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Written for the March Event (Mother's Day) over on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)

Relationship: Mary Riddle/Tom Riddle Senior

1000 Word Challenge: Assumption

Gringotts: Family Vocab – Daughter-in-law; Compound Words – Doorway, Inside, Afternoon; Nouns – Side, Head, Study, Sound, Assumption, Demeanour, Surprise, Blessing, Landscape, Painting, Safe; Adjectives – Pleasant, Entire; Verbs – Owe, Come, Sense, Mention

Word Count: 349


Request

"Mother, may I have a word?" Tom requested quietly from the doorway of her study.

Mary lifted her head from her needlework at the sound of her son's voice and placed it to one side.

"Of course Tom, come on in," she answered brightly, beckoning her son inside. "You have my complete and undivided attention."

She smiled brilliantly as she noticed that her son had a daft grin on his chiselled face and a spring in his step that he only ever seemed to have after seeing Cecilia; however she could sense that there was more to his demeanour than usual and she was intrigued as to the reason why.

"So to what do I owe this pleasant surprise?" she asked as her son sat down next to her on the couch. "I was under the assumption you would be spending the entire afternoon with your Cecelia."

The daft grin on Tom's face noticeably broadened at the mention of his love's name.

"That is actually the reason for my visit mother," he answered as he fiddled nervously with his cufflinks. "I was wondering if you still had grandmother's engagement ring."

Mary felt her face spread into a huge smile as she asked, "Does this mean what I think it means Tom?"

Tom nodded his head. "Yes mother, I'm going to ask Cecilia to be my wife. I guess from the way your face lit up I have your blessing."

"Of course you do son," Mary exclaimed softly. "Cecilia is a delightful young woman. I could not wish for a better daughter-in-law."

Mary stood up from her place on the couch and walked over towards the wall and removed the landscape painting from it to reveal a safe. She twisted the dial four times, and opened the door and quickly removed the small velvet box before closing it again.

She paced back over towards her son and passed him the small object.

"Make me proud my sweet boy," she told him as she kissed him tenderly on the cheek.

"I will mother, I promise," he answered before leaving the room.

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