RP--A Visit with the Solicitor
Title: A Visit with the Solicitor
Date: 6 October 1998
Time of Day: 9am
Characters: Andromeda Tonks, Teddy Lupin, August Franklin (NPC)
Location: August Franklin's law office, Sheffield, York
Status: Private
Brief Summary: Andromeda meets with her solicitor to discuss her choices and finances.
Completion: Complete
"Mrs. Tonks, Mr. Franklin will see you know," said the receptionist with a smile.
Andromeda got up from her seat and lifted Teddy into her arms and put his bag around her shoulder. When she was situated, she followed the young woman through the large, oak door. Andromeda had only been here a few times before and was a bit nervous to meet with the man again. The last time she was here, she and Ted had set up a trust fund for Dora. The memory brought back a flood of emotions; Dora had only been able to access that money for two years, when she turned twenty-one. That money would now become Teddy's.
She was led into a wood-paneled room and greeted by a man about her age, and an old friend of Ted's, August Franklin.
"Andie! So good to see you again," he said in his deep voice, kissing her on both cheeks. "And this is little Ted, eh?" He bent over and ruffled Teddy's hair, which quickly changed from his normal ash-blonde hair to his 'happy colour,' as Andromeda liked to refer to it, of royal blue. August jumped back slightly. "Oh my! He certainly is Dora's son, isn't he?" he said quietly, his eyes full of concern.
"Definitely." Andromeda sat in one of the leather chairs and placed Teddy on the floor with some of his toys. He immediately reached for the stuffed bear that Ron had given him. Ever since Ron stopped by, that bear was never far from Teddy's reach.
"So, I've been through Ted's files and there are a few things for you to sign. The trust fund transfer being the first." He went on to explain the legalities of reassigning the fund and Andromeda signed her name here, here and here. "Now, I don't know if Ted told you, but he invested in some property in Gloucestershire about a year and a half ago.
Andromeda's eyebrows shot up. "Really?" She closed her eyes and silently thanked Ted for this. She really didn't want to look at homes with real estate agents, Muggle or otherwise.
"Yes, indeed. And you can either continue to rent it to someone, or you can sell if you like. It should bring a fair profit." He began shuffling through the papers and withdrew a photograph. "Here's the house." He slid the photo across the table and Andromeda picked it up, her mouth falling open and her eyes welling with tears.
She and Ted have dreamed of a place like this for several years.
"It's beautiful," she whispered. "Where is it?"
"Eastcombe. Lovely little place. Here's a picture he took from the top of one of the hills." She handed her another photograph.
"He was going to surprise you on your fiftieth birthday with it. That's why he didn't tell you." he smiled warmly at her, as if he knew the inner turmoil she was going through. "I'd understand if you want to sell right away, Andie."
She looked up at August and shook her head. "No, I don't want to sell. I was actually going to talk to you about finding a new home. I can't live in Sheffield anymore. It's too far from my friends and family."
"Family?" he said, knowing of her family problems.
"My sister, Narcissa, and I are trying to work things out. In fact, I'm meeting her today for lunch later on."
He nodded. "Ted never liked her, you know."
"I think you're referring to my older sister, Bellatrix. She was the nasty one," Andromeda reminded him.
"Oh yes. The crazy one. What happened to her?" he asked, sitting back in his chair.
"She's dead," she stated plainly. "My best friend killed her."
"Oh." His voice was small, much different from his real voice.
"Don't sound that way, Auggie. It was in a war. Remember? Ted had to have told you about the nasty business going on in our world. Or your sister, even." August's sister was a witch, one of Andromeda's classmates.
"I keep forgetting. I swear she does something to my memory every time I see her."
Andromeda chuckled. "Either that or you're just getting old like the rest of us," she teased.
"Don't go there, Andie. You have perhaps seventy-five years left. Me? I have about twenty. You haven't changed in years. Still lovely as the day you married old Ted." This time, his smile reached his eyes.
Is he flirting with me?
She felt a blush rise in her cheeks and glanced down at Teddy playing happily on the floor.
"So, you want to move then?"
Andromeda turned her attention back to August. "Yes. When can that happen?"
"Well," he began, "we have to give the tenants three weeks notice. So, I'd say the second week of November."
Her face brightened at the thought. "Wonderful!"
"Oh, there is something you should know, too. There's a magical section of town as well."
"You're kidding?"
"Nope. Apothecary, bookshop and an owl post office. Ted had it all scouted out in case you two moved there." He handed her the information that Ted had gathered and scanned his familiar writing, which she missed in the past few months.
The rest of the hour was filled with signing more papers and getting everything in order for her move and the sale of her house, here in Sheffield.
When she left the office, she was excited and thrilled at the next step in her life.
Date: 6 October 1998
Time of Day: 9am
Characters: Andromeda Tonks, Teddy Lupin, August Franklin (NPC)
Location: August Franklin's law office, Sheffield, York
Status: Private
Brief Summary: Andromeda meets with her solicitor to discuss her choices and finances.
Completion: Complete
"Mrs. Tonks, Mr. Franklin will see you know," said the receptionist with a smile.
Andromeda got up from her seat and lifted Teddy into her arms and put his bag around her shoulder. When she was situated, she followed the young woman through the large, oak door. Andromeda had only been here a few times before and was a bit nervous to meet with the man again. The last time she was here, she and Ted had set up a trust fund for Dora. The memory brought back a flood of emotions; Dora had only been able to access that money for two years, when she turned twenty-one. That money would now become Teddy's.
She was led into a wood-paneled room and greeted by a man about her age, and an old friend of Ted's, August Franklin.
"Andie! So good to see you again," he said in his deep voice, kissing her on both cheeks. "And this is little Ted, eh?" He bent over and ruffled Teddy's hair, which quickly changed from his normal ash-blonde hair to his 'happy colour,' as Andromeda liked to refer to it, of royal blue. August jumped back slightly. "Oh my! He certainly is Dora's son, isn't he?" he said quietly, his eyes full of concern.
"Definitely." Andromeda sat in one of the leather chairs and placed Teddy on the floor with some of his toys. He immediately reached for the stuffed bear that Ron had given him. Ever since Ron stopped by, that bear was never far from Teddy's reach.
"So, I've been through Ted's files and there are a few things for you to sign. The trust fund transfer being the first." He went on to explain the legalities of reassigning the fund and Andromeda signed her name here, here and here. "Now, I don't know if Ted told you, but he invested in some property in Gloucestershire about a year and a half ago.
Andromeda's eyebrows shot up. "Really?" She closed her eyes and silently thanked Ted for this. She really didn't want to look at homes with real estate agents, Muggle or otherwise.
"Yes, indeed. And you can either continue to rent it to someone, or you can sell if you like. It should bring a fair profit." He began shuffling through the papers and withdrew a photograph. "Here's the house." He slid the photo across the table and Andromeda picked it up, her mouth falling open and her eyes welling with tears.
She and Ted have dreamed of a place like this for several years.
"It's beautiful," she whispered. "Where is it?"
"Eastcombe. Lovely little place. Here's a picture he took from the top of one of the hills." She handed her another photograph.
"He was going to surprise you on your fiftieth birthday with it. That's why he didn't tell you." he smiled warmly at her, as if he knew the inner turmoil she was going through. "I'd understand if you want to sell right away, Andie."
She looked up at August and shook her head. "No, I don't want to sell. I was actually going to talk to you about finding a new home. I can't live in Sheffield anymore. It's too far from my friends and family."
"Family?" he said, knowing of her family problems.
"My sister, Narcissa, and I are trying to work things out. In fact, I'm meeting her today for lunch later on."
He nodded. "Ted never liked her, you know."
"I think you're referring to my older sister, Bellatrix. She was the nasty one," Andromeda reminded him.
"Oh yes. The crazy one. What happened to her?" he asked, sitting back in his chair.
"She's dead," she stated plainly. "My best friend killed her."
"Oh." His voice was small, much different from his real voice.
"Don't sound that way, Auggie. It was in a war. Remember? Ted had to have told you about the nasty business going on in our world. Or your sister, even." August's sister was a witch, one of Andromeda's classmates.
"I keep forgetting. I swear she does something to my memory every time I see her."
Andromeda chuckled. "Either that or you're just getting old like the rest of us," she teased.
"Don't go there, Andie. You have perhaps seventy-five years left. Me? I have about twenty. You haven't changed in years. Still lovely as the day you married old Ted." This time, his smile reached his eyes.
Is he flirting with me?
She felt a blush rise in her cheeks and glanced down at Teddy playing happily on the floor.
"So, you want to move then?"
Andromeda turned her attention back to August. "Yes. When can that happen?"
"Well," he began, "we have to give the tenants three weeks notice. So, I'd say the second week of November."
Her face brightened at the thought. "Wonderful!"
"Oh, there is something you should know, too. There's a magical section of town as well."
"You're kidding?"
"Nope. Apothecary, bookshop and an owl post office. Ted had it all scouted out in case you two moved there." He handed her the information that Ted had gathered and scanned his familiar writing, which she missed in the past few months.
The rest of the hour was filled with signing more papers and getting everything in order for her move and the sale of her house, here in Sheffield.
When she left the office, she was excited and thrilled at the next step in her life.