Miles tried to convey his most apologetic look, hearing the distinct sarcasm and seeing the look Cass gave him. "If I could do anything, you know I would." Although he really had not tried to find Cass' mother. He had his suspicions on where she was being kept. Where else but the dungeons at the Lestrange Manor?
"I haven't been able to locate your mother." he replied contritely.
He wasn't expecting what Cass said next, however, and as he saw the look on his friend's face at the mention of it. "I - he won't be having you watched." Miles shook his head. "He'll expect me to be keeping the eye on you."
At the mention of being kicked out, he wondered for a second if it was a bit of a setup, but then he heard the tone in Cass' voice, and that look in his eyes. He'd truly been in love. Fuck! "I'm sorry," he added, knocking back his own drink. Even so, he knew that Rodolphus would not like hearing that news, and if it meant Cass couldn't deliver on the things Rodolphus was expecting to hear, then he figured Cass' mother was more likely than not, dead.
He just hoped it never came to him being asked to kill Cass. Anything, but that.