Chapter 17

I started a foundation for survivors of financial abuse and intimate partner violence involving inheritance, insurance, and coercive control.
We called it The North Star Trust.
Marcus helped.
Allison joined the board after her divorce.
She said she wanted to understand how women become collateral in men’s greed.
Our first program paid for escape planning, legal advice, and financial audits.
Our second paid for swimming lessons.
People thought that part was symbolic.
It was not.
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Fear lives in the body.
So does freedom.