Lily continued her ascent up to the Gryffindor Tower, wondering if she should do the same: abandon Hogwarts, run away, thus giving everyone proof of her own guilt. But if no one had discovered her yet, why hadn't her family written to her? They had remembered to inform Hugo, but not about her birthday. And what would happen to Al, Cal, and the baby now that Scorpius had returned? She certainly couldn't rely on Dorian to protect them.