“They’ll be sending someone,” Tybalt said, sure of that &ndash not least because the Beauregards would all need to be interviewed as part of the case, lest there was some important detail about why Owen had been targeted. Still –
“But you should go and be there with them,” he added, regardless – it felt awful to make her go through all that again, and have to support her siblings and her parents when she was grieving too – but it was better if she wasn’t alone. And Tyb – he felt it too, of course he did; little Gryffindor Owen had always been his favourite Beauregard after Elsie, like a younger brother of his own – but he still felt something like an interloper, an outsider to their grief. “I’ll come, if you want me,” he offered, not sure if he would only be a nuisance to them, but wanting to help in some way, even if it was just to be there to tell law enforcement to leave them alone when they inevitably came knocking. He squeezed her shoulder a little too tightly. “I’ll do anything.”
“But you should go and be there with them,” he added, regardless – it felt awful to make her go through all that again, and have to support her siblings and her parents when she was grieving too – but it was better if she wasn’t alone. And Tyb – he felt it too, of course he did; little Gryffindor Owen had always been his favourite Beauregard after Elsie, like a younger brother of his own – but he still felt something like an interloper, an outsider to their grief. “I’ll come, if you want me,” he offered, not sure if he would only be a nuisance to them, but wanting to help in some way, even if it was just to be there to tell law enforcement to leave them alone when they inevitably came knocking. He squeezed her shoulder a little too tightly. “I’ll do anything.”
