Some relatives wanted criminal charges against Colin and Marcia for what happened.
“Reckless endangerment.”
“Abuse.”
“Attempted—”
No.
The prosecutor reviewed.
No one had struck me.
No one withheld prescribed medication.
No one physically locked me in.
I had access to food.
Phone.
Car.
Medical care.
The conduct was coercive, harmful, and medically reckless in an ordinary sense.
That did not mean every criminal statute fit beyond a reasonable doubt.
The prosecutor declined broad criminal charges against Colin and Marcia based on the household labor/rest deprivation pattern.
I was angry for one day.
Then relieved.
Because truth did not need inflated charges.
The strongest legal path was civil.
Protective order.
Family court.
Divorce.
Evidence of coercive control under the jurisdiction’s domestic-abuse framework where applicable.
Specific behavior.
Specific remedies.
Not prison because people hated my mother-in-law.
