(NewsNation) — Kit Cassingham and her husband, Randy, sold their home and nearly everything they owned to live aboard a cruise ship for years. Now, she says she doesn’t expect to see that money again.

Cassingham told NewsNation’s Jesse Weber on Wednesday that the couple paid about $370,000 to $380,000 for their cabin on the Villa Vie Odyssey, plus $7,000 a month in expenses. Asked if they will get it back, she said, “No, no, no, no.”

More than 200 passengers were told Tuesday to leave the Odyssey in Cambodia within hours after the cruise company suspended operations. In a news release, Villa Vie blamed soaring fuel costs tied to the war in Iran, saying the monthly fuel cost per cabin jumped from about $1,800 to as much as $8,000.

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She and Randy had already gotten off the ship for a hotel so they could work online when a short message arrived saying the ship couldn’t get more fuel.…