[Sherlock Holmes] The Rose and the Thorn

The matter of Morstan was successfully resolved, and most of her jewelry box sank into the Thames River, but she still lived a simple and happy life, which was the most gratifying thing for Claire.

This incident heated up the relationship between Morstan and Watson a lot, and Morstan's affection for him could no longer be concealed.Watson, who was always actively looking for opportunities to get closer, was even more brave and responsible in this case, which made Morstan, who had already been shaken, fall in love with him even more.This simple and virtuous woman, the praise for him in her eyes is self-evident.

The wound on Claire's neck is slowly healing, but her mind is not stable for a moment. One morning three days after "The Sign of Four" ended, the door of the apartment was knocked with a very strong force.At that time, Claire and her two tenants were dining, and Morstan, who said he was going to visit her, was among them, but the knock on the door interrupted all the originally harmonious conversation.

It was White who opened the door, and hurried footsteps were heard on the stairs in an instant. To the surprise of Claire and other people present, when they saw the person who came, the anger and worry on his face were really undisguised. , fully revealed:

"Victor!" Claire stood up from her seat in surprise. Claire, who was surprised by his expression, continued to ask in a low voice after noticing his messy clothes and protruding beard, "Oh my God ,What's wrong with you?"

"..." Victor frowned. He looked at Claire carefully, and when his eyes fell on her neck, which was deliberately covered by the high collar, his eyes finally froze.

Morstan looked at the man standing in front of the door in surprise. In his impression, the man he fell in love with at first sight more than a month ago was not so depressed. He should be more energetic and enthusiastic, not the decadent look he is now.

"Sure enough..." He muttered in a low voice, but even so, the anxiety on his expression continued unabated.Claire noticed his gaze, and when she reflexively touched her finger to her neck, she finally turned around in surprise.It was as if a mistake had been discovered.She didn't intend to tell Victor about this, because she knew that her brother would definitely entangle Oswald about it.But now, seeing everything can't be covered with paper.

Everyone remained silent. Holmes sat across the table. The off-white sunshine in London in the early morning was extremely warm, which contrasted sharply with Victor in the shadows.

Watson turned his head to look at the detective on the side. He seemed a little displeased, and the astonishing deterrence in his eyes made him even more puzzled.Not long after, Holmes winked at Watson, and the doctor clapped Morstan with understanding, and asked her to take a walk with him in the streets of London in the early morning.

Both of them are smart people, and they quickly pulled away from this embarrassing situation.They more or less understood the reason for Victor's sudden appearance here, but more, they couldn't and couldn't know.

When there were only three people left in the living room, Holmes, who was originally silent, spoke slowly:

"Treve, maybe you can come over for breakfast." The content was light, but the tone was extremely heavy.Claire sat at the dining table with her back to Victor. No one knew her expression, but in a sense, it was because she was escaping.

The man standing at the door was a little dazed, and it took him a long time to raise his head and squeeze his lips tightly:

"Holmes, you'd better give me a reasonable reason." He was very unhappy. When he walked to the dining table from a distance, there seemed to be a kind of anger in his eyes, which was rarely seen as if it had reached the bottom line. .

Victor pulls out a chair next to Claire and sits down, while the woman is drawn into the sunlight, raising her eyes to a point in the distance:

"I'm handling a case." Holmes replied, "It's really hard to think about this matter, but I admit that I, who didn't think about it, really have an unshirkable responsibility." What Holmes said made Claire sound awkward. Never once did Clare ask him to defend her and Holmes answered as if it should have been so from the start.

So after the perceptive woman noticed this meaning, she immediately raised her head and looked in the direction of Holmes:

"Are you hiding something from me?"

After these words, both Holmes and Victor fell silent.In the peaceful living room, the three of them were frozen there like characters in an oil painting.

"I'll let him take care of you." After Victor explained, Claire immediately opened her eyes wide:

"Take care?" She frowned and looked at the two people around her, "The person being taken care of is kept in the dark?" She looked at Victor beside her and Sherlock Holmes at the opposite table. The harmonious relationship is only because of a simple "care" by the elder brother?

"But Holmes, my sister almost lost her life." He was a little irritable, and his expression was full of anger after saying this.

"Victor, wait, shouldn't you explain why you didn't tell me first?" Claire looked at him with a little amusement after finishing speaking.

"But Treve, you didn't keep the agreement with me." Holmes retorted. At this moment, Claire realized that the last time her brother came from afar to sleep with Holmes, she actually experienced many things she didn't know. , Maybe it can really be regarded as a far-reaching thing.

"That is my freedom, Holmes! It is only right to protect my sister!" He raised his voice and retorted, and Holmes mercilessly fought back again:

"But the result is as I expected. Look at your appearance, Treve! This is suicidal!" After the detective finished speaking earnestly, Claire, who was the key figure but was completely an outsider, finally stood up:

"Tell me, how many things have you been hiding from me?" She frowned, and after the resounding words ended, Victor and Holmes were silent again.

Victor didn't look at Claire, his mind was full of Claire's high collared neck.He felt ashamed of her, but he couldn't look at her and talk to her, tell her everything.It was his choice and his business, she didn't need to know, because Victor knew that if Claire knew all this, she would stop him.And that's what he hates the most.

"Holmes, let's go to your bedroom and talk." Victor obviously avoided Claire's question. After saying this, Claire looked at him with disbelief. For the first time, I ignored my own feelings and would rather bear the result of being hated by myself.

The detective agreed to his request, got up and walked to his bedroom.Claire bit her lip, and her anger spread in her heart. Seeing the two people disappear behind the door in the distance at the same time, Claire finally strode out of the living room.

Angry at them for keeping it from him, angry at Victor's reluctance to share his worries, and angry at Holmes' "care".The sudden incident in the early morning disrupted the emotions she had managed to calm down these days. Claire thought it was ridiculous, but she couldn't laugh at all.

Maybe if I wasn't so self-willed, things wouldn't go in the direction of getting out of hand.

The conversation between Victor and Holmes was not very long, about 10 minutes or so.When Claire heard footsteps outside her bedroom, she didn't open the door.She thought that since this was the case, she should completely shake off her hand.

She could clearly hear Victor standing in front of her door for a long time, and she could also clearly feel her heart beating hard.But the man didn't knock on the door, didn't say goodbye or explain, he walked down the stairs, and Claire didn't go out the door just as angry.

This willfulness between each other made them feel absolute regret after a long time.

When the sound of footsteps disappeared completely, Claire opened the door and stood at the top of the stairs, just in time to meet the eyes of Holmes who was about to go upstairs:

"What did you say?" Claire still frowned.

"there is nothing."

"You're fooling me again, sir," she said. "Perhaps I was calmer when I was younger. I mistakenly thought that the relationship with you had become harmonious. It turned out that it was only because of Victor's word 'care'." Clare was in a bad mood, and her dissatisfaction with Holmes had been exposed nakedly from these words.

But Holmes suddenly stopped on the stairs below, his gray eyes were like hooks at the moment, and the instant threat made Claire shut her mouth immediately:

"Claire, your distrust makes you angry and at the same time makes me angry." He seldom uttered such words, the angry Sherlock Holmes Clare has hardly seen, but now, the person in front of him shows this side completely. Revealed without concealment.

"..." The woman seemed to be shocked by his words, and when she backed away, her expression changed from displeasure to doubt.

Holmes looked at her, and when they were in a strange stalemate, he finally lifted his foot again and walked upstairs.

Claire never expected him to explain it this way, which is why it was so surprising when it happened.The woman watched him walk away from her, and did not speak again until Holmes reached the living room door:

"Wait a minute!" It seemed that if this person really walked in, he would miss something.But when he really stopped and turned to look at Claire, the woman didn't know how to speak.After a compromise, she opened her mouth, "That... you later..." She looked at Holmes with a subtle look, while the man in the backlight was still calm as usual, "...Did you ask Victor later? What is the reason for your poor attire today?"

"He is to protect you," Holmes replied. "Don't doubt that he may be the one who loves you the most in this world."

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