Chapter 41: Vernon's Boss

Harry tore his eyes away from the ocean and his jaw dropped.

"Please do come in." Uncle Vernon's boss said with a smile. Harry couldn't help but stare as he followed his uncle, aunt and cousin into the beautiful house. Petunia looked like she was shell shocked. Her eyes were wide and her mouth looked almost to be hanging open. The house was as beautiful on the inside as it was on the outside. The floor was shining wood and beautiful rugs decorated it. A wooden staircase ran upstairs as you entered the house with a hallway right next to it. The furniture was a rich crème color. Harry and his relatives were seated in a very nice tea room.

"You have a lovely home." Vernon said doing his best to suck up when his wife said nothing. He gave her an odd look hoping for her to say something to get on the good side of his boss. Finally Petunia said something.

"Faith Sloom! What are you doing here!"

"That was bloody horrible." Sirius said coming out of the room, yellow paint covered everywhere.

"Well lets see what it looks like." Sarah said walking into the room.

"Hmm…the yellow looks nice but…."Remus said.

"Yeah. I think the white might be-" Sarah started.

"What? Do I have to paint it again?" Sirius said running a hand through his hair which had flecks of yellow paint in it.

"Well…The white would look better I think." Sarah said. Sirius's mouth fell open.

"You can use magic this time though." Remus said with a smile. Sirius rolled his eyes and pulled out his wand. With a quick flick, 3 paintbrushes began to paint the yellow walls a clean white color.

"Hullo Petunia." Faith said with a smile.

"How do you know my wife Ms. Tera?" Vernon asked. Faith got a smile as she remembered the many summers she had spend at the Evans house and giving Petunia a hard time

"Ms. Tera? You changed your name?" Petunia asked.

"Faith Tera. President of Grunnings Drills." Faith said with a devilish smile and extended a hand. Petunia sat there with her mouth handing wide open and her eyes bugging out of her head.

"Now I want to talk to you about Harry. Legally I am his godmother. I would like him to be in my care. I'd be willing to pay you for him if he is too valuable for you to give up." She continued.

"H-How much?" Vernon stuttered.

"Here's an estimate." Faith said handing a check over to Vernon. Vernon and Petunia peered at the check. Petunia jumped to her feet.

"500,000 Euros!" She exclaimed.

"I hope that is an ok price." Faith said leaning back in her chair and crossing her fingers with a smug look on her face.

"Just let us get the boys things." Vernon said jumping up with the check clutched tightly in his beefy hands. He flew out the door and returned with Harry's trunk.

"We really must be going. It was lovely meeting you Ms. Tera." Vernon shouted as he Petunia, and Dudley left. Faith sat in her chair and gave Harry a smile. He returned it.

"There. Room is painted. Furniture is stained. Can I go?" Sirius asked wiping his forehead.

"Suppose so." Sarah said with a smile.

"See you in a few days." Remus said as Sirius apparated with a loud pop.

"So explain that to me." Harry said as he followed Faith into the kitchen. The kitchen walls were mostly large windows. The floor was the same beautiful wood as was the rest of the house it seemed. The cabinets were a deep mahogany, and a smallish table was overlooking the ocean. Faith sat on the edge of the counter island that was in the middle of the kitchen.

"Well, after I had to run away from Voldemort I moved into a small house and started my life as a muggle…I still own that house actually. Well anyways I needed to find a job. I changed my name to Faith Tera to prevent Voldemort or his Deatheaters from finding me. I decided to do something besides medical because I figured that would make it easier to find me. I worked in a hardware store for about 3 months. I developed a new drill with an elderly man name John Grunnings and Grunnings Drills was born. He died a year or so after and I took over. I acquired quite a bit of money as you can tell." She said looking around her kitchen.

"How come you never told me before that you were my godmother?" Harry asked.

"I wanted to surprise you." She said flashing her bright grin.

"Faith! Why did I have to paint that room? Magic would have been so much easier." A voice said from inside the house. Sirius entered the kitchen and looked at Harry.

"Couldn't wait could you?" He said to Faith.

"Nope." Faith said with a smile