When the mortgage company raised the adjustable monthly rate that Fenton pays on Tree beyond what he could afford, it looked as if he was going to have to drop out of Beige University. The notice was delivered to our college dorm, and the next day we returned home to weigh the options.
Tree was upset, as the details of the mortgage agreement wounded her pride. She was even less happy at the prospect of having strangers living inside her as renters. Fenton interviewed several prospects, with all of them seeming to have ulterior motives.
Dad came to the rescue with his offer to pay Fenton rent if Tree would house the
Hare-Link servers. This did several things. First, moving the servers out of the basement office means more room to expand. Second, it means his future son-in-law stays in college. Third, Dad now has a landlord for storage space that he knows he can rely on.
The interesting thing is the trust that Dad now has in Tree. Even though the Hare-Link systems would be separate from her wiring, she'll control the interior environment on which the servers depend. I don't blame Dad for his initial suspicions; after all, it was me who removed the rotten wood that made her a threat at first. But now I'm glad to see that she's won him over.
