Flashback to November 2017:
Caroline smiled as she got out of her car and made her way towards the apartment that she shared with her boyfriend Chris. They had moved in together just six months after they started dating and she couldn't remember a time that she had been more happier. "Chris! I'm home!"
Chris walked downstairs and looked at her. "Hey...we need to talk." He said, walking over to the couch and sitting down.
She could tell by the look on his face that something was wrong and she walked over to sit down beside him. "What's going on?"
"I've been doing a lot of thinking here lately."
"About?"
He took a deep breath and turned to look at her. "I don't think that this is working out between us."
Caroline's stomach sank and she felt like her heart was being ripped out of her chest as tears welled up in her eyes. "What are you talking about?"
"Caroline I love you but...you're too young to be thinking about settling down yet."
"What the fuck?" Caroline stood up and looked at him. "What the hell do you mean that I'm too young to settle down? I'm almost thirty Chris!"
"And I'm closer to forty! You need to get out there and find someone your own age and have fun before you decide to settle down."
"My own age? You make it sound like you're nearing fifty or sixty! Jesus Chris, what the fuck? You knew how old I was when we got together!"
"I know and I thought we could make it work but it's not. Please don't make this harder than it already is." Chris said, standing up and reaching for her and he sighed when she stepped back. "Caroline..."
"Me don't make this harder than it is? You know what you are Chris? You're a fucking coward! I have done nothing but love you and treat you like a fucking King but you obviously aren't man enough to handle that and it doesn't have a damn thing to do with your age! You're so fucking insecure that you are afraid to let someone truly love you and honestly? I feel sorry for you and I promise that someday you're going to regret this but it's going to be too late. I'll have Aleister and Dusty come pick up my things because I can't even fucking stand to look at you right now." Caroline hissed, turning around and walking out of the apartment.
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Aleister groaned when the doorbell rang, pulling back from kissing Dusty. "Who the fuck?"
Dusty giggled and ran her fingers through his hair, kissing him again. "I don't know but I'll go check. From the feel of things you're in no condition to be seen." She got off his lap and made her way to the door, smiling when she heard him growl. She opened the door and saw her sister, noticing immediately that she had been crying. "Linny? What's wrong?"
"I don't mean to bother you two but I honestly didn't know where else to go."
"Come on in...what's going on? Is Chris okay?"
"Oh, he's just perfectly fine. A complete asshole but he's fine."
"Did you two fight or something?" Aleister asked, looking at her as she sat down in the recliner.
"Or something...he just broke up with me."
"What?" Dusty questioned, a look of shock on her face. "What do you mean he broke up with you? What the hell for?"
"I mean that he broke up with me. I came home from work and he said that we needed to talk then he proceeded to tell me that we needed to break up because I was too young to be thinking about settling down."
Dusty grabbed a box of tissues and walked over, sitting down on the arm of the recliner and holding the box out to Caroline. "He knew how old you were when you two started dating. If he had a problem with it then why didn't he say anything long before you two even moved in together?"
"The hell if I know. I told him that he's a fucking coward and insecure and then I got the fuck out of there. Do you think that you two could go pick up my stuff because I honestly don't want to see him again."
Aleister stood up and walked over to them, leaning down to kiss Dusty. "I'm going to go talk to him first and then I'll call you to come help me get some of her things." He whispered and Dusty nodded, watching him walk out of the house before turning back to her sister.
"Come on Linny, I think you could use a drink right now."
"I could use more than one." Caroline mumbled, standing up and following her sister out to the kitchen.
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Chris sighed when there was a knock on the door, setting his beer down on the coffee table as he got up and walked over to see who it was. "You're not the one I expected to see."
"I'm the one you should be grateful to see because Dusty probably would have laid your ass out first thing." Aleister stated, walking inside and closing the door behind him. "What the hell man? I thought things were going good between you two."
"They were but...I met someone else."
"The one I've been seeing you talk to at the Performance Center? Man, I've heard countless people warn you about her."
"They don't know a damn thing about her!"
"And I'm guessing you think you do. You gave Caroline some bullshit excuse about her being too young when the other one is even younger than Caroline! What the fuck? Are you seriously going to throw away an almost year long relationship with someone who loves you for someone you don't even really know?" Aleister asked as Chris sat down and picked up his beer, taking a long drink.
"This is really none of your business."
"You're right...your relationship is none of my business but Caroline is my wife's sister and she's upset that Caroline is hurt. Anything that upsets my wife is my business. Now I have to call her and get her to come over here to help me get Caroline's things...good luck explaining to Dusty that you broke up with her sister for another woman." Aleister said as he pulled his phone out of his pocket and dialed his wife's number.
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Dusty walked into the apartment without even knocking and glared at Chris. "You sorry son of a bitch! What the fuck is your problem?"
Chris looked over at Aleister, silently asking for help but Aleister just shook his head. "Dusty..."
"I don't want to hear any fucking excuses Chris! I want to know exactly why the hell you dumped my sister."
"Aleister..."
"No man, you're on your own with this one so don't look to me for help." Aleister said, crossing his arms over his chest. "Be a man and tell her."
"Someone better fucking tell me what's going on!"
Chris took a deep breath and looked up at Dusty from his position on the couch. "I met someone else."
"You met...what the fuck?! Who?"
"Someone at the Performance Center. You don't know her." He sated and Dusty glanced over at Aleister.
"The one I told you about."
"You mean that Ellering bitch that's been sniffing around you? Seriously Chris? I thought you'd have a hell of a lot more sense than that."
Chris growled and stood up, stepping towards Dusty but he stopped when Aleister moved in front of her. "Don't fucking call her that Dusty because you don't know a damn thing about her."
"Oh please! Move Aleister, I'm not afraid of his dumb ass." Dusty stepped around her husband and glared up at Chris. "I may not know her but I know all about her type. She's a leech attaching herself to the nearest sucker she can find and when she drains you dry of everything she wants from you then she'll dump you just like you did my sister."
"You don't know what the hell you're talking about!"
"The hell I don't! Forget it...I'm done trying to talk to you because it's like talking to a brick wall. I will tell you this though, you're going to regret what you've done to Caroline eventually and you'll come crawling back to her begging her to take your pathetic ass back...I just hope I'm there to see her tell you to go to hell."