“A victim reports that on the front end of a relationship someone made them feel special. They made them feel desired, of value...only after years of exploitation and abuse did they come to realize they represented merely a trophy of sorts. And, unfortunately, they also learned the hard way how easily some trophies can be discarded once they’ve outlived their usefulness.”
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