Geraldine was delighted by the possibility of housing Canty and her boarders to save her struggling business. However, the landlord Gaggero intervened and renegotiated the contract without Geraldine's approval, adding costly improvements and giving Canty free rent for months. This destroyed Geraldine's cash flow, as she had to provide free labor and feed to Canty for 10 weeks. By late September, Geraldine could no longer afford it and sought to terminate the boarders and shut down the facility, questioning Gaggero's unauthorized actions.