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Chapter 4
Draco arrived to the Malfoy Manor to find it empty. There was no one to greet him but the paintings hanging on the cold hard stone. It was nothing new for Draco to find his "home" empty, but this really wasn't his home. Reluctantly Draco headed upstairs to unpack his belongings and look at his most prized possession, a painting. The painting was the only thing in the Manor that made him feel safe and at home.
This painting was of a beautiful young woman, he had his mother move the painting to his chamber. Martha was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen; she always knew what to say to make him feel better. In a way, Martha was more of a mother to him than his own mother was. Martha had clear blue eyes, long blonde hair, her skin was fair, and she had an heir about her that showed right away that she was of good breeding. There wasn't much that Draco knew about Martha's life except that she was family.
Then there was a loud shout coming from the corridor downstairs. "Draco!"
His mother and father had finally arrived. Instead of being happy to know that they would have their only son home for vacations it seemed like he was more of a burden than anything else.
Finally Draco arrived downstairs. "Good evening Mother, Father."
"Draco, what took you so long? Well never mind that. What are your plans for this vacation, boy? Do you have anything in mind?" Lucius Malfoy always spoke to Draco with a serious and cold tone.
"Well, Father, I don't have anything special planned if that's what you're asking. I was thinking of just spending the summer traveling or hanging out with the idiot twins, Crabbe and Goyle."
"Draco, Draco, Draco. I'm so very glad that you have such…..high ambitions for your summer vacation." Every single word that came out of Lucius' mouth was dripping with sarcasm. "Since you have nothing too exciting planned how would you like to engage in the family business?"
"Father, you know that I would love to participate in the family business but I know nothing about it."
"I have recently started a business and would like for you to help launch it. It's a corporation. I have acquired some property outside of England and you seem to be doing very well in your studies. I think that you might be competent enough to handle such an opportunity, do not make me regret placing confidence in your abilities."
Draco was a little scared to reject his father's proposal. "Of course Father, I'm sure that it will be a good opportunity to…."
"That's enough Draco, there's no time for your rambling. A simple yes would have sufficed. Well now that that's settled let's go into the den and discuss this new investment."
Lucius and Draco spent over an hour in the den discussing family business. Draco had kept silent and forced himself to listen to his father. It was during these "talks" that Draco decided his father was in love with the sound of his own voice. Afterwards Draco still felt like he had no idea what the business was; he did, however, leave the "meeting" with a whole bunch of papers. Along with the papers came the relief of knowing that he would be spending his entire summer outside the confinements of the Malfoy Manor. Whatever the business was he was certain that anything was better than being "home", and he would be able to travel. Now all he had left to do was review the papers and he was sure that somewhere in the stack of papers he would find a clue that would explain what this family business was. Tomorrow Draco would be traveling to this unknown location and it was going to be beginning of something very interesting in the life of Draco Malfoy.
