Episode 747
 
Picture in my Head
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: October 24, 2021

Episode Theme song: "April Showers" Maise Peters

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Lukas and Donovan visited their social worker who told them that they wouldn't sign any papers for the adoption until after the baby was born
- Andy went to rehab after he fell off the wagon. Nicholas, meanwhile, moved out of Melissa's mansion
- Helen told Adam she wanted him to make love to her
- Cassie sugested to Paige that she slept with Jacob. After breaking up a fight with Jacob and Max, Paige asked her fiancé if he cheated on her
- Eva continued to give Will the cold shoulder for accepting Kim's money to seduce her
- Kim told Natasha and Robbie that Tyler suspects Cassie stole the money from Roboto and Robertson Enterprises

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

"You've been pacing since we got home," Lukas notes to his husband, who is walking back and forth in the living room while holding a gin and tonic in his hand. Lukas can tell that Donovan is nervous following their meeting with their social worker at the One Day House as she indicated that they wouldn't sign any papers until after the baby was born. Donovan is worried that the birth mother, now, can still change her mind about the adoption and they won't get a child after all. "You're going to burn a hole in the floor."

Donovan pauses and takes a sip of his drink. "Sorry," he tells his husband. "I guess I'm just worried now."

Lukas stands up and moves closer to Donovan. "We have to trust what the social worker told us," he tells Donovan. "She said that she has never experienced a mother changing her mind this late in the process."

"I know what she said," Donovan replies to him. "I don't know, I just have this bad feeling that I can't shake."

Lukas leans in and kisses him on the lips. "How about you finish that drink and we go upstairs," Lukas winks back to him. "I'm pretty sure I know a way to take your mind off this."

Donovan smirks back to him. "That sounds like a good idea," he says before he starts to finish his drink.

The Pampa Grill

Nicholas sits at a table in the corner of the restaurant with a Manhattan in front of him as he replays his fight with Melissa in his mind. He is still having a difficult time understanding how and why his mother would gaslight Andy into thinking he was seeing Reese. The entire ordeal was a nightmare and Nicholas doesn't know how he can ever forgive his mother for what she has done.

He takes a sip of his drink before he runs his hand through his hair. He pulls out his phone and sees a picture of him and Andy as the back drop. He hopes that his boyfriend is doing okay in the rehab center that he went too since he fell off the wagon as a result of seeing "Reese".

"Hey stranger," a voice calls out in front of Nicholas. He looks up from his phone and sees Andy standing there. "Want some company?"

"Andy?" Nicholas asks as he jumps up and hugs his boyfriend. "I had no idea you were coming home tonight."

"I wasn't going to tell you until tomorrow because it's so late," Andy replies to him. "I just stopped here for some food since I know there's nothing at my place."

"Well sit, we can order you whatever you want or need," Nicholas says to him. "I'm so happy to see you, you look great."

Andy chuckles back to him. "Thanks," he tells him. "I am feeling a lot better. The program really helped me with my urges, thats for sure."

"I'm so glad to hear that," Nicholas says back to him. "Again, I can't tell you how sorry I am for my mother's actions."

"Hey, it's not your fault. You can't control your mother," Andy shakes his head back to him. "Have you heard from Melissa at all?"

"She came to town," Nicholas reveals to him. "And we had it out. I told her she was out of my life and I moved out of the mansion."

"Wow, sounds intense. Where are you staying?"

"At the Twin Peaks Executive Hotel," he says back to him. "At least until I find my own place. And, it was intense but it had to be done. My mother had to know that what she did was unforgivable."

"Thanks for sticking up for me," Andy tells him. "It was shocking to hear what she planned. I can't believe she found a Reese lookalike…"

"The whole thing is out of this world."

"Well," Andy looks back at him. "I have an idea. Why don't you move into my condo? We were living together already? We can make the space work for now?"

"Really? Are you sure? You had dumped me before," Nicholas reminds him.

Andy shakes his head back to him. "I am sure," he tells him. "I wasn't in the right frame of mind when that happened. So, what do you say? Live with me again?"

"I'd love too," Nicholas smiles back to him.

The Black House; Adam, Helen & Dawn's Home

Adam walks down the stairs in some grey sweat pants and no shirt on as he is getting ready for bed. Before he called it a night, however, he wanted to come and wish Helen a goodnight. As he moves closer towards the living room, he can't help but think about the flash that he had earlier in the night where he was telling a woman, whom he couldn't make out, that he would have to make Max pay. He wishes he understood why he couldn't remember having this conversation and what he would have to make his son pay for? He just hopes that the memory, if that's what it is, comes back to him sooner than later.

"Hey, I just wanted to say goodnight," he says to Helen as he looks into the living room.

Helen stands up when she sees Adam and can't help but think he looks very attractive without his shirt on. She purses her lips together as she thinks about how she asked him to make love to her recently but he claimed the medication would impact his performance.

"Goodnight to you too," Helen moves closer to him. "I hope you get enough rest so you'll feel better tomorrow."

"Every day I'm getting stronger and stronger," he replies to her quickly. "Hopefully soon, I'll be able to take you up on that offer to make love."

Helen blushes back to him. "You have no idea how much I want that," she says as she runs her finger down his firm chest.

Before he can reply, there is a faint knock on the front door. Helen looks at the door and arches her eyebrow. "I wonder who that could be at this hour," she says as she moves to the door and opens it. "Robin?" she gasps seeing Adam's fiancé standing on the other side. "What are you doing here?"

Robin nervously moves into the foyer of the house and wonders what the hell she walked in on as she can see Adam half naked and Helen standing there in a robe. She can feel the sexual tension in the air, which is driving her crazy because she is Adam's fiancé, not Helen. "I came to say goodnight to Adam," she replies as Adam looks back at her in surprise.

"I know you said we are friends Robin," Adam looks back at her. "And, I get that, but it's late for a friend to stop by just to say goodnight. As you can see, my wife and I were about to head up stairs to go to bed."

Robin looks back at Helen and shoots her a glare at her as she can't believe that Helen is taking advantage of this situation by trying to seduce Adam. "Yea, sorry, I'll go. Have a good night, Adam. Helen, can I have a word with you before I go?"

"Sure, but make it quick," Helen says back to her as Adam slowly starts to move up the stairs. "Like my husband said, we are going to bed."

Once Adam is upstairs, Robin looks at Helen with intent. "What the hell is going on here?"

"Adam thinks we are married," Helen reminds her. "I can't act like married couples don't share the same bed."

"Ugh," Robin groans back to her. "You're loving this, aren't you? You're using this to your advantage to try to get Adam back!"

"Whatever is happening Robin, I'm doing because Shane told me to play along so Adam doesn't get confused," Helen reminds her. "I will not do anything to hurt Adam's recovery. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to bed."

Robin shakes her head in disgust at Helen and leaves the house. Outside, Robin takes a couple of deep breathes, trying to figure out how she can get Adam's memory back before he makes love to his ex-wife.

The Calimo Mansion

"You were quiet on the car ride over here," Paige tells Jacob as they stand in his bedroom of the large mansion that he lives in with his family. Paige and Jacob were wrapping things up at Robertson Enterprises when she broke up a fight between him and Max; in the aftermath, Paige told Jacob that she was tired of him going after Max and then asked Jacob if he slept with Cassie. Paige hasn't been able to stop thinking about how Cassie told her that she and Jacob reconnected in ways they hadn't in months earlier in the day; she was left wondering how they reconnected. "And never did answer my question."

Jacob sighs back to her as he takes his tie off. "I don't know where you would think that I am cheating on you with Cassie," he tells her. "Cassie and I barely even see one another."

"So, it's not true then?" she asks him again.

"No," he instantly replies to her. "I am not cheating on you with Cassie!"

Outside their bedroom door, Max creeps up and puts his ear to the door. After he and Jacob had their fight at the office, he followed the couple home as he sensed that there was tension and wanted to hear their discussion. He thought he could use the insight to see if he could use anything to further cause a rift between them.

"You have to know that I would never sleep with another woman, Paige," Jacob says as he takes his shirt off. "I'm actually rather insulted that you would even suggest that."

"What was I supposed to think when Cassie came to me and told that you two reconnected in ways you hadn't in months?" Paige asks him back.

"Maybe just talk to me about it?" he suggests to her as Max gets a devilish grin on his face outside the room. "You know that Cassie would do anything to cause trouble, that's just the kind of woman she is."

"Okay, you're right about that," Paige moves up to him. "I'm sorry that I jumped to the wrong conclusion."

"I just hate that everyone is still seemingly against us being together," Jacob admits to her. "Once we are married, none of that will matter."

"Well, let's change that," Paige shrugs her shoulders back to him.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, we are planning this big wedding," Paige replies to him. "But, what if we just eloped? Let's just take the power away from everyone and prove that we want to be together forever. What do you say?"

Jacob chuckles back to her. "I think this is exactly why I am in love with you," he leans in and kisses her on the lips. "Let's elope, Paige."

Outside the door, Max feels his heart start to race as he just heard Jacob and Paige say that they are going to elope. He moves away from the door and catches his breath. "This won't happen," he whispers to himself. "Mark my words, this will not happen."

Twin Peaks Executive Hotel

"You have to stop summoning me to your room every time you have a crisis," Kim tells Will as she moves into his suite at the hotel. She is annoyed with him that he continues to demand to see her when she has so many other things going on in her life right now. "Nice bruise on your face, by the way. I take it you ran into Dominick?"

"Yea, I did," Will slams the suite door closed behind Kim. "This entire situation is a huge disaster, Kim!"

"What do you want me to say, Will?" she throws her purse onto the bed. "I have so many other fires burning in my life right now, this is the last thing that I should be spending my time and energy on."

"Well that's too damn bad since you put this all into motion when you paid me to seduce Eva!"

Kim rolls her eyes back to him. "No one forced you to take my money," Kim reminds him. "And frankly, you seemed to enjoy your time with Eva, so you should be thanking me!"

"Eva wants nothing to me now," Will spits back to her. "That wasn't part of the plan. Eva getting hurt was never supposed to be a part of this plan!"

"You need to grow some balls Will," Kim tells him. "People get hurt each and every day and it is out of our control. What did you think would happen when Eva's husband found out about the two of you? That Eva would be happy and smiling and just leave Dominick for you?"

Will turns around so he doesn't have to face Kim anymore. "My God, you thought Eva would leave him for you," Kim whispers back to him. "That's really the reason you're so upset because Eva hasn't come rushing back to you. Oh Will," Kim continues to tell him. "You're more naïve than I thought."

Will looks as Kim grabs her purse and moves towards the door. "Where are you going? We aren't finished yet!"

"Yea we are," Kim looks back at him. "You need to pull yourself together, Will. You're acting like a love sick dog. Eva only wanted sex from you, nothing more. Once you realize that, you'll be able to move on from this situation a hell of a lot faster."

Robertson Enterprises

Eva steps off the elevator and moves into the hallway of Robertson Enterprises as she knows that it's late but she has to see Dominick to see if he has figured out who stole his money; she still has a hard time believing that her husband accused her of stealing the money from the company. It has made her realize that they have drifted further apart than she realizes but she has to make him understand that she would never do that.

She freezes when she sees Felicia standing outside Dominick's office on her cell phone. She feels her blood boil at the sight; she has no idea how many times she has to tell Felicia to stay out of her marriage but every time she turns around, the woman is seemingly inserting herself into it.

"What the hell do you think you're doing here?" Eva barks at her as Felicia hangs up her phone call. "I told you to stay away from Dominick and out of our marriage."

Felicia turns to face her rival and moves some of hair out of her face. "My son and my ex-husband are in that very office right now talking about business," Felicia informs her. "Considering the current status of your marriage, I'd say I have more right to be here than you do."

"You might share a son with Dominick, but don't you dare forget that I am his wife!"

"How could I ever forget that?" Felicia asks her. "It's the only thing that comes out of that mouth of yours these days. It's too bad you weren't saying that while you were in bed with Will."

"I made a mistake," Eva nods back to her. "But don't you dare think that I won't fight for my marriage."

"Fight away," Felicia encourages her. "Just know that Dominick doesn't like being played for a fool, and you did that in spades by sleeping with Will, Eva. You may be Dominick's wife right now, but I doubt it will last much longer."

***

Inside Dominick's office, Tyler pours a scotch and takes a sip of it as he has had one hell of a day. "I still can't believe that Cassie Nova stole money from us and Roboto," Tyler tells his father.

Dominick turns around from looking out the window of his office. "I can't believe I was such a fool for getting involved with that barracuda," he tells his son. "It was the biggest mistake of my life."

"Have you come up with any ideas on how we can get the money back?"

Dominick shakes his head back to him. "We have to come up with some concrete proof that it was Cassie first," he tells Tyler. "Without that, I'm not sure that we will be able to get the money back."

"Damnit, this is a mess," Tyler says in frustration. "There must be something we can do! We can't let her get away with this, Dad."

"Don't worry," Dominick grits his teeth back to him. "Cassie will pay for this one way or another, make no mistake about that."

The Cascade Apartments; Apartment 602; Cassie's Home

Cassis pours herself a glass of champagne and immediately takes a sip of it. She wants to celebrate all the successes in her life right now; she successfully seduced Jacob and can now use this as a way to split up him and Paige, and she has taken money from both Roboto and Robertson Enterprises. Because she took the money so long ago, it is already secured in various accounts that will be very hard to track by anyone.

"Now I can ensure my future is bright," she whispers to herself. "And, I've left the companies in rumbles because they are depleted from some of their savings."

She chuckles to herself as she takes another sip of her champagne. "I always said that I would get my revenge and I have," she continues to say to herself. "No one will ever catch on that it was me."

She pauses as she sees her phone light up with another incoming message. She picks it up and reads some of the texts from Robbie, Kim, Natasha and Dominick and feels herself start to sweat a little.

"My God," she gasps to herself. "They have figured out that it was me. They know that I took the money."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Cheresa is in for a shock
- Vinny continues to plot
- Dominick makes an offer to Robbie & Natasha

 
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