Difficult as it might be given the apparent injustice, has it occurred to you that perhaps it was the right decision? Sometimes the best thing to do when faced with corruption or injustice is to simply walk away as the best choice among bad choices.
I suppose my passive partners thought that it was the right decision to walk away, subjecting their families and children to trauma. I wanted to fight, as it is still possible to fight, thank God, in this corrupt system. I failed myself and them, I think.