Chapter 7

Joe looked at the time on the clock in the garage, seeing it was time for a well earned break. He walked over to the desk, taking a seat as he heard his phone chirp, notifying him that he'd received a text. He picked up his mobile, putting in the passcode and unlocking it. The first thing that popped up on the screen was a text message from Mercedes, a note underneath saying; 'Media message.' It wasn't just a normal text, there was something enclosed. He opened the text, reading the message.

'Thought you better know about this. Your little brother and your innocent little fiancée have been at it behind your back. Don't go too soft on them.' With a picture of the couple.

Surely it wasn't? It couldn't have been. Could it? Joe thought his eyes were deceiving him. Lindsey wouldn't do that, sure, Freddie would but Lindsey? He stared at his phone, at the picture. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. The fact that he had to find out this way destroyed him even more.

Standing up, he felt the anger build up, throwing his phone against the garage wall. Why now? Why his brother? He knew how Freddie felt for Lindsey but he never that Lindsey would betray him like that and he'd have to find out through text from her best friend.

Kim was near by, heading to The Dog to see Esther. She stopped in at the garage, noticing Joe's anger. She quickly ran into the garage.

"Hey, hey! What's all this for?!" She asked, shocked at his behaviour.

"You're wonderful big sister has been having an affair with my brother." He said angrily, turning around to look at her.

Kim had already known about the two of them, not the affair but how they felt for eachother. She stood in shock, not knowing what to say.

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Lindsey buttoned up her coat and re did her ponytail as she grabbed her phone from the desk and placed it in her pocket. Oblivious to what was happening at the garage, Lindsey smiled over at Freddie.

"You go home first. I'll come back in a bit, won't look too suspicious then." She said, walking over to him.

Freddie nodded slightly as he put on his leather jacket and wrapped his arms around Lindsey.

"I love you, Lindsey Butterfield." He said softly with a smirk.

"I love you too, Freddie Roscoe." She responded, kissing him gently.

Freddie kissed her back before pulling away, hugging her softly and leaving the office area. He left the club, walking down the stairs quickly. He headed through the village, minding his own business. As he walked, he felt a hand grab his arm, stopping him as he turned around to see Kim.

"Kim. What is it?" He said sternly.

"I know. And so does Joe."

"What? Know what?"

"You and Lindsey, your little affair." She said, raising an eyebrow and crossing her arms.

"How, what?" He asked, suddenly feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders.

"Look, you better come and see Joe. Like now!"

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Joe had his back to Freddie, facing the wall, not wanting to make eye contact with his brother. No way was he being civil after this.

"How long?"

"Joe-"

"HOW LONG?" Joe yelled.

"A month or so." Freddie replied, looking down.

"How could you? Me and Lindsey were perfect, we had Junior. And then you just had to stick your big nose in, you had to go and ruin it all."

"It wasn't just me! Lindsey wanted it. As soon as Junior was born, I was going to leave. I packed my stuff to go, she pulled me aside and told me she loved me. Do you really expect me to forget that?" He said sternly.

"I don't care what she said. You shouldn't have done it. She was mine, my Lindsey. You're my brother, she's my fiancée." He said, turning around to face him.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." Freddie said, welling up as he made eye contact with his brother.

"No you're not. You loved her and as soon as she'd had our baby, you thought that it'd be good to split us up, take her away hm?" He said, taking a step closer to his brother.

"That baby could've been mine, Joe. I wasn't gonna walk away that easily." He replied, knowing that this might have been breaking point for Joe.

"Y-What? How? You're lying." Joe started to feel the anger taking over him once again. That was one thing he was expecting not to hear.

"When you were in that coma, me and Lindsey. We slept together, alright? She never told you and I never told you because I knew how much she loved you and I wouldn't do a anything to hurt her." He said with a stern attitude, looking his brother right in the eye.

That was it. That was the point were it all kicked off. Joe lunged for his younger sibling, his fist going straight into his face as he fell to the floor. He pulled him up, holding him just by his vest.

At this point, Lindsey was walking back from the club as she heard the yelling from the garage. She ran as quickly as she could over to the garage, seeing the two brothers.

"Joe, no!" Lindsey shouted, seeing Freddie on the floor with a blood nose. Tears blurred her vision as she tried to stop Joe from hurting him again.

"Lindsey, stay back." Kim said, pulling her sister back from the two of them.

"I'm sorry, Joe. I'm really sorry. Just please, don't!" Freddie shouted through tears.

"Shut up. Stop saying sorry, you're not sorry!" Joe yelled, also in tears at the news as he held his fist up to him.

"Let him go, Joe!" Robbie came running into the garage, pulling him away from Freddie with the help of Jason.

As soon as Joe had been pulled off of Freddie, Lindsey rushed to his side, kneeling beside him.

"I'm sorry, Lindsey." Freddie whispered before getting up quickly, running from the garage and back home as fast as he could.

"You!" Joe said, pointing to Lindsey. "This is your fault aswell and don't act like it isn't." He shouted at his fiancé.

"Joe please! We need to talk properly." She responded through the tears she was attempting to fight back

"Rob? Jase? Give us a minute." Joe said angrily, getting his younger brothers to leave.

The twins left the couple alone in the garage. Blood was left on the floor, tears were streaming down Lindsey's face, Joe was full of anger, ready to punch anything he could. The pair looked at eachother in despair, knowing that this was the end of their long ten year relationship.