She was a divorcee. About six years ago, she had a male friend—someone she wasn't clearly dating, but stayed in contact with. They'd met at a mixer arranged by their part-time job. He took an interest in her right away, and they began messaging regularly. After several dates, he invited her to movies and dinners. During one of them, inside a Ferris wheel, he suddenly proposed. They weren't officially a couple yet—though they had kissed, they weren't lovers. At 20 years old, the sudden proposal shocked her. She had never seriously considered marriage. She gently declined, but a few days later, he showed up at her home insisting they talk. He hadn't given up. Curious about his feelings, she wanted to know: why the sudden urge to marry? What was his income like? What made him think he was such a good match? She let him in and listened. But his answers were vague, and distrust lingered. When she politely refused again, he suddenly stood up, pushed her down, and overpowered her. Though she tried to resist, his thin arms held her fast. He forcibly had unprotected sex with her. She became pregnant. Back then, she didn't have the courage to get an abortion, so they ended up getting married. But the marriage quickly fell apart. Even before marriage, he refused to contribute financially and tormented her with verbal abuse. Three years later, she thought about divorce every single day. He hated independent women. When she started working, his insults and harassment intensified until she was forced to quit her job. This cycle repeated, leaving her financially dependent on him. She couldn't figure out how to survive after divorce—no matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't take the first step. Eventually, even hearing him call her by their shared surname made her feel physically ill. That winter, she finally decided to leave. Since she'd been a full-time housewife until then, finding a job was difficult. She survived by juggling multiple low-paying part-time jobs. But expenses kept piling up. Desperate and unable to rely on a new boyfriend she'd met through work, she finally stumbled into this line of work.