year three ensues
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"She didn't do anything wrong, I went for services and was enchanted by the sound of her voice. Where's our child?"

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"Your -? Who do you think you are?"

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"I am Rebecca's affianced and I am here for the child we are going to raise together alongside our own and I don't see what your objections are, here, really, children should have a mother and father."

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Someone who is probably Rebecca's little sister ducks under their mother's arm with a bundle and thrusts it at him.

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He takes the bundle. "Thank you very much," he says, and turns to go.

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There is the sound of a slap, behind him, and angry shouting too overlapped to hear.

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He goes back to find Rebecca. He doesn't totally know how to hold a baby. "A younger girl gave it to me did she likely give me the right one -"

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"- looks like me but frecklier?" Rebecca takes the baby; she knows how to hold it.

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"Yes. Sh-sh-sh-sh - did she say what they've been calling it, if they've given it a name -"

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"No, should I go back and ask -"

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"It's too young to remember and I had names picked I just - could've used it for a middle name -"

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Pop, he's back on the doorstep. He knocks again.

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The shouting inside reaches a peak. A little brother peeps out the window.

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"Hi. Do you know what they were calling Rebecca's baby?"

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"Caroline," he whispers. "Will Rebecca visit us."

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"I'll make sure it's easy for her to do that if she wants."

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"Okay," whispers the little brother. "Tell Rebecca she's just like when Judith was a baby."

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"I will. Thank you. What's your name?"

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"John."

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"Caroline," he tells Rebecca, "and I'm to tell you 'she's just like when Judith was a baby'."

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"Oh, good, that will be easier." She has put the baby to her breast - "I have no idea if this works, after this long, but she's giving it a good try - Catherine Caroline."

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"If it doesn't I think there're potions for it - flying on a broomstick with a baby is not ideal -"

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"Much harder to hold on. What's the way to do it with one, then?"

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"Carpets, or Floo, or carriages - the nearest place with Floo's not far, we could walk there..."

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