Ron finished cleaning the Three Broomsticks taproom. Rosemerta trusted him enough to close up without her. She'd been dropping hints about wanting to retire part-time, only working when she had a mind to. That would come with another raise. Which was good because Lavender had been hinting she wanted to get married. He'd told her the truth about Hermione and now she occasionally seethed that the bucktoothed swot beat her down the aisle. Ron never mentioned that he had planned to marry Hermione and keep Lavender as a mistress. He still fumed when he thought of Hermione's betrayal. She knew she was supposed to stay with him. His mother ordered her to. Once the war was over he would have ordered her to marry him, wording it like a proposal. That way he would have a respectable and obedient wife. Then he would have carried on as he wished. He grimaced, Lavender kept a close watch over him to keep him from wandering. Briefly, he considered using a charm on her but worried he might mistreat her.