Sorry..the first part of my post did not display. Liza is a 53 year old friend that I'd met in an online forum 6 years ago. She was in a 15 yr long abusive relationship, for which I'd provided moral support to help her escape. She's spent the last 2 years in domestic abuse shelters, before moving here to Texas to take a job as a live in nanny. The job fell through and I had to go pick her up in a town an hour away. My husband and I didn't have the heart to take her to another shelter, so we let her stay with us temporarily. She's been with us for little over a month, and I've gotten her a job at the hotel that I manage as a front desk clerk. She can barely perform the basics of her duties, and the owners have wanted me to fire her, but I fought for her and they let me keep her there to use on slow days. I'm thinking she may be either borderline autistic, or there are other mental deficits at stake. This is why we've been so hesitant in telling her she needs to go. I'm not sure if she can survive on her own, but we can't keep doing this!
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