Lucy laughed but shook her head. "Not back to Hogwarts." She'd loved her friends there, but that didn't mean she wanted to go back. She preferred being able to take pride in doing her job well to constant anxiety and hard work that never seemed to pay off. Sometimes she wondered what she could have been if she'd never got her letter. Maybe she'd have gone to university like Katie. "And I still live with my big sister, though she doesn't mother me as much as Katie would."
She levelled Ernie a challenging look. "I'd like to see you try." She watched him warily, ready for any sudden moves but not breaking her concentration from their chat. "Well, I guess someone wants me here." Someone had sent her that journal, and the Finnigan's leaflet after all. She just didn't know who.