1Lori nodded, "I know. Why don't we go somewhere quiet and get a drink and we can talk. I promise I'll tell you everything I know. Just let me tell Fred that I'm leaving."

When she went to find Fred, Harry walked over to where Ginny was talking with Hermione and Katie. "Ginny, can I talk to you for a minute?" he quietly asked her.

"Sure," she stood up. "I'll be right back," she told the other two women.

Harry gently guided her to an empty corner. "Gin, I need to talk to Lori about some things. Do you mind taking Jason home?"

"Of course I don't mind, is something wrong, Harry?" she put a hand on his arm and looked up at him with concern.

"I promise I will explain everything to you when I get home," he explained quietly.

"Okay, I'll wait up for you," she stood on her tiptoes to give him a tender kiss.

He kissed her back, "Thanks, Gin. I love you."

"I love you, too."

Lori was waiting for Harry near the front door. He gave Ginny one more quick kiss and walked over to join her.

"Fred told me about a pub called The Wolf's Bane. It's near his store in Diagon Alley. Do you want to go there?"

"Sure, wherever."

"Harry, are you angry with me?"

"What do you think, Lori? You lied to me for ten years." He quietly uttered, "Let's go."

They disapparated with double 'pops'. Harry looked around at he small bar they had appartated into. A gleaming wooden bar dominated one side of the small space. Only a few other people were in the tavern and most of them were seated on stools at the bar. There were also several small round wooden tables scattered throughout the room. Lori led Harry to one of these tables in the far corner near a large stone fireplace.

As soon as they sat down, a young witch wearing scarlet colored robes came over to their table.

"Can I get you something," she asked in a bored voice.

"We'll have two butterbeers please," Lori ordered for them.
They sat in silence while they waited for their drinks. When the server had delivered the two drinks, Lori looked at Harry, "Is there anything in particular you want to start with?"

"Yes. Was Megan a witch?"

Lori stared at him with a shocked look, "How did you find out about that?"

"I had a memory of being at the Quidditch World Cup and I saw the two of you."

"Talk about a small world," she mumbled. "Yes, Harry, she was. She was my partner at the WPA. We were both assigned to ensure your safety when you were relocated to the States." She looked into his jade eyes, "You have to understand, Harry, when we first met you, you were so lonely and grief stricken. Despite your memories being removed, the grief was so deep that it remained. You believed the grief was due to your parents having just died but we knew the real cause. She only wanted to relieve some of your pain. Initially, she was only trying to be your friend. She knew about Ginny and knew no one would ever replace her in your heart, even if you couldn't remember her." Lori sighed before continuing, "Harry when she found out she was pregnant with Jason, she did not know what to do. She came to me in a panic. She wanted to just disappear with the baby but I told her to talk to you. As you know, when you found out you were so excited about the baby. There was no way she could take him from you. And being the honorable man that you are, you insisted on getting married. Please believe me, she never meant to deceive you or hurt you."

He ran his fingers through his hair, "I don't know what to believe anymore. My whole life is not what I thought it was."

Lori began again, "Harry, there's something else you need to know about Meg." She reached a hand out and placed it on top of his, "She did not die in a car accident. She died protecting you and Jason from a Death Eater who had somehow found you."

"What," he asked unbelieving.

"I don't know all of the details but somehow she managed to orb the two of you to safety. She then faced the Death Eater. By the time we got there, it was too late. Your memory was modified and you were made to believe it was a car accident that killed her."

"Harry, are you okay?" she asked when he put his head in his hands.

"Yeah, I think so," he looked up at her. "I think I'm going to take a walk and try to clear my head."

"Alright," she replied.

He stood up to and headed towards the exit. He turned when she called out to him.
"Harry, let me know if you need anything. I'm going to stick around here for a while."

He grinned at her, "Would that be due to a certain redhead wizard?"

She blushed, "Maybe."

With a final glance and half smile over his shoulder at her, he pushed open the door and stepped into the cool night air. He did not know how long he wandered the streets but eventually he decided to apparate home. His head was a lot clearer and he wanted to nothing more than to see Ginny and his kids.

He appeared in the living room. He smiled at the sight of Ginny sleeping on the sofa in the moonlight. Her bright hair was spread out on the pillow around her head as though it was a halo. Being as quiet as possible so he did not wake her, he slipped his cloak off. Silently, he slipped down the hall to peek in on both kids.

Jamie's door was the one he came to first. As he stared at her sleeping peacefully, he thought sadly of everything that he had missed in her younger years. But, he told himself, if he had not left he would not have Jason, so maybe everything happened for a reason. He was going to do everything he could though to make up for lost time with Jamie.

Jamie stirred in her sleep. Harry quickly closed her door without a sound so he did not wake her up. Jason was sleeping in the room was next to Jamie's. As he reached to open the door, he thought about how wonderful it was that Jamie and Jason got along so well. It brought such joy to him to see the two of them together.

What he saw when he opened the door caused his heart to jump to his throat. Jason's bed was empty. The blankets were rumpled as though the bed had been slept in. A breeze came in through the open window causing the curtains to sway. Harry told himself to calm down, there had to be a simple explanation for this. Maybe he had slept over at George and Katie's house. Jason had made friends with their twin boys and they had been playing together that evening. Even though he tried to convince himself of this, his heart continued to race.

He returned to the living room where Ginny was sleeping. This time he knelt by the sofa and shook her shoulders gently to wake her up. She slowly opened her eyes and smiled at him. She must have noticed the terror in his eyes because she quickly sat up. "Harry, what's wrong? Are you okay, was it something that you remembered?"

"Gin, where's Jason?"

"He should be in his room. He played with Adam and Simon all evening and was exhausted when we came home. Why?" She looked at him with concern shining in her eyes. "Harry?"

Harry felt more terror in that moment than he could ever remember feeling before. "Ginny, he's not in his room. I stopped in to check on him and Jamie when I came home and he's not there." He fearfully told her.

"It's okay, Harry. We'll find him," she put her arms around him briefly. She then got up and made her way to the fireplace. "I'm going to ask the rest of the family if they've seen him."

He followed her across the room. The feeling of hopelessness increased in him. In this world, he did not even know where to begin looking for his son.

Ginny reached for the container of Floo powder and threw some into the fireplace. Green flames erupted in the grate, she kneeled onto her knees and leaned her upper body into the flames. He could hear her talking to each of her brothers in turn. She finished by speaking with her dad. She stood up and looked at Harry with fear evident in her eyes. Before she could tell him what she had learned from talking to her family, the room began to fill up with Weasleys.

Jamie came in from the hallway rubbing her eyes. "What's going on?" she asked when she saw her family gathered in the living room. Even for her family, it was odd to gather at one in the morning.

"Jamie," Harry rushed to her and pulled her close.

"Dad, what's wrong? Why is everyone here?" She looked up at him with fear starting to form in her eyes.

Ginny walked over and put her hands on Jamie's shoulders. "Sweetheart, do you know where Jason is?"

She looked at them with confusion. "What do you mean, isn't he in his room?"