He believed he was totally justified in what he was doing. He had just become a born-again Christian and decided that our relationship only happened because he fell prey to the wiles of feminine seduction — that I had tricked him into having sex and moving in together. He said several times to me that cutting off all contact and refusing to honor our financial agreements was the right thing to do, according to Jesus. It was a very convenient narrative that let him off the hook, entirely.