White petals speckled with pink, going into a darker pink center and lips. It wasnt in a pot like most plants but rather a tall, cylindrical vase with...its ashy green roots curled up all around it, the thicker ones growing up and over the pot. So pretty, she whispered, wondering why the Weasleys would send her such a gift. Sweets she was used to, but an orchid? Looking inside the box once more, she found a letter. To her surprise it was Mr Weasley not Mrs. Weasley whod sent the gift. Dear. Why didn’t you?”“The short answer is that I don’t like killing unless necessary,” he answered in a low voice. No sense in taking a chance on the wind revealing them to a sharp-eared soldier. “I felt we had enough of an advantage to make killing them unnecessary. Other than that, I have made a very powerful friend in Lantaris who feels he owes me a favor. I’m sure that favor would vanish if I killed some of his men. In essence, to kill one of them I would have had to take out the entire company. She told Karen all the true story about she needing photos to probe that Karen was a porno model, she told her about how being drunk she had send pictures of herself nude but with her face blocked to comply with the request. She then told her how Ms. Barbara had asked for real studio photos, and she knew they would have to be of herself again. She told her about the photo session, of course omitting the humiliating details, and finally about the previous day dialogue with Ms. Barbara."So what. I’m glad of that because it let me ambush you like this and join you with Mom and Dad ... oh, Gods ... I have two fathers now! I love surprising you this way! Mom and Dad raised me, but they told me the truth more recently, now that I’m old enough to know,” Summer told me with kisses to my neck and shoulders.“I wondered ... about that detail. Why didn’t you tell me, Stacey? I would have stepped up for you and Summer ... just as I would have for Dani and Philippa. Jay, you raised my daughter ....