Angie

And yeah, he approached me a whole different way and I was already isolated.

I only had my mother there.

And then eventually she moved back home to Honduras and it was just me and him.

And I was away from everybody.

So I only had the few little acquaintances that I had met throughout the first year there.

And my work people, companions and coworkers and stuff.

So, yeah, I felt like he was my everything because that's what I came home to.

That's what I left.

That's what I worked on.

That's what I put all my time and effort into.

That relationship, his son and the household, right?

Because as a...

In my culture as I grew up, you know, really old school, you take care of the house, the children and the man.

Right.

And to an extent, I like being a little house mouse.

You know, I really enjoy it.

He took it too far, though, like to a point, I felt like I was just his maid and.

Unfortunately, that's where my drug abuse started.

I didn't have anybody.

I didn't know the people that I met good enough to vent to.