Autor's Notes

English is not my mother tongue, so I appreciate your support for any corrections.

Merry Christmas, I'm sorry it took me this long to publish, life has a way to mess up with plans, the car is total lost, but the other guy was a drunk, and he didn't make it, please if you have been drinking, don't drive, and don't hop in a car with someone that has been drinking, one of the passengers lost his leg, thankfully, no one else died and I'm here, recovered, and stronger than ever I live to see the birth of a healthy baby niece, my first niece...

Anyway, I have a couple more chapters already finish, I just need to do final revisions, also, I made a change in chapter 9, since I forgot that Hermione was already legal by the time of Snape death, I forgot she born on September '79 and not on September '80, so she is legally able to receive the inheritance by May 1998.

As always, any comments are welcome I'll try to publish the other chapters before the 31st.


After the reading up to the 1st of September…

Christopher Brandon & Heirs

He had hop up with Ms. Granger and Mr. Krum, and were traveling back to London in a very nice car, Viktor was a little tipsy and Hermione was tired, without noticing they fell sleep and Viktor was holding her by the waist and she had her head in his shoulder, this as well as the calm that surrounded them make Christopher noted they were close and not that oblivious to their mutual affection but for some reason, they keep delaying been together, this make him chuckle, he was like that once and he had lost Eliza even though fate was good to him and put Marianne in his path, he decided to never shut down his feelings again, that had help him to be with Marian ever since he found her, he hope those two kids – since they have the same age as his grandkids - figured it soon, they arrive in the office building and very gently, he woke Viktor, who carefully disentangle himself from Hermione grasp and both of them exit the car in order to open the security office and Viktor start to stack the boxes, since everything had to be done has muggles, the security guard was helping them and there was another one in the security room watching the cameras…

Hermione wakes up as they were finishing and she tried to help but Viktor told her there was only one box left so she makes a small chat with Christopher, mostly about what she needs to bring the next day for the banks, he told her that since she was a muggle-born there was no need of extra papers, only her birth certificate and her legal address show it on her ID. As Viktor finish the stack, the security guard closed the door and sealed it with a code, Hermione look at Christopher and he assures her that the boxes will be safe for the night, but if she needs it to put a spell she was welcome to it, she laughs a little bit and put a simple Confundus Charm in case anyone tried to break-in…

They agreed to meet there the next morning a little before the storage company arrive so they follow the truck and go straight to the bank, after leaving everything secure, Christopher told them that he was going to stay in the office and finish the paperwork for tomorrow but the town car was available to taking them home if needed it, since Viktor didn't know the city very well, Hermione had the option to apparate but she decided to take the offer of the car, to Viktor delight, Christopher chuckle at the attempt to cover their affections but let it go, he say his goodbyes and just enter the building to finish the paperwork they will need for the transition of the assets listed in Severus will, he already had started but they were a lot of documents and a lot of shares in the will, certainly, Mr. Snape was a savvy investor or he just give all the power to the account manager to do as many transactions as need it and to grow the account exponentially, he already had notify the bank of the death of Severus and hold all the plans or new business until the heir had taken full control of the account…

The next day, he arrived early, a part of him miss going into the office every day, he was pleasantly surprise to see that most of his employees share the idea of arriving on time or early and how committed they were to keep the firm on top or pursuit an associate spot, since the actual associates of the firm were retired or gone, the sad fact was that he was the last member of the original fourth founders, he looks at the picture in the desk, the four musketeers, Ed and Bill, already gone, and Maggie, well, she was still hang in there, enjoying retirement, conquering the world, he lays his eyes on the last letter she send, she was riding a camel, on the way to Petra, she always love adventures and finally she was having them, she was a fierce lawyer, never let her gender get in the way of anything, she was their D'Artagnan, he loved muggle literature, even the joke in law school, about them being the four musketeers, inseparable, unstoppable, they became the power house of the law scene in London, at the beginning, they were daring, fierce, determined, and succeed it, they were to be more, he to become the squib that made it and the others, well they wanted stability they have fathers and future fathers-in-law to wing over, so eventually, they became the best law firm on England, later in life, once they married, they often joke about been a real life Austen club, after Ed died, his sons sold the shares to the others, once Bill died, his son tried to be part of the business, but his dreams were others, so he sold the shares and flee to follow his dreams, he was an incredible actor, he even was nominated to an academy award, there were only two of them, Maggie will never sold, so for now all the decisions were taken between them…

He realized how much time had passed when his secretary tells him about a Miss Granger waiting for him in the lobby, and asking if she should be coming up, but he denies it, he thanks her and pick up the paper work to start the day with her, they probably will be busy all morning and maybe until tea time, so in the way to the elevator, he checks with her the agenda and inform her about coming back after, to do a little more work, she chuckles but agrees, a part of her miss having him in the office, doing real work instead of only check reports and notes, she is bored of that work, so he informed her about looking into nursing homes and orphanages, as well as real state firms and investors, she was puzzled but she never questions him, after twenty years and four marriages between them, Anne has learned to trust him and she misses the rush and been busy, his sons are in college and his daughter will visit on summers, so, she just put herself to work while he was out…

Ms. Granger was waiting patiently on the lobby, when he arrived, they start to work on one of the tables in the lobby while waiting for the truck to take them to the storage company site since it was barely 8:30 am, when arrives Hermione discreetly lifted the spell on the door, and watch carefully how they moved and treat the boxes, after they left them on the storage unit they made their way to the bank to do all the proceedings, they were received by the manager and begin the process, since Ms. Granger was already pass the legal age on the muggle world, they were reviewing details and checking investments and all, she trust him to not make any new movements on the account an only look after the day to day business while she familiarize with the investments and finances, as well as to set the fee for him in order to keep watching over her heritage for a while and hold any risk business, they finish a little before tea time and just decided to share a light meal since Hermione appears to be a little distracted, apparently Mr. Krum had invited to a dinner and she was nervous, Christopher was delighted, his children never tell him about their relationships so he was having a fun time at the expense of Mr. Granger, after a very entertaining conversation regarding not only the procedures related to the will but also their personal lives, and a very fine meal they went in different directions, he gave her some pointers on inversions and finances, and they schedule several meetings over the summer so she gets familiar with legal and finance proceedings…

He went back to his office and was surprise to see Mr. Krum on the lobby, waiting for him, he didn't expect him but he was static, not only he had and scoop from Ms. Granger, now he probably will have one from Mr. Krum, they went up to his office, on the elevator he complemented him on his chosen outfit, since not many wizards know how to dress for the muggle world, Viktor blush a little bit while followed Christopher to his office, once they were seated, he ask for the reason of the visit, since he didn't have any dealings with him regarding the will, Viktor confess his desire to open a muggle account in England, he did understand that he had most of his dealings on the wizard world, but his father had several muggle business in Bulgari, he was a prominent man and a few important muggle contacts as well as some from his mother side since she work for the International Wizard Cooperation Department, where she travel as diplomat mending relations after Grindelwald, during several of those she stayed on muggle hotels since Bulgarians were not too well received, and she pass him several recommendations but he didn't want to keep depending on those contacts or their muggle money, that been said as a foreigner he was a little confuse regarding the dealings, so he went to ask for his help in setting up an investment account or something in the muggle community and to manage it, since he still was some dealings to take care off in Bulgari, he was ready to exchange muggle money on Gringotts, since he was a wealthy – by his own right - in the wizarding world, Christopher chuckle, even the squibs know about Viktor Krum, the youngest player ever to be in a Quidditch cup and agree to help him, they spend the rest of the day reviewing options and making appointments with several business so he had a better idea of where to invest his money, they separate on time for Viktor's date with Hermione, Christopher ask details about it and Viktor told him that the concierge of this hotel help him to book everything, but he was nervous so Christopher advise him to be himself, at the end of the day, women react very well to men that were honest and confident, he also told him that Ms. Granger already was smitten, so he had half of the battle already won, he just need it to show her respect and sincerity, Viktor smile and thank him for his help, they agree to meet a couple of days later to give Viktor time to exchange money and to Christopher to work on the paperwork necessary to open the account, since Viktor give him all the papers and official documents he was given to use in the wizard world.

The next few weeks pass flying, he had regular appointments with Mr. Krum, he was shocked to discover that his secretary was so fond of his manners and handsome face that she may be tried to set him up to his daughter, Christopher then told her about Ms. Granger and Anne drop it after seeing them together in one of the meetings at the office and later when she was walking home, she saw them walking together outside of the theater holding hands and smiling to each other, they look so smitten an in love that she forget about setting him up with her daughter…

He did get all of the proceedings set, as well as good and secure investments in place, same with the account of Mrs. Dursley since she only makes changes on the deeds but wasn't interested in anything else, the company that manages the house didn't have any problems once the bank makes the changes to the account information, so in reality, Christopher had little to do and nothing changes for them.

The difficult part was the sale of the Snape home, when Tobias was alive the house didn't have any problems with the government, but once Severus take over he limited the house to be a summer house so some of the services and taxes were overlooked in the muggle world, and took a little bit of time to sort it all out, but once it was done he contact Mrs. McGonagall to verify the state of the laboratory, and if it was safe to send a realtor to put the house in the market to do regular showings or if still were details to finish, once all of that was over, he finally sold the house and contact Rosmerta and Aberforth to do the signing of the deed, so the new owners take the possession and to do the donations, so one of the final wishes of Severus was complete…

He didn't notice but the summer ended before he realizes the will of Severus regarding the muggle world was over, he was only dealing with Mr. Krum and Ms. Granger's affairs, the wizard side will have to wait until Mr. Weasley qualifies for the International Tournament but by that time, he will not be needed…

A part of him was sad to not have more dealings regarding Severus Snape, he sounds – at least on paper – like an interesting person, but he understands better than most in his profession the nature of a lawyer life, if they don't have problems or dealings with you, they don't need to keep in touch…