Max walked in to find Andrew looking like a shadow of his former self, just slumped on the couch, staring blankly as if the world around him had ceased to exist.

Meanwhile, Jaired, that goofball, was casually cracking open a beer right next to him.

"Hey, man. It'll be alright. Try to shake it off."

Over the past few days, Jaired had done some digging and discovered that Aubree was now seeing some 18-year-old kid.

Eighteen? Seriously?

Aubree was seven years older than him.

"Andrew, come on, pull yourself together. Even if those two have got something going on, who's to say this Matthew kid won't wake up one day and call it quits? Maybe they're just testing the waters." Andrew's lips quivered, and suddenly, he buried his face in his hands, his shoulders shaking slightly.

He didn't want Jaired and Max to see him like this.

He felt like he had brought this upon himself.

Jaired glanced over at Max, lost for words.

Max felt helpless too. When it came to affairs of the heart, there was only so much an outsider could do.

He gave Andrew's shoulder a reassuring pat.

Back when Andrew had taken Aubree for granted, Max had a feeling this day would come.

has a way of coming full circle. The pain Aubree felt because of him was now his

be told, Max had

Aubree, had asked

Matthew had life experience

loving family, which

and Pauline. Their love for their son was clear in their willingness to let him choose his own path. Such parenting

lucky kid. And he

family that kept butting into his relationship with Aubree. Desiree couldn't stand Aubree, and the rest of the

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his family had caused. Every time Aubree

child, Andrew

to cut ties with them

But when it came to family, he was at

of sense would know how

a man's whole family was against you, marrying into that family was

no future for Andrew

something went wrong between

didn't drink. He just sat

beer too. He'd seen his buddy struggle with love, trudging through the messy world of romance, and he decided he was better off without that kind of

game he didn't want

most of

leave either, idly twirling his drink, not really

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