The FL's sister and husband had a fight in South America, so he abandoned her in a place where she had to be "rescued" by a macho d*^k wielder. After their "loving reconciliation," she sends a letter to the wielder, telling him she had a baby and demanding money. I don't think that dysfunctional even starts to cover that scenario. If I was the FL, I would consider moving to Gombe to study chimpanzees with Jane Goodall rather than hang out with these two unbalanced family members. Then we have the ML: one minute, he's the complete alphahole, breaking into her house, sexually assaulting her, and continually threatening and blackmailing her. The next minute, he's hurt and vulnerable, and would sacrifice himself to make her smile. It's as though he has a testosterone tap somewhere in his body with only two settings, closed and opened wide, with a malicious and unpredictable gremlin opening and closing the valve at random. The FL herself is almost as bipolar as the ML. After they're married, she only starts having sex with him to get over with the whole situation. One minute she's loving and the next she's saying unforgivable things. My take on the whole thing: Sister and bro-in-law should have been sterilized to prevent them from breeding and the FL and ML should have a veritable army of psychiatric professionals to keep them massively medicated and conduct daily therapy sessions.
Salzano's Captive Bride