{"id":69540,"date":"2025-07-28T04:39:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=69540"},"modified":"2025-07-28T04:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:39:16","slug":"trapped-by-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=69540","title":{"rendered":"Trapped by Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-157.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-157.png 372w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-157-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I used to believe Collins was \u201cthe one.\u201d He was kind, considerate, and paid attention to the little things\u2014like when my cat was sick or what tea I liked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a year together, he proposed, and I moved into the home he shared with his mother, Jenna. That\u2019s when everything shifted. Sweetness turned into chore charts, and I somehow became the unpaid housekeeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collins stopped pitching in, and Jenna began treating me like hired help. I kept hoping it was temporary. It wasn\u2019t\u2014it became my reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I suffered a work injury\u2014torn ligament. Doctor-ordered rest for six weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collins promised he\u2019d take care of me. On the first day, he and Jenna carried me upstairs, fluffed the pillows, handed me a glass of water\u2026 then locked the bedroom door from the outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was in shock. Moments later, a paper slid under the door: a \u201cHome Contribution Agreement\u201d stating I\u2019d need to cook, clean, and pay rent after recovery. Both their signatures were on it. Mine wasn\u2019t\u2014yet they left a pen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What they didn\u2019t know? I\u2019d hidden a spare key behind the headboard months before. I unlocked the door, grabbed my phone, and called my sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police came. I showed them the contract and my medical documents. Collins and Jenna tried to twist the story, but the facts spoke for themselves. That night, I left for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week later, I filed for divorce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collins fought it, but my brother-in-law, a lawyer, buried him in evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collins lost both the case and his job. Jenna ended up evicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks later, I ran into Collins at the pharmacy. He said, \u201cYou ruined my life.\u201d I just smiled and replied, \u201cNo\u2014I finally chose mine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=69485\">ALSO READ&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to believe Collins was \u201cthe one.\u201d He was kind, considerate, and paid attention to the little things\u2014like when my cat was sick or what tea&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69542,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69540\/revisions\/69542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}