I'm willing to do it, Frank. I'll tell you what: I can speak with your Uncle Algie by Floo, and ask him to have Augusta send the children over there, so they won't be there when I arrive. And Augusta can even wait a day or two before giving the message to them, if need be.
Mum do what you’ve got to. we’re fine, laying low, summer camping plans off for now, we’ll sort out later. hold off giving nev and evelyn this for a few hours, you know not to say how you got it. evelyn's bound to be confused, might be time to lay the cards on the table so she knows the difference between what you say and what you mean, but that part’s up to you. love, f
Frank. The Players have been talking. We want to help.
The Ministry will be watching Augusta and your kids probably pretty closely now, yeah, but maybe with our help, you can still take that camping trip. Maybe you might even want to include Evelyn, too, since she knows and needs to meet you, too?
Anyway, this is what we came up with: have Augusta put it out that Algie's going to be taking a camping trip with the kids. Then two of us can polyjuice as Evelyn and Neville and spend a few days with him. Maybe we can pitch a tent at one of the more public camping grounds where we can be seen by a fair number of people.
You and Alice then can disappear with Neville and Evelyn and talk through whatever you need to with them.
I mean, it's all a bit sudden like, al and me will need to do some serious talking over.
hell, this probably throws a wrench in our idea to open moddey dhoo up a bit more, too, so there's a lot that needs to be sorted out.
we need to see our kids, work this through, no mistake. but we need to really figure out what's safest for them too. and it sounds like a good enough plan, and we might just take you up on it, but for now we've got to be careful and that's a risky move to make.
Nev I’m sorry too kid. didn’t mean for it to happen like this. you’ve got to be brave for you and your sis. keep your head down, do what you have to do, know that I love you and so does your mum no matter what. we’ll write later once things settle down. we’re all safe as houses here, so don’t worry. do me a favour, kid, and share your letters from us with your sis, so she can catch up. she needs to hear this from her brother instead of the papers. -mr c
hey there, sweetie. it’s your dad. I’m sorry it had to happen like this, but I want you to know that me and your mum love you very much. we left you with your gran when you were a baby because we wanted you and your brother to be safe.
we’ve kept quiet because we wanted you and your brother to live a normal life. you might read a lot in the papers about what we may or may not have done, but the plainest way to say it is that we fought hard to stop the people that are in charge right now, because we thought what they were doing was wrong. and when they took over, we couldn’t stick around.
you will always be my little girl, sweetie. and the fact that I haven’t talked to you all this time doesn’t mean I don’t think of you and miss you every day.
we get a letter from your gran every month telling us all about what you’ve been up to. last year, on his twelfth birthday, we wrote your brother a letter. we waited until he was twelve because we wanted to make certain that he was grown-up enough to understand how important it was not to tell anyone that we were still alive, and that we were in contact with him and with your gran. so don’t be mad at him for not telling you – we told him not to. we were going to write your letter when you turned twelve, too, and tell you about kevin, and about the fact that we’d been writing neville too. so turns out you get your letter a bit early.
so, sweetie, here’s the deal – I can’t tell you what me and your mum have been up to all these years. because that would put you right back into danger again, and we can’t have that. we haven’t told neville either. I know it’s got to be hard on you right now. you probably have a ton of questions that we just can’t answer, and you might even be angry at both of us for not telling you about kevin sooner. just remember that we’re a family no matter what, and families tough it out through the rough patches. and this is a rough patch, no mistake. but we’ll get through this together, I promise.
and just like we trusted neville, we’re trusting you right now. you can’t tell anyone you’ve gotten this letter from us. not your closest friends, not your professors at school, not anyone. the only people that know are your brother, your gran, and your uncle algie. I know it’s all a bit much to handle right now, but you can talk it over with them and your mum and me will write you a proper letter later.
kevin was born last summer, so he’s nearly a year old now. he's got brown hair, and laughs all the time. I wish you could meet him.
I've talked with Algie by Floo, and Augusta is having the children go over there. I'm leaving now to speak with her. I'll be sure to post when I get back, to tell you and Alice everything she said, and how the children are doing.
I'm sure that she won't, Frank. Augusta won't let her think any such thing. I've no doubt she'll make it perfectly clear that you and Alice left her and Neville with your mum because you thought it was the very best and safest thing that you could do. And as for Kevin, well, Neville's been writing to you, and he'll help her understand, I'm sure.
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if al were here right now she'd want to send word.
and it's not right, our baby finding out through the paper like that. I can't imagine what she's thinking right now.
but if neville and evelyn see you come over, and then get a letter right after, they'll sort out where it came from. can't have that.
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don't want to put you on the spot or anything, though.
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poor kid.
damn. okay, here's what I got, it'll have to do. damn. okay, there's three bits. one for mum, one for neville, one for evelyn.
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do what you’ve got to. we’re fine, laying low, summer camping plans off for now, we’ll sort out later. hold off giving nev and evelyn this for a few hours, you know not to say how you got it. evelyn's bound to be confused, might be time to lay the cards on the table so she knows the difference between what you say and what you mean, but that part’s up to you. love, f
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The Ministry will be watching Augusta and your kids probably pretty closely now, yeah, but maybe with our help, you can still take that camping trip. Maybe you might even want to include Evelyn, too, since she knows and needs to meet you, too?
Anyway, this is what we came up with: have Augusta put it out that Algie's going to be taking a camping trip with the kids. Then two of us can polyjuice as Evelyn and Neville and spend a few days with him. Maybe we can pitch a tent at one of the more public camping grounds where we can be seen by a fair number of people.
You and Alice then can disappear with Neville and Evelyn and talk through whatever you need to with them.
Let us know if you think this is a good idea.
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I mean, it's all a bit sudden like, al and me will need to do some serious talking over.
hell, this probably throws a wrench in our idea to open moddey dhoo up a bit more, too, so there's a lot that needs to be sorted out.
we need to see our kids, work this through, no mistake. but we need to really figure out what's safest for them too. and it sounds like a good enough plan, and we might just take you up on it, but for now we've got to be careful and that's a risky move to make.
I'll let you know. one way or the other.
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I’m sorry too kid. didn’t mean for it to happen like this. you’ve got to be brave for you and your sis. keep your head down, do what you have to do, know that I love you and so does your mum no matter what. we’ll write later once things settle down. we’re all safe as houses here, so don’t worry. do me a favour, kid, and share your letters from us with your sis, so she can catch up. she needs to hear this from her brother instead of the papers.
-mr c
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hey there, sweetie. it’s your dad.
I’m sorry it had to happen like this, but I want you to know that me and your mum love you very much. we left you with your gran when you were a baby because we wanted you and your brother to be safe.
we’ve kept quiet because we wanted you and your brother to live a normal life. you might read a lot in the papers about what we may or may not have done, but the plainest way to say it is that we fought hard to stop the people that are in charge right now, because we thought what they were doing was wrong. and when they took over, we couldn’t stick around.
you will always be my little girl, sweetie. and the fact that I haven’t talked to you all this time doesn’t mean I don’t think of you and miss you every day.
we get a letter from your gran every month telling us all about what you’ve been up to. last year, on his twelfth birthday, we wrote your brother a letter. we waited until he was twelve because we wanted to make certain that he was grown-up enough to understand how important it was not to tell anyone that we were still alive, and that we were in contact with him and with your gran. so don’t be mad at him for not telling you – we told him not to. we were going to write your letter when you turned twelve, too, and tell you about kevin, and about the fact that we’d been writing neville too. so turns out you get your letter a bit early.
so, sweetie, here’s the deal – I can’t tell you what me and your mum have been up to all these years. because that would put you right back into danger again, and we can’t have that. we haven’t told neville either. I know it’s got to be hard on you right now. you probably have a ton of questions that we just can’t answer, and you might even be angry at both of us for not telling you about kevin sooner. just remember that we’re a family no matter what, and families tough it out through the rough patches. and this is a rough patch, no mistake. but we’ll get through this together, I promise.
and just like we trusted neville, we’re trusting you right now. you can’t tell anyone you’ve gotten this letter from us. not your closest friends, not your professors at school, not anyone. the only people that know are your brother, your gran, and your uncle algie. I know it’s all a bit much to handle right now, but you can talk it over with them and your mum and me will write you a proper letter later.
kevin was born last summer, so he’s nearly a year old now. he's got brown hair, and laughs all the time. I wish you could meet him.
love, your dad.
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best I could do.
load of crap.
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It will be all right.
I've talked with Algie by Floo, and Augusta is having the children go over there. I'm leaving now to speak with her. I'll be sure to post when I get back, to tell you and Alice everything she said, and how the children are doing.
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she must think we're monsters, molly.
monsters who don't care about her and have started a new family without her.
goddamn.
al is the letter writer, not me.
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It will be all right.
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He was trying to send you a message, don't you think?
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Look at the two words he underlined.
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If you're right, well, that's pretty good for a Gryffindor.
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if you saw his letters you'd know
he didnt mean a word of it