"Draco Malfoy, you... imbecile! I did not unexpectedly leave this world for you to reject our son for something he’s notresponsible for!" Her voice broke as her emotions rolled off her tongue, her tears blurring her vision. "You know it’s not his fault! I—" She was at loss for words. What could she possibly say to someone who couldn’t hear her? "Look, I don’t know the full extent of what happened in that hospital room, but what I know fore sure is that you’re too smart to think Scorpius has anything to do with it. And even if it were the case, he’s our son!" Her hands were shaking at her sides now. "You can’t do this to him—to me. Not when he’s never needed you more. Not when I can’t be here to hold him in my arms and tell him that everything will be okay." Her voice faltered, and she let herself fall to her knees. "I know it’s still early for that, but as much as it hurts, you’ll eventually have to go on without me. And since I won’t be here to do it... you’ll have to love him for me. Love him as I would have, and as I always will, like the parent you never thought you would be that I know you will become."