She kept waiting for his face to bubble and morph back into its usual older self. Or for her brother to pop up from under a table or something. But nothing happened, not even as she shoved another mouthful of food in her mouth.
"Okaaaay," she replied. "I mean, I get committing to a bit, but this is a hard one to sell. Even for you guys."
Swallowing her food, she looked around for Freddie again. But the hall was still eerily quiet. How would they have got into Hogwarts, anyway? You weren't allowed in over summer unless you were staff, everyone knew that.
Roxanne glanced back at her uncle, the first stirring of unease in her stomach. "Seriously, what's going on?"