[Oh, well, that was rude. And it was going so well... Damn.]

Only in your confidence, cleverness, and desire to not be...controlled. Unless I am mistaken.

[Perhaps that would be enough to circumnavigate further similarities between any of them.]

Destructive personal relationships are ill-suited to those with ambitious agendas. Out with the old, in with the new. Sometimes, the best way to start over is with new alliances. In your case, being free of the fatal inconvenience of being disposed.