"Oh." Melody murmured, withdrawing her hand from his in her embarrassment. How could she not have known that? Perhaps it wasn't something he would have shared after their marriage, but it had to have come up before he was sent away to Canada? Melody couldn't remember.

She frowned, her mortification obvious to see on her features. His parents had died in a horrific tragedy, hadn't they? A fire? No, that didn't feel right. It had something to do with their home, of that she was certain. Merlin, how could she not know how his parents died?!

"I'm sorry for not knowing its importance." Melody quietly said.

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