I would be happy with the truth, so that would be anything but her version. Thanks!
You know madam, there's many of the elements of "Cinderella" in this ongoing saga, excepting of course there's not going to be any happy ending.
The most obvious are the two "evil" sisters, Crystal and Annette, who are jealous of Amber, because they have to work very hard to eke out a living, while she has the freedom to trot all over the country. And despite their meager resources, they're willing to help her find stability and maturity in life, but she's not the least bit grateful for their care and love. She thinks she's better than they are.
There's no mother--she left this time and place a few years ago--but there is a father, for whom she was the apple of his eye, his little princess. He's probably old and tired, and lives with one of the sisters. He probably gets social security, but because the sisters take care of him, he doesn't have any expenses, and so that's all disposable income, for him to spend as he pleases.
It's a mystery to me why Amber never went to him for help.
There
was a Prince Charming, Dave, who finally got tired of her and dumped her onto the streets of Tucson (which is why she went back to the loving embrace of her family in Joplin, Missouri). The two of them were in a "relationship" for
ten years, which was plenty of time for her to drag him to the altar and make it official.
But no, love doesn't need a "piece of paper," and so she never did. If she'd done that, making it official, she'd have him by the balls now, and there was no way he could've gotten out of taking care of her.
The only non-parallel (with the story of Cinderella) is Dave's friend Chad, who in a guy-to-guy talk showed the old man (Prince Charming is no spring chicken), opened his eyes, to that Cinder--er, Amber--was taking advantage of him, sucking him dry of all his own meager resources.
There's been talk about some sort of incongruous "relationship" between Dave and Chad, but it's all silly; it's obvious Chad's just a good friend of Dave's, nothing more. Nothing wrong with men being friends with each other.
I myself find her story eminently credible, but if she's hoping for a "....and they all lived happily ever after," she's going to be disappointed.
