

"I saw Reese," Andy tells her as he gets tears in his eyes. "Reese was standing in the closet of the bedroom. I think…I think Reese is haunting me. Or he is haunting the mansion. I… I don't know anymore."

Kim nervously looks back at him as she listens to the story, worried that Andy is now seeing his dead husband. She pulls him into a hug. "I don't know what is going on here," she holds Andy, who starts to sob. "But I will help you with this, Andy. We will figure out what the hell is going on here."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Leah confronts Jeff
- Kim confesses to Robbie
- Cheresa makes a bold decision

 
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