Letting go of a toxic relationship can be one of the hardest things for anyone to do. Toxic relationships take a toll on you, at every level. And every step of this journey is hard. (Necessary, meaningful, and empowering... but hard).
Letting of a toxic relationship often starts with people working to improve their relationships.
However, if your relationship is truly toxic, it is unlikely to be healed in marriage counseling or couples therapy. Instead, you'll continue to feel frustrated, hurt, angry... and then elated when it seems like your partner is finally hearing you and caring about your feelings... only to be crushed when they disappoint you again.
In this story, the author shows how she freed herself from a toxic relationship. When Florence stops feeding Daniel's thirst for her money, he makes an excuse to leave but invites her to come and stay with him at his house in New York. Even though Florence knows exactly what he is, and the game he's playing, she has a plan to get some of her money back and takes him up on his offer. Hidden inside his house is something of value and she is determined to find it.