Disclaimer: You can read it on any of the first chapters, but basically I just own the plot of this story but any of the characters… they came out from the great imagination of JKRowling^^
A/N: I know it's been a very long time since I update this fic for the last time… so I wanted to apologize to all of you that have been following the plot since the beginning… I'm really sorry, and I really promise I'll try to update the sooner as possible. Kisses^^
Her sin – 17 – Second chance
"Are you sure it was her, Abe?" Poppy asked coming into the office from Albus' private rooms with little Faith on her arms.
"I am, dear… Alastor was with me, he didn't saw her, but he's already looking for any clue of them in London. She looked at me, brother… and she smiled… but then he appeared behind her"
"Were they alone?" Albus wondered.
"I couldn't say… I just saw them two, I didn't notice anyone strange around, but there could be…"
"Did you hear that, sweetheart?" she quizzed to the baby with a playing voice "Your mommy's fine!" The little blonde girl left a sweet laugh while Poppy raised her on the air.
"Minerva?" Tom asked after knock the room's door.
"Here!" she shouted from the bathroom.
"Dr. Stevenson's here…" he told walking in.
"Give me a while to dress up, please" she was drying her hair when she raised her head and saw him on the mirror "Tom, please!" she shouted making sure that the towel wasn't going to slip down.
"What? Can't I admire the wonderful body of my beautiful wife?" he stood behind her and kissed the back of her neck while his arms rounded her shoulders and his hands grabbed the towel that was hiding her nice breasts.
Minerva stood still not saying anything but looking at her own eyes staring at her from the mirror while he threw the towel to the floor and his hands followed the curves of her body stopping on her belly. Then Minerva felt a tear sliding down her cheek and she dried it before Tom could notice it too. She tried to get free from his touch then, but he pushed her against the wall and kissed her lips.
"Stop it" she said "Tom, please… Didn't you say that the doctor was here?"
"He can wait"
"No… I want to know the test results now!" she slapped going out the bathroom and taking the towel with her.
"Here" Moody said leaving a paper on Albus' desk.
"What is this?" Dumbledore wondered.
"A list with the places where Riddle could be staying"
"There might be thirty names in this list…" Aberforth pointed "What are you going to do? Visiting each one?"
"There are exactly thirty three… and yes, WE are going to check each one of those places until we find her"
"Maybe they are not staying in London… maybe they just came for a day"
"If we're wrong, we won't find them… but we have to try it, Abe…" Albus said "It could be the last chance"
"So?" Minerva quizzed impatient to listen the doctor's answer.
"Everything seems fine, Mrs. Voldemort… You'll need some rest, but… if the pregnancy continues in this way you'll have a nice baby in five months…"
Minerva sighted and smiled.
"Thank you, Dr. Stevenson… I really needed to listen that…"
"Then we can go back to Ireland" Tom said.
"What? No! I want him to attend me during the rest of the pregnancy, Tom! He's the only doctor who dared to say there was something wrong! What will happen if there are complications like the other time!" there were tears on her eyes.
"Alright… we'll stay until the baby's born" he sighted.
"Thanks" she said taking his hand and smiling.
Aberforth came into his little house in Hogsmeade like if he was in a hurry.
"Albus?"
"He's not here" Poppy's voice said from the kitchen.
"I thought he was coming for lunch…"
"He is, but he hasn't come, yet…" she said kissing him when he came into the kitchen "What's the matter?"
"I've found them…"
"Oh, my gosh! Really?"
"They're staying in a hotel in the center of London… they've reserved a full floor just for them… and there are spells against the muggles, because they know nothing… Merlin! He don't care about us, Pops! He's absolutely sure that we're not going to find them" Aberforth told sitting down on the nearest chair.
"…or that she's not going to escape…" Poppy declared taking the dishes to the table.
"What did you exactly mean?"
"Minerva frightens Tom since she found out what he was really able to do… if he hasn't tried to take Faith, it must be because Minerva has given him something in exchange…"
"I don't care what kind of treat he's obligated her to accept…" Albus voice suddenly spoke from the frame door "I'm going to take Minerva back with us and her daughter…"
"Albus? I didn't listen you knock the door…" Poppy excused herself using her wand to fill the dishes with the meal.
"I didn't, it was opened…"
"Oups… that was my fault" Aberforth said offering a chair to his brother "Listen, bro, they're staying in London, just like you said"
"I know. I was in Knockturn Alley and everybody talks about Lord Voldemort in the city"
A few days later…
"Aren't we going to have dinner together, today?" Minerva asked when Tom came into the room not wearing his every-night cloak.
"Actually, I though you would like to eat with someone else…" Tom pointed to the mirror with his wand and the crystal showed the hotel's hall with people coming in and out.
"Albus?" Minerva exclaimed when she saw the blonde man's figure behind a column.
"He's come here every morning since a few days ago, and he stays until late at night… I thought he would get tired if he didn't saw you, this is why we haven't gone anyway for nearly a weak… but he's insisting too much and it's me who's getting tired of avoiding the old wizard…" he pointed the mirror again and the image disappeared "So I want you to ask him to leave…"
"What?" she yelled out.
"You will dress up, go downstairs to the hall, and you will tell to your dear Dumbledore that you're a married witch now, and so he shouldn't be courting you anymore"
"Don't make me do this, Tom… we could just leave the city, come back to Ireland"
"Excuse me? You wanted to stay here because you liked Dr. Stevenson… so we're going to stay… I give you five minutes" he left the room and Minerva sat down in front of the mirror… slowly, she took out her wand from a drawer and charmed it so she could saw Albus again, standing a few floors under her feet, absolutely unaware of what had happened to her during those last months.
TO BE CONTINUED…