chapter 9
''What do you think?'' Ron asked, any one of us that would answer.
''We can't ask him who he was with'' I said.
''Why the hell not?'' Harry asked.
''He has a Secrecy Enchantment on him'' Hermione said.
''How can you tell?'' Ron asked. Don't mind him, he wasn't really paying attention very well through the whole interview.
''Didn't you see how much it pained him to answer Hermione? It's almost like he was suffocating'' I said. ''That's what a Secrecy Enchantment does, if you attempt to tell the secret you're enchanted to keep you suffocate to death''
''That poses a problem'' Harry said.
''Did Greg manage to lift prints off Draco's wand?'' I asked, keep in mind I hadn't been there in two days.
''No, but he did get a white powdery substance, from your typical surgical glove'' Hermione said.
''Of course, prints on the wand would have been too easy!'' I said, sighing irritably.
''What do you want to do Counsiler?'' Harry asked me.
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes needing to think for a moment. I started chewing on the inside of my cheek as I slowly opened my eyes. Draco was looked rather antsy and dishevled, he had to have run his hands through his hair 35 or more times. I glanced at the underside of my left wrist because I wear my watch backwards. It was 1:47.
''I hate when you call me 'Counsiler', Harry'' I said.
I saw him smile out of the corner of my eye, ''I know''
''Call Greg, have him meet us at the Spevak's with four other members of CSU and a transcript of Draco's statement'' I said.
''What are you going to do?'' Ron asked.
''Take Draco back to my house and meet you guys there,'' I said. ''And I have to call Langan, if this goes right, Draco will be in Wizengamot before noon tomorrow''
''Great, just what we need; Draco loose on the public'' Harry said.
''He won't be'' I said.
''How do you know?'' Ron wondered.
''Because, I'm the one going to Wizengmot'' I said. Sighing again, I said; ''All I know is that we better get this done fast, I have to work tonight''
I opened the door to the interview room. When he heard the door open, Draco looked up, ''Are you going to question me now?''
''No, I'm taking you back to my house now'' I replied. Draco nodded and stood out of the chair, walking past me out of the room. I turned to Harry, Ron, and Hermione, ''I'll see you guys in a bit''. The three of them just nodded. I followed Draco who was already a great deal ahead of me. I don't blame him, I'd want out too.
As soon as we got back to my house, Draco stormed right up to his room. I walked into the kitchen pulling open a cupboard where I kept medicine and some basic potions. Pulling down a sleeping potion, I made a cup of hot tea, and walkd up to Draco's room.
''Draco?'' I said through the door.
''Go away'' he said. Rolling my eyes at his childishness (is that even a word?), I put the vile of potion under my chin, opened the door and walked over to the bed. He was facing the wall, and wouldn't even look at me.
''I made you a cup of team and brought you a sleeping potion incase you want to sleep'' I said, sitting on the edge of his bed.
''Why didn't you tell me, that you were going to question me with Veritaserum?'' he asked, doing a three-quarter turn over toward me.
''Because both you and I know that you would have lied'' I said.
''Why would I have done that!'' he snapped.
''I don't know! I don't know you Draco, I don't know what goes on inside that blonde head of your's, and I'm not going to pretend to'' I said.
''I wouldn't have lied'' Draco hissed.
''Yeah, then I would have had a hell of a time trying to prove to Harry, Ron, and Hermione that you weren't lying, so be glad I put Veritaserum into the water'' I pointed out. Draco opened his mouth to say something, but obviously seeing I had a point, promptly closed it.
Draco adjusted so that he was laying on his back. Putting one hand behind his head, Draco ran his tougne across his lips and rubbed them together. Dear Lord, he's perfect, I thought. ...Oh holy shit, Irulan did you just think that?
Draco looked at me and smirked, I must've been staring. ''Like what you see Anderson?''
''Sod off Malfoy'' I said, smacking his stomach. I'm sure anyone else would have been blushing, not me. I've never been one to blush as easily as some girls. I mean both Harry and Ron blush more than me.
''I better go before Harry's mind starts to wander'' I stood up and stretched my arms as I did.
''Where are you going?'' he asked.
I looked at him and put my hands on my hips, ''Why? Are you gonna get worried about me?''
''Hardly'' he said.
''Oh come on, you know you're going to miss me!'' I said jokingly.
Draco smirked and grabbed my arm, pulling me down. I caught myself with my right arm, before I fell completely ontop of him. Draco was propped up on his left elbow while his right hand had my arm. He breathed out through his mouth, I felt his warm breath brush against my lips. I looked at his lips, his amazing, perfect, rosy lips, and waited for them to close the one inch gap between his and mine.
When it didn't happen after like thirty seconds, I lifted my gaze to his eyes, ''Like a plague'' he whispered. Then he let go of my arm and laid back down.
I walked out of his room, and leaned back against the door when I closed it. I ran my hand through my hair before resting it over my mouth. ''Well...'' I said to myself. ''That was interesting''.
chapter 10
''Hey, I'm here'' I shouted entering the Spevak's house.
''Upstairs!'' someone shouted (I think it might've been Ron).
I walked into the kitchen and up the stairs to the second floor, ''Which room?''
''Over here'' Harry said, sticking his head out of the master bedroom where the wife was found.
''Chester, why are you wearing a wig?'' I asked, entering the room.
''Because I'm Malfoy'' he said.
''You don't have to wear a wig'' I said, it was kinda creeping me out.
''Sure he does!'' Greg said.
''Okay, so how are we going to work this?'' Ron asked.
''Well, Chester and I are going to be Malfoy and whoever he was with. Kathy -'' Greg pointed to the bed where Kathy was laying ''- is going to be Elizabeth Spevak. In the kid's room we have Michelle being little Janelle Spevak. Finally downstairs is Thomas being Micheal Spevak. One of you is going to read Draco's statement and we are going to do our best to ''perform'' it, so to speak''
''I'll read it,'' Hermione said.
''Now that that's settled, if you will all follow me, we can get this show on the road'' Greg said walking out past us all.
''Are you okay Irulan?'' Harry asked as we followed Greg.
''yeah, why?'' I asked.
''You look a bit flustered'' Hermione said.
''No, Malfoy and I got into a bit of a row because of the Veritaserum in the water; I took care of it'' I said.
We got outside in the backyard, Hermione opened the file that held Draco's statement and started reading; '' We arrived in the backyard of the Spevak's house. I stood back as he used the Reductor Curse to blast the door open. He told me to check the lower levels while he checked the upstairs for what we were looking for. First, I checked the basement, finding nothing but boxes gathering dust. When I came back up from the basement, he hadn't come back down yet, I assumed there were more rooms than anticipated...'' As Hermione read, Greg and Chester were doing everything thst she was reading.
''...When I entered the living room, Micheal Spevak rose from his seat and leveled a gun with my head. He told me to drop my wand, and I did. We stayed in silence for a few minutes, until I felt something smash over my head. The room spun and everything went black. The next thing I remember is waking up in Irulan's hosue.''
''Now, we have to piece together from when he got hit over the head to the wand ending up in the bushes'' Greg said, standing over Chester who's supposed to be Draco.
''Okay, so Micheal lowers the gun and thanks him for helping. Fiuring that the guy Malfoy was with is a Deatheater he'll have known Spevak and possibly been a friend'' Thomas said, lowering his hand which he has poised like a gun.
''But, whoever Draco was with bends down, picks up the wand, and kills him'' Greg said. Thomas fell to the floor pretending to be dead.
''Then he walks over to the body, takes the gun and shoots Draco'' I said.
''Since he was wearing gloves; no prints. He places the gun back in Spevak's hand making it look like he shot Draco. But there was no powder residue on his hands'' Chester said.
''You're supposed to be unconsious!'' Thomas said.
''Yeah, you're supposed to be dead!'' Chester said.
''But he made a mistake in ditching the wand outside because there's no way Draco would have been able to do that'' Greg said, cutting off Chester's and Thomas' little squabble.
''I really hate to say this, but it's plausable'' Harry said.
''But circumstantial'' Ron said.
''Doesn't matter, it kinda-sorta proves Malfoy innocent'' I said.
''What about who he was with?'' Hermione asked.
''Nothing we can do; We don't know who it is'' I said. ''Anyone know how to reverse a Secrecy Enchantment?'' Everyone shook their heads. ''Damn, it's my turn to do research isn't it?''
''Yep!'' Ron said.
''Guess I'm calling in sick to work again. Emily will cover for me'' I said. ''I'll see you guys tomorrow for Wizengamot''
''Later Irulan'' Ron said. I waved to them over my shoulder and I walked out of the house.
When I reached the sidewalk, I pulled out my cell phone and dialed Langan's number, only getting his voicemail ''Hi, Jordan this is Irulan Anderson. I'm calling because my team and I have found new evidence proving your client innocent. Meet me at the Leaky Cauldron around 8:15 and I'll see you in Wizengamot tomorrow morning at nine o'clock sharp.'' I closed my phone and stuck it in my back pocket before dissapparatting to Hogsmeade.
I walked into Three Broomsticks, which didn't have many people in it. I was just happy it wasn't a Saturday, otherwise I'd have a hell of a time trying to get to the bar.
''Rosmerta'' I said.
Rosmerta turned around and smiled at me, ''He's upstairs, always seems to know when you're going to be coming''. I nodded and walked upstairs to the rooms. Upon opening one of the doors, I saw someone sitting in one of the chairs wearing robes of deep red. Every inch of this person was covered except for his eyes.
''Miss Anderson'' he said, nodding to me in aknowledgement.
I crossed the room and went to one knee infront of him. I looked up, his eyes were twinkling with a smile. ''I need your advice on what to do about this, nothing is what I expected it to be, and I'm finding that hard to handle''
He reached out his hand, and rested it on my head, ''I am not going to tell you what to do Irulan, I neve have and I am not going to start now'' he said.
''Some help you are'' I said, he only laughed.
''Just remember this Irulan, not every answer is on the surface, sometimes you have to dig deeper to find what you are looking for'' he said. ''And the more steps we take foreward, we see the longer the path is ahead of us''.