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pansy nodded “look, i realize you’ve suo t be soortant if i had to o bak all the way fro brsels, but the girl who’s pratially y godhild has gone issg and i’ve only jt found out and i—”
“oh dear,” the woan shook her head and her fae fshed with pity
“ansy ried, shakg her head bak and forth suddenly the pessiis she’d worked so hard to bury a bubblg up to overwhel her she fought bak a sob “what is it?”
“why don’t you follow to y offie?”
tears pooled pansy’s eyes as she trailed behd the woan down the a hall of the atriu to a division offie she didn’t reognize as soohe sign outside faily affairs istry liaisohg old a down her spe “bsp;you tell what this is about, please?” i’ startg to pani, pansy thought and fored herself to take a deep breath
≈opped at aook her pe behd it, and otioned for pansy to sit aurora thistlewik, a to her desk pard, ally opened a fulped “i’ sorry to be the oo r you of this terrible —”
“oh, sazar, no,” pansy whipered
“arwan zivant is now deeased, whih leaves guardianship of his daughter, bertrie, to you”
“ansy yelled, shok, relief, and perhaps a sall ph of wistful affetion
the fore of pansy’s outburst aed aurora thistlewik to shoot bak her hair
“i apologize,” pa little oposure she ould fiy, she rebered drao’s letter, and narrowed her eyes perhaps ter she ight regret the tohe look she gave the poor thistlewik woan ost likely not, though “wait a ont you want to sign uardianship of a hild to , who a to y best friend has been issg se—” pahe letter ae, “—st tuesday!”
≈wo highly experiery offiials w olewik assured “it’s all very ssy up there what with the urder of ister zivant”
pahen shooled her fae ihg one aga ral aerrifyi we’re gog to do i will sign erwork you have for while you write dowh offiials ohe he offiials ihe urder iigation, and ai ration that will help he so-alled ss that is the edburgh istry offies”
“this is pratially uggle edburgh, eversworn where are you takg ?” alfoy walked beside hi, and harry ould’ve swor reber viti along he was about to say as uh, but alfoy asked, a ht of worry i tell she’s all the way out here?”
harry shook his head ahe failiar towheblok “jt there,” he said alfoy swatted harry’s hand doulled hi to the side of the hoes “what are you dog, alfoy?”
“we an go ihrough the garden”
“you pn to break ?” harry wasn’t sure rised “have youyour weekly quota of oittg burgries?”
alfoy alost s see to ath hiself “and n, knok on the door and ally ask whoever is holdiive to politely give her up?”
harry frowned “who said she was beiive?” alfoy broke their stare ao be ied the ves rawliie of a nearby ho harry took a step loser and ade alfoy look at hi “the papers and the signs jt say issg what do you know that the rest of don’t?”
“i don’t know what you an,” alfoy still refed to look at hi
uop hiself fro exhalg irritably, harry took a step bak and rossed his ars the added spae beeen the drew a look fro alfoy if he khan he was sayg, harry had to get as uh ration as he ould, whih ant gog along with the ridiulo break i also a resue bertrie, if she was fat need so harry stepped to the side ahe bak of the row of hos “well, thehe way”
≈heir way arou ouple of gardens easily enough it was apparition was risky arouh any nuber of possible wards ti harry refed to let alfoy’s athleti ability ipress hi and turned his bak the seond ti alfoy bakflipped over a fehat neessary?” harry ouldn’t s hiself
“absotely,” alfoy drawled “isn’t it obvio, everswor y bakflip quota for the week”
≈h it”
alfoy took his roahed the bakdoor of the townho “alohaora”
the door opened
“i ahat atually worked,” harry breathed alfoy gri hi and thehrough the door harry took out his wand and followed
the hoe was dark; it took a few onts for harry’s eyes to adjt they didn’t fo io see a assive stak of ly front of hi he was an h fro ollidg with it ulled hi sideways agai alfoy put his dex fger over his lips and jerked his head toward the other side of the roo
≈he k on of the endless piles of ared at the a her for lose to a ute for a ont, harry ould swear the thg looked angry with hi then, a br of red fff, the anial harry aht upper leg
“silenio” alfoy poted his wand at harry jt as he started to srea out pa then he roughly grabbed harry’s wrists ted to swat the thg off of hi alfoy whispered, “let take it,” a an sufferable aount of ti before arefully pryg the l