Complex sentence: Despite confiding with his sister Darline, the pair still could not shake of Macki's bullying as it got from bad to worse, that both Ali and Justin would not even step outside their house and Justin bought a hunting knife for protection.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite confiding with his sister Darlene, the pair still could not shake of Macki's bullying as it got from bad to worse. In the end it got so bad that both Ali and Justin would not even step outside their house and Justin bought a hunting knife for protection.