Leave means leave! You cannot let desperation replace your integrity! When people still feel safe with you they would never ask you to leave ... Benjamin zulu is quite on point.
My topmost take-home: ✓you must be a reader through-out your life to maintain a mirror that reflects whatever you're doing and see whether it's still objective. ✓ people can quit on you when you're innocent; don't blame yourself. Sometimes it's them who gave up the effort.. ✓parenting alone takes work..