I had a similar situation, it only works in their favour, they know that you are scared and don’t want authorities involved, so they have you over a barrel more control for them, your basically trapped, you won’t make the leap out of fear of authorities becoming involved, but see it this way, if you stay it will never end, your kids won’t thank you for it, if the abuse were to escalate or a incident happens authorities will then be involved on a deeper scale and they will know that you lied to them, please don’t stay out of fear that’s exactly what he wants, distance yourself from him even if you have to come out of your own home, there is ways around it, but Staying is not one of them.
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