After Lofty Told Dom

Dom was so angry he didn't know what to do with himself. He stood at the top of the stairs staring down at the floor. He had tears in his eyes but he wasn't going to let anymore fall.

He let his anger override the hurt he was feeling, Lofty had betrayed him, Carole had lied to him all his life, Barry could never accept him and hated who he was, Chloe hated him and didn't want him to come between her and Ange and Ange well she just plain didn't want him. It was clear he would never be her son in the way he wanted. Despite all she'd said and done and taken his photo out of his box it was clear she now wanted to put him back in there.

Well he would show them that he didn't need any of them. He started looking at his phone trying to remember the name of the hook-up app that Isaac used to use. He'd betray Lofty and see how he felt after that. It's not like a Dom's life could get any worse, he could use a bit of fun.

He installed the app and built himself a new profile. He checked the time and realised he needed to get back to check on his patient, he started swiping through matches as he walked back.

He saw to his patient and fed him a pack of lies to tell about his scar and then carried on swiping though. Because let's face it everybody lied, he'd tried to change to be better but in the end even if he didn't lie everyone else did anyway.

He almost passed out when Isaacs picture came up, leaning against the wall to keep himself upright. He'd known his prison sentence was over but he hadn't thought he would ever see him again. But there he was looking as handsome and charming as ever.

He couldn't forget all that Isaac had said to him, the words always running through his head on bad days, maybe Isaac had been right Dom didn't deserve to have exclusive relationships. Isaac had always said Dom wasn't enough and that he was too needy. That only he understood Dom. Maybe he was right, he didn't deserve love and had to be punished and pushed to be good enough.

Dom couldn't stop the thoughts going through his head, he wanted, he didn't know what he wanted. He was such a mess. He wanted to hurt Lofty and he wanted to hurt himself just like he deserved. He wasn't good enough for anyone; Isaac was the best he could hope for. He should have been more grateful.

He looked through the app until he found Isaac again; he sent him a message asking to meet. Isaac responded almost immediately saying he could meet him outside at the end of his shift.