Ellen Ran Away

This evening my mother-in-law got a phone call saying that her oldest daughter, Ellen, might have committed suicide because no one could find her. Everyone was very worried and prepared to face the worst while hoping for the best. Even the police were notified and went over to investigate. Fortunately, later on Allie got a call from Ellen and proved that she's still alive.

What I know now is that Ellen took off and is now hiding somewhere in southern Taiwan. She borrowed lots of money from "underground banks", which means she loaned from illegal companies supported by gangs. We all knew that it's going to happen someday, because Ellen always had problem controlling her expenses. she would came home and ask her mother, brothers and sisters to lend her money and threatened to kill herself if they didn't help her After she got the money, she would get back to her life as if nothing happened--until the next time she needs money again. Over the years, she has "borrowed" millions of dollars from her family, along with other debts from banks and friends which added up to tens of millions.

We always argue whether to keep "lending" her money, because the hold she dug seemed bigger and bigger each time. Every time her mother always insist to help her out, despite I doubt that it's rather an indulgence and would prohibit her from taking responsibility of her own actions. Finally, it happened. Her entire family is now gathering together, trying to help the oldest but most irresponsible child. I wonder how will this end. Not tragically, I hope.