I'm still confused to why they targeted me.
You shouldn't be. You showed them you are a free and critical thinker. That automatically made you a target because you were different from them. Them getting you to get the shot would show them you can be bullied by them to get their way. The monkey wrench is you are leaving, which wasn't planned for, which shows you they don't care about next week, month or year, just now and today. If they planned or thought long term, they wouldn't have bullied you because you leaving would have been on the table as a possible outcome.
You are probably dodging a bullet.
Thank you for the well thought out response. Despite the stress of it all, it truly turned out to be a win-win for me overall.
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