The following morning Dylan launched a social media campaign portraying himself as the victim of a narcissistic partner who abandoned him on his birthday. His mother left angry voicemails accusing me of emotional cruelty while his sister declared that my behavior proved something had always been wrong with me. Amber sent a long voice message filled with furious yelling that sounded more theatrical than sincere.
Despite the noise I focused on my work at the hospital until Marco texted me that Dylan was waiting in the lobby demanding to speak with me. When I walked downstairs Dylan performed a dramatic scene of tears and apologies while insisting that his comments had been jokes influenced by Amber’s personality.
Security guards approached quietly and asked whether I wanted him removed from the building. Dylan panicked and announced loudly that I was his fiancée experiencing a mental breakdown. One guard glanced at me calmly before remarking that I looked stable while Dylan appeared to be the one crying in a hospital lobby.
I asked security to escort him outside, and they did exactly that while Dylan shouted promises to change and attend therapy.
Soon afterward Marco discovered that the mysterious investment banker Caleb Turner was actually his cousin. Caleb agreed to meet Dylan at a rooftop bar, then sent a message explaining that he only dated people who valued others for more than free food before blocking Dylan completely.
The humiliation pushed Dylan into increasingly desperate behavior. He attempted to break into my apartment using a bobby pin until he realized that I had already changed the locks. His mother visited the next morning to lecture me about loyalty and real women, yet when I showed her screenshots of Dylan’s insults she shrugged and claimed that I was boring anyway.
Eventually Dylan attempted unemployment fraud by claiming that he had worked as my personal assistant and social media manager for a business that did not exist. Amber even called pretending to verify the employment. I recorded the conversation and reported the situation to the real unemployment office.