Episode 731
 
Hero to One of Those
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: August 15, 2021

Episode Theme song: "Tempo" Lizzo

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Trenyce, Albertinah & Andrew learned that Simona was going to charge Chris for drunk driving
- Helen and Robin squabbled while waiting to hear about Adam's condition
- Tyler and Daisy were reunited
- Cassie stunned Eva by revealing that Kim hired Will to seduce her and Natasha knew
- Robbie and Kim shared another kiss. Greg saw them in a close encounter
- Cory told Jeff not to try to go after Leah
- Cheresa struggled with her affair with Shelley

The Pampa Grill

"Are you sure you're comfortable having breakfast with me?" Shelley asks Cheresa as they sit across each other at a table near the back of the restaurant. Shelley picks up her coffee cup and takes a sip of her drink before she looks back at Cheresa; she knows that Cheresa has been feeling awkward about keeping the fact that they slept together a secret from Dawn, yet they know that if Dawn were to ever find out, she would be upset with both of them.

"Of course," Cheresa nods back to her. "We are still friends, Shelley."

"Good," Shelley smiles back to her. "Are you feeling better at all about keeping this secret from Dawn?"

"I know we are doing it for her own good," Cheresa admits to her. "But it is still a crappy feeling, I can't lie about that. How are you doing about it?"

"I don't see much of Dawn anymore, so it's okay," Shelley quickly replies to her. "It is a bad feeling but I certainly don't want to cause her any pain."

"Especially since her Dad was in that car accident last night," Cheresa tells her. "I haven't heard any updates but I am hoping that he's okay."

"Me too," Shelley nods back to her. "You know, Dawn might like it if you went to the hospital and offered your support?"

"I can't do that," Cheresa shakes her head back to her. "I ended things with Dawn over trust issues remember?"

"How could I forget?" Shelley grins back to her. "But in a time of need, none of that really matters. Dawn might need you right now Cheresa, it's not too late to go to her and tell her that you're there for her."

***

At another table, Jeff sits with a plate of breakfast in front of himself. He takes a bite of his scrambled eggs while he thinks about being at the Sugarbowl earlier in the morning when Cory told him to keep his distance from Leah. Jeff shakes his head wondering where Cory gets off; accusing Jeff of trying to get back together with Leah? Jeff smirks to himself knowing that he did, for a moment, consider trying to get back together with Leah, but he realizes that the ship has sailed.

He looks up for a moment and notices Meggan slowly moving into the restaurant. He can't help but recall reading about how Meggan was caught in the explosions that went off at the Victors mansion recently. He waves his hand to her, which gets Meggan's attention and she walks over to his table.

"Hey, wanna sit with me for a moment?" he asks her, as Meggan uneasily looks back at him.

"Sure, but just for a moment," Meggan sits across from him. "I'm meeting Lukas here for breakfast."

"I heard about the explosions," Jeff reveals to her. "I'm glad that you're okay."

"Thanks," Meggan smiles back to him. "It was pretty scary but we have made it, thankfully. We are waiting for a DNA test to see if Vinny died or not, I think we should get it back today."

"I hope he's dead after what he did to everyone," Jeff shakes his head back to her. "How is Logan?"

"He's getting bigger each day," Meggan thinks about her son. "You can come by and see him anytime. Just because you and I didn't work out, Jeff, I don't want to keep you from your son."

"I'd like that very much," Jeff says back to her. "Maybe the three of us could have a picnic or something in the park before it gets too cold."

"Yea, sure," Meggan nods back to him.

"I mean it Meg," Jeff reaches over and grabs her hand. "I'm glad you're okay. You have no idea how worried I was when I heard you were at the mansion when those bombs went off."

"I am okay, Jeff," Meggan tells him. "But I appreciate your concern."

"You're the mother of my son, I will always be concerned," he tells her as they lock eyes for a moment.

At the doorway, Lukas moves inside and immediately sees Meggan and Jeff sitting together, with Jeff's hand over Meggan's. Lukas feels his blood boil at the sight as he knows all too well of the drama that Jeff has put his sister through in the past.

"I don't think so Jeff," Lukas whispers to himself.

***

"A romantic breakfast for two?" Kim asks in surprise as she and Greg sit in the private room of the restaurant with soft music playing in the background. On the table, there is a red rose in a vase and a bottle of champagne. Kim almost can't believe that Greg has gone to so much trouble for her since it is the first meal of the day. "What brought this on?"

"I have enjoyed our time together a lot lately Kim," Greg admits to her. "I wanted to do something that would show you that."

Kim picks up her glass of champagne and takes a sip of it. "Well, I appreciate it Greg. I girl could get used to this."

Greg uneasily chuckles as he takes a sip of his champagne and he recalls how he saw a close moment between Robbie and Kim recently at Roboto. He isn't sure why he felt so off about it but something in him is telling him that there was more going on than meets the eye.

"I could get used to showing you this way of life," he smiles to her. "But, I need something from you in return."

Kim arches her eyebrow back to him. "What is it that I can do for you, Dr. Lawson?"

"I need you to be honest with me."

Kim looks back in surprise to him. "Honest? Of course, about what?"

"I stopped by Roboto last night to see you," Greg reveals to her as Kim sets her glass of champagne down. "And, I saw you and Robbie in what appeared to be a very close moment. What's going on with the two of you?"

Kim shuts her eyes for a moment and thinks back to how she and Robbie shared a kiss and then immediately agreed that it was a mistake. She opens her eyes and looks at Greg, who is awaiting a response from her.

"Nothing is going on, exactly," Kim manages to tell him. "But, we have been growing closer lately, I can say that."

"Ah," Greg nods back to her. "So, if you're growing closer to Robbie, as you say, where does that leave us? Am I going to have to fight for your attention, Kimberly?"

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"I can't believe I get to go home today!" Daisy smiles to Tyler, as he moves into her hospital room as she stands by her bed packing her bag of personal belongings. "After being locked away for so long, I can't wait to go outside and do everything that I missed so much."

"Easy, one thing at a time," Tyler comes up to her. "I don't want you to overdo it."

"I won't," Daisy looks at him before she kisses him. "I'm just eager to get out of here!"

"Has there been any update on the DNA test about Brett and Vinny?" Tyler asks her quickly. "I'd love to know who is in that coma and who died in the explosion."

"Not that I know of," Daisy says back to him. "I am sure that Shane will tell us as soon as they have the results back. The good news is that the living twin is in a coma and there is a police guard outside the door at all times."

"I will just feel better once we know the details," Tyler admits to her.

"So will I, but we can cross that bridge when we get there," she tells him. "Come on, I'm so ready to leave here."

Tyler chuckles back to her. "Okay, let's go."

"Besides, I want to know everything you've been up too since the avalanche," Daisy tells him. "What have you been doing with your time?"

Tyler gulps heavily as he thinks about sleeping with Natasha while Daisy was "dead". "Don't be shy," Daisy swats him when she realizes he's not saying anything. "I want to know everything, Tyler!"

"I'll start filling you in during our car ride home," he uneasily tells her as they move towards the exit of the hospital room.

***

"Chris hasn't woken up yet but they are expecting him too any time now," Albertinah tells Andrew as they walk down a corridor of the hospital together. After they learned that Simona is planning to charge Chris with an impaired driving charge, Trenyce wanted to see Chris, so Albertinah and Andrew decided to go for a walk together. Neither one can really believe that Chris was so drunk that he crashed his car into Adam's SUV; they are just grateful that both men are okay, but they realize that Chris now has to face the consequences of his actions.

"He won't be happy knowing that he has charges coming his way," Andrew replies to her quickly. "Man, it sucks that he was drinking and driving. He knows better than that."

"He does," Albertinah nods back to him. "I think this entire mess with Trenyce has left Chris feeling out of place. He hasn't been himself in weeks."

"I guess but that's no excuse," Andrew tells her. "He is lucky that he and Adam didn't die in the crash."

"I agree," Albertinah says back to him. "Hopefully because it's his first offence, the judge goes easy on him."

Andrew stops and looks at her. "You really care about your brother, don't you?"

"Of course I do, he is my brother after all."

"It's nice that you care so much," he replies to her. "It's one of your better qualities."

Albertinah chuckles back to him as she puts her hand on his chest. "Oh Andrew, you're still flirting with me."

"I can't help it with a beautiful woman," he licks his lips. "And if you're honest, you're still attracted to me too, Albertinah."

She leans up and kisses him passionately on the lips. They part ways but their lips quickly find one another again. He looks around and sees a janitor closet. He moves over and opens the door before he pulls her towards him.

"Get over here," he laughs while kissing her again.

One Day House

Abby nervously sits in the waiting room of the One Day House as she waits for her adoption appointment to begin. She pulls her phone out of her purse and doesn't see a new message from Andrew, who is running late for the meeting. He had agreed to be with her for the meeting but he hasn't arrived yet.

"Where are you Andrew?" she asks herself nervously. She starts taping her phone in her hand wondering where he could be.

Suddenly, a young woman emerges in the waiting room. "Ms. Lawson, this way please."

Abby slowly stands up and moves towards the nurse. "The social worker will see you now," the nurse says as she leads Abby towards the office door. "You're very lucky, the couple that is planning to adopt your baby, they are a lovely gay couple. They will be wonderful fathers."

"Great," Abby uneasily nods her head back to her. "Thanks for your help."

"Anytime hun," the nurse says as she opens the door to the office. "The social worker will be right in."

Abby sits in the office and looks at her phone again quickly. "Where the hell are you Andrew? You told me you'd be here for me!"

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Shane looks over at Robin, Dawn and Helen as they approach Adam's hospital room. Shane knows that Adam is going to wake up shortly and he wanted to brace his family for what they can expect when he awakes.

"The drugs in his system should be wearing off anytime now," Shane tells the women. "When he wakes up, we don't want to overwhelm him with too much information. Let him do most of the talking, if he's up too it."

"Will he be confused?" Dawn asks the doctor as they open the door and move inside the hospital room.

"He might be," Shane replies to her. "He hit his head hard in the crash, so he might not be fully aware of everything just yet. It might take some time."

"But too much information might overwhelm him?" Helen asks him next.

"Exactly," Shane agrees with her. "And, we don't want to potentially harm him by giving him information overload. When the brain has a bruise or has been impacted the way Adam's has, we want it to do the healing itself."

"As long as he wakes up," Robin tells everyone. "Nothing else matters. I just want my fiancé to be okay."

Before anyone can say anything else, Adam starts to moan a little. Shane moves over to his patient and watches as Adam opens his eyes slowly.

"Adam, it's Dr. Shane Glubbs," Shane tells him as Adam looks around the room. "You were in a car accident and you're in the hospital. How are you feeling?"

Adam tries to talk a little but starts to cough instead. Shane brings him some water, which he drinks quickly as his family looks on in concern. Adam smiles to Shane before he looks over at Dawn, Helen and Robin.

"Dawn, Helen," he says softly as they move up to him. Dawn wraps her arms around her father as tears flow into her eyes.

"Dad, I'm so glad you're okay."

"I'll be fine kiddo," Adam tells her as Shane looks over at Robin. "Now, how's my beautiful wife? How are you Helen?"

"Wife?" Helen asks in surprise, knowing that she and Adam have been divorced for almost 5 years. "I'm right here, and I'm good now that you're awake," Helen smiles to him before she turns around and looks at Robin, who has gone pale.

The Calimo Mansion

Natasha quickly moves into foyer of the Calimo mansion as she hears Eva storming down the large staircase that is coming from the second floor with her overnight bag. Natasha can see that her mother is fuming as Cassie was at the mansion earlier and she revealed to Eva that Kim hired Will to seduce her and that Natasha knew the entire time. Natasha can't believe that Cassie would be so cruel as to reveal that to Eva when she is already dealing with the fall out of her affair.

"Mom, please wait," Natasha tries to slow down Eva, who is racing towards the front door. "Please let me explain!"

"Explain what?" Eva shrieks back to her daughter. "That you were so focused on your business life that you allowed Kim to hire Will to sleep with me? What kind of monster have you become!?"

"Mom, please, it wasn't like that at all," Natasha tries to tell her. "I told Kim that this was a mistake and that this shouldn't happen but they didn't listen to me! Before I realized what had happened, it was too late!"

"As soon as you knew what Kim was up too, you should have told me!" Eva tells her, continuing to glare at her daughter. "You let me fall into this trap! You let my marriage fall to the waist side so you could try to get the upper hand in business, Natasha!"

"Mom, no please," Natasha tries to grab her to calm her down.

"Get your hands off me!" Eva yells at her. "You made your decision about what is more important to you, Natasha. You chose the company, business, over your own mother!"

Natasha lets a tear fall out of her eye. "If you would just let me explain!"

"You have nothing that I want to hear," Eva spits to her. "As far as I'm concerned, you're not my daughter!"

Natasha hears the front door slam shut as Eva bolts out of the mansion. Natasha covers her mouth as she starts to cry as another tear falls down her cheek.

"What have I done?" she asks herself in a whisper. "What have I done?"

Next on One Day at a Time
- Jeff issues a warning to Meggan
- Nicholas demands answers
- Cassie offers Jacob congratulations

 
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