Not that Dean liked to get in trouble, but he had always been a womanizer. In Uni he had a few girlfriends: Nicole, Mika, Asala; without counting the two girls he had in Hidden Springs: Michelle Cho and Shantel Langerak. His time at the University and his break-up with Michelle didn't change him.
Upon arrival to Bridgeport he fell in love again, this time kind of hopelessly, with Dahlia Hamming, the young orchestra director, daughter of the late actor Matthew Hamming and Kamillah Langerak, who, by the way is Dean's cousin, which means Dahlia, for a change, was Dean's niece (just like Shantel), but that didn't matter to any of the two, and they immediately moved in together.
(Note: the game doesn't tag them as relatives, so I let them be).
Just as Dean has a love track record, so does Dahlia. She had been in love just once... with the wrong man: Vincent Steele, who she married when she was just a teen.
From that marriage two children were born: Omar and Mandy.
After her divorce, Dahlia left Hidden Springs taking the two kids with her to Bridgeport.
When Dahlia and Dean met, he moved into her apartment and almost immediately he kind of became a father to her children. Omar didn't accept him in the beginning, since he still missed his biological father, but with time they became good friends. But still, Omar missed the sunny and cool Hidden Springs, with its clean and quiet streets, so different from the dark, cold and overcrowded streets of Bridgeport. Of course, he missed his cousins and friends too.
For quite a while, everything seemed to go smoothly for the little happy family that Dahlia, Dean, Omar and Mandy formed.
Dahlia had even thought about a second marriage. But Dean was not only not thinking the same thing, he was also hiding a secret: he had been dating another woman behind Dahlia's back.
That woman was Tiara Angelista, an actress he had met at one of the many parties he attended with his musician friends. Dean thought Dahlia would never find out, cause Tiara would be just a fleeting affair. But it wasn't, cause one day Tiara confessed to him that she was pregnant.
So Dean and Tiara had a baby, but Dean didn't dare to tell Dahlia and continued to live with her at the house they had bought together. When Dean met his son, he couldn't cope with the guilt and, without delay, he confessed everything to Dahlia including his intention to marry Tiara, which he considered his duty. As it was to be expected, Dahlia got angry and threw him out of the house, although she was still madly in love with him. Dean had been the love of his life, he loved him even more than her ex husband Vincent. It would be hard for her to recover from this.
After Dean left, little Omar asked a lot of questions, Dahlia told him that Dean had another family now, and he had to take care of them. Omar was too young at that time to understand so, not without sadness, he accepted her mother's explanation. Mandy didn't even noticed Dean's abscense; Dahlia, of course, was devastated.
Dean, for his part, felt lost without her. He had been so happy living next to her! But there wasn't anything he could do, he had to honor the Goth surname and fullfill his duty as a father. On the other hand, even when it was hard for him to admit it, he felt highly attracted by Tiara, and felt he loved her just as much as he still loved Dahlia. A whole confusion of feelings. Typical Dean.
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Dean and Tiara got married right away, in a quick and private ceremony.
Everything seemed sorted out...
Unfortunately, a few days into the marriage, Dean learned that Dahlia was also expecting a child, but there was nothing he could do about it.
That was how Dean became the father of two children, almost at the same time. Jared, Tiara Angelista's son-...
And Elijah, Dahlia Hamming's son, who he went to meet shortly after, was fascinated by Elijah's resemblance to him and the Goth family. Unfortunately, he could not have him with him, and was content with visiting him from time to time, as well as Omar and Mandy.
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Dahlia had forgiven him, they'd continue to be friends, but that was it. Dean went ahead with his marriage, which in those days seemed to be going swimmingly. Dahlia, in contrast, would have to start a new life alone with her three kids. But she wasn't afraid cause, since her divorce from Vincent, she had become a very independet woman, despite being just at the beginning of his young adulthood.
Also, the city of Bridgeport was her home. She, her father and her youngest son had been born there, so that's where she would stay, if possible forever. Sure, she didn't lose hope that someday Dean would come back and stay by her side...
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