Chapter 3
It was noon before Harry and Evan Potter returned to St. Mungos. The two had spent the previous night comforting Lilly during her sleep. They would hold her hand and try and lull her back to sleep when Harry's charm faded. Just before shift change Harry and Evan kissed Lilly goodbye and informed her, as she was shifting between slumber and alertness, that they would be back for her later that afternoon. Lilly acknowledged their statement and returned to her "enchanted" slumber. Upon returning home Evan fell on the couch in the family room, completely drain from his harrowing ordeal.
Harry retrieved a spare blanket from the hall closet and covered the boy. He knew that after a few hours rest that Evan would be good as new. Harry trudged back down the hall and to his bed before he collapsed on the sheet. He'd been worried the entire time he didn't know where his children where and had feared the worse when Evan called him to say that they were at St. Mungos because Lilly had been injured. Within minutes exhaustion had claimed Harry, still fully clothed.
"Good morning miss." Evan greeted the new admitting nurse.
"Good morning. Might I be of some service?" The smiling nurse inquired.
"No ma'am. We're checking up on Lilly in recovery room two. We're her family." Evan informed the nurse.
Since the children reached their teens Harry had always allowed them to be the more prominent figures, trying to divert attention away from himself. He always wore dark glasses during the day, and wore blue colored contact lenses at night, to mask his eyes, and concealed his scar behind a localized glamour charm.
"She currently has visitors, ministry officials inquiring about her attack." The nurse stated.
"And they're still with her?" Harry inquired.
"Yes, they've been here for quite some time." The nurse replied noting that it was odd for an inquiry to go this long.
"That's because some pompous jack arse turned a simply inquiry into an inquisition." Medi-witch Vanessa Morgan stated.
"I'm sorry sir, I was on rounds when they arrived and initially all was normal. Then one of them came to the front desk inquiring about your daughter's records. We showed him what we were allowed to but he insisted on seeing all of them, including her full name that you requested be kept off the official record."
"What happened then?" Evan asked concerned that his father wouldn't like the answer.
"The red haired fellow called the Ministry of Magic and asked one of their investigators to come. He was shorter than the first fellow, very pompous looking and full of himself." The nurse stated.
"That would be Percy." Harry stated knowing it could be no one else. He also guessed that since they'd sent aurors to take Lilly's statement that Ron was the first red haired man.
"Are either of the two Weasleys still with my daughter?" Harry asked.
"The two younger Weasleys are gone and have been for some time." Vanessa informed Harry.
"Percy Weasley made some rather unprofessional threats so I went straight to the Minister of Magic to deal with this."
"And how did the Minister handle the situation?" Evan asked very curious.
"He came down and personally handled the situation."
"Where is the minister now?" Harry asked.
"I believe he's still in the room with your daughter. Mr. Weasley is by far the best and most personal minister we've ever had." Vanessa stated.
Harry thanked the two women and darted towards Lilly's room. While he'd never said a single bad thing about his surrogate family Lilly was definitely her mother's daughter and carried her temperament. She'd taken it extremely personal when Harry had explained the situation regarding her mother and for the most part that resentment carried over to the other Weasleys as well. Harry opened the door not knowing what to expect but the sight that greeted him was definitely not it.
Arthur Weasley, Minister of Magic, was sitting in his daughter's recovery room listening to Lilly tell him all about her life. She was smiling, laughing and looked extremely happy. Harry had to knock on the door for the girl to notice that he was even there.
"Hello Lilly, Arthur."
"Dad." Lilly said holding out her arms. Harry gave her a hug and then took a seat opposite Arthur."
"Hello Harry... it's been quite some time." Arthur addressed the young man he considered another son. Despite all that happened concerning Harry and the children he still loved the boy as one of his own. He also knew that given the situation Harry could not be fairing very well emotionally.
"Sixteen plus years but who's counting." Harry replied.
Arthur was distracted by the sound of another person clearing their throat. He turned towards the door and saw the third and final missing member of his family. Evan walked in and shut the door behind him. This was a family moment and he didn't want anyone passing by interrupting.
"And you must be Evan... I must admit, you look just like your father." Arthur said as he stood and walked over to marvel at the younger man. "Save your eyes that is."
"I have my mother's eyes... yes I know." Evan said. Evan then Hugged his grandfather for the first time.
"You know of your mother?" Arthur asked..
"Dad didn't tell us anything about her till he thought we were ready, and then he didn't tell us what had happened till our eleventh birthday when an owl delivered our Hogwarts Letters." Lilly informed her very important grandfather.
"And what did he tell you about your mother?" A very skeptical Arthur inquired.
"He painted a far nice picture of her than I ever would." Lilly answered.
"Or deserved." Evan added.
"I'd expect nothing less." A relieved Arthur stated looking at Harry with a smile. He was very glad Harry was still very much the boy he remembered and had instilled some of that into his children. The twins had every right to feel hurt by Ginny's abandonment and there was nothing that he nor any Weasley could do about that.
"It wasn't easy... the pain was still there. But I'd never say anything untruthful or detrimental about her to them." Harry stated.
"I'm proud of you son." Arthur said. "Not many in your place, my own sons included, would have been as forgiving."
Harry just shrugged. He didn't know how else to reply other than his simple gesture. There was a knock at the door and Lilly informed the person they could enter. The door slowly opened and in walked a red haired woman that Harry actually didn't mind seeing (depending on what happened next of course).
Molly Weasley had been going about her daily routine around the renovated burrow (a renovation that occurred the moment Arthur was appointed to the position of minister some twenty years ago) when her husband called and summoned her to St. Mungos. He'd told her that he was ok but it was imperative that she come there and to go to recovery room two.
"Arthur?" Molly said wondering who the people present were until she took a good look at everyone present. Her hand flew up to her mouth to cover the shocked look on her face (much like her daughter did the night before Harry noted). "Ohhh, oh my." Molly managed to say never expecting to see her two very grown grandchildren.
"Hello Molly." Harry greeted the woman who he'd long ago considered his second mother.
"Harry... my god... they're so big." Molly said not sure what else to say.
"You know who we are?" Lilly asked.
"Of course I know who the three of you are. I would know you after not seeing you for thirty years." A teary eyed Molly Weasley answered. "You are Lilly Potter, second born twin to Harry and Ginny. That young man to your father's left is Evan Potter, who was born two minutes before you."
"Is that true dad?" Evan whispered. Harry just smiled and nodded.
"Oh Harry they're... they're... wait? Why is Lilly in St. Mungos?" Molly demanded.
"I knew that was coming." Harry stated.
"Lilly and Evan were attack by a Gnoll last night dear." Arthur informed his wife who knew all too well the current situation regarding the loathsome beasts.
"The beast attacked me first grandmum." Evan informed the woman. "Lilly was trying to save me, even though I told her to run for help, and the beast turned its full attentions to her."
Molly motioned for Evan to come besides her and she gave her grandson his first loving embrace from her since he was born. It had been hard not being a part of their lives but it was the only thing, given the situation that could be done at the time.
"Molly dear, the twins are ok. Just be grateful that you have such a skilled medi-witch in the family." Arthur stated.
Harry groaned. He'd hoped that no one would mention Ginny and ruin the moment. Unfortunately it was too late and Pandora's Box was now open.
"Ginny. Ginny's seen the twins?" Molly asked in a very surprised tone.
"She was the medi-witch that saved my life." Lilly mumbled trying her best not to sound ungrateful.
"I see." Molly answered. She'd run into Ginny before the younger woman had gone to bed and knew, despite her daughter's protests to the contrary, something was weighing heavily on her mind.
"Do you? Do you really see?" Lilly asked as she unknowingly began tapping into the Weasley part of her genes.
"Lilly Dear..." But Molly never got a chance to continue her statement.
"Do you know what it was like for me to see the woman who brought me into this world for the first time in sixteen years?" Lilly asked. "Because I'll tell you how I felt when I saw her and realized who she was. I wanted to get out of my bed and slam the door in her face. I wanted to call her every awful name in the English, Spanish, German, American and Russian dictionary!" Lilly said trying to hold back her tears. Harry tried to calm her down but Lilly pulled away from him, not breaking eye contact with the matriarch of the Weasley family.
"Ginny Weasley may be my mum by birth... but she is no mother of mine. I don't know her, nor do I care to know her. I hate her... I HATE HER!!!" Lilly screamed. Harry, when the topic had started, had sealed the door and cast a silencing charm to ensure that no one came inquiring what was going on. Given the vocal range Lilly had it was a very smart move.
Harry, Evan and Arthur's attention were focused on the two women in the room. All knew that despite all the hurtful things that Lilly had just declared none of the adults could fault the young woman for feeling the way she did. Everything that had just been stated was factual. Lilly's managed to look at her grandmum again and ask her, "Why didn't she want me?" Before her tears fell.
Molly enveloped the crying teenager and Lilly broke down in a way that neither Harry nor Evan had ever seen. Lilly wrapped her arms around her grandmother as the tears fell down her face freely. Evan excused himself for fear of crying as well. Arthur walked over to his wife and hugged Lilly and Molly as the young girl sniffled and tried to catch her breath. Harry kissed his daughter's forehead and told the trio that he would be back in a moment.
Harry and Evan stood outside of St. Mungos Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries and took a couple of deep breaths as they tried to regain their composure. Harry had always tried his best to read Evan's moods but he took after him in the regards that and unless Evan's face gave him some kind of clue he couldn't read his mood. Ginny had started to figure him out before she ended their relationship but even after sixteen years Evan's moods were still a mystery.
"Why didn't she want us dad?" Evan asked. Neither he nor Lilly had ever asked their father specifics fearing the answer but now that Lilly had finally broached the subject he felt the need to know.
Harry sighed. There were several ways he could answer that question but none of which would be satisfactory to Evan or Lilly. Harry knew this for a fact because they were the same answers that he himself received from Ginny the moment she informed him of her pregnancy.
"Evan... you and your sister would have been born seven months after your mother and I were to be married. We had been engaged for some time and neither of us knew that the two of you were coming when we split up. Your mother was so preoccupied with the wedding that she just assumed that her stress had thrown off her cycle." Harry paused for a moment. Talking about his personal life wasn't the problem; it was the memories of the time that was to be the beginning of his life with Ginny that was the problem.
"She called off the wedding two weeks before we were to be married and that was the last time I saw her until she and your grandparents arrived some time later. She told me that she was in the third month of her pregnancy and that we would be expecting twins."
"What happened then?" Evan asked.
"What happened..." Harry repeated.
"Are you daft woman? You want me to take sole custody of our children and raise them without you. Is that what you just asked me to do?" Harry repeated not sure he actually believed it himself.
"Yes Harry. That is precisely what I am asking you to do." Ginny sternly informed her ex-fiancé.
"You decide just short of our wedding day to end our engagement and relationship to pursue your career as a healer. A career that I have long supported, and now you want me to take sole custody of our children so that you can finish what you've begun with no distractions?" Harry asked. The pain was still fresh from Ginny calling off their wedding choosing herself instead of them.
"Correct." Ginny replied standing firm in her belief that this was for the best.
"And you're ok with this?" Harry asked Molly and Arthur. The two very reluctantly nodded yes.
"Fine, if that is what you want that so be it. I will agree to this on two conditions." Harry insisted.
"Ok." Ginny replied.
"One, they are not subject to the rules regarding magic by underage wizards. The twins will not be going to Hogwarts and so I need them to be able to do magic where ever I take them." An adamant Harry informed the three Weasleys.
"Done." Arthur informed the father of his grandchildren
"Two. No one save us will know about the twins. I will be taking them away from England and your family." Harry informed a shocked Ginny, Arthur and Molly.
"Harry..." Ginny stated but was cut off by her former love.
"There is not up for discussion. I will not have my children asking their grandparents or other family members, 'why doesn't my mummy love me?' They will do that one day Ginny. Mark my words. Do you expect me to let them come over and see photos of the woman who wants nothing to do with them?" Harry asked.
Ginny had nothing to say to this.
"This is the way it has to be if I'm going to be their sole parent." Harry informed them. It hurt him to do this to Molly, Arthur and their family but he saw no other way.
"There is a small flaw in that second demand Harry." Molly said. "Penny and Luna Lovegood know because they were with Ginny when she received the news about the babies."
"Fine the four of us will keep this secret. I will talk to Luna. The three of you can convince Penelope to keep it quiet." Harry informed the Weasleys.
"Agreed." Ginny said.
"She wanted her career more than a family Evan. That's all there is too it." Harry stated.
"Did you not want her to work?" Evan asked just wanting to truly understand.
"Evan I would have bent over backwards to make sure your mum was happy. Thanks to my parents and my godfather we had more than enough money that she could have gone to school and become a healer while I stayed home with you and your sister. I had no problems with that and told her as much. I truly don't know why your mum made the choice that she did but there is nothing I can do to change it.
"Would you if you could?" Evan wondered.
"If I thought it would make a difference... yes. The only problem is that when your mother made up her mind heaven, earth, and your grandmum couldn't make her change her mind." Harry informed his son.
"It sounds like Lilly's a lot like mum." Evan commented.
"She is... just don't tell her that if you value your life." Harry told him as he prepared to go check on Lilly.
"I think I'll stay out here a little bit longer dad, I'm not ready to go back inside yet."
"Ok Evan. If you see any other red heads you know what to do." Harry stated.
Evan nodded and watched his father return to Lilly's room. "I think it's time that I learned more about my mum." Evan said aloud and proceeded to the front desk to make an inquiry.
To be continued.
It was noon before Harry and Evan Potter returned to St. Mungos. The two had spent the previous night comforting Lilly during her sleep. They would hold her hand and try and lull her back to sleep when Harry's charm faded. Just before shift change Harry and Evan kissed Lilly goodbye and informed her, as she was shifting between slumber and alertness, that they would be back for her later that afternoon. Lilly acknowledged their statement and returned to her "enchanted" slumber. Upon returning home Evan fell on the couch in the family room, completely drain from his harrowing ordeal.
Harry retrieved a spare blanket from the hall closet and covered the boy. He knew that after a few hours rest that Evan would be good as new. Harry trudged back down the hall and to his bed before he collapsed on the sheet. He'd been worried the entire time he didn't know where his children where and had feared the worse when Evan called him to say that they were at St. Mungos because Lilly had been injured. Within minutes exhaustion had claimed Harry, still fully clothed.
"Good morning miss." Evan greeted the new admitting nurse.
"Good morning. Might I be of some service?" The smiling nurse inquired.
"No ma'am. We're checking up on Lilly in recovery room two. We're her family." Evan informed the nurse.
Since the children reached their teens Harry had always allowed them to be the more prominent figures, trying to divert attention away from himself. He always wore dark glasses during the day, and wore blue colored contact lenses at night, to mask his eyes, and concealed his scar behind a localized glamour charm.
"She currently has visitors, ministry officials inquiring about her attack." The nurse stated.
"And they're still with her?" Harry inquired.
"Yes, they've been here for quite some time." The nurse replied noting that it was odd for an inquiry to go this long.
"That's because some pompous jack arse turned a simply inquiry into an inquisition." Medi-witch Vanessa Morgan stated.
"I'm sorry sir, I was on rounds when they arrived and initially all was normal. Then one of them came to the front desk inquiring about your daughter's records. We showed him what we were allowed to but he insisted on seeing all of them, including her full name that you requested be kept off the official record."
"What happened then?" Evan asked concerned that his father wouldn't like the answer.
"The red haired fellow called the Ministry of Magic and asked one of their investigators to come. He was shorter than the first fellow, very pompous looking and full of himself." The nurse stated.
"That would be Percy." Harry stated knowing it could be no one else. He also guessed that since they'd sent aurors to take Lilly's statement that Ron was the first red haired man.
"Are either of the two Weasleys still with my daughter?" Harry asked.
"The two younger Weasleys are gone and have been for some time." Vanessa informed Harry.
"Percy Weasley made some rather unprofessional threats so I went straight to the Minister of Magic to deal with this."
"And how did the Minister handle the situation?" Evan asked very curious.
"He came down and personally handled the situation."
"Where is the minister now?" Harry asked.
"I believe he's still in the room with your daughter. Mr. Weasley is by far the best and most personal minister we've ever had." Vanessa stated.
Harry thanked the two women and darted towards Lilly's room. While he'd never said a single bad thing about his surrogate family Lilly was definitely her mother's daughter and carried her temperament. She'd taken it extremely personal when Harry had explained the situation regarding her mother and for the most part that resentment carried over to the other Weasleys as well. Harry opened the door not knowing what to expect but the sight that greeted him was definitely not it.
Arthur Weasley, Minister of Magic, was sitting in his daughter's recovery room listening to Lilly tell him all about her life. She was smiling, laughing and looked extremely happy. Harry had to knock on the door for the girl to notice that he was even there.
"Hello Lilly, Arthur."
"Dad." Lilly said holding out her arms. Harry gave her a hug and then took a seat opposite Arthur."
"Hello Harry... it's been quite some time." Arthur addressed the young man he considered another son. Despite all that happened concerning Harry and the children he still loved the boy as one of his own. He also knew that given the situation Harry could not be fairing very well emotionally.
"Sixteen plus years but who's counting." Harry replied.
Arthur was distracted by the sound of another person clearing their throat. He turned towards the door and saw the third and final missing member of his family. Evan walked in and shut the door behind him. This was a family moment and he didn't want anyone passing by interrupting.
"And you must be Evan... I must admit, you look just like your father." Arthur said as he stood and walked over to marvel at the younger man. "Save your eyes that is."
"I have my mother's eyes... yes I know." Evan said. Evan then Hugged his grandfather for the first time.
"You know of your mother?" Arthur asked..
"Dad didn't tell us anything about her till he thought we were ready, and then he didn't tell us what had happened till our eleventh birthday when an owl delivered our Hogwarts Letters." Lilly informed her very important grandfather.
"And what did he tell you about your mother?" A very skeptical Arthur inquired.
"He painted a far nice picture of her than I ever would." Lilly answered.
"Or deserved." Evan added.
"I'd expect nothing less." A relieved Arthur stated looking at Harry with a smile. He was very glad Harry was still very much the boy he remembered and had instilled some of that into his children. The twins had every right to feel hurt by Ginny's abandonment and there was nothing that he nor any Weasley could do about that.
"It wasn't easy... the pain was still there. But I'd never say anything untruthful or detrimental about her to them." Harry stated.
"I'm proud of you son." Arthur said. "Not many in your place, my own sons included, would have been as forgiving."
Harry just shrugged. He didn't know how else to reply other than his simple gesture. There was a knock at the door and Lilly informed the person they could enter. The door slowly opened and in walked a red haired woman that Harry actually didn't mind seeing (depending on what happened next of course).
Molly Weasley had been going about her daily routine around the renovated burrow (a renovation that occurred the moment Arthur was appointed to the position of minister some twenty years ago) when her husband called and summoned her to St. Mungos. He'd told her that he was ok but it was imperative that she come there and to go to recovery room two.
"Arthur?" Molly said wondering who the people present were until she took a good look at everyone present. Her hand flew up to her mouth to cover the shocked look on her face (much like her daughter did the night before Harry noted). "Ohhh, oh my." Molly managed to say never expecting to see her two very grown grandchildren.
"Hello Molly." Harry greeted the woman who he'd long ago considered his second mother.
"Harry... my god... they're so big." Molly said not sure what else to say.
"You know who we are?" Lilly asked.
"Of course I know who the three of you are. I would know you after not seeing you for thirty years." A teary eyed Molly Weasley answered. "You are Lilly Potter, second born twin to Harry and Ginny. That young man to your father's left is Evan Potter, who was born two minutes before you."
"Is that true dad?" Evan whispered. Harry just smiled and nodded.
"Oh Harry they're... they're... wait? Why is Lilly in St. Mungos?" Molly demanded.
"I knew that was coming." Harry stated.
"Lilly and Evan were attack by a Gnoll last night dear." Arthur informed his wife who knew all too well the current situation regarding the loathsome beasts.
"The beast attacked me first grandmum." Evan informed the woman. "Lilly was trying to save me, even though I told her to run for help, and the beast turned its full attentions to her."
Molly motioned for Evan to come besides her and she gave her grandson his first loving embrace from her since he was born. It had been hard not being a part of their lives but it was the only thing, given the situation that could be done at the time.
"Molly dear, the twins are ok. Just be grateful that you have such a skilled medi-witch in the family." Arthur stated.
Harry groaned. He'd hoped that no one would mention Ginny and ruin the moment. Unfortunately it was too late and Pandora's Box was now open.
"Ginny. Ginny's seen the twins?" Molly asked in a very surprised tone.
"She was the medi-witch that saved my life." Lilly mumbled trying her best not to sound ungrateful.
"I see." Molly answered. She'd run into Ginny before the younger woman had gone to bed and knew, despite her daughter's protests to the contrary, something was weighing heavily on her mind.
"Do you? Do you really see?" Lilly asked as she unknowingly began tapping into the Weasley part of her genes.
"Lilly Dear..." But Molly never got a chance to continue her statement.
"Do you know what it was like for me to see the woman who brought me into this world for the first time in sixteen years?" Lilly asked. "Because I'll tell you how I felt when I saw her and realized who she was. I wanted to get out of my bed and slam the door in her face. I wanted to call her every awful name in the English, Spanish, German, American and Russian dictionary!" Lilly said trying to hold back her tears. Harry tried to calm her down but Lilly pulled away from him, not breaking eye contact with the matriarch of the Weasley family.
"Ginny Weasley may be my mum by birth... but she is no mother of mine. I don't know her, nor do I care to know her. I hate her... I HATE HER!!!" Lilly screamed. Harry, when the topic had started, had sealed the door and cast a silencing charm to ensure that no one came inquiring what was going on. Given the vocal range Lilly had it was a very smart move.
Harry, Evan and Arthur's attention were focused on the two women in the room. All knew that despite all the hurtful things that Lilly had just declared none of the adults could fault the young woman for feeling the way she did. Everything that had just been stated was factual. Lilly's managed to look at her grandmum again and ask her, "Why didn't she want me?" Before her tears fell.
Molly enveloped the crying teenager and Lilly broke down in a way that neither Harry nor Evan had ever seen. Lilly wrapped her arms around her grandmother as the tears fell down her face freely. Evan excused himself for fear of crying as well. Arthur walked over to his wife and hugged Lilly and Molly as the young girl sniffled and tried to catch her breath. Harry kissed his daughter's forehead and told the trio that he would be back in a moment.
Harry and Evan stood outside of St. Mungos Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries and took a couple of deep breaths as they tried to regain their composure. Harry had always tried his best to read Evan's moods but he took after him in the regards that and unless Evan's face gave him some kind of clue he couldn't read his mood. Ginny had started to figure him out before she ended their relationship but even after sixteen years Evan's moods were still a mystery.
"Why didn't she want us dad?" Evan asked. Neither he nor Lilly had ever asked their father specifics fearing the answer but now that Lilly had finally broached the subject he felt the need to know.
Harry sighed. There were several ways he could answer that question but none of which would be satisfactory to Evan or Lilly. Harry knew this for a fact because they were the same answers that he himself received from Ginny the moment she informed him of her pregnancy.
"Evan... you and your sister would have been born seven months after your mother and I were to be married. We had been engaged for some time and neither of us knew that the two of you were coming when we split up. Your mother was so preoccupied with the wedding that she just assumed that her stress had thrown off her cycle." Harry paused for a moment. Talking about his personal life wasn't the problem; it was the memories of the time that was to be the beginning of his life with Ginny that was the problem.
"She called off the wedding two weeks before we were to be married and that was the last time I saw her until she and your grandparents arrived some time later. She told me that she was in the third month of her pregnancy and that we would be expecting twins."
"What happened then?" Evan asked.
"What happened..." Harry repeated.
"Are you daft woman? You want me to take sole custody of our children and raise them without you. Is that what you just asked me to do?" Harry repeated not sure he actually believed it himself.
"Yes Harry. That is precisely what I am asking you to do." Ginny sternly informed her ex-fiancé.
"You decide just short of our wedding day to end our engagement and relationship to pursue your career as a healer. A career that I have long supported, and now you want me to take sole custody of our children so that you can finish what you've begun with no distractions?" Harry asked. The pain was still fresh from Ginny calling off their wedding choosing herself instead of them.
"Correct." Ginny replied standing firm in her belief that this was for the best.
"And you're ok with this?" Harry asked Molly and Arthur. The two very reluctantly nodded yes.
"Fine, if that is what you want that so be it. I will agree to this on two conditions." Harry insisted.
"Ok." Ginny replied.
"One, they are not subject to the rules regarding magic by underage wizards. The twins will not be going to Hogwarts and so I need them to be able to do magic where ever I take them." An adamant Harry informed the three Weasleys.
"Done." Arthur informed the father of his grandchildren
"Two. No one save us will know about the twins. I will be taking them away from England and your family." Harry informed a shocked Ginny, Arthur and Molly.
"Harry..." Ginny stated but was cut off by her former love.
"There is not up for discussion. I will not have my children asking their grandparents or other family members, 'why doesn't my mummy love me?' They will do that one day Ginny. Mark my words. Do you expect me to let them come over and see photos of the woman who wants nothing to do with them?" Harry asked.
Ginny had nothing to say to this.
"This is the way it has to be if I'm going to be their sole parent." Harry informed them. It hurt him to do this to Molly, Arthur and their family but he saw no other way.
"There is a small flaw in that second demand Harry." Molly said. "Penny and Luna Lovegood know because they were with Ginny when she received the news about the babies."
"Fine the four of us will keep this secret. I will talk to Luna. The three of you can convince Penelope to keep it quiet." Harry informed the Weasleys.
"Agreed." Ginny said.
"She wanted her career more than a family Evan. That's all there is too it." Harry stated.
"Did you not want her to work?" Evan asked just wanting to truly understand.
"Evan I would have bent over backwards to make sure your mum was happy. Thanks to my parents and my godfather we had more than enough money that she could have gone to school and become a healer while I stayed home with you and your sister. I had no problems with that and told her as much. I truly don't know why your mum made the choice that she did but there is nothing I can do to change it.
"Would you if you could?" Evan wondered.
"If I thought it would make a difference... yes. The only problem is that when your mother made up her mind heaven, earth, and your grandmum couldn't make her change her mind." Harry informed his son.
"It sounds like Lilly's a lot like mum." Evan commented.
"She is... just don't tell her that if you value your life." Harry told him as he prepared to go check on Lilly.
"I think I'll stay out here a little bit longer dad, I'm not ready to go back inside yet."
"Ok Evan. If you see any other red heads you know what to do." Harry stated.
Evan nodded and watched his father return to Lilly's room. "I think it's time that I learned more about my mum." Evan said aloud and proceeded to the front desk to make an inquiry.
To be continued.