Episode 716
 
Find My Way Back
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: July 07, 2021

Episode Theme song: "Cinnamon Girl" Lana Del Rey

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Robin confronted Helen about showing up in Paris and confessing to Adam she loved him. A catfight broke out and Robin fell down the stairs in Helen's home!
- Victoria found the secret passage way in the Victors mansion and heard voices! Andrew, meanwhile, told Vinny that Abby was pregnant with his child
- Daisy told Brett that having sex was a mistake
- Andy stunned Nicholas by revealing he believed Reese's ghost was haunting the mansion and that he wanted to move out as a result
- Chris told Trenyce he wanted nothing to do with her after he discovered she slept with Brad
- Paige told Jacob she wouldn't tolerate his insecurities. Max, meanwhile, realized this might be the way to break up Jacob and Paige
- Tyler and Natasha agreed that their affair would cause drama but continued to sleep with each other

The Black House; Helen & Dawn's Home

"Robin! Oh my God, Robin!" Helen screams in horror as she watches her rival fall down the stairs in her home. Everything has seemingly happened so quickly that Helen can barely piece it all together; Robin had arrived at her doorstep earlier in the day wanting to discuss how Helen showed up in Paris and professed her love for Adam. Of course, Adam still told her that he wanted to be with Robin so Helen stepped aside. Robin, however, wanted Helen to admit that she was going to move on from her ex-husband. Shortly after, they started to fight at the top of the stairs and when Robin went to lunge at Helen, she pushed her rival, who is now on the ground on the bottom of her staircase.

Helen stands up as she sees Robin's lifeless body laying on the ground at the bottom of the stairs. "Robin? Can you hear me?" Helen asks as she rushes down the stairs before she comes up to her body. She puts her hands on Robin's neck and feels a pulse. "Thank God," she breathes a sigh of relief.

"Robin? Can you hear me? Robin?" Helen calls out to the unconscious body. There is no movement. "I have to call 9-1-1," she says as she rushes into the living room to grab her phone. She immediately calls for help.

"I need an ambulance to the Black residence," she urgently says. "A woman fell down my stairs and she is unresponsive! Please hurry!"

The Pampa Grill

"You've been ignoring me," Natasha announces to Jacob, who is sitting at the bar of the restaurant. Natasha looks at her son and folds her arms across her chest as she knows that he hasn't been responding to her since Dominick ambushed the Roboto Youth launch by announcing Robertson Enterprises was going to release their own copycat version of the serum. Natasha has been upset with Jacob since he announced he was going to work for the rival company. With Dominick's latest stunt, she wants him far away from Robertson Enterprises, more than ever before. "You knew that you'd have to face me eventually, right?"

"Mom," Jacob uneasily looks back over at her as he sets his beer down as he knows he has been dreading this conversation. "I haven't been ignoring you on purpose. I just didn't want to hear your lecture because I know exactly what you're going to say."

Natasha uneasily chuckles back to him. "You know damn well that I'm going to give you a piece of my mind," she sternly tells him. "You are working for a man that stole from me and our family company Jacob! This has to end and it has to end today."

"I know that you're upset and I get that," Jacob replies to her. "I would be too if I was working at Roboto. But, from a business stand point, you have to admit, Robertson beating Roboto to the shelves with a similar product is actually genius."

"I cannot believe you are sitting there defending Dominick Robertson to me!" Natasha squeals back to him. "He stole from us point blank! You have to leave that company, Jacob! You're working for the enemy!"

"I won't do that Mom," Jacob shakes his head back to her. "You won't dictate to me where I can and can't work because you didn't win this go around. That's not how this works."

"Jacob!"

"No Mom," Jacob cuts her off. "You have to let this go, I won't fight about this with you anymore."

The Victors Mansion

Victoria remains frozen in her tracks as she stands in the hallway of the secret passage that she found in the study of the Victors mansion. She knew that Vinny was downstairs in the living room visiting with Andrew so she decided to come back into the study to see if she could locate the secret passage; Vinny had told her that all the passages had been removed from the mansion but a few days earlier, she believed she saw him walking out of a passage way which led her to believe he was lying to her. To her surprise, she located the passage way and as soon as she opened the door, she thought she heard voices.

"Who the hell could be in here?" she asks herself as she stumbles back into the study, scared by everything that is happening. "Why would someone be in these secret passages?"

She closes the door quickly and moves to the bar and pours herself a drink of brandy. She quickly takes a large gulp of it as she tries to calm her racing heart beat down. In her mind, everything is moving too quickly and she has no idea how to handle it or what to expect next.

"What the hell is going on here?" she finally asks herself. "I have to figure this out. My entire future could depend on it."

***

Meanwhile, in the dungeon, Daisy stands up from her cot when she thinks she hears a noise coming from the hallway where Vinny usually emerges from. She knows that the last time he came to see them, he indicated that it might be the last time he visited for a while. When no one appears, Daisy slumps her shoulders and looks back to Brett, who is laying on the other cot.

"I could have sworn I heard something," she tells him, still thinking that she heard a noise. "I thought Vinny was coming."

Brett shrugs his shoulders back to her. "I didn't hear anything. Maybe you wanted to hear something? Like phantom noises or something."

"I don't know," Daisy shakes her head back in confusion. "Maybe I am finally starting to go crazy in here?"

Brett uneasily chuckles back to her. "Nah, you're just hopeful that someone will find us."

"Do you think someone else could have actually discovered that we are in here?"

"I don't think it's likely," he admits to her. "Why aren't they here now rescuing us?"

"You're right," Daisy sits next to him on the cot before she looks back into his eyes. "I was just hoping…"

He grabs her hand and squeezes it, which immediately makes them both remember the night they made love to one another. "I know," he whispers back to her. "I was hoping too."

***

Meanwhile, in the living room of the mansion, Vinny stands at the bar and pours himself a whiskey as he thinks about the conversation he just had with Andrew, where his nephew admitted to him that Abby is pregnant with his child and they are thinking of giving the baby up for adoption. All of this news was most surprising to Vinny as he wasn't expecting Andrew to admit that he got a girl pregnant and that he they don't want to have the child.

"I have to make sure you're doing the right thing Andrew," he whispers to himself as he takes a sip of his whiskey. "You're the only family I have left, I'll be damned if I sit by and allow you to let this ruin your life."

He slowly walks over to his cell phone and dials a number. "It's me," he says into the receiver. "I need your help with something. It's about Abigail Lawson, she's pregnant and my nephew is the father."

The Young Mansion

"Andy, please," Nicholas starts to plead with his lover, who just revealed to him that he wants to move out of the mansion because he believes a ghost of Reese has been haunting him. Nicholas can't believe that this is actually happening; he knows that Andy has been hearing odd noises in the mansion for months but he still can't believe that Reese's ghost is in the mansion and haunting him; Nicholas believes that there must be another logical explanation to all of this. "You can't move out! I love having you here."

"I know you do," Andy nods back to him. "And I love being with you, I really do. But…"

"No but's," Nicholas cuts him off as he grabs Andy's hands. "There must be another explanation to all of this. If you stay here with me, I promise you that we will get to the bottom of this. But we can do that together. I don't want you to leave here. Please, please tell me you'll reconsider."

Andy gulps heavily and looks back at Nicholas. He can tell that Nicholas truly does want him to stay in the mansion with him. Suddenly, he is overcome with guilt about this entire situation. This entire time he has been focused on himself and how upsetting it was to see the vision of Reese, and now, he can see how this is impacting Nicholas, which he had never thought of before

"Okay," Andy finally replies to him. "I'll stay, Nicholas. But, something has to change. I can't keep doing this," he says as Nicholas pulls him into a hug. "I have to stop seeing Reese. You have no idea how painful this is for me."

"I know babe," Nicholas holds him. "Like I said, we will get through this together. We will figure this out, I promise you that."

The Sugarbowl

Trenyce opens the door to the coffee house and swiftly moves inside as she wants to have an iced coffee to take with her to the office for the morning. With the summer heat in full effect, she would like a cooler drink to help pass her morning by. As she moves up to the counter, she can't help but notice Chris sitting in the back booth looking at his tablet. She sighs to herself as she recalls how the last time she saw him, he told her that he wanted nothing to do with her because he had discovered her affair with Brad. The last thing she wanted was for anyone to learn about the affair because she knew all hell would break loose.

"Thank you," she tells the barista as she grabs the coffee. She is about to leave when she has a change of heart and decides to go up to Chris. She approaches the table. "Hey."

Chris looks up from his Ipad, sees Trenyce, and then looks back down. "Hey."

"Is that all you can really say to me now?" she asks him as she sits across from him.

"I told you Trey, I have nothing left to give us anymore."

"I know I made a mistake Chris," she replies to him. "I was just hoping that we could find a way to move past this."

"You don't get it, do you?" Chris looks back at her. "I am in love with you Trenyce. That's why I was fighting so hard for us to get back on track. That's why I was pressing you to find a way in your heart to start to trust me again."

"I don't know what else to say or do other than to tell you that I am sorry," Trenyce bites her lower lip.

"This hurts like hell," he replies to her quickly. "I don't know if I will ever get over this and that's why I need you to respect my decision to just leave me alone right now. I … I can't even stomach seeing you."

Trenyce uneasily nods back to him as she stands up from the booth. "I never meant to hurt you or Cheresa," she says as her voice cracks. "Please believe that, if nothing else."

***

"I didn't want to show Dominick the final photos until you and Robin had seen them," Max tells Paige as they sit side by side at the window seats of the coffee house. Max was thrilled when Paige agreed to have a meeting with him about the most recent pictures they took for the Youthful relaunch that will take place soon as a back to school campaign. He knows that every moment he has with her is another way for him to try to get back into her good graces, and possibly make Jacob jealous.

"Yea, I appreciate that," she replies to him. "I haven't heard from Robin today, so let's take a look and we can fill her in later."

"That sounds good," Max passes her an envelope. "I hope you like them. We did some creative things with the lighting."

Paige slowly looks at the pictures and nods back to him. "These are incredible," she purses her lips together. "You really have a gift with the camera, Max."

Max uneasily chuckles back to her. "I really appreciate that Paige."

"Well, it's true," she tells him as she passes the pictures back to him. "I think this will be good to run by Dominick."

"I've been meaning to thank you," he tells her as he puts the pictures back into his bag.

"Thank me? For what?"

Max shrugs as he looks back to her. "I don't know what changed but you stopped giving me the cold shoulder and started being nice to me again. I know that wasn't easy for you, so thank you."

Paige chuckles back to him. "I was hurt by you, I won't deny that," she tells him. "But the fact is, we are working together and we had more good times than bad. So, I have forgiven you, Max. I'm glad that we can work together as friends and just move on with our lives."

"Yea, me too," Max nods back to her. "Thanks again, it is a nice change of pace."

Outside, Jacob walks down the sidewalk towards the front door. He freezes when he sees Max and Paige through the window together giggling at something one of them has said. He immediately feels his blood start to boil but he takes a deep breath.

"I have to trust Paige," he whispers to himself. "I have too, or I will lose you."

Tyler's Townhouse

"You look like you're about to blow a fuse," Tyler tells Natasha as she walks into his living room and throws her coat over the back of his sofa. "Does this have anything to do with the fact that my father beat Roboto to the shelves with that serum?"

Natasha turns and groans at him. "The last thing I need is to talk about that right now," she admits to him. "I just saw my son, who is still working at Robertson Enterprises and he refuses to quit. That part of my life is a complete mess right now."

"Looks like you need to blow off some steam," he smirks to her as he moves up to her.

"You have no idea," she admits to him as she licks her lips together.

"I think I do," he winks back to her. "I remember how good we blow off the steam together."

Natasha puts her hands on his muscular chest and leans in and kisses him. "I'm glad you remember because I do need that today, Tyler."

"I'm not one to say no to a beautiful woman," he replies to her before he kisses her again. "Are you sure you want to do this again? We both know what would happen if our families found out about us…"

"I don't care about that right now," she admits to him as lust fill her eyes. "I need you so badly."

"Then you'll have me," he says before he kisses her again.

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

Donovan moves into the living room of the large estate that he lives in with his husband and Meggan and quickly gasps at the sight in front of him. There is a table with two dinner settings, candle light and soft music playing. Lukas is standing in front of the table in a tuxedo with a sly grin on his face.

"There you are," Lukas manages to say back to him.

"What is all this?" Donovan asks him as he comes up to his husband and gives him a quick kiss on his lips.

"I wanted to show you how serious I was about putting us back together," Lukas admits to him. "I know that everything that happened with Craig really put a strain on you and us, but Donovan that's over now and I want us to get back on track. I'm just hoping that you will see how much you mean to me and give me that chance."

"This is all very nice," Donovan smiles back to him as he looks around. "And, I'd love to have a nice dinner with you, Lukas. But, you have to know that it will take more than one romantic night to get back on track fully."

"But it's a start, right?"

Donovan leans in and kisses him on the lips again. "It's definitely a start."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Helen paces back and forth nervously in the waiting room as she awaits to hear news about Robin. As soon as she arrived at the hospital, she called Adam to tell him that Robin was involved in an accident. She dreads having to explain what happened but what matters right now is that Robin makes a full recovery from her fall down the stairs.

"Helen?" Adam calls out as he moves into the waiting room. "What the hell happened? Where's Robin? Is she okay?"

"I don't know all the details just yet," Helen pulls him into a hug. "I'm expecting the doctor to come and give me an update any time now."

"Okay," Adam says as they exit their embrace. "That doesn't answer my other questions though, what happened?"

Before Helen can reply, Shane moves into the waiting room. "Shane, how is Robin?" Helen asks him, needing answers.

"She has a mild concussion," he reveals to her and Adam, who breathe a sigh of relief. "She should make a full recovery."

"Thank God," Helen whispers to herself.

"Shane, do you have any idea how she managed to get a concussion?" Adam asks him back.

"The ambulance driver said she fell down a flight of stairs," Shane replies to him as Adam looks back at Helen. "Helen, you called 9-1-1, do you know what happened?"

Helen gulps heavily as she looks back at Shane and Adam. "Answer us Helen," Adam demands form his ex-wife. "What happened to Robin?"

Next on One Day at a Time
- Abby tells the Lawson's about the baby
- Helen confesses to Shane and Adam
- Cory and Leah grow closer

 
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