Dear Father
I know you'll probably burn this letter the minute you recognise my handwriting. But in case you decide to read, here goes.
I want you to know that although I have brought shame on our family, I don't regret a single day of it. Although you left me destitute, I still had the love of the most kind and loving man in existence. I first met Edward Tonks in my sixth year at Hogwarts, he was in Hufflepuff, I in Slytherin. I dropped my books on the staircase in the entrance hall, Ted was kind enough to help me pick up my belongings. It was his smile that caught me off guard. A genuine smile. Most people avoided the Black sisters, Bella always did scare people away. And because I resemble Bella more than Cissy, people automatically assumed that I was the same as my elder sister. So when this boy smiled at me, I immediately felt something was there between us.
During our sixth year, Ted and I developed a close friendship. We secretly wrote letters to each other over the summer before our seventh year. We entered our seventh year, only the thing I felt for Ted was more than friendship By Christmas, we shared our first kiss. I couldn't deny my feelings for him any longer, so we dated in secret. But then graduation came around, and Ted proposed to me. How I was desperate to say yes, but I turned him down. I told him that as much as I loved him, my duty was to my family. He didn't yell, he said he understood. He understood that I had a duty to my father to marry the man that he picked for me, to carry on the bloodline.
Well you chose for me Daddy, you chose Theodore Nott II. The thought of marrying another man other than Ted broke me inside. And being in your house was the worst prison. You never allowed me the freedom I needed. I felt suffocated. Until one day, two months before my arranged marriage, Ted and I decided to meet one last time. But the day we spent together made me realize that I loved him too much, if I let him go and married someone else, I would die inside. The next day I confessed everything to you. You know what happened next.
I wanted to tell you at mother's funeral but didn't due to Bella threatening me, I was pregnant. Your first grandchild. I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl last week. She's a metamorphmagus, she's extraordinary. I named her Nymphadora Druella Tonks. You may not approve of my name choice and I know you won't acknowledge my beautiful daughter as your granddaughter but just remember she didn't ask to be born into a family who disinherited her mother because she chose love over duty. I will love my daughter unconditionally.
This will be the last ever letter you receive from me. I hope you can understand the reasons for my actions and know that I don't regret doing anything. For if I didn't make the decisions I wouldn't have my baby girl today.
Your daughter
Andromeda.