"My sister and I have never been close. My sister, I'll call her Lydia, has been a pathological liar from the time she learned to speak. Our mom became terminally ill and was unable to stay by herself and was adamant that she would never be put long term in a nursing facility. She had the financial ability to pay for a caregiver to stay with her in her home."
"Long story short, the grandson embezzled more than $100,000. We made arrangements for a state-appointed guardian ad-litem to take over the finances immediately. The grandson was removed. Lydia had been a caregiver for more than 25 years, so she was hired. Six months later, Mom passed away quietly at her home. A few weeks later, I received a phone call from Lydia telling me that she had accidentally taken some of Mom's rings home with her."
"She must have known the guardian would do an inventory and find them missing. She made up some ridiculous story about how they ended up in her purse. She even went so far as to tell me that she had taken them to a pawn shop to be appraised. She told me she would mail them back, which she did."
A sister with a long history of lying cared for a terminally ill mother after the mother's grandson embezzled over $100,000 and was removed when a guardian ad-litem took over finances. Lydia served as caregiver for decades and, after the mother's death, admitted to taking some of the mother's rings, claimed they ended up in her purse, said she had them appraised, and then mailed them back. The writer entered no-contact and feels betrayed while family members pressure reconciliation and accept Lydia's version. The return of the rings is described as the best of bad outcomes, and control over Lydia or family opinions is impossible.
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