Like I said before, Jaycen is going to be Terence Cho's partner in his next business, the Lucky Simoleon Casino. Terry is going to move to Lucky Palms soon, so he gave Jaycen the mission to find a house for him. Jaycen found one that he thinks is perfect for Terence and his little family.

This amazing building is Eco Modern Marvel, by who else but pancake101, one of my favorite Sims 3 lot creators. 💗 

There is where Terry and Cynthia (and their little son David) will be moving to shortly. They are already in preparations to leave Hidden Springs.

 

Random Pics of Terry and Cynthia

Terence's Evil Red Glow

Terence and Catarina Vanderburg, having a heated argument. Note Terry's evil red glow?

He glows red because he's 'The Emperor of Evil' (Level 10 of the Criminal career), the glow has a negative impact on his relationships with sims that have traits like Good, Friendly, Family-Oriented,etc. And it helps build relationships with sims that are Evil, Mean-Spirited or Insane. As for careers, it negatively impacts on sims in Law Enforcement, and positively on sims that are also in the Criminal career.

In Caterina's case, she has the Family Oriented trait (she's Over-Emotional and Hopeless Romantic too), that's probably why she and Terence can't stand each other. The Vanderburgs in general can't stand Terry for obvious reasons. Also, Terry has the Mean-Spirited trait but (amazingly enough) not the Evil trait, and he's a Kleptomaniac too! 😆 

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.

 Dale: Anyway, congratulations on your new casino, I hope your relocation and your business go smoothly. Just please try to stay out of trouble, okay?

Terence: Ha, that's a lot to ask of Terry the Terrible, but don't worry I'm as careful as I can...  I gotta go now, good luck with Ms. Woods and please, don't forget to phone me to tell me all the dirty details, hee hee.

Terence finally managed to make Dale laugh, even if it was only a nervous laughter.

Dale: You always say that, you're disgusting!

Terence: Sure, it's my job to be! - Just kidding, do whatever is most convenient for you. Anything you decide to do, whatever the outcome, I'll be there to support you.

Dale: Thank you, bro. I think I know what I'm going to do now. Believe it or not, your 'advice' helped me decide.

Terence:  (Laughs) Well - I know I'm not the best counselor, but I'm glad to know that I helped you in some way. 

Dale: You sure did, T. Thanks again and sorry for taking up your time. 

Terence: Ah, it was nothing. Good luck, D. Take care of yourself. See you when I see you. (Hangs up)

Dale: Sounds good in theory, but there's one little problem: Kelly doesn't want to go, and you know why.

(*Brief silence from Terence*)

Terence: Oh, well, that's okay, I know you have your own plans, but maybe someday you could at least visit me.

Dale: I don't know, maybe. 

Terence: Ah, you should see the casino, it's a dream come true... It's still very bare bones, mind you, but I'll fix it up. I'll expand the gaming room and the bar, put in a dance floor, bubble bars, a spa and, of course, a karaoke. It will look top notch.

Dale: A karaoke. Seriously?

Terence: Yes! We're a family of singers, aren't we?

Dale: No, you, Ty and grandpa are singers. I don't sing, not even in the shower.

Terence: Of course you do, not to mention Kelly, she loves to sing.  

Dale: Yeah, well, I doubt she'd want to come to your casino, even if it's to sing.

Terence: Okay, I get it. But really, you two should visit Lucky Palms, at least for the summer. Kelly needs to relax, she's always so stressed!

Dale: Well, maybe someday I'll convince her to go for a visit, but don't get your hopes up, ok?

Terence: Anyway, think about what I told you. Pleasing Riley could be the solution to all your problems.

Dale: If you say so.

Terence: It's not me saying it, it's a fact. It's business, and you're a businessman, so go get this done. Now, I really hate to hang up in the middle of such a juicy conversation, but..."

Dale: Wait. I need to ask you one more little thing.

Terence: Um, all right, ask away. 

Dale took a deep breath before throwing the question.

Dale: Is it true that you plan to move permanently to Lucky Palms?

Terence: It's true. But I'd already told you, hadn't I?

Dale: Well, you told me you were buying a casino, but you didn't say anything about living there.

Terence: I changed my mind. It's much better for me to stay there to run the business. In fact, I'm in final preparations for the move. Cyn didn't like the idea, but - Ah, she'll get used to it.

Dale: (Sighs) I see. Now, is it true that you want me to go with you?

Terence: Yes, I'd love you to come over someday to see the place and give me advice for the bar.

Dale: But you never said anything about me and Kel moving there, did you?

Terence: No, I didn't say anything like that, it must have been another of Riley's gossips, I guess. Doesn't mean I don't think you and Kelly should move there as well.

Dale: Yeah? What for?

Terence: Well, you could manage my casino bar, you'd work there until you could gather the experience to set up your own; Kel would meet top producers who could launch her modeling career in a heartbeat. It would be a huge boost for both of you, professionally. You guys wouldn't even have to go back to college, you'll forget about all this trouble with Riley once and for all.

 

Dale: You make it look so easy, but seriously, your advice is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. For starters, I can't ask Kelly to 'approve', that will only make her mad at me, and at you, for advising me.

Terence: Maybe, but if you don't tell her and go behind her back, she'll find out one way or another, and the outcome will be much worse.

Dale: I won't have to go behind her back, cause I'm not going to do anything. Don’t you understand? Going to bed with Riley would be like getting into a black widow's web.

Terence: Come on brother, don't be tragic, this is a piece of cake for you.

Dale: No, it isn't. If I fulfill Riley's whim, she'll have that to keep extorting me.

Terence: Or - she'll be so satisfied that she'll honor the deal and leave the dorm.

Dale: I don't think so.

Terence: I do. Rich girls are like that, they have a whim, they satisfy it and forget about you right away. Sounds familiar?

Dale: Hm, Terry... let's not go there, okay?

Terence: Okay, my bad. But seriously, do as I tell you.  It's no big deal, just think of it as a business operation. 

Dale: It's hard to look at this as just business. It's a lot at stake for me. My whole relationship with Kelly, for one. And what about Sarah? She could get mad at me as well, and then I'd have not just one enemy, but two.

Terence: Sarah? Oh, Sarah Parker, yes. Well, you'd be doing her a favor by ridding her of Riley. By the way, I heard she's got the Evil trait, do you think she'd want to join my gang - erm, my business group?

Dale. Terry, please, no.

Terence: Why? She's smart, she could help us with the 'scientific' part of our job. Do you think you could figure out her traits for me?"

Dale: Terence, forget it, ok? I don't know what traits Sarah has, but she seems like a nice girl to me, so just stay away from her, ok?

Terence: Okay, okay.  I'll forget about her. For now.

 Terence: I'm being serious. Kelly wants all your attention on her the whole time, she's kind of needy and insecure, but she does love you and is rather open-minded. If you explain the situation to her, that you need to, you know, do it with Riley for a greater good...

Dale: A greater good - Are you out of your mind? Asking Kelly for 'permission' to sleep with Riley would be like jumping off a cliff! Cause she'll never, ever agree, all she'll do is tell me to go to hell and I'll have lost everything over nothing!

Terence: Ah, come on, bro, you're overreacting. I'm sure deep, deep down Kelly's a very understanding girl. It's worth a try isn't it? Besides, what else can you do? Apparently you won't be able to get Riley out of there unless you meet her condition. So just rip off the band-aid, man; do what you have to do and you'll be free in no time.

 Dale: So what am I supposed to do, put up with Riley from here until graduation?

Terence: Nah, none of that. Listen, the girl has a whim, and you need to get rid of her, so the solution is quite simple: give her what she wants.

Dale: What? Are you asking me to sleep with the enemy?

Terence: Why not? She's not bad at all, you could have a good time.

Dale: Absolutely not! If I give it to her side she'll use that later to blackmail me and it'll be the never ending story.

Dale: Not to mention Kelly, who will want to kill Riley, me, and you in passing, for advising me such a thing.

Terence: Ah, please, Kelly wouldn't hurt a fly. She's a good girl, she appears to be a jealous freak, but what she wants is just your attention. Like that song she loves to sing, what does it say?  (*Sings trying to mimic Kelly's voice*): 'Wouldn't cause you any harm, I just want you in my arms... I can't help myself. Baby, there's a sh...'

Dale: Oh, come on, Terry stop singing, this is serious.

 

Alone in his room, Dale pulled out his phone and dialed his brother in Hidden Springs to tell him what had happened and ask his advice.

Terence answered the phone in good humor as always, but in a hurry as he was about to leave for a 'business' meeting and had only a few minutes to talk. It would be difficult to tell him everything in such a short time, but Dale would at least try.

First he told him about Riley, how she was playing hard to get out of the dorm, and the condition she had put in him to do so.

Then he told him about the rumor that she had started about him moving to Lucky Palms.

Terence: Ah, I see Miss Woods continues to wreak havoc over there. It's a pity I can't get rid of her in my own style, since she's the daughter of my favorite associate."

Dale: Good, I've told you before I don't want any blood spilled.

Terence: Which is pretty boring, if you ask me, but I agree with you this time.

Dale starts preparing breakfast before leaving for his first day of school. He’s much calmer with the news Terence gave him, and has already sent him a thank you message. But there’s still one problem: Kelly will surely ask what he was going to say about Terry the night before when he went suddenly quiet.  She will ask because Kelly is curious like that, and then what is he going to tell her?

Something like, “Terry doesn’t hate you, in fact you were his crush since he was a kid. He probably still has feelings for you, but he’ll never admit it because he’s a proud fool who would rather tie himself to a concrete block and throw himself into the swamps of Twinbrook than to admit it, and because he knows damned well you’d never date someone like him”?

He can’t tell Kelly such thing.

Neither can he tell her that he started dating her to get back at Terry for stealing Cynthia from him. Even though he now thinks, frankly, that Terry and Cyn are a match made in heaven, especially because of their respective ‘professions’, and that, at the end of the day, he was the one who came out on top by winning Kelly’s heart.

But no, Kelly is not ready for this conversation yet. Maybe someday he’ll tell her the whole story, but if he does now all it will do is make her hate Terry and Cyn even more.

And Terry would surely kill him if he found out he broke his promise to keep this embarrassing secret. So, for everyone’s sake, especially Kelly’s, she must continue to ignore the story. A story that belongs only to the brothers and must remain within the walls of the Cho household forever.

Oh, by the way, someone else in the family used to make excuses to go to the fire station, that was Tyron of course. Only he wouldn´t go to see Kelly, but Candice, and unlike Terence, in the end he did win the love of his damsel’s and married her.

Although, everybody knows that now Candice divides her ‘attention’ between Tyron and his co-worker, Jasper Goth.

Why do the Cho brothers have such bad luck with women? Why have all their girls cheated on them at some point? Is it really 'bad luck’ or do they just get what is coming to them?

Okay, not all the Cho’s girls have been unfaithful, Kelly hasn’t cheated on Dale… yet.

And Dale hopes that never happens, because now he’s so in love with her, that he couldn’t stand it. Plus, he honestly doesn’t know what he’d be capable of if Kelly betrayed him like Cynthia.

Dale (to himself): Nah, that’s never gonna happen. Kelly is nothing like Cynthia.

In short, what you don’t know can’t hurt, so, Dale has decided it, Kelly will never know that she was once Terry’s crush.  Sure she’ll insist on knowing what he was going to say last night though, but he promised Terry he’d take that secret to his grave, and he intends to keep that promise.

Thankfully he has something to distract Kelly with: the news of the discount that Terry got for them - now that’s news worth telling! Not to mention how much fun it will be for her to see Riley’s face when she tells her he’s not going with her to the stupid gala, and that it was G.W. Woods himself who offered the 70% off.

Dale (again to himself): Well, Riley, you’d better start looking for someone else to take with you to that stupid event.

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!“