Okay. Right. She needed to pull herself together. Roxanne was quite good at rolling with the punches.. you had to be, growing up in their house. She sniffled slightly and took a deep breath, subconsciously reaching for her wand in her pocket. It made her feel better to find it still there.
She nodded at her uncle's final words. Maybe everyone would turn up, her parents, brother and cousins and the rest. She had to believe they would - Roxanne wasn't really sure how to be on her own. And like he said, there were enough of them. The odds were good, right?
"Okay," she said quietly. Roxanne shoved another mouthful of bread and soup into her mouth, chewing thoughtfully just for something to do. "So..." she swallowed, "what now?"