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Sarah smiled as she looked up from what she was doing, she had been quiet for ages and she wondered if the Professor had forgotten she was in the room, she put her hand to her chin whilest she tried to think of what was missing in what she was doing, suddenly it came to her and she quickly did it. She got up and handed the piece of parchment to the professor. "One picture of your room and you." She smiled, she loved drawing and she had decided the Professor might like a picture of him in the room. "What do you think?" she asked.
Antonio looked at the picture. "Why, this is very good, Sarah," he said honestly. "You have a real talent for drawing. You know, that's not something everyone can do. Have you ever thought about expanding your talent, so that other people can see it?" Antonio thought with talent like that, Sarah might have a career ahead of her.
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Esme "In this situation it's a little tricky. No matter what I do I'll be betraying someone I think of as family. Yet if I do nothing my conscience wont allow me to rest peacefully. 'Before I can live with other folks I must live with myself'" Reid quoted, although he was pretty sure he'd messed some parts of it up. "Yet I also think that if I don't say anything more people will get hurt than if I do." Looking down he began to play with his signet ring. "I was once told that you were a man to be trusted. Someone who could be talked to with little fear of having their secrets revealed." Turning around Reid saw the pictures of a girl and a woman. Obviously his wife and child. He didn't know if he should bring the Professor into it at this time. It would harm too many more. Yet he had to tell someone if only to talk it out. Mind made up Reid turned back to face Dumont.
"I probably shouldn't bring you into this, yet how can I not when you know so many of the people involved? I assume you remember Mei Lin, Sakura's older sister. Even if you don't she certainly remembers you. She warned me to stay away from talking to you. She said you would only hinder things. If I was really going to do what she wanted me to than you would. As it is I'm not the person she believes me to be. She's working with Edward Sawyer, Ruby's father on a plan that could prove to be detrimental to a few. I assume Ruby told you that her cousin is in LA. That's true yet Ruby doesn't know even half of what is going on. She doesn't know about the past so therefore she cannot know what is really happening now. The psychiatrist that Sakura is meant to be seeing will do her no good. They intend to try to brainwash her back to their side, back to her parents. They want me to work on Ruby, to assess her behaviour and see how she is acting and if she would be willing to follow them. If all else fails Mei Lin and Edward are willing to orchestrate the demise of Scorpious Malfoy, with him dead they think they can cow Narcissa into submission and get Ruby too. That's not the part that I fear though. I'm afraid of what will happen if those don't work." Reid said, leaving it at that, sure that he had unloaded too much on the Professor at once.
Antonio listened carefully to Reid as his worst fears were confirmed. Not only were Sakura and Ruby involved but worse, Death Eaters as well. It was almost as if he knew what Reid was going to say before he said it. He didn't want his family involved and yet, he knew that they would want to be, especially Bethany. In fact, as he thought of it, there was even a chance she might be able to help with this. He knew that by hearing what Reid had said, that he was already involved.
"I see," Antonio said. "Well, clearly we have to do something to prevent that from happening. We have to protect Sakura, Ruby and Narcissa, as well as yourself. Because if I know anything, they are going to be after you, too, as well as everyone you have confided this news in." Including myself, he thought. He knew he was already in too deep and there was no going back.