"Could we talk inside?" Allison asked
"Make it quick." Kelly insisted
"Okay..." She said once they headed into the kitchen
"-If this is about getting your job back, you're wasting your time."
"But Kelly, you understand I had no intention of scarying you guys, I just wanted to help, and I'm sorry but Dylan did overreact."
"Maybe so, but Dylan is not comfortable with you here and I have to respect that... he'd never make me hire someone I wasn't comfortable with."
"But that's just it... Dylan's discomfort is his own fault."
"Excuse me?"
"We should sit for this." Allison said, barely audible
"Okay..." Kelly replied, bewildered
"The night you were in the hospital... Dylan was distraught... he had been drinking, he was so worried, we both were, and one thing led to another and..."
"Spit it out, Allison." Kelly hissed
"He made a pass at me."
"What?" Kelly asked, gobsmacked, hand over her mouth
"I didn't think anything of it at first... he was in a terrible state, naturally... but afterwards I realised it didn't sit right with me keeping it a secret from you, I wanted to leave but I couldn't abandon you and Jack at this awful time... So I came over a week ago, told him he has to tell you or I will. I couldn't handle feeling like the other woman, my family were destroyed because of that woman..."
"I don't believe what I'm hearing..." Kelly shook her head in disbelief, her lips pressed tightly together
"I'm so sorry, Kelly. But I owe it to you to tell you the truth... Dylan didn't want me to, and he threatened me and raised his hand..."
"He hit you?" Kelly said, finding it hard to believe
"He wanted to... in the end he ended up doing this." She took off her scarf to show red bruises on her neck. Kelly's jaw dropped
"That's why he wants me gone... before you found out."
"I need you to leave." Kelly sighed, pulling her hair back
"Kelly?!"
"I really need to be alone right now. Get out, Allison."
"Uhm... alright, alright. I'm so sorry, Kelly."
"Just go please..." Kelly said calmly. Waiting for Allison to leave to let out her tears
That evening
Dylan arrived home
"Kel? You would not believe what I just found out!" He yelled out, running through the door, only to find Kelly in their bedroom, throwing clothes into a suitcase on the bed
"Wha- What are you doing?" He looked from the suitcase up to her, he could see she'd been crying
"I'm going to stay at Jackie and Mel's for a few days... Jack's coming with me." Kelly choked
"Kel you can't be serious?" Dylan chuckled anxiously, "Kel? Kel!" He repeated, walking right up to her
"Did you hit on her?" Kelly asked, her voice almost a whisper, and Dylan's face fell
"What?" he said slowly, his jaw dropped
"That's why kept all of this from me... you were scared I'd find out."
"Is that what she told you? Kelly, you can't be serious, she's lying"
"Oh she's lying? So you didn't speak to her a week ago?"
"I did, but only to tell her to leave us alone!"
"I can't believe this." Kelly shook her head
"Kelly, listen to me, I'm telling the truth, I'd never do that to you, you have to believe me!" His voice started to raise, "She's supposed to be in juvy! Kelly, I'm telling you, she lied about everything, she's dangerous and she's just trying to turn you against me!"
"Were you drinking the night I was in the hospital?"
"...I had one beer, Kel." Dylan sighed
"So everything she said was true except the parts that make you a liar, is that it?"
"Kelly!" He held both her arms to stop her from packing, "She's lying to you! I'm telling you the truth, I swear!"
"Let go of me, Dylan." Kelly walked out with her suitcase, placing it infront of the door. He ran after her and grabbed the bag
"Are you actually saying you believe this psycho over me? I'm not a liar, Kelly!"
"You already did lie to me, remember?"
"This is fucking ridiculous!" Dylan yelled, "That girl is crazy, I'm telling you, she's fucking crazy!"
"This isn't the first time you've cheated..."
"How dare you?!" Dylan glared at her, just that moment they saw Jack standing in his bedroom doorway
"Jack," Kelly sighed, rushing to tuck him back into bed, Dylan followed them
"It's bed time sweetie." Kelly said, nervously trying to wipe her tears
"I'm tired of hearing you fight..." Jack's sleepy voice whispered
"Sometimes mummy and daddy fight..." Dylan said, stroking his son's head, "But we love you and there's nothing to worry about alright? Get some sleep." They kissed their son good night and walked out the room, Dylan closed the door behind them
"What the fuck was that suppsed to mean?" Dylan said once Jack was out of earshot
"You never told me you spoke to her a week ago... you never told me you drank that night... I saw the marks on her neck, Dylan."
"What the fuck are you saying?"
"I know you assaulted her when she threatened to tell me everything."
"Are you fucking crazy? I never hit her and I never made a pass at her. She hit on me!"
"Wow..."
"And you're accusing me of cheating? I never cheated on you!"
"It was only a matter of time right? You cheated on Brenda."
"What the fu- that was in fucking high school, Kelly!"
"And Gina..."
"-Are you forgetting something, both times I cheated with you, -WITH YOU."
"Again, it was a matter of time."
"Fuck this shit!" He threw her bag, that was in his hand, across this room, "I never cheated on you, that girl came onto me! You're the one who cheated on me back in college and I don't bring that up, yet you accuse me of cheating because I cheated on an ex girlfriend? Why are we even talking about this? This girl is fucking crazy, I just found out from Jason."
"Oh your student told you... wonderful." Kelly sneered
"Kelly... you have to believe me."
"I can't."
"Kel..." Dylan rubbed his face
"Enough, Dylan!" She went to pick up her bag that was thrown, "I have to go, I'll pick up Jack tomorrow."
"No, Kel, don't go!" He quickly grabbed her
"I can't..." She started to sob, "I can't be around you right now... I can't even look at you, Dylan."
"Please." Dylan began sobbing too, sinking down to his knees, his arms wrapped around her hips and his lips pressed against her pregnant belly, "Don't do this, Kel. You have to believe me... I only want you, Jack and this precious little baby in here... don't leave me. I'm sorry about everything, but I'm telling the truth." He cried into her stomach, but she pulled his arms off her
"Don't make this harder than you already have." Kelly said, wiped her tears and walked out
The morning after
Kelly sent Erin to pick up Jack from Dylan, as she wasn't ready to face him
"Kelly..." Jackie said at the breakfast table "I'm really sorry for what you're going through... but you know you can't rely on men like Dylan, I told you."
"We've been together for 7 years, Jackie, married for 6 and parents for 5."
"Whoa, Donna and David got married 7 years ago?" Erin interrupted the conversation
"Erin, please take Jack into my old room?" Kelly asked
"Kelly..." Jackie said once they were gone, "Some men can only commit for so long, then they're back to their old ways."
"Come on, you guys." Erin said walking back in, "He's fine, he's playing." Erin answered Kelly's glare concerning her son, "Look..." Erin continued, "I don't believe Dylan would do that, he's crazy about you."
"Erin, have you not been listening to the facts?"
"Okay so maybe everything this Allison said adds up together, she could still be crazy."
"You've seen one too many horror movies." Jackie rolled her eyes at Erin.
"You know what? Your parents got back together, so sorry but, happy childhood, means no opinion." Kelly scoffed
"That's the most ridiculous rule, ever!" Erin groaned
"No, you and optimism is what's ridiculous. If you hadn't had a happy childhood, you'd understand how plausible these things really are. Now I'm going to lie down, I can't talk about this anymore."
"What do you think?" Erin asked Jackie once Kelly had gone upstairs
"Honestly? When it comes to Dylan, I agree with you, but knowing the men I've known... It's possible."
"I don't believe it." Erin shook her head
"You are an optimist" Jackie shook her head, chuckling
Mckay House
"Andrea? Is Jesse there?" Dylan asked on the phone
"Yeah, what's wrong, honey?"
"I need to speak to him... I might need a lawyer."
"What are you saying, Dylan?" Andrea urged
"I've been charged with assault..."