14th December 1980

My Dearest Daughter.

By the time you read this I believe that I will be long gone. As I look at you now and see your smiling face, I do not know how I can leave you but know that I must. I know that your Uncle Severus will take care of you and I leave you with, what I hope is the best possible future.

I hope you have lived a good life and will continue to have a wonderful life. I can only imagine the life that you will go on to have, because it all seems so unimaginable. I know that you are brave, intelligent, strong and kind. You deserve an explanation.

I am asking my friend and colleague Lucius to take my life. For I trust him to do it well. His wife Narcissa is your Godmother and I am sure they will take care of you if you needed them. They are wonderful people. There are reasons that I cannot tell you now but perhaps one day Lucius will be able to tell you.

It is with the heaviest of hearts that I must leave you.

My darling, my baby, my little Lou.

Mummy x

VARM ERD SON TE SKINA ME, UPPREIST SINK ET VEKR SLITNA