Aside from the hectic first day of the holiday, when Roy withdrew money and took the children shopping, he had nothing else to do over the following days besides lie in bed reading and occasionally go downstairs to watch television with the children.
The television Roy had just bought was quite good. Although its picture quality was incomparable to that of his own era, it was a world apart from the old black-and-white television.
Harry sometimes came over during the following days as well. Although Roy had given him quite a bit of money, Harry still refused to take a taxi to the orphanage. With no other choice, Roy gave him his old beat-up bicycle. That bike had helped him haul all sorts of junk he had picked up from outside, and Roy was rather attached to it. But when he handed the keys to Harry, the boy's response caught him off guard.
"I can't ride a bicycle."
Roy had no choice but to have Kyle teach Harry how to ride. The lesson went smoothly. Unexpectedly, though Harry looked small and skinny, he was remarkably athletic. Kyle pushed him around the vacant lot across from the orphanage twice, and Harry was already able to ride on his own.
Other than that, nothing much happened. Roy did receive two letters. One was from Hogwarts, informing all students that the return date had been postponed by half a week. The other was from Cedric, asking how Roy was doing and briefly mentioning Connor's current condition.
According to Cedric, Connor had woken up, but he was still in the intensive care unit, and no one was allowed to visit him. Meanwhile, the Aurors had turned the school upside down without finding a single clue.
All of that was within Roy's expectations. He did