The next morning, Dale is up early, feeling much more rested, and with a clearer mind. He’s thinking about how he’s going to tell Kelly they may have to move out of the apartment, when his phone alert buzzes.

It’s a message from Terence. It’s not even eight o'clock and he’s already awake, after working until 3 am? Yep, that’s Terry, he probably went for a jog and came back, drank his protein shake and is now ready to spend the day with his wife and baby. Anyway, he clicked on the message and read.

“Hey, bro. Good news. I called G.W. Woods earlier this morning. The guy owed me a favor so I cashed out. I asked him for a discount for you on the apartment rent. He offered 70%. How about that? You won’t have to ‘please’ his spoiled little daughter anymore, huh? Hahaha. Enjoy your apartment, D. Enjoy your relationship with Kel as well and, above all, always remember: business is business, keep a cold mind and don’t take anything personally. Talk to you later, I’m off to the park with Cyn and Davy now. Hugs, Terry”.

Dale: Yes! Thank you so much, Terry. I knew you wouldn’t let me down…

 Dale: (Continues thinking) “No doubt, T. You always know how to get me out of trouble. Today once again, you saved my butt”.

“Just like that day when Kelly bitch-slapped you? That day you took a bullet for me. It wasn’t you that Kelly should have slapped, it was me, I was the one who cheated on her and lied about what had happened at Ty’s wedding.”

Yep, Dale lied to Kelly, because on the day of Tyron’s wedding, Terence hadn’t asked him to ‘date’ Cynthia, much less had he given him 'permission’ to have sex with her. What he asked him to do was to accompany her to the wedding because he had some important business to attend to.

It was clearly a mistake on Terence’s part to entrust Dale with such a mission, considering that Cynthia was his ex-girlfriend and that, at the time, Dale still had feelings for her. Yeah, what a scandal it was that afternoon…

The thing is, Dale never paid for his guilt that day, but he did promise Kelly that he would never cheat on her again, and promised himself that from now on he would cherish more his relationship with her. That’s why he decided to leave Terence’s house and invited Kelly on that trip to Bridgeport.

Mind you, Terry was not entirely innocent, because he had stolen Cyn from Dale in the first place, although, this was not entirely his doing, because Cynthia had fallen in love with him like a fool. Whether Terence was in love with Cyn or with her family’s money, that remains to be seen. The point here is Dale decided to take revenge by stealing Kelly from Terry in return.

Wait a minute. Dale stole Kelly from Terry? In a way, yes. It was no secret (at least in the Cho family) that Kelly had been Terence’s crush since high school and that when she worked in the fire department with his dad, Terry would show up at the station under any pretext to see Kelly working out or cleaning the fire truck.

Of course, Kelly never gave Terry a single glance, but Dale knew that he continued to secretly admire her. So, when the opportunity came up, Dale decided to ‘steal’ Kelly from him as vengeance for Cynthia.

Well, 'steal from him’ isn’t exactly the right term here, because in truth, Kelly was never of Terence’s, and because Dale didn’t plan his chimney fire, nor did he specifically call Kelly to put it out. The fire had started by accident, and the fire department decided to send Kelly.

That evening Dale realized, from the way she looked at him, that he was her crush, not Terry. And then it occurred to him that asking her out would be a good way to get even with Terry.

So he called her, asked her out on a date, Kelly of course accepted, and the rest is history…

By the way, why does Kelly hate Terence so much? That remains a mystery. In Dale’s opinion, the two of them are just not compatible, and that’s all. 

They are oil and water, although deep down, deep, deep down, they have something in common: they both like control.

Cyn is the opposite, always looking for a leader, a mentor, someone to guide her, someone she can obey. That’s why she makes a good team with Terry, and also why Dale believes each one is now with whom he should be.

Anyway, on the day of the wedding, when Dale cheated on Kelly with Cynthia, Kelly should have hit him, but she loves him so much that she swallowed it all and took it out on Terry, who, inexplicably also didn’t punch Dale or even complaint to him.

In Dale’s view, Terry should have stopped talking to him forever for betraying his trust, but he would never do that, because, if Terence understands anything, it is loyalty, brotherly bonding in spite of all, and honoring the Cho family name.  And because, again, he was the one who stole Cynthia from Dale in the first place. Oh, well…

Dale: Thanks anyway, T. Now I have my discount, I don’t have to leave my apartment, and the best part: I won’t have to date Riley Woods. Man, I can’t wait to tell Kelly the good news!“