Pre-Complicated Love Timeline

All of the events in this timeline happen prior to the beginning of the first book of the series Complicated Love. If you wish to view the following in a timeline format please click here.

### July 13th, 1984

On July 13th 1984 Sean and Julie Harper get married. The wedding takes place at Congressional Country Club in Washington DC. It is a large party attended by hundred of people. And later described by the bride and groom by the perfect day. A day full of love.

### June 15th, 1985

A year later Sean Harper graduates from Yale Law School. After graduating Sean and Julie move out of the small apartment they had been living in for three years in New Haven to a contemporary modern family home in Washington DC. The young couple begin to consider starting a family.

### May 10th, 1986

On May 10th, 1986 Sean and Julie Harper welcome their eldest son Ian Harper. Ian is born at 10:45 in the morning after a story book pregnancy and labor. Ian weights 7 pounds 11 ounces at birth and is perfectly healthy.

### September 1st, 1990

Ian enters Kindergarten at the age of 4. He attends Sidwell Friends Academy. A prestigious private school in Washington DC.

### February 28th, 1991

Julie Harper is rushed to the hospital when she slips and falls in the driveway. Unfortunately her unborn daughter is discovered to be deceased. Julie gives birth to the four month premature stillborn baby girl.

### September 9th, 1994

On September 9th, 1994 Sean and Julie Harper welcome their second son Brian Harper. Brian is born at 2:30 in the morning. Brian weights 8 pounds 3 ounces at birth and is perfectly healthy.

### September 1st, 1998

Brian enters Kindergarten at the age of 4. He attends Sidwell Friends Academy. A prestigious private school in Washington DC.

### June 30th, 2000

Ian graduates from High School (Templeton Academy) at the age of 14. Was much younger than any of his classmates and had very little friends so he decided to only attend the graduation ceremony not the party afterwards, instead his parents held a party with family friends and family in their backyard.

### September 1st, 2000

Ian enters Yale University. He decides to pursue medicine and majors in microbiology and minors in psychology for his pre-med years.

### June 30th, 2003

Ian graduates from Yale University at the age of 17, having condensed his undergrad into three years. He is excepted into Yale School of Medicine.

### September 1st, 2003

Ian enters Yale School of Medicine. His eyes are set on Plastic Surgery.

### June 30th, 2006

Ian graduates from Yale School of Medicine in the summer of 2006. He condensed the usual 4 years of study into 3 and entered his residency at the age of 20. He matched into Plastic Surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami Florida for his residency.

### September 15th, 2006

Ian meets Eden in his intern year. She is serving her residency at the same hospital as Ian. She is pursuing General Surgery. The two are paired together for a skills lab and a week later when the lab is over Ian asks her out.

### December 25th, 2006

Ian and Eden start dating. Ian introduces her to his family two months later and his entire family falls in love with her. The entire family is fully supportive of their relationship.

### January 14th, 2009

Ian and Eden get married. The wedding is held at the Congressional Country Club just like Sean and Julie's wedding had been years earlier. Brian is Ian's best man.

### June 30th, 2009

Brian graduates High School at the age of 15. Unlike his brother he went to the graduation party, but did not have a date.

### September 1st, 2009

Brian is accepted into Howard University. He decides to double major in criminology and psychology. He moves onto campus despite his childhood home being within driving distance.

### October 13th, 2009

Brian begins to date Kathy. The two meet three weeks earlier at a party.

### December 27th, 2009

Julie has her first seizure. She is rushed by ambulance to the hospital where she begins to undergo testing.

### February 6th, 2010

Julie is diagnosed with Huntington's Disease seven weeks after her initial seizure and shares the news with her sons. Brian spends the night getting drunk with his college friends, attempting to drink away the pain.

### June 10th, 2010

Ian gets tested for the Huntington's gene, is determined to not be a carrier. Ian and Sean both encourage Brian to do the same but he regularly declines.

### August 7th, 2010

Eden gets pregnant with her and Ian's first child. When they reveal the news to the Harper family at the end of the first trimester the entire family is thrilled.

### May 8th, 2011

Reggie Harper is born, bringing a bold light of love into the Harper family when they truly needed one. Julie, Sean and Brian all go visit he new family of three for a week.

### July 15th, 2011

Sean's father, Connor Harper passes away two months after his great grandson is born. He leaves behind a large inheritance which is split between Ian and Brian. His law firm Crime Vision is given to his son.

### June 30th, 2013

Brian graduates from Howard University. He had originally planned on condensing his four years down to two but after finding out his mother was sick he decided to take his time to go through school. He graduates with a double major in business and criminology and heads straight into the police academy.

### July 5th, 2013

Brian enters the police academy immediately after graduating from Howard University. He immediately begins thriving in his training.

### July 19th, 2013

Brian breaks up with Kathy. As Julie gets worse the more Brian escapes into himself, walling himself up against the people around him. Eventually this leads to him breaking up with his college girlfriend Kathy. The break up is pretty ugly.

### December 5th, 2013

Brian graduates from the police academy with some of the highest score in a century. He is immediately placed onto active duty and assigned to the 64th district.

### January 2nd, 2014

Brian joins the police force as a rookie right out of the police academy. He is placed at the 64th department and begins his training as a beat officer under Craig.

### February 6th, 2015

Brian is promoted to Detective after only a year and a half as a beat cop. Begins his training as a Detective under Detective Jennifer Chambers.

### March 16th, 2015

Eden gets pregnant with her and Ian's second child in the spring of 2015. The news is shared right away with their family and everyone is filled with hope and prays that Julie who is detariating very quickly will live long enough to meet the baby.

### September 10th, 2015

The day after Brian's 21st birthday, Julie Harper loses her fight against Huntington's. She passes away by a withdrawal of life order signed by her husband.

### September 25th, 2015

Brian is charged with assault after a rather questionable sexual encounter. Thanks to some help from the District Attorney Henry Bennett and some letters written on his behalf the charges are dropped.

### October 19th, 2015

After the charges against Brian are dropped, Sean sells off everything that was owned by him and his late wife and begins to travel the globe. Deciding to live out his deceased wife's dream.

### December 19th, 2015

Maxim Harper is born at the end of a very hard year. His birth helps drag Ian out of his grief but does little for Brian and Sean. Although Brian does come visit the family for a week after his birth just like he did with his parents when Reggie was born.

### November 2nd, 2017

Eden gets pregnant with her and Ian's third child in the winter of 2017. Everyone becomes especially excited when they found out they will be having a daughter this time.

### August 6th, 2018

Esme Harper is born in the summer of 2018. Sean is out of reach and misses the birth of his granddaughter, angering Ian. Brian visits the family of five for a week just like he had done for both of his nephews.

### May 20th, 2019

InJustice Incorporated is opened in the summer of 2019. Marking a huge milestone in Brian's life, and showing that he has truly started to move on from his mother's death.

### May 27th, 2019

Blake McNeill and Freja Lundell are hired within a week of each other. Both quickly become close friends with each other and Brian.

### October 10th, 2020

Elise Dixion is hired at InJustice Inc as Brian's secretary.

### September 5th, 2021

Complicated Love begins in early September of 2021, two years after InJustice Inc. became a company and one year after Elise was hired.