Money that Ginette either received from Elle's father as a settlement, or inherited from her mother, or both would have been long, long gone by now. I suspect that's why Ginette sold her Vancouver house - the fund that had sustained her and Elle for decades must have been running dangerously low, thanks in no small part to Elle's spending habits. Since then, no doubt, both of them have been living off $2,000,000 or so that Ginette sold her house for. She probably counted on much of that money to sustain her through her old age, but considering what a fortune she was compelled to spend on bailing Elle out of that FL disaster, covering her daughter's rent for years in one of the most expensive cities in North America, buying her a brand new car (the princess wouldn't have considered a used one), numerous moves, new furniture (despite having tons of it in storages - has to be plural), clothes (again, despite having tons of it in storages), hair frying in her blonde adventure, late-night impulse purchases (like that ridiculous pink kayak - forgot about it), and numerous other expenses, whether necessary or frivolous, and now mountains of granddaughter-related expenses (starting with paying full price for a baby carriage because the princess didn't like the color of the one available on sale) - Ginette might not have funds left to move into an assisted living facility, should she need to at some point down the line. (Hope I'm wrong, for Ginette's sake.)