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Chapter 3

Few days have passed after his 'comical' (thanks to Ron and the twins') marriage proposal to Ginny; he still couldn't believe that he's getting married. He's not going to lie, at first he didn't really thought that Ginny would say yes because they were having some problems the past few days but he still took the chance and maybe luck was just on his side that time.

He still didn't forget about his promise to Ginny. He will make sure Hermione will be there at his wedding day. He's going to do it for Ginny, Ron and for him too. Hermione's their best friend and he wanted her to be there, he's getting married for goodness sake! And she didn't say goodbye to them, she still needs some explaining to do.

He gave the letter to Hedwig, telling her to find Hermione and to not come back until she gets her reply. "I'm giving you permission to bite if you have to". He said to Hedwig, giving her a treat before letting her fly to the sky.

Saturdays was Isabella and Hermione's favourite day. Every week on a Saturday afternoon, Hermione and Isabella would always go to the park, which was Hermione's way of making up for the time that she wasn't able to spend some time with her daughter because she was so busy at work. Whenever she got home she's always tired and ready to hug her bed.

They were both dressed and ready to go to the park. "Are you ready to go honey?" Hermione asked.

"Wait mama! I forgot Mister Snuggles; he's going to be really mad if we don't bring him too"

"Well, go get Mister Snuggles then and I'll wait for you here" she said chuckling at her daughter's retreating form.

"Mr. Malfoy, someone is here to see you"

"Who is it?" Not even bothering to lift his head. There were so many paper works that needs to be done and this is not the time for visitors. To him, visitors are for sick people, and last time he checked he was far from sick.

"She doesn't want me to tell you who she is, she just wants to know if you'll let her in" Carla said, her new secretary, she could now see that he was annoyed and she's pretty sure she'll be fired after his boss is done with his paper works.

'She?'

They were having a great time at the park. The weather's great, the people were great and she and Isabella were having fun.

They decided they should have a picnic, just the two of them, it's been ages since they had picnic together. "Eat your veggies honey; it'll make you smarter when you get old"

"It will? So if a person is not smart then it means they didn't eat they're veggies?" Isabella asked, pouting her lips at her mother.

"Yes. And veggies help you grow taller too"

"Oh! Maybe that's what happened to Cinderella's dwarf's mama, they didn't ate all of their veggies that's why they're so small!"

She didn't even think of that. She just wanted her to eat her veggies. To end the conversation she just told her yes. And with that she obediently ate her veggies.

"Is it my mother?" he asked then he thought, he and his mother aren't really in the peace zone yet so why would she pay him a visit?

"No sir, it's not your mother"

"Well then, if it's not my mother then—" Taking a deep breath. He massaged his temple, this isn't really helping. "You're new aren't you?"

"Yes sir, I just got the job few days ago" Her voice shaking. 'Please don't fire me' she thought.

"I thought so" He took a breath, he didn't want to fire anyone today. "You see, if my mother is looking for me, you do know who my mother is right?" She nodded yes. "When it's my mother looking for me, no need to inform me just let her in, if it's some other girl tell her that I'm not here that I'm in a meeting and won't be back until the meeting is over, if she says she's going to wait tell her the meeting is out of the country. Now get out my sight if you don't want to lose your job" He said dismissing his secretary.

She followed Isabella's gaze. There was this little girl, just the same age as her, running around in the park, her dad was chasing her and when he finally caught her. He lifted her up and twirled her until they both got dizzy. They look like they were having a lot of fun. When she looked back at Isabella, she could see sadness in her eyes.

"What's wrong honey?" Hermione asked.

"How come I don't have a dad like her? They look so happy" She said, still staring at them.

"Even if you don't have a dad, we're still happy right? You have me and Grandma and we have lots of fun too right?" she said trying to sound happy about it, but failing.

"I am happy with you and grandma, but I want a dad like her. Can I please get a dad mama?" Looking at her with those big blue eyes

"You can't just 'get a dad'..." Shit. She's having a really hard time explaining this to her. "Well you see honey, you have a dad but he's not here right now..."

Instantly, Isabella's face lightened up. "I have one too? Where is he? How come he doesn't visit us?"

"Well, he's ..." Her mind was definitely having a war right now. If she tells her the truth then probably she would want to see her father and she's not ready to see him yet. And besides he doesn't even want her from the start. "He's dead honey, he's not here because he's with grandpa now" Yeah. She lied. Not good. But maybe it was for the best.

"With Grandpa?" She asked frowning "In heaven?"

'Damn it. That guy doesn't deserve to be in heaven, hell is more like it' she thought. "Yeah with Grandpa"

"Oh" Was Isabella's only reply. It would have been fun if she knew her dad. She bet they would have lots of fun, they would be running around like that and just be happy. He would tuck her in at night, and fight the monsters in her closet and send her off to her first day in school and just do what dads do. It would have been fun to have a dad. "Mama? Can we go home now, I think I'm tired"

"Sure honey" It's official. She sucks at being a mother.

After a few minutes, his secretary came back, bothering him again. "Sir, I'm sorry but she doesn't believe anything I say, I told her everything I could come up with"

"That's not my problem now is it?"

"But sir..."

"Do you want to get fired?" He asked calmly

"No sir, please don't fire me. I need this job"

He's starting to consider the possibilities of a hiring a bouncer, instead of a secretary. A bouncer would be much more efficient in times like this.

"She said that she's one of the most important people in your life and that you will regret it if you don't let her in... Please don't fire me" the secretary pleaded.

'One of the important people in my life' He thought. But there's only two important girls in his life, his mother and… but it couldn't be her, she hates his guts. Right? "Alright fine, let her in after five minutes."