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Andromedea wondered what could be in the Daily Prophet that her brother in law would think that would be good for her
Andromedea wondered what could be in the Daily Prophet that her brother in law would think that would be good for her. When she picked up the paper, she saw that there was an advertisement there looking for volunteers to work at the hospital and that there were different knitting groups organized for the purpose to knit blankets for sick kids and those who were affected by the war.
"I don't think that the hospital would want me to volunteer for them, since I look like the object of so many of their nightmares. Look at what happened when one of my sister's victims saw me," Andromedea answered him.
"You not you're sister and if you have an issue with being face to face with the patients, then maybe you can knit blankets for the victims since they wouldn't have to see who knit their blankets for them. Besides we have an organization that does something similar to this in the muggle world," Lionel answered her with both Harry and Neville watching this interchange with Neville hoping that he wouldn't prevent his hostess from doing any good because of him mistaking her for Bella.
"I'll think about it, but right now I need to be worried about arranging Dora's and Remus's funerals and being the best mum that I could possibly be to Teddy here," Andromedea answered him
"I know, but I'm just worried about you having to deal with all of this on your own. "I won't be on my own, I have you and besides Teddy's godfather will also be able to help me with Teddy," Andromedea answered him with her nodding in Harry's direction. "That's fine, but how will you support yourself now that Ted's gone?" Lionel asked her sounding concerned, but Andromedea tried not to answer that question in front of Neville and Harry.
"I haven't decided yet, but Teddy and I have enough to live on for a couple of months until I find a job, since Ted gave us the information on the account that he had set up for us right before he left where he had the proceeds from selling a couple of Henry's paintings deposited," Andromedea answered him.
"You know that I'm here for you in case you need anything," Lionel answered him.
"I know, but I don't think that you know about the inner workings of my world," Andromedea replied.
Meanwhile both Harry and Neville left Andromedea's house in order to go back to their homes. With Harry promising to return later on that night, to see how Andromedea and Teddy were doing.
"Do you know where this bank is and any of the account information that could be used in order to get the money, if you didn't then it could take a while for probate court to sort out Ted's estate, but I've already started the proceedings when I first learned about his death? Of course I don't mind helping you out until you can get on your feet," Lionel asked his sister in law.
"I promise that I'll look for a job after the funeral arrangements are made, which by the way visitation will be tomorrow night with the funeral being the next day," Andromedea told her brother in law.
"Why so soon, don't you want to wait a while. Do you plan on having a funeral for Ted too, since I've already buried his head that your sister was so kind to send to me?" Lionel asked her sounding sarcastic at the end.
"I know that she didn't approve of you operating on wizards and witches, especially tying to undo her handiwork, but how do you know that she was the one who sent it to you?" Andromedea asked her brother in law wondering how her sister even found out that Ted's brother had operated on victims of their wars like Neville.
"Who else would be unhappy with a brain surgeon operating on people from the magical world?" Lionel answered her.
"You have a point there, but you don't have to worry about us, Teddy and I will get along fine by ourselves. You don't have to worry about us," Andromedea reassured her former brother in law.
"I know, but losing a loved one can be hard on you. I've heard about it though I've not experienced the sudden death of a loved one, until Ted," Lionel told her.
After being reassured that Andromedea would do fine with Teddy on her own, he decided to leave for a few hours, which allowed Andromedea to go with Teddy to the muggle bank, to see how much money was in the account and what she would need to do in order to withdraw the money from the account to use for normal household expenses. When she got to the muggle bank, she was amazed to see how the muggles didn't seem to go into individual vaults, like Gringwalds. They just stood in line at the different teller windows and deposited checks or paper money, she wondered how muggles stored their valuable jewels and paintings. When it was finally her turn, she let the teller know that she was there to see how much money was in her recently deceased husband's account. The teller motioned her to wait for the bank manager and she would be able to give Andromedea that information. While she was waiting for the first time since Ted's death she worried that she wouldn't have enough money to support herself and Teddy, after she was done with the bank she planned to pick up a copy of The Daily Prophet and look at the help wanted ads to look for a job to help her with her and Teddy's expenses. Besides she knew that work can help her to cope with losing her daughter and husband in a year. When the bank manager came out she introduced herself as Ted Tonks's widow and that she was interested to know how much was in his account.
"Yes, Mrs. Tonks I'm sorry for your loss and I wish that I could of gotten to know your husband a bit better," the bank manager greeted her. "I know, I wish that he could be here too," Andromedea returned the greeting as she was ushered into the bank manager's office.
"Let me see here, while I look up your account. It was smart of him to include you on the account as well nowadays you don't know what could happen and probate could take a long time to sort out his accounts," the bank manager informed her.
"I know, but I would like to know how much is in the account just so I can know how many months I can support myself and my grandbaby before I have to find a job," Andromedea informed him.
"Well let's see," the bank manager told her while looking for the account balance on his computer. Andromedea waited nervously while waiting for the balance in hers and Ted's account. "It looks like you have five hundred pounds in the account at this time," the bank manager revealed to her.
Andromedea was shocked at the amount of the money in the account, it seemed that she didn't have to go back to work for a very long time but she did remember that having a job to go to every day would give her a way to get away from her grief for a little while. Afterwards though she did get a copy of the Daily Prophet and immediately went home, where she laid Teddy down for a nap and she pulled out the old photo albums with her, Dora and Ted in them when they were a whole family. During this time she allowed herself to grieve over the fact that Dora and Remus would never experience the joy of seeing Teddy's firsts like her and Ted did with Dora. When Teddy woke up from his nap, she immediately started to play with him and wondered if he even knew that his parents weren't here and weren't going to be able to come back for him ever. While Teddy was in his playpen quietly playing, Andromedea looked through the help wanted ads looking for a job that could help in paying the bills, and help her to forget about her losses, even for a little while. When she opened that day's Daily Prophet she saw what Lionel was trying to show her, plus she even saw a list of squib and muggles who know about the wizarding world psychologists and grief counselors in there. Andromedea put that aside since she wasn't crazy or at least not yet so she didn't need to talk to any of those people. When she got to the help wanted ads, she saw that the WWN was holding auditions for various shows to be broadcast on the wireless and that they were looking for all types. Andromedea thought that was interesting since she could probably play the villain in some of their shows, since she sounded so much like her sister Bella.
