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Previously on A Tale Of Two Wizards: Another Lozier Trick

For a moment Draco had been startled. " Why would you ask that? Even if she called me I wouldn't talk to her. The answer to your question is no. Celia hasn't been in contact with me and I haven't been in contact with her. Where did that question come from Hermione? What's going on?"

Hermione explained what had transpired. When she was through with her explanation Draco had stood up. Hermione asked Draco not to be cross with Sal because he was only trying to protect her.

Draco nodded. "I'm not angry with Sal but I would like to speak with him about what he thought he heard. I'll be gentle."

Hermione smiled as she went to get Sal. She explained that Draco wanted to speak to him.

Sal was a little nervous. After all he was living in one of Draco's apartments and didn't want to be thrown out on the street. Sal had a real case of nerves as he approached Draco's office.

Draco invited Sal to have a seat as he closed the door to his office. The first words out of Draco's mouth had been the same words which had come out of Hermione's mouth just in reverse. "I know you think of yourself as a brother to Hermione and are looking out for her best interests so I'll tell you this, I love Hermione and Hermione loves me. I am not in contact with Celia Lozier and she has not been in contact with me. I'd like you to tell me why you think Celia and I are in contact with each other and if you don't mind I'll ask a few questions to clear things up in my mind."

Sal said he didn't mind.

Draco sat back in his chair as he gestured for Sal to begin the tale of what was more than likely another Lozier trick.

Chapter 16: Sal Makes A Statement

Sal prefaced his conversation with Draco by apologizing for getting in between him and Hermione. He told Draco he was only looking out for Hermione's interest and wasn't making any judgment one way or another.

Draco was willing to listen to Sal but he was getting a bit annoyed. He wanted to hear the reasons and didn't want to go through an hour of having his arse kissed so Draco had cleared his throat and suggested to Sal he get to the gist of the story.

Sal flushed, apologized again and began to relate what he thought had been Celia speaking to Draco.

Sal got to it. "Celia had been a little moody and hadn't wanted to do anything with him. Celia's bad mood was rubbing off on Gas as well. Gas was snapping me up over anything and I him, he and Celia were acting like I'd done something to them and they both were acting as moody as shite. This night Gas had left the flat in a snit so it was just Celia and myself. I thought it would be a good time to…get close but her mobile had rung and she got off the couch to take the call in the other room. Suddenly she was giggling and happy. Whoever was on the other end of the mobile had drastically altered Celia's disposition. She had been talking for about five minutes when I heard her say something like, oh Draco or stop Draco. I don't remember which. I didn't think much of it at the time because when she came back into the room she was much more inclined to …..get close."

Sal flushed but continued talking.

"Celia was the one to initiate the second call. She had stepped into the kitchen to get drinks and I had followed her through but stopped when I realized she was dialing her mobile. She had her back to me and didn't realize I was there. I listened to her ask the person on the other end, can you talk? I don't know what the person on the other end said but Celia had replied, I'm not calling you too much. I do know what I'm doing and I'm not fixated Draco. I'm sorry I disturbed you. I can't see you at night unless we sneak around. Get her out of my way. You tell her or I'll tell her and you wouldn't want that. It was at that point I backed out of the doorway and went back to the living room. When Celia came back through to the living room she hadn't been seated more than five minutes before her mobile rang again. Celia answered the phone but didn't say anything she just listened. After she ended the call she stood up and got ready to leave. I asked where she was going and she told me she had to go meet a friend. I told her if she wanted to see someone else she should take her little show on the road and keep it there. She just shrugged and told me she wasn't seeing anyone she just needed to meet her friend. Then she left. I was done with the bint because I didn't want to be in the middle of her relationship with you and because I thought you a poser for cheating on Hermione."

Draco sat looking at Sal before he remarked, "That's some damning evidence Sal but let's pull it apart and look at it piece by piece. The main thing to remember before we do this is Celia wasn't talking to me which means we have to look at it from another point of view.

Sal nodded in agreement. He was pretty sure if Draco said it wasn't him on the mobile then it wasn't him. Draco hadn't ever been anything other than forthright with him. Sal was beginning to believe Celia to be the liar. Sal really didn't know all that much about Celia except she was a pretty witch who had shown interest in him but he had certainly found out some things about her character in the short time they had been seeing each other. None of it good.

Draco had asked a question.

Sal replied, "Pardon me. I didn't hear the question. My mind was somewhere else."

Draco repeated his question. "Has Celia become close to anyone in the time you two have been seeing each other? Did she become close with Kim the realtor?"

Sal laughed.

Draco asked what was funny?

Sal responded, "Sorry. It's not funny, it's ironic really. At first Celia seemed to like Kim. They chatted nonstop as friendly witches will do. Then one day Celia just didn't have anything to say to Kim. Kim asked if she had offended her but Celia said no. It finally came down to Celia and Kim not speaking at all. Kim and Celia's differences also seemed to have caused problems between Kim and Gas because shortly afterwards Kim and Gas had a bit of a shout down and Kim stopped coming around. I tried to talk to Gas about it but he didn't want to discuss anything."

At a certain point in Sal's recitation Draco had fastened his eyes on his desk and kept them there. Draco wasn't a stupid wizard he thought he knew exactly what was happening. Celia was doing her bloody worst. She had gotten into Gas' head and more than likely into his boxers as well and was sneaking around with him. Draco decided not to say anything until he was sure. He didn't want to be wrong and lose friendship with the entire Maida family. Draco hoped he was wrong because two brothers as close as Gas and Sal shouldn't fall out because of a slag like Celia.

Another thought passed through Draco's head that made him feel like a traitor. Better that Celia is chasing Gas than chasing me. As soon as the thought passed through his head Draco regretted thinking it.

Sal asked, "Do you have any thoughts about this thing? I definitely wasn't trying to cause problems but I didn't want Hermione hurt. I was sure it was you because she mentioned your name twice. I apologize for jumping to conclusions. It wasn't my intention to hurt anyone."

Draco replied, "I have some thoughts Sal but before I speak on anything I'll need to check on some things. I'd rather be able to prove my theories than open my mouth and be thought a fool."

Sal stood. "Thanks for speaking with me Draco. I'm very glad it wasn't you on the phone." The two wizards shook hands.

Before Sal could get out the door Draco said, "Two more things before you leave Sal. I could use an upstanding wizard to work as my assistant here at DLM. I admire your loyalty to and protection of Hermione as well as your willingness to be a stand up wizard even in adverse conditions. If you ever have any interest in being someone's right hand wizard give me a call. Second. Hermione and I and your mum and dad are flooing through to London this weekend, if you're not busy, why not take the trip with us. Your mum has the details." Sal thanked Draco again and left the office.

Draco leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. How the fuck was this going to play out if what he suspected was true? Draco thought, if Celia is doing her best to stir up trouble, her git brother must be somewhere plotting something as well.

Draco sighed. Thank Merlin that Ministry Service had moved their timetable up. They would be making whatever arrests they needed to make in the morning. He had turned in his last bit of parchment work and information a few hours ago and he could possibly be free of this duty as early as tomorrow afternoon. If that happened, his hands would be untied. He wouldn't have to worry about going to prison if he stepped out of line and he planned to step out of line the next time he saw Emilio Lozier.

While Sal had been in speaking with Draco, Carmela had notified Hermione she had a call. Hermione picked up the phone to hear a voice which sounded familiar but she couldn't pinpoint. It had all become clear when the caller identified herself as Ilaria Lozier. Hermione sighed to herself. "Not the mother too."

Hermione greeted Ilaria as Mrs. Lozier and asked, "How can I help you?"

Ilaria told Hermione she called to apologize for her husband and son. She had been told there was an accident involving Hermione and Emilio and Emiliano had been in attendance. Ilaria was calling to make sure Hermione hadn't been hurt.

Hermione rolled her eyes. She may not be on point but Hermione felt someone had Ilaria call her because she had chosen not to discuss 'the accident' with James. Evidently the Loziers had brought out the big guns, mama Lozier. Hermione was determined not to discuss anything with mama either.

Hermione replied, "I think someone has given you bad information Mrs. Lozier. I'm not aware of any accident but I appreciate you calling to check on my well being. I appreciate your concern."

Ilaria went on to say she didn't want anything to happen to her future daughter-in-law and wondered why Hermione hadn't been by to see her. She invited Hermione to come visit and promised not to talk about weddings because Emilio had warned her that they weren't quite to the point of discussing marriage. Ilaria had gone on to sing the praises of her son and how much he loved Hermione.

Hermione sighed as she cut across Ilaria to tell her that she and Emilio hadn't been a couple for months and there definitely wasn't any marriage on the horizon. Hermione finally said she had to go because there was business which needed to be settled. Even with what Hermione had just told her, Ilaria insisted Hermione was welcome at her home anytime and entreated her to come spend the day with her sometime soon.

Hermione hung up and held her head in her hands and mumbled, "The whole fucking Lozier family is nuts." Then she had laughed. Ilaria Lozier had just promised not to talk about weddings. That was big of her.

Sal stopped by Hermione's office to tell her he was leaving. He still looked a little forlorn but he didn't seen as miserable.

Hermione reminded him he didn't have to feel bad about anything. He had brought something forward he thought should be addressed and no one blamed him for that. Sal smiled and gave Hermione a kiss on the cheek.

Hermione got quite busy after Sal left. Ettore, Maria and Lorenzo had appeared at her door and asked if she had a moment because they had something they wanted to discuss with her. Hermione invited them in to have a seat.

Lorenzo was evidently the front man as he did the talking. "We think we've seen an opportunity for DLM and want to bring it forward. A few of us are of the mind we should have a satellite office maybe even several satellite offices. We could have products delivered to those offices and Travel from there. We know Draco has a small office in London, we would like one in maybe Ireland, Wales or even France. One or two Travelers could be assigned to the satellites and take care of their own Travel schedules. The orders would go directly to the satellite closest to the destination and be handled there. Everything would be sorted and copied to DLM. We would need to hire a few more wizards and witches but if done correctly this could forward DLM in a big way."

Hermione was intrigued. She had a few ideas to forward DLM but hadn't gotten around to implementing anything. She was quite pleased with the Travelers in front of her. A company was only as good as it's employees and happy employees came up with ideas such as this. Even if their idea wasn't implemented, it was good they were thinking of ways to make the company more valuable.

Hermione replied, "I like your thinking and I'm glad you brought this forward. While this is an interesting concept, something of this magnitude would have to be run across Draco. He's in the building so I suggest you speak with him to get his opinion. I think he'll like the idea.

Hermione called Draco's phone and explained what was going on. She told him she was sending Lorenzo, Ettore and Maria to his office. Draco told Hermione to send them over.

Hermione didn't sit in on their conversation with Draco because she knew he would give her his feedback later.

Several other Travelers turned up to check in and pick up orders for the following day. It had gotten quite busy in the offices, when Hermione next looked up it was 5:30. Carmela had stopped in to see if Hermione needed anything before she left for the night. Hermione had told her no. The witches had bid each other goodnight.

After Carmela left everything quieted down and Hermione had time to sit back and think about the strange phone call she had received from Ilaria Lozier. Hermione surmised Emilio and Emiliano were either keeping things from Ilaria or misleading her entirely. Other than that Hermione couldn't figure out why the witch would call her at all. Hermione shook her head as she mumbled, "That family boggles my mind more every day."

Draco came into the office. His told her the meeting with the Travelers had broken up about thirty minutes earlier and he had spent those thirty minutes putting together a draft for at least one satellite office. He really liked the idea and had promised to get back to the Travelers by the end of the following week.

Hermione laughed when Draco mumbled about the git Lorenzo. Draco still got a little bent of shape when he thought about Lorenzo trying to chat Hermione up while he was in California.

Hermione took a few minutes to relate her conversation with Ilaria Lozier. Draco was amazed at the bollocks of the family. He snapped, "Every last one of them is bloody mental. They better use up all their bull shite now because when I'm free of Ministry Service I'm going to show all of them what a frightening wizard Draco Malfoy can be.

Hermione walked over and hugged Draco. "They can have Merlin himself call me but nothing is going to interfere with me loving you."

Draco kissed Hermione on the lips and retorted, "I know that baby but I am just so tired of their never ending bull shite."

Hermione suggested they go home to relax but Draco wanted to take her out for dinner. They left DLM to go home, change and floo to muggle Milan for dinner.

It was still fairly early. Hermione and Draco decided they wanted to spend a little private time together before they went out. Once they were all wrapped up in their private time Hermione and Draco decided dinner wasn't all that important. They spent the time deliciously satisfying each other.

About 8:00 both Hermione and Draco realized they were hungry so Hermione went to the kitchen to make something to eat. As they ate Draco told Hermione he had offered Sal an assistants position.

Hermione had been a little surprised so she asked, "And just whose assistant would he be?"

Draco smiled, "Mine." Hermione stopped in mid chew. "Yours? What do you know about Sal? Does he even have the experience you require in an assistant?"

Draco cheeked, "Who would you like me to hire Lorenzo? Sal may not have the experience but he has the qualities I require in an assistant which are loyalty and courage. I'll take those qualities over experience almost any day. It is probably a moot issue anyway because he didn't seem interested. I also asked him to come with us to London. He didn't commit to that either. So we shall see what comes of both my invitations."

Hermione nodded. "Sounds good." They continued to eat.

Draco decided to broach the subject of Celia Lozier. He said, "I have a theory as to what's going on with Celia."

Hermione looked at Draco but remained silent waiting for him to explain.

"From what Sal explained to me I believe Celia has made a play for Gas and I also believe she's doing it for a reason. I don't have a clue to what the reason might be but it can't be good. Why my name came out of her mouth I don't know that either. I'm curious why she went after Gaspare when she already had Sal."

Hermione was very surprised. The last person she could see as a witch for Gas was Celia Lozier but she couldn't see Celia with Sal either. She asked Draco, "Just what did Sal tell you to make you come to this conclusion.?"

Draco hesitated for a few seconds before he told Hermione everything. "Sal fell over himself apologizing to me first off. Once we got past all that he told me what had been going on at their flat. The idea about what Celia is up to came to me as soon as Sal related the part about Kim and Celia's lost friendship. It was at that point I began to get the feeling Celia was being a beast to Kim because she had already made moves on Gas. I also felt Kim may have gotten wind of something going on with Gas and Celia which caused her to break up with Gas. This is what I think but I could be way off. Sal mentioned he couldn't see himself and Celia in any kind of long term relationship because she had slaggish qualities. Sal will feel so betrayed when he has to face Celia going around with his brother. A brother doesn't do that to a brother no matter what lies under a skirt. Some things are sacred."

Hermione remarked, " I used to feel that some things were sacred then I was introduced to the ways of real life."

Draco raised his eyebrows. "Are you talking about the thing with Ginny Weasley?"

Hermione just shrugged and asked, "How will we find out what's really going on? Shall we ask Gas?"

Draco shook his head. "I don't want Celia to know we suspect anything. Somehow I feel this whole charade will come down to something about us. Do you know if Gas has any information Celia could use against either you or I or against us both?"

Hermione thought about it but couldn't think of anything. "I do have one personal thought. If Celia is using Gas for something, we need to be careful. I still don't understand though, why Gas? What's the difference between Sal and Gas? Celia could have used Sal in the same way. We will definitely have to keep our eyes open."

A stray thought flashed through Hermione's mind, I hope Gaspare isn't in a scheme with Celia because he thinks it will cause me and Draco to break up and allow him to step into Draco's place or maybe Celia thinks she'll get Draco if he and I break up.

Draco was staring at her. "You look like you've thought of something. Is it something that has to do with Gas and Celia?"

"I've just had a thought. This all may boil down to a partner switch." Then she had proceeded to explain her train of thought.

Draco sat silent for a few minutes before he replied, "I didn't know you and Gaspare had gotten that close. Where did he get the idea you would choose him if you and I broke up?"

Hermione closed her eyes and sighed, "I'm sorry I said anything. Gas did have a crush on me but I set him straight. He knows we will never be anything more than good friends. I told you my thoughts because you asked not so you would get yourself worked up.

Draco replied, "I'm not worked up but this is the exact reason I didn't want wizards in your face. They get ideas."

Hermione huffed as she went to sit on the couch. "We're past this Draco. Don't do this."

Draco came to sit next to Hermione and began to play with her hair. "I'm sorry baby. You're right, we are past that."

Hermione and Draco talked a bit more as they cuddled up on the couch. They had danced a few dances and were watching the telly. The telly only held Draco's interest for short periods of time. He didn't understand the purpose of it all even as Hermione quipped, "Most of it is for entertainment purposes Draco." Draco nodded as he moved to put his head in Hermione's lap.

Hermione began to run her fingers through Draco's hair. Draco loved when Hermione did this and she loved to do it. It was one of the things besides sex which would calm and relax her wizard.

Draco was calm but a little excited as well as he laid there thinking about all the shite that was going to go down in the morning. The Ministry Service would be making their moves starting at 9:00 am. The criminals were going down and it might be the day his mandatory duty ended. There were some big, powerful names contained on the lists Draco had turned into Ministry Service. Milan was in for a shake up.

Draco really hoped tomorrow would be his last duty day. He had a life to live. He and Hermione had gotten engaged on Saturday the 2nd and since then he hadn't had time to get an engagement party planned. As soon as he was free from this duty all that was going to change. Draco wanted the world to know Hermione Granger had consented to be his wife and planned to talk to Hannah this weekend about giving an engagement party for Hermione. At some point he and Hermione would have to sit down to discuss a wedding date, but he wanted to give his fiancée the surprise engagement party first.

At 11:00 pm Hermione suggested they go to bed. Draco hopped up.

Hermione laughed, "Calm down you git. We're going to bed to sleep, tomorrow is going to be a busy day."

Draco mocked her as he whispered in her ear. "I'm not asking for a huge shag. I just want an itty, bitty shag. There's a difference you know."

Hermione giggled this time and cheeked, "Come on wizard, bed without any shags is what's on the menu."

Draco grabbed Hermione by the waist and joked, "Fine then, these boxers are staying on. Don't try to get into them later."

Hermione turned to kiss her wizard. Draco returned the kiss and told her how much he loved her and they went into the bedroom to go to bed and go to sleep.

The next morning Hermione thought, finally it's Friday. At the end of this day we will be in London having a jolly good time with our friends. I cannot wait go get away from Milan for a bit. She was in and out of the bathroom in twenty five minutes.

Draco was in and out in twenty. Hermione and Draco ate breakfast together and for the first time they flooed to work together. Draco's morning had already been planned out by way of orders from Harry. He was to remain at DLM for the entire morning. Auror Potter was looking out for his mate. He didn't want Draco anywhere in the vicinity of the places which were going to be raided that morning.

Hermione and Draco greeted Carmela as they separated to go to their respective offices.

Carmela let Hermione know Sal would be accompanying them to London. "I think it will be good for him to get away for a bit. Maybe he will meet a nice English witch. I asked Gaspare to join us but he begged off because he is going to be tied up this weekend."

Hermione smiled. "Spoken like a true mama who is always looking out for the babies." It had been Carmela's turn to grin.

Hermione conducted an employee meeting at 10:00 am. She glanced at Lorenzo, Maria and Ettore as she made her remarks about new and bigger things that would be happening at DLM in the near future. Hermione congratulated those who needed to be congratulated and made it known there were still some issues which needed to be addressed and would be brought forward at a future meeting.

Draco had taken down Hermione's locking charm and came to sit in on the meeting. Hermione noticed Carmela hand Draco some parchments as he entered the room. After she had addressed everything she wanted to say Hermione invited Draco to speak to his employees.

Draco thanked Hermione for allowing him to speak. All the employees laughed. Draco spoke for a few minutes then asked if anyone had any questions.

Ettore stood but he didn't have a question, he thanked Draco and Hermione for making worldwide Travels so much more convenient than it had been in the past.

Draco mentioned that the company would be making Travels even better down the line and that he was very pleased at how quickly they had picked up on the new rules.

Lorenzo had cheeked, "Do you mean to say we had a choice?" Hermione smiled while most of those in the room had laughed.

Draco turned to look at Hermione and retorted, "Point taken Ettore."

No one else had anything to say so Draco had called the meeting closed.

After the meeting Hermione had sat in Draco's office going over a few additional items and at 11:30 Draco asked Hermione if she and Carmela would like for him to take them to lunch.

"I would love for you to takes us to lunch, remarked Hermione. I'll ask Carmela if she wants to go as well." Hermione gave Draco a quick kiss and went to find Carmela.

Carmela accepted Draco's invitation for lunch as well and they ended up going to a muggle restaurant just outside wizarding Milan. Hermione and Carmela enjoyed grilled eggplant while Draco went for the pasta. They had an enjoyable lunch.

After lunch Hermione and Carmela wanted to stop in a lovely little shoe store but Draco wanted to get back. He had left the witches to their shopping and apparated back so he could check if there was any news about the raids.

When Draco got back to the office he didn't have any messages nor did he have any voice messages on his phone. He was getting antsy for lack of news about how things had gone. The raids were supposed to have started at 9:00 am and it was coming upon 1:30 pm. Draco thought there should have been some news but there wasn't much he could do other than wait.

Draco was still sitting there waiting when Carmela and Hermione got back from their shopping spree. Hermione peeked her head into his office to let him know they were back. Draco waved but didn't get up from his chair.

Hermione knew Draco had a lot on his mind concerning whatever was going on with Ministry Service so she went back to her office to start her weekly review of orders, shipments and miscellaneous items and left him to himself.

Hermione was three quarters of the way through her review when Carmela came rushing into her office with news. She exclaimed, "I've just gotten off the phone with Fausto. He called to tell me that there has been a push against all the big shot criminals. He didn't know much but he did know that three of the big shots who had been arrested were Emiliano Lozier, Matteo Demma and Abramo Galluzzo."

Hermione let out a shriek then covered her mouth. Draco came striding into Hermione's office with his wand out when he heard her shriek. He had looked around and saw that all was well. He had put his wand away and glanced between Hermione and Carmela.

Carmela was the first to answer. "I have just spoken to Fausto. He told me there has been a big push on criminals. He didn't know all the details but he did know three of Italy's wealthiest citizens Matteo Demma, Abramo Galluzzo and Emiliano Lozier have been arrested and are in Auror custody. Fausto did make mention that the push was done without help from the Italian Aurors. Ministry Service brought in Aurors from England, Spain, Wales and Ireland. It seems Ministry Service wasn't taking any chances on the criminals slipping away by paying someone off or getting away because they had been warned by Italian Aurors who are in their pockets."

Draco smiled at Hermione and Carmela and excused himself to his office. In his office Draco let a big grin spread across his face while he tapped his fingers on the desk. Draco hoped this would be the end of his mandatory duty as well as the end for all the criminals.

Draco knew he had been meticulous with the information he turned in to Ministry Service. Every T had been crossed and every I dotted. He had turned in plenty on Demma. Demma was the worst type of wealthy wizard, very much like Lucius had been for most of his life. Nothing mattered to Demma if he wanted something. He would push anyone out of his way. Draco had turned in information that would curl the hair of most legitimate and lawful wizards.

Demma was instrumental in the capture and torture of a former shopkeeper who had come down on the wrong side of him. It seems the supplier would not allow Demma and his crowd to use his business as a cover to ship illegal and sometimes dangerous products. This hadn't set well with Abramo Galluzzo one of Demma's best mates. Draco had turned in evidence which showed Galluzzo had gone to Demma for help and the end result was a near death experience for the supplier.

It had taken Draco almost two weeks to track down the wizard and ask for his help. The supplier had been very reluctant to talk about any of it. In the end, Draco had to help the wizard and his family relocate before he would agree to tell his story and testify in court. Draco had documented everything thoroughly and turned it all in to Ministry Service.

Draco hadn't been at liberty to tell anyone but he was very sure that's how DLM acquired Ministry business. Matteo Demma, Abramo Galluzzo and possibly Emiliano Lozier had driven the former supplier out of business after almost killing him.

Draco wasn't sure if Emilio knew how or why the previous supplier had gone out of business and Draco didn't care. What Draco did know was Emilio would be going down with the rest of them if he was involved in any of it.

Just before 5:00 pm Draco received a call from his handler at Ministry Service who specified he be at their regular contact point on Monday at 9:00 am. The handler thanked Draco for the amazing job he and Amelia had done. He also revealed they would be formally ending his tenure with Ministry Service on Monday. The handler reminded Draco to keep details to himself until after the trials which were sure to come. Draco thanked him and confirmed his appearance for Monday.

Draco hung up the phone a happy wizard. This whole episode was about to be over. Because he had worked undercover Draco wasn't sure if had to attend any of the trials. He would probably be told if his presence was required in court on Monday. Draco had bent over backwards to insure every piece of evidence he turned in was pristine and backed up with documentation just to avoid his need to be present in court. Draco leaned back in his chair and smiled….at nothing.

Before she left, Carmela stopped by Draco's office to tell him she, Fausto and Sal would see them at the house.

Hermione came in to congratulate him on an undercover job well done. Draco had remarked, "Thank you love. Your tape recording is a big part of the charges which will be leveled against Emiliano Lozier."

Hermione grinned and answered, "Glad to be of help my wizard."

Draco stood up and hugged his fiancee as he whispered, "I got a call. It looks like all my undercover duties are over. Ministry Service and myself will be parting ways as of Monday at 9:00 am. I am chuffed. Let's go home and get ready to floo to London.