I think this chapter is really important to truly understand the ml character- we just need to recognise pattern- the one he experienced in his childhood is the same one he’s doing to others right now. What’s important when his mother wanted to move out he was thinking „why aren’t you stopping her?” That’s the same thoughts his partners think-why aren’t you stopping me from leaving? And then he heard her words „ thank you so much for not stopping me „ he thinks that if he lets them go, he doesn’t hurt them, he think he is freeing them from himself. But that’s not how relationships work- if you truly care about someone you should atleast try to stop them because you care about them because they are a part of you. But he doesn’t understand that because what he experienced with his parents was the opposite.