I suspect that Elizabeth would have been mildly stern with Hans in the same way she was with Paige the second time they talked.
I think she would have just fired him on the spot, actually. Because I agree--this is completely about Paige being her daughter. Elizabeth's committed to keeping Paige on the job no matter what mistakes she makes, and she's also overly emotional about wanting her to be protected from uglier aspects. Here again she told Paige that her job would be different with no evidence that she might herself not wind up in the park at night with a "crazy" guy shooting himself in the face.
Re: the stuff with the school, I thought the book was Philip desperately trying to get his people to make money fast because he knew he had this bill coming due, not that Henry's school was literally the reason that he expanded. If he needed money for Henry's school he wouldn't have wasted money on a new office etc. The expansion is what's put him in financial straits.
The idea that Henry no longer had a scholarship (I think they do mention it but say it doesn't cover all of it) seems like a total retcon to me that doesn't make much sense. Henry got what seemed to be a full scholarship (it seemed like Henry immediately said to his parents that money wouldn't be an issue if he got the scholarship) based on a few months of good grades and now that he's the school hockey star with what seems like Ivy League potential and presumably still great grades he no longer has one? Henry's an investment for the school.
What was even less believable was that Philip, the father of the school's star hockey player and from what we know excellent student, who has never missed a payment so far, is being spoken to by the bursar like the shifty dad who never pays on time. That guy should have had way more deference to Philip given not only his history but Henry's status at the school.
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Re: Saraquel and Urban Transport...
Date: 2018-04-12 06:21 pm (UTC)I think she would have just fired him on the spot, actually. Because I agree--this is completely about Paige being her daughter. Elizabeth's committed to keeping Paige on the job no matter what mistakes she makes, and she's also overly emotional about wanting her to be protected from uglier aspects. Here again she told Paige that her job would be different with no evidence that she might herself not wind up in the park at night with a "crazy" guy shooting himself in the face.
Re: the stuff with the school, I thought the book was Philip desperately trying to get his people to make money fast because he knew he had this bill coming due, not that Henry's school was literally the reason that he expanded. If he needed money for Henry's school he wouldn't have wasted money on a new office etc. The expansion is what's put him in financial straits.
The idea that Henry no longer had a scholarship (I think they do mention it but say it doesn't cover all of it) seems like a total retcon to me that doesn't make much sense. Henry got what seemed to be a full scholarship (it seemed like Henry immediately said to his parents that money wouldn't be an issue if he got the scholarship) based on a few months of good grades and now that he's the school hockey star with what seems like Ivy League potential and presumably still great grades he no longer has one? Henry's an investment for the school.
What was even less believable was that Philip, the father of the school's star hockey player and from what we know excellent student, who has never missed a payment so far, is being spoken to by the bursar like the shifty dad who never pays on time. That guy should have had way more deference to Philip given not only his history but Henry's status at the school.