So going by that idea, maybe its the second time in Chris' life that people have been paid to be friends with him?
If Flutter was a paid employee, her disappearance would actually match up with Chris trying lots of revenue earning services (including Cameo videos) - Financhu Crisis 2.0.
I disagree mainly because Flutter has been involved way too long and, specifically, we know was letter exchanging with Chris during the Jail years. Chris wouldn't have had any way to pay this girl.
If she was paid, it would have been through Praetor/Caden, and the amount of money spent for a fake international relationship that couldn't be publicly advertised (look at how much effort that girl put into
not being seen with Chris) doesn't work out if this was purely to exploit Chris making dumb merch. We're talking con tickets, international airplane travel for both parties, and likely things we will never even know about.
Personally, I think Flutter was genuinely interested in Chris and was something of a weirdo herself, but unlike Chris she understood OpSec so well that to this DAY we have no idea who she is. But Chris, as he is wont to do, alienated somebody in his corner and I would expect the break-up conversation involved Chris simply being a rotten person who never takes accountability for his actions, as well as being a negative attention magnet through association.
Hence, we suddenly get this 'redemption arc' all of a sudden. Chris has never done a thing in his life unless there is a clear, defined reward (as in actual, physical reward or simply not being punished for NOT doing something by a higher authority). After all, he's still claiming to be Jesus who is the highest authority there is, the man by definition of his existence could not do wrong.