Rose opened the letters and read them. As expected, they were full of emotion, reprimands, requests for reconsideration, and clumsy attempts at condescension, but she had already explained it to them many times: asking Draco Malfoy for a roof over her head didn't mean in any way cutting ties with her family. If she did not want to live at the Burrow, it was for other reasons. She had clung to the closeness of Scorpius's grave to seem more credible, but she had also made it clear that the Manor was just a place to stay while she decided what to do with her life.