Meeting my Twin Flame - Backstory

I was in an on and off again long distance relationship for 15 years, (2003 - 2018), mostly off. He was my first everything, and I was so hopelessly and foolishly in love with him that I allowed him to treat me horribly for every single one of those 15 years. During that time, he had 2 other long term relationships with 2 horrid women, and yet I stayed, like the door mat I was, waiting and hoping that he would finally see that I was everything that he needed, and wishing that I would be enough for him. The last one got pregnant, and he married her....because that solves everything. The best thing he ever did for me was to cut off all contact with me. It was hard but like it does, time marched on. Of course the relationship didn't last, because true to his MO he got with her when she herself was already dating a married man....(like I said horrendous women.) I was NOT in a relationship, I was just a stupid and naive woman who believed all the bullshit he was spewing at me, how me loved me, he introduced me to his mother, his kids, I have to admit he wa, and still is an excellent liar. The kid wasn't even his, he had health issues, and needed a blood transfusion and neither his blood nor her blood was a match, not sure why he stayed, but not my circus, not my monkeys. Through all of this I waited, patiently, like the good little submissive wife I wanted to be. It was me who cleaned up his credit, it was me who spent hours and made several trips to Southern California to help clear up his child support, it was me who got him divorced from his first wife so that he could buy the home that he had spoken about from day one of meeting him, it was me who paid his bills, and I did so willingly and out of my warped sense of loyalty to this man who never showed me an ounce of loyalty. One little side note, my sister is married to his younger brother so for the time being there is no getting rid of him. My sisters husband was deported to their home country and she is visiting him. This is February 2018, while on the phone with her she tells me that my ex had another kid with his ex-wife. I don't know what happened, but that was it, it was like hearing that caused my heart to finally close the door on that relationship. That was when I decided that I would go back to school to get a degree to work with tigers, and that decision was what led to meeting my Twin Flame.