"If anything, you only get even more brilliant," she promised.
Victoire hesitated, but at last she moved to sit beside her aunt. She picked up a biscuit out of politeness, but she wasn't hungry and hadn't been for days. Her ear joke made her smile slightly again, but that was about it. She hadn't realised Ginny didn't know, not until this very moment. And something about rehashing it again made her heartsick, but maybe talking to someone who hadn't already heard twenty different versions and formed their own opinions would help. Maybe someone would finally be there without trying to defend Teddy.
"You don't know who Kitty's dad is, do you?" she said quietly. Her stomach twisted into knots, and she took a shaky breath. "Teddy. I married Teddy." And she desperately hoped that would be all the explanation her aunt would need to understand the situation.