No House, No Care

Eva Carter was the most devoted granddaughter in the Carter family. When her grandmother Stella Harper fell seriously ill for three years, Eva quit her job to care for her and blew through 720,000 of her down payment on a high-end caregiver. But when Grandma turned 80 and divided her property, the four houses went to other relatives—Eva got nothing but a rulebook. Heartbroken, she fired the caregiver, and the whole family fell into chaos. Their half-hearted rotations led to Grandma falling and breaking a bone, landing her in the hospital. The second son’s wife, Donna Carter, cheaped out on an unlicensed caregiver who abused the old woman and stole 100,000 in retirement savings. Then Donna’s husband got reported and suspended, and her daughter was dumped and sued. Eva’s mother, Holly Hall, finally had enough and divorced her blindly filial husband. In the end, Eva got back the 720,000 caregiver fee, sent Grandma to a nursing home, and started a new life with her mom—while the biased relatives reaped what they sowed.