"Unfortunately, you would be right. Your mother was trying to help, but it could only lead to worse things in the end." Melinda gave a soft smile. "Though her heart was truly in the right place. I ended up sitting down with your mother and speaking to her honestly - asking for only two days worth of her trust and if she saw no improvement, I would leave. She sat in on those sessions and saw how I worked, and by the end of those days, your father's hands no longer shook. It was a great improvement."

Melinda listened in silence for some time, then, very softly, "...play. For me, now. Please." She had a hope, if Draco would do so, that perhaps Lucius was ready if he should hear it from across the house.