Long story short, I got married at an extremely young age ( not listening to parents...wouldn't recommend it) the young man I married decided a wife was cramping his style and his fist let me know he wasn't happy about it. We now have a son ( most beautiful little man in the world!) Not planned,but happily received on my end. His father wouldn't even look at him before he left this past Monday. He left with our money ( of course) and my self respect. My parents don't want anything to do with me, and the landlord has made it clear money is due Friday or my "little bastard" and I can go.  I have written some short stories so something will come in, but not in time. I made the mistake of depending on someone besides myself so I have nothing to fall back on. There is no way in the world I can raise this sort of money in a legal compacity and I am not willing to "work out an arrangement" with my husband's brother.