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Chapter 4

Harry walked into Ambassador Blake's office, shaking hands with the older man. They sat down, and Blake leant back in his chair. "You set me quite the challenge Mr Potter, but an enjoyable one."

"I'm assuming you have results."

"Indeed. The trust fund is for any child of Maximillian Jones and comes to a total of ten million pounds."

That was a shock, he had thought a couple of hundred thousand but millions? "I see…"

"That leaves the legal mess of citizenship. Normally she would be either a British or Russian citizen, even have dual citizenship. If the ship had been in a country's waters, then she may be a citizen of that country, depending on the country's own laws. However, as she was born in international waters to a Russian mother, she should have been registered as a Russian citizen. I can find no birth record let alone citizenship papers. I have spoken with my government and we will issue the child a birth certificate and help with an application to the US government for the right to live and work here."

"That is more than I had hoped for," Harry admitted.

"All I need is a name and birthdate."

Harry handed over the piece of paper he'd written that on. Getting her birthday had been easier than her full name, Jupiter Maxine Jones.

Blake entered the information and sent it off to be processed. "The completed paperwork will be couriered over via diplomatic pouch. It shouldn't take more than a week."

"Thank you very much," Harry stood, and they shook hands again before he left, money really did make life easier.

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Harry watched as a man in a suit got out and approached the Bolotnikov house, carrying a briefcase. He could have delivered it himself, the Ambassador had offered, but instead he had asked for his name not to mentioned at all. He didn't want the family thinking they were indebted to him. He just hoped Jupiter didn't hand it all over to her uncle, that man was a good business operator, but a little too focused on money.

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Jupiter sat on her bed in the basement, still in complete shock. She had dreamt of something like this but never believed it was possible. Ten million pounds…over thirteen million American dollars and it was all hers. She wished she could have known her grandparents, her mom never mentioned them, she didn't think she'd ever met them either. How different would her life had been if they'd been if they had been alive when her Dad died, would her Mom have gone to England instead of America? She'd seen the look on cousin Vassily's face when the money was mentioned, she knew he was envisioning the family business using it but…it was hers, not his. He'd taken them in, sheltered them, given her Mom and Aunt work…but she'd been forced into it, she had never wanted to work for him.

Her thoughts turned to Harry Potter and she smiled, she knew someone who might be able to advise her. he was young and rich and had just started at university. He was the only one who might be able to help her, and she thought they were sort of friends, as much as employer and employee could be. She grabbed her bag and phone and snuck out a back window, heading for the bus, not wanting to deal with the family at the moment.

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Harry opened the door when the doorbell rang and smiled when he saw Jupiter standing nervously in doorway. "Hey, everything okay?" he let her in and she fidgeted. "Jupiter?"

"I uh…could use some advice?"

"Okay, come on," he led her into the living room and took a seat. "Is something wrong?"

"I uh, got a visit yesterday, from the British Embassy. Turns out my grandparents were important, and they left a trust fund."

"Ah, congratulations," he smiled, and she stared at him before frowning.

"Did you…"

"I may have had some business at the embassy and may have run a hypothetical past the ambassador. He ran with it from there, I had no idea there was a trust fund involved."

"Thank you," she whispered. "Why?"

"Because I like helping people and you deserve better than a life of cleaning toilets," he admitted. "There's no strings to this, no debt. It was the right thing to do."

She surprised both of them by hugging him. "Thank you."

"Now, what advice did you need?"

"What do I do with money?" she asked, looking lost and he chuckled.

"This will take time, coffee?"

"Thank you."

Within a month the money was being handled by a reputable financial advisor so that it would continue to grow while allowing her to live quite comfortably, including attending university. She'd given some to her family, allowing them to move into a larger house and ensure her cousins wouldn't be forced to join the cleaning business, unless they wanted to. Her Mom and Aunt Nino she bought a small apartment for and then sent them on vacation before buying an apartment for herself close to campus. Thanks to the Ambassador and Harry's sneaky help she soon had legal papers to attend university and work in America. She would start at the beginning of the next session, studying astronomy.

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Jupiter groaned from where she lay on the mat, that had hurt.

"Had enough?" he teased, and she forced herself up, rolling to her feet. She fixed her ponytail and assumed a defensive stance. "Good," Harry praised and then attacked again. When she'd mentioned wanting to learn to defend herself he had offered to train her, and she had accepted. After almost a year at university Jupiter was a lot happier even if she had no close friends, just study mates really.

"You like putting me on my ass," she complained, and he laughed.

"Best way to learn."

When they finished they split up to shower, Harry in his room and Jupiter using a guestroom. They then made lunch and ate together while working on homework before he gave her a lift to campus and they split up for classes.

Jupiter knew why people thought they were together and honestly? She wouldn't mind dating Harry, she knew he wasn't after her trust fund after all. Harry was fun to be around, easy to talk to but….he held something back, she just didn't know what, yet. For now, they were friends and she was very happy with that. He'd done so much for her, for her family even if they didn't know it, and he'd done it with no agenda, that made him rare.

TBC….