There was no money in Lydia’s mother’s household
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Sara leased rather than owned her home. To top it all off, she had hardly any savings. That’s a lot less than poor Lydia had hoped for. Lydia had already spent all of Sara’s money on her move out and necessary medical care in her last weeks.