'He was a lovely little boy.'

Draco listened politely, not wanting to rush the couple. Weasley reminded him often enough about his poor people skills. It still didn't change the fact he had come here to find out what they knew exactly, and to find out who Theo Mason was.

'Came to us as a baby.'

Draco re-framed from rolling his eyes. He disliked the small talk part, but Weasley said the small talk was when most people would reveal the most about themselves. "Strange what you can find out when you let people ramble on for long enough." Draco wondered if Potter had taught him that. But then he realised that they were both right, just how odd was that statement; "came to us as a baby", all human beings were born as a baby.

'When you say came?' Draco said.

'What my wife means is that we adopted him,' Mr Mason said, 'We were his foster parents, and he brought such - well we couldn't bear to part with him.'

'And his parents - birth parents, sorry,' Draco said, 'Do you know what became of them?'

Mrs Mason sniffled, 'No, Theo's adoption file was closed. That only happens when the parents' do not wish to know or want to have any future contact, or the child was taken from an abusive home.' at his surprised look she explained further, 'I used to work with social services.' she wiped her eyes, stopping the forming tears from falling, 'that's how - how we came to get Theo. I was on duty when he was handed over. It was only meant to be for one night, as we were already on the register - we were only meant to care for him for one night - then it turned - it turned out different.'

'I hate to ask,' Draco said, 'but was he your only -'

'Yes,' Mr Mason said, 'We tried, but we were never able to. Theo - turned up when we needed him most.'

'I can't imagine the pain it caused you, to lose your son.'

Mrs Mason sobbed even harder, and Mr Mason put an arm around her to comfort her.

'Sorry,' Mrs Mason mumbled, 'the police said it was one of those burglaries gone wrong -' she shook her head, 'nothing could have been done - gone by their time of arrival.'

'I - I - I'm sorry to have to put you both through this again,' Draco said, 'It's will just be most helpful, like a said, we've got someone either the same culprit or an impersonator -'

'Can't be the culprit,' Mr Mason said, frowning, 'the man that killed our son is in prison - for murder - he's still serving his sentence.'

'I apologize,' Draco said, 'the case details are rather new to me - I haven't been able to go through everything just yet. I just wished to speak with you. I wanted to know what your son was like. To see if he had been targeted for some reason.'

'You don't know about Harianna then?' Mr Mason said.

'Like I said I haven't gone through all the notes, I saw her name, the only details I saw were about her parents who were listed as deceased.' Draco said.

'Poor thing,' Mrs Mason said, a look of pure loathing spread across her face, 'and those relatives of hers - the way they treated her. Why she was just a child!'

'Dear don't get yourself worked up.'

'I'll get worked up if I want to,' Mrs Mason said, 'Only her cousin bothered to show up, remember, her aunt and uncle couldn't find the time - find the time - ha! yeah right!'

'I'm sorry, I'm a little lost,' Draco said, looking from Mr Mason to Mrs Mason.

'Harianna,' Mr Mason said, 'is - was - our son's wife. The police thought that was the reason why they were targeted. Harianna's parents - she found out that they left her quite a bit of money - that she had a lot of money.'

So that had been the story that they had spun them. They used Potters wealth as a way to cover up how Theo Mason had actually died.

'We think that's why they got on so well - both orphans of a sort,' Mrs Mason said, 'they did seem rather suited for one another.'

'I might need to talk to her, do you know where I can find her?' Draco said.

They looked at each other, clearly startled then back at him, it was Mr Mason who replied, 'The same place you'll find our son. We buried them - buried them both together.'