Having difficulty coping
Patricia was unafraid to discuss the struggles she's had to suffer since uncovering her landlord's alleged scheme. “I stayed for so long because if they threw me out, I'd have nothing,” she explained.
You're caught between a rock and a hard place
Patricia initially had no choice but to continue paying for the electricity. She had no choice. Despite the fact that she was paying for her landlord's other businesses, she couldn't afford to have her own restaurant's power switched off.