James interrupted his thoughts. "Lily, we will arrange for a barrister and plead innocent for these outrageous lies. You know that Rita was making things up and Severus was clearly lying out of jealousy." Albus was stunned. He didn’t need this right now. If James or Lily plead innocent, then Amelia would force veritesarem on both and they would tell everyone everything. It would destroy his reputation and life and the order would be disgraced. Albus needed to stop both of them talking.