oh my, so much pain and heartbreak!
sometimes we have a saying around here....sober up a drunken horse thief and you still have a horse thief.
I can hear the sheer shock and astonishment in your head and heart.
I am so very sorry this has happened to you and your son and your life.
I can't explain what he did...but it came from a very calculated and cold hearted place.
Love does not do this....no excuses.
It sounds like he is well practiced in deceit.
You have NO BASIS to trust him one more second, not realistically.
I believe you have been and are being conned and I am sorry to say that to you knowing how very much it hurts.
You deserve everything you hoped you had found and I hope you will free yourself from this nightmare, heal and give yourself and your son that opportunity in life.
No one can stop you from leaving...that is your choice.
You can choose to stay but I shudder at the thought of a future of more and more grief and pain.
You have been abused.
You did not cause it.
You can't cure it.
You can't control it.
It must be hard to hear your own heart and voice with that full-out camapign to sway and control you.
Very glad you have a therapist to help you negotiate this horrid turn in your life.
and here's some ((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))