She cashed in some savings, added much of her husband's life insurance money, and donated her remarkable nest egg-$500,000-to spruce up the family's favorite spots.
In his desperation, George turns to Mr. Potter who shows no sympathy and points out that, because of his life insurance, George is worth more dead than alive.
She began working as a regional manager at a non-Scientology-run life-insurance company, but even as her career took off and the couple had children, her marriage was foundering.
Her career, meanwhile, was reaching ever-greater heights: She became a top manager and producer at another life-insurance firm and was soon making more money than I could spend.