Dale hung up and let out a sigh. Well, he had to face it, his brother's advice hadn't been very helpful. He understood Terry proposing to 'sacrifice' himself, giving Riley what he wanted instead of using Terry the Terrible's ways´ to expel her from the dorm. After all she was his associate's daughter and attacking her directly or indirectly would undoubtedly affect his business relationship.

In fact, he had advised him much the same thing before, when he suggested he go to that Gala with Riley to look good with the millionaire Woods and have him help him push forward his business career. On that same principle he based his 'suggestion' of asking Kelly's 'permission' to sleep with Riley, since, if Kelly didn't approve first, he could get angry and attack Riley, which would be inconvenient for Terence's interests. That was how his older brother was, cold, calculating, always putting business above everything else.

But of course, asking Kelly's approval to sleep with another girl was out of the question, in fact it would be like suicide. Yeah, Terry's advice was not viable and Dale's answer was and would always remain the same: no way would he sleep with Riley to get her to leave the dorm. He wouldn't do that to Kelly, or Sarah for that matter. That much was clear to him. However, there was one thing that Terry was right about…

It was better for Sarah to be disappointed in Riley for once and get on with her life safe from her antics. Perhaps the 'greater good' Terence talked about referred more to Sarah. Should he talk to her, tell her the condition Riley had set for him to leave, then let her decide if, even with that, she wanted to continue her relationship with her?

Also, he should talk to Kelly and convince her, not to agree to him sleeping with Riley as Terry suggested, but to give in and admit that it was better to leave the apartment, to live alone and peacefully as they used to, even if it was in a totally different place.

True, it would not be an easy task, there was a chance that both conversations could go wrong, but they were necessary to try to end this absurd situation once and for all.