His first love became pregnant, so I decided to step away from the relationship.

"Julia, stay with me. You're the only one I want, alright?"

That was the only romantic thing Jack ever said to me. I had admired him for years as a younger classmate. Among all the women Jack had been with, I was the one who obeyed him the most. I genuinely loved him, but that didn't matter to him. He was always indifferent, dismissive, and contemptuous toward me. My love for him faded, and I moved on. But then Jack changed completely; he went off the deep end.

He accused, "Julia, you looked down on me from the beginning..."