The honest part is that most of these women were not dreaming of escape. They were making dinner plans, answering family texts, packing lunches, booking dentist appointments, and living inside marriages that looked normal from the outside.

That is why being chased hit so hard when it arrived. It made them feel selected instead of assumed. A compliment, a delayed reply, a careful glance, a man who waited for the whole answer; none of it had to become a grand betrayal to become memorable. Sometimes the dangerous part is not wanting to leave. It is realizing how good it feels when someone still tries to reach you.