Rose and Hermione were pretending to keep busy while waiting for Hugo. There was a blaze in the floo and the shame-faced teenager came through. "Mum, I’m sorry. Alright. The news hit me like a tonne of bricks. I shouldn’t have said I was disgusted, but it was such a shock. You know, nothing has been the same, since you and dad... split up. It’s a big change and it overwhelmed me. It’s not an excuse, I’m just explaining how I felt."