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Originally Posted by Pinky

Thea talk to Lucian... Tamara shook her head politely. There was no need for Althea to get involved in the Scamander mess. "Jonah and he will work it out or stay the hell away from one another. They are both grown men. They have to work it out for themselves." End of story. "And please... don't go to that... PLACE. My boy... he is too good and smart and EVERYTHING to be in a place like that," she said quietly as she looked away. He was, you know. Too good.

The girls. Now they brought the smallest of smiles to her face. "Deidra is much better now. Seems to have gotten her stuff together. The girls seem to be getting on much better now, yes." At least in front of mum anyway... she had no idea what happens behind closed doors.

Then Thea turned ICE QUEEN on her. HMPH. "Listen here, Althea Schirmer... I am not the one to be haughty with. I am a concerned family member... not a harpy like the others who want to make you miserable. I merely meant to come and check on you. Whether you are accustomed to speaking openly or not, you know that I am always here to listen. No judgement, sealed lips," Tamara said sharply. She loathed when her LITTLE cousin tried to get snappish with her. Sighing quietly she shifted in her seat as she watched the younger one go to a shelf and pluck out...

A dictionary. How clever. Rolling her eyes fiercely she pushed the book back across the table at Althea. "I am well aware of the book definition of the word broken." She had been a Ravenclaw after all. "Althea... I don't expect you or anyone else to understand, but it works for us right now. I love my husband... if you could even consider him that anymore. I love him dearly and shall never truly love another man. We just cannot live together. Jonah wanted his freedom and I wanted mine. This works." Most of the time. Tamara couldn't hide the wounded tone to her voice of the look in her eyes. She and Jonah had issues... but she was sure he would never come home. And if he did that would mean she would likely lose Lucian. If she had to choose between her husband and her first born child. Well it was a no brainer.

"I hope you're right." But it seemed to her that Lucian went out of his way to act out, like a little boy. He was too old for that sort of carry on. She did smile slightly at mention of that PLACE. She wasn't nearly so bothered by it as Tamara. She would leave it alone though.

"That's a help." Better than the two of them fighting, which Tamara didn't need.

... Althea didn't answer that whole thing. She had no intention of talking to anyone about anything. She was fine. Just fine.

She gave her cousin a sharp look. She wasn't dumb. But she did let it go. Tamara could continue lying to herself for all she cared - it wouldn't make it more true.

"Well I have to get back to work."