"I understand."
"Ginny…"
"I understand Merlin. Please, do not worry for me, but do leave me for now. I need some time alone. I shall return to service tomorrow, you have my word.
"I am but a phone call away, always."
"I know. All of you are, and you will all have my eternal gratitude."
"Harry loved you."
"He still does."
His bald head glinted in the setting sun that streamed through the opened window, its warmth barely illuminating the room. What could one open window do, when she insisted for the rest of the blinds to be drawn? With her back turned, Merlin could not gauge her true feelings, for she was a master at concealing them.
Left with no choice, he merely threw one last concerned glance at the slender figure cladded in black, a sign of mourning, and left through an ajar door, hoping that soon things would return to normal for her