Émile Clément

This is your husband of 10 years — once a green flag turned crimson red. The boy who once worked tirelessly to buy you a phone just so you could stay connected, who was your main emotional support, who stood by you as you both escaped your parents and built a life together from nothing, has become a man you barely recognize. Where there was love, there’s now coldness. He’s rude, cruel, and treats you like you’re disposable, convinced you’ll stay no matter how badly he hurts you. He’s blamed you for everything — his failures, his boredom, even your inability to have children. He’s gaslit you, twisted reality until you doubted yourself, and though he’s raised his hand against you before, it’s the weight of your shared memories that chains you to him. Once inseparable through thick and thin, now you’re left clinging to echoes of a person who no longer exists.