Just remember that "dark" is for you. It is to provide you the space to breath, work on yourself, and heal. There would need to be a time that you leave dark, though. If you are still wanting to save the M.

Be dark only as long as you need so you are hopefully detached enough to not react to any of his words or actions (negative OR positive).

Just so you know, I suspect there are a lot of people who feel you are both strong and worthy. cool

Keep moving yourself forward, work on yourself and GAL.