Episode 740
 
Leave Me High & Dry
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: September 29, 2021

Episode Theme song: "Ride" Lana Del Rey

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Dominick threw Eva out after her affair with Will was exposed. Will, meanwhile, felt confined to his hotel room as he was worried about Dominick's reaction to him
- Robbie and Greg realized that Kim had to decide which man she wanted to be with
- Andrew and Greg were relieved when Abby and her baby were okay after she fell down a flight of stairs
- Dawn and Cheresa remained separated
- Trenyce accepted Chris' marriage proposal after he was sentenced to 18 months in jail
- Vinny spoke to his doctor friend about altering the DNA test that Shane ran to see if he was Vinny or Brett
- Jeff & Meggan made love

The Pampa Grill

Will sits in the far back table of the restaurant and waits for his breakfast to arrive. He finally decided to leave his hotel room and get out as he was feeling trapped in his room. He knows that since his affair with Eva went public, he has been keeping a low profile as he has been worried about running into Dominick. The last thing he wants is to have an altercation with Eva's rich and powerful husban

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He picks up his coffee and takes a sip of it as he wonders how he can make Eva realize that they should be together now. He knows that she wasn't happy with Dominick for a very long time, so she should be with him going forward.

"I was wondering when I would run into you, you son of a bitch," Dominick grits his teeth at Will, as he approaches his table. As soon as Dominick arrived at the restaurant, he saw Will deep in thought at the back of the restaurant and he knew that he had to confront the man who slept with his wife. If Dominick had his way, he would kill Will with his bare hands for the damage he has done. "How could you be so reckless with Eva and my marriage?"

Will gulps as he sets his coffee cup down and looks up at Dominick. "Dominick," he whispers back to him. "I didn't think I'd see you today."

"This was going to happen eventually," Dominick replies to him quickly. "This is a small enough town that we were bound to run into one another. You couldn't hide forever."

"I was laying low until you had a chance to cool down. I don't want to fight with you."

"You don't want to fight with me?" Dominick chuckles back to him. "You should have thought of that before you slept with my wife!"

"I did sleep with Eva," Will stands up and faces the older man. "More than once, and you know what? She loved every damn minute of it!"

"You watch your mouth," Dominick glares back at him. "I'm warning you Will, not another word or you will live to regret it."

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

"You were up early this morning," Lukas notes to his sister as he pours himself a cup of coffee. While he stirs his coffee, he can't help but realize that Meggan has already finished her coffee and breakfast, which is a sign that she was up earlier than he was today. "Couldn't sleep?"

Meggan uneasily looks back at him as she knows that she got up early so she could get Jeff out of the house before Lukas or Donovan awoke. She still can't believe that Jeff showed up at her place last night, brought her flowers and then they had sex. She hadn't been with a man in so long, yet along with her ex. But, she is not complaining that it happened.

"Yea, I guess I was restless," Meggan finally tells his brother. "But, it means that I will have a productive day."

"That you will," Lukas nods back to her. "By the way, I saw some flowers in the kitchen in a vase. They are beautiful."

"Aren't they?" Meggan smiles back to him.

"Who gave them to you?" Lukas asks his sister. "Have you been holding out on me about a man being in your life?"

Meggan chuckles back to him. "It is pretty recent but yes, there's a guy in my life again."

"I want the details!"

"I can tell you Lukas but you have to promise me that you won't overreact," Meggan tells him as Lukas arches his eyebrow. She knows all too well that Lukas isn't the biggest fan of Jeff's because of their sorted history together.

"Why would I overreact?" Lukas asks her back.

"Because, I am seeing Jeff," Meggan reveals to him as she holds her breath for a moment wondering how he will react. "Jeff and I are back together, or I think we will be back together."

Lukas' mouth opens in shock as he sets his coffee cup down and moves closer to his sister. "Are you out of your mind?" he asks her quickly. "After everything Jeff has put you through, why would you ever go back to him?"

Meggan sighs back to him. "Because, the heart wants what the heart wants," she tells him. "I still feel a connection to Jeff, and frankly, we have both made a lot of mistakes, I'm not innocent in any part of my history with Jeff."

"You need to be careful," Lukas warns his sister. "At least do that for me, okay?"

Meggan pulls him into a hug. "I appreciate your concern, but I got this. I really do."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"Greg, what are you doing here?" Kim asks him as she walks by a waiting room and sees her lover sitting on a chair. She only hopes that everything is okay with him as she doesn't want anything bad to happen to Greg.

Greg looks over and sees Kim moving closer to him. He slowly stands up from the chair and looks back at her. "Abby had a scare last night," he reveals to her. "She will be okay, but I didn't want to leave the hospital."

"My God, I'm glad she's okay," Kim shakes her head back to him. "Are you going to be okay?"

"I'll be fine," Greg replies to her quickly. "I didn't sleep well but nothing that some coffee can't fix; Cheresa went to the coffeehouse to get us some real coffee since the stuff here is garbage. What are you doing here?"

"It's Andy," Kim says back to him. "He was admitted yesterday as well; he too will be fine, but I had to make sure of that myself."

"Yesterday seems like it was a crazy day in Twin Peaks," Greg uneasily chuckles back to her.

"You're telling me," she nods back to him. "Here's hoping today is better."

"I ran into Robbie a few days ago," Greg reveals to her. "He told me that you two are still growing closer."

Kim gulps back to him as she thinks about how she and Robbie shared another kiss the previous night at Roboto; she has no idea why she is drawn to Robbie, but she can't deny that she is. "Robbie and I have a complicated relationship."

"But you are clearly enjoying spending time with him otherwise he wouldn't have told me that," Greg says back to her. "After the medical crisis that you and I went through with our families, Kim, let's just be honest? Life is too short."

"Okay," Kim nods back to him. "I am drawn to Robbie. Very much so."

"So where does that leave us?"

Kim shrugs her shoulders. "We were never anything serious, Greg," Kim reminds him. "Remember, you kept telling me that nothing serious could happen between us. I don't want to hurt you, but…"

"I get it," Greg waves his hand back to her. "I guess I brought this on myself."

"No, you didn't," Kim looks back at him. "We both knew what we were doing. But, it has come to an end. And that's okay."

Greg pulls her into a hug. "I hope we can still be friends?"

"Of course," she replies to him. "We will always be friends."

***

Andrew slowly opens the door to Abby's hospital room and moves inside. He watches her for a moment as she rests and is grateful that she, and the baby, are going to be okay. He hasn't been able to get the sight of Abby falling down the stairs at the courthouse out of his mind; he was so scared that something bad was going to happen to Abby or the baby; the fact that she only had a mild concussion is a relief to him.

"Morning," he says as he moves up to her bedside as Abby slowly opens her eyes.

"Morning," she replies to him as she puts her hands on her stomach, realizing what happened. "My God, I fell down the stairs! Is the baby okay?"

"The doctor said that the baby is fine," Andrew says back to her. "You and the baby both got very lucky."

"Thank God it's okay," Abby closes her eyes for a moment. "I don't know what I would have done…."

"You don't have to worry about that," Andrew tells her. "Look, I'm sorry for everything that happened yesterday. It wasn't my intention to fight with you over my relationship with Albertinah."

"I know," Abby replies to him. "If I am honest with myself, I know that what you said was true. We have never been a couple, I just had hoped…"

"You're a great girl Abby," Andrew tells her. "And, you are a great friend. I just don't feel anything more for you. I hope you understand that."

"I get it," Abby says as a tear falls down her cheek. "This entire situation, it's become too complicated."

"It doesn't have to be complicated."

Abby moves her hand back to her stomach. "I don't know what I would have done if something had happened to my child, to our child, Andrew. I don't want to lose him or her."

Andrew looks back at her in surprise. "What are you saying Abby?"

Abby looks back at him as another tear falls down her cheek. "I don't want to give my baby up for adoption anymore. I want to keep it. I want to raise our child."

***

"Shane, please tell me that the DNA test is back and we know that Brett is really Brett and not Vinny lying to everyone again," a concerned Daisy asks the doctor as she approaches the nurse's station. Daisy is desperate to find out the truth about the Victors twin because after everything Vinny put her through, she wants to know what she is up against. And, if Vinny is actually alive, she knows that she has to make him pay for everything that he did to her and Brett.

"I just got the results back," Shane replies to her quickly. "I was just about to go see Brett to read the results back to him."

"Do you mind if I come with you?" Daisy asks him back. "After everything I went through with Brett, I'd love to be there."

"You can come but it will be up to Brett if he wants you to stay in the room while I read the results," Shane informs her. "Without his permission, it would be a form of breach of privacy."

"I understand," Daisy nods back to him as they start to move towards Brett's hospital room.

They arrive shortly after and move inside. "Good morning, how are you feeling today?" Shane asks Vinny, who is still posing as Brett.

"Perfectly fine," Vinny nods back to him. "I'm hoping that I'll get discharged soon once the DNA test proves that I'm Brett and not Vinny."

"That's why we are here," Daisy says back to him. "The results are back. Do you mind if I stay while Shane reads the results?"

"Of course not," Vinny looks back at his ex-wife. "I have nothing to hide."

"Very well," Shane says as he opens the envelope from the lab. Daisy feels her heart skip a beat while Shane reads the papers in his hand.

"Well?" she frantically asks him. "What does it say, Shane?"

"It confirms that Brett is telling the truth," Shane looks over at her and then at Brett. "Brett Victors is sitting in this hospital room."

Daisy covers her mouth in relief. "That means that Vinny is dead. After everything that son of a bitch put me through, he's really gone."

"And, he can't hurt you anymore," Vinny looks at Daisy. "He can't hurt either of us ever again."

Daisy rushes up to Vinny and pulls him into a hug. "Thank God he's gone Brett," Daisy says into his ear. "Thank God."

The Sugarbowl

Cheresa swiftly moves inside the coffeehouse desperate for a shot of caffeine. She spent most of the night at the hospital with Greg as they didn't want to leave Abby alone. Finally, when Cheresa woke up this morning, she decided to come and grab some coffee for her and her father. As she grabs the coffees, she can't help but notice Dawn is sitting in the back booth alone. She stops and looks at her ex for a moment and wonders how she is coping since Adam was also involved in the car crash with Chris. Cheresa also wonders if Dawn knows that Chris was sentenced to 18 months in jail.

"Good morning," Cheresa softly says to Dawn as she approaches her table. "Do you mind if I sit with you for a moment?"

"Of course not," Dawn replies to her. "How have you been?"

Cheresa shrugs her shoulders a little. "There's been so much going on," she admits to her. "It's been a whirlwind. How are you? How is your Dad?"

"He will be fine," Dawn says back to her. "Thankfully, I was so worried about him."

"I can only imagine," Cheresa admits to her. "I'm so sorry that my Dad hurt your Dad. I still can't believe that Chris was drinking and driving."

"I hope he learned his lesson," Dawn replies to her quickly. "I heard that he got sentenced to 18 months in jail. That couldn't have been easy for you to find out about?"

"It wasn't," Cheresa tells her. "But it had to happen, I mean, I'm glad that Chris pleaded guilty. I just hope that my family can try to heal now."

"Does that mean you and Trenyce are in a good place?"

"I don't know what it means," Cheresa chuckles back to her. "I just know that I don't want to stay mad at people forever, you know? I want to live a happy life, not one that I'm drowning in grudges and stuff."

"Does that mean that you can forgive me?" Dawn asks her back, hoping that Cheresa is ready to forgive her for telling Trenyce that Cheresa knew about her affair with Brad. "Because, Cheresa, despite everything, I still love you very much. I never stopped."

Cheresa looks back at Dawn and feels her eyes swell with water. "If I am honest with myself," Cheresa whispers back to her. "I never stopped loving you either, Dawn. I was just really hurt by what you told Trenyce."

"I know," Dawn nods back to her. "And you have my word that I will never betray your confidence again."

"I believe you."

"Wait," Dawn gets a smile on her face. "Does this mean that you and I are getting back together?"

Cheresa uneasily chuckles back to her. "I don't know," she looks down at the table. "I have to confess something to you first."

Dawn gulps back to her wondering what Cheresa is about to tell her. "You can tell me anything, Cheresa. What is it?"

"I slept with another woman," Cheresa stuns Dawn by her revelation. "While we were apart, I had sex with someone else. So, before we move on, you have to tell me if you're okay with that or if this will cause more problems for us."

The Davenport House; Trenyce's Home

"Thanks for coming by this morning," Trenyce says as she lets Brad move into her house that she has lived in for years. Trenyce had sent Brad a text asking him to stop by this morning because she knows that she has tell him everything that happened the previous day.

"Of course," Brad smiles to her as he moves into the living room. He immediately looks at the sofa and thinks back to the night he and Trenyce made love in that very spot. He hasn't been able to stop thinking about it, even though it happened weeks ago. "I was curious about how it went yesterday with Chris. You were on my mind the entire day."

Trenyce blushes back to him. "Your text was very sweet," she tells him. "It was a long day, though. Chris was sentenced to 18 months in jail."

"Wow," Brad shakes his head back to her. "I don't think I saw that one coming."

"He was very brave," Trenyce informs him. "He pleaded guilty even though his lawyer told him that it was certain that he was going to get jail time. But, he wanted to take responsibility for his actions."

"18 months is a long time to be away," Brad says back to her. "How are you feeling about it?"

Trenyce arches her eyebrow back to him. "To be honest, I feel like I'm in a whirlwind."

"Why?"

"After Chris was sentenced, he asked me to marry him," Trenyce reveals to Brad. "And, I said yes."

"Whoa," Brad chuckles back to her. "I didn't see that coming, not even close. That means that you're going to wait for Chris for a year and a half?"

"I love him."

"You have needs Trey," Brad reminds her. "I was thinking with Chris gone maybe you and I…"

"No," Trenyce cuts him off. "You and I are over, Brad. What we had was great, but it can't happen again. That's why I asked you here today, I had to tell you this to your face."

Brad runs his hands through his hair. "Okay," he nods back to her, not happy with what she has told him. "But, if you ever feel lonely over the next 18 months, give me a call. I'm sure we can make an arrangement of some kind."

Robertson Enterprises; Dominick's Office

Eva moves up to the door to Dominick's office and takes a deep breath as she prepares to enter. She knows that her husband is still livid with her for sleeping with Will, but Eva is determined to make him realize that it was a mistake and that they should be focusing on saving their marriage. She will do whatever it takes to make him realize that they still belong together. She opens the door and immediately feels her blood boil when she sees Felicia pouring herself a cup of coffee from the bar in her husband's space.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Eva asks as she moves into the office and slams the door closed annoyed that Felicia is waiting for Dominick. Eva recalls how she went to the Pampa Grill the other night and saw Felicia and Dominick sharing a close moment; she knows that Felicia is using her martial issues to get closer to her husband. "You can't seem to stay away from my husband, can you Felicia?"

Felicia takes a sip of her coffee before she turns to face her rival. "Good morning to you too," Felicia purses her lips together. "Yes, I am meeting Dominick here in a little while. He wanted to talk to me."

"You must be loving this," Eva grits her teeth together as she moves closer to Felicia. "You are using my mistake to get closer to Dominick, and I won't stand for it."

Felicia chuckles back to her. "Dominick doesn't need a reason to be close to me, he already is close to me, Eva! Its call being married for years and having children together."

"I know what you're doing," Eva warns her. "You are trying to get my husband back."

"Are you sure he will be your husband for much longer?" Felicia goats her. "It seems like you made your choice the moment you spread your legs open for Will."

"How dare you!" Eva shrieks back to her. "My marriage is none of your damn business, Felicia!"

Felicia chuckles back to her. "You're upset because you know I'm right, Eva. You can walk around here and think that you have a marriage with Dominick but from where I stand, you're going to end up alone, which is exactly what you deserve. Now, if you don't mind, I think you should leave. Dominick wanted to see me this morning, not his wayward wife."

"I'll leave," Eva rolls her eyes back to her. "But if you think for one minute that this is over, you have another thing coming, Felicia."

The Pampa Grill

"What's wrong, Dominick?" Will continues to glare at his rival. "You don't like hearing that I was pleasing your wife in ways you never could?"

"My wife was a fool for getting involved with you," Dominick spits back to him. "You'll never be half the man I am."

Will chuckles back to him. "Why? Because I'm not rich or run an organization? I have things that you don't have and Eva knows it. It's why she was begging me for more."

"Shut your mouth," Dominick warns him.

Will laughs back to him. "You're pathetic," Will tells him. "You think you're high and mighty but you have no clue what Eva wants or needs."

"And you think you do?"

"I know I do," Will tells him. "The proof is how good our sex was."

Dominick forms a fist and decks Will on the side of his face. Will falls back, startled at the punch and then puts his hand on his face to see if he is bleeding. "You asshole," Will says as he stumbles back up. "You really wanna fight with me?"

"Consider that you're warning," Dominick glares at him. "You stay away from me and my wife or that will just be the start of the damage I do to you, you got that?"

Next on One Day at a Time
- Dominick is in for another shock
- Max tells Jacob that he and Paige are growing closer
- Andy is discharged from the hospital

 
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