Charles hung up as soon as he asked me to send him my location and stated that he was coming to pick me up. He didn’t ask me anything about what my plan was and why I was at my friend’s place. I was confused as to what must have happened with him that he was venting it out on me. Until then, I had never seen him get so controlling.

He had always been the kind of person who liked to make things go his way, but at least for issues pertaining to my life, he always gave me a say at the minimum. It was the first time...