‘‘I take care of my own. You gave me boundaries, and it’s my job to make sure they are upheld.’’

Did I? When?

When I begged him not to hurt me and not do this, even while he wanted to punish me, he stopped because I said no. He stopped because of my reaction to being tied up in that room and let me go without taking it further. A hint of something more in that chest than a hollow space where a heart should be? Or another manipulation move to get information out of ...