I think the relationship helped elevate his status but i dont think he was using her. I think if anything she was using him. She kept talking about her fear of abandonment and when someone is not a us citizen it is easy to manipulate them and keep them confined. She repeatedly wielded her authority and supremacy over Pedro. It was so odd to me that she didn’t want his family to come to the us and have no support system outside of her. Anything that could make them equals or give him security she fought so hard against. She wanted to be the only person in the relationship with power and autonomy.

He works in real estate. He does not have a steady income. He really doesn’t know when his next paycheck is going to come. Even if he has a job it is unfair to empty the whole account and not just take out her half.