In which I am a horrible bitch

[cosmic_celery]

Okay, so my mother rents out this property, and with the housing market freaking out (and the economy wallowing in self-pity in a corner somewhere) my mother is also freaking out. The renters at the place just decided to leave at the beginning of February, and apparently, mom doesn't have the deposit money to give back to them. She's freaked out and is calling some real estate person tomorrow to talk about short selling the whole place, and in the meantime is sobbing to me about it.

The thing is, I have this Savings Bond that a friend of the family gave to me when I was born, and she tore up the house looking for it. And here she was, crying in front of me about how she messed up and she'd wanted to leave me and my brother the property an all this, and I'm just sitting there thinking about how she didn't even ask about using money that's rightfully mine. 

I'm living under her roof. I don't have a job. But I have been very good about saving money and I have a fair bit. Along with all the money I have in the bank, and the savings bond, I probably have enough to pull her out of this mistake if the real estate person doesn't have any other options. But, I still feel like it shouldn't be my damn responsibility.