her apartment wasn't huge and expensive. she was in arkansas, not new york. she had enough money pre-house sale to buy a car. my assumption is she 1) had her own savings (which she's since burned through) 2) she's heavily in debt.

the idea that she would steal tens of thousands and andrew is too much of a uwu poor guy to fight back until years later comes only from the snarker's terminal need to woobify andrew for some reason.