Onlyrenting,
Please tell someone about all of this tomorrow. Your ex has said he wants out of the marriage. Go with that. No teenager wants to move. Friends are very important to them...but those in a healthy home will make more friends. I know how you are torn, for the sake fo your daughter, believe me.
I had a dream last night, perhaps inspired by your tale, but I woke up thinking it was you. There was a woman, it was not me, but I felt I was experiencing her pain/ or was in her body, knowing what was happening. She was isolated in a small room with a man that was half beast. It was as if he had been bitten by a rabid dog and was becoming rabidly insane...he even looked wolf like at times.
She was afraid of him and he was threatening her. She convinced him to open a window for them both to breath the air, or perhaps it was an airduct (like the ones people crawl through in the movies)... but she saw in this that she had an opportunity to escape. They both got onto a small roof, (and this is so strange after reading your post, but they were in Las Vegas). There was no way to get off of the roof but a perilous jump and she felt that if the man/beast let go of her she would fall and surely die, but if she didn't break free he would hurt or kill her. Then she saw a gardener below her. He had earphones on, so he didn't notice her at first. She kept screaming at him, HELP ME. I remember thinking: this is cool, usually in a dream I can't scream at all, but she is keeping at it and getting louder!!
The man/beast tried to hold on to her and put her back in the building but she just screamed louder and louder. The gardener finally noticed and about 5 more people appeared. When it became clear the gardener would help you, the man/beast tried to attack the gardener by jumping onto him and a huge fight ensued with several other people joining in. The woman was not in the melee, but watching it, trying to catch her breath. They got the beast and held him tight and took him away. He was not dead, but he was controlled.
I was there again, in my own form, and I hugged the woman who sobbed with relief. She kept saying, "I did it".
Ok, dream analyzer I am not. I just liked that happy ending, and thought you might too.
Bless you!