To me, one of the differences is that Trace has read a book or two with comprehension...as to the harpy, who knows, this isn't an aside or casting aspersions as to the rest of the community....
So sadly true
It would be poetic justice if the house were in Dad's name. If it were me, I'd file a restraining order against the wife, get custody of Cody and kick her backside out along with Weasley!!!
I once asked an employer who was out of his mind with unreasonable demands," Was he just an asshole, or was he born that way?"