On her last legs
Marianna had been having trouble for some time. She had long harbored the desire to open a cafe in New York, but that desire was now turning into a nightmare. She had even had to let go of some of her staff to make ends meet because it was all simply getting to be too expensive. However, she was now finding the work to be too much for her.
Desperate for a solution
Marianna was prepared to try anything in her desperation for a solution. However, not even she could have foreseen what she would try next. She had hoped to persuade an unpaid intern to come work a few hours each week, but instead she gave a homeless man in the area a chance!