Baker Street Charterers

"Clap clap-"

Moriarty applauded, his deep eyes showed great interest, he seemed to be surprised by Nora's performance just now, he leaned slightly, as if he didn't see Marianne after standing up With a pale face, he said in a somewhat regretful tone, "Holmes, you have always been lucky. You discovered this treasure earlier than me."

"It's not just luck." Holmes shrugged. "It's just that I discovered this treasure five years earlier than you."

"Then should you fulfill your promise?" Nora's sleeves were rolled up, her skirt was knotted, her curly hair was messy, and she looked very embarrassed, but her eyes were amazingly bright, "Give us back Miss Judy."

"Of course, no problem." Moriarty spread his hands, "Sandra."

"Yes." The red-haired woman put away the gun respectfully, opened the curtain, and took this girl who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, with a delicate face and a terrified expression, out after a short while.

Ella seemed to want to say something, but Moriarty swallowed her words in the end because of Moriarty's calm expression.

"Judy?" Nora asked.

The young girl nodded timidly. She was very disturbed, her whole body was trembling slightly, and her eyes were always sneaking subconsciously at Ella, obviously out of fear and apprehension.Nora passed Ella's face calmly, showing a smile, and gestured towards Holmes with her hands behind her back, and said softly, "Thank you so much, Mr. Moriarty...Judy, come with us. "

Moriarty smiled and said nothing, but Judy stood there, hesitating.

Nora frowned, "Judy?"

"I..." The young girl bit her lip, glanced at Ella, and said tremblingly, "I, I don't want to go..."

"What did you say?" Nora suspected that she had heard wrong.

"I don't want to go." Judy finally plucked up the courage to say, "I, I don't want to go back to the life I used to... Although it's not good now... But at least, I don't have to beg any more, wander around outside, see people Wink..."

Nora was stunned, and even Holmes next to her paused slightly, but Ella laughed softly, "Tsk tsk... see, Miss Nora, our little Judy doesn't want to go with you. She can live very well with me, why go back and suffer with you, don't you, Judy?"

Judy bit her lip and nodded slightly.

"Would you rather be a prostitute who sleeps thousands of people, than be an innocent person?" Nora asked softly.

Judy's face turned pale, and she didn't speak.But the answer is already very clear.

"Has Miss Judy considered it?" asked Holmes.

"Sorry……"

"Very good." Nora nodded, her face was calm and her tone was light, "In this way I can explain to Delia that the friend she asked us to bring back would rather be a shameless prostitute- Girl, we've done what we have to do, and I don't think she'll blame us."

"Delia..." Judy murmured, "She...is she doing well..."

"It's doing well," said Nora. "She's a smart girl and always knew what she was supposed to do and what she wanted in life."

Judy fell silent suddenly.

"Now, with your permission," Nora turned her head and smiled at Moriarty, "can we go first?"

"Sir——" Marianne rushed over to stop him, but Moriarty raised his hand, watching Nora and Holmes turn around and walk away, with calm eyes, "Let them go."

"But……"

"Look, I found something more interesting." Moriarty smiled gracefully, "A black cat who knows how to hide its claws, usually noble and harmless, suddenly scratches you, but the pain is unforgettable... ..."

There was a chilling light in Marianne's eyes, but she heard Moriarty's tone suddenly change, becoming softer and softer, "As for you... you acted without my permission, you want to do it in front of me. , killed her in front of Holmes, do you think that I, Moriarty, am such a person who doesn't keep my promises and only plays dirty tricks?"

Marianne's eyes widened suddenly, and she knelt down, trembling all over, "No... I was wrong, sir, I'm sorry—"

"Don't be sorry to me, only incompetent people would say sorry," Moriarty put on his white gloves slowly, and seemed to ignore the sudden change of Moran's face and Marianne's stiff body, "I never needed Weak people, they just keep apologizing, but in fact, it doesn't help me at all."

He lowered his eyes, looked at Marianne's pleading face, and smiled slightly, "It seems that after we go back, we have many things to discuss again, dear."

……

It wasn't until it was confirmed that Moriarty's people hadn't followed that they walked to the police station together before they breathed a sigh of relief and their expressions returned to normal.

"I want to apologize..." Nora inhaled lightly, "I should be full of courage and fighting spirit now, but in fact... I only feel lucky and exhausted."

Holmes looked much calmer. He straightened his collar and smiled slightly, "I think...they are the ones who should feel lucky—your skills are much better than I imagined."

"Uh..." Hearing his subtext, Nora touched her nose guiltily, "About this... Xiali, I swear, I will definitely tell you all the truth about it in the future."

Holmes lowered his eyes slightly and stared at her. Nora also raised her head to look back, her emerald green eyes warm and bright.

Holmes paused for a few seconds, thought for a moment, and then said slowly, "Actually... I want to know more. Apart from this, what else do you have that I should know but haven't told me?"

Nora raised her eyebrows, "You really want to know?"

Holmes leaned slightly, his gray eyes narrowed subconsciously, "I have no reservations about you, and I hope that my partner will also be honest with me. This request is not too much."

"Okay then." Nora turned serious and said seriously, "You should know something that I haven't told you..."

"'I love you'—does that count?"

Holmes was stunned for a rare moment, his eyes suddenly went blank, and he seemed to be in a daze.

There was a smile in Nora's eyes, "Did I never say this to you... I thought it was something we knew each other well, so I didn't need to say it, but what happened just now made me I changed my mind... I love you, it's true, and I think you should know it, because next time maybe I won't have the chance to say it... I don't want this to happen if something unexpected happens Be the biggest regret between us."

Holmes finally came back to his senses, but instead of showing a happy expression, he frowned, "All you said seems to be based on 'an accident has happened', why do you think so? James Moriarty He is indeed very capable, but he is not indestructible."

Nora was dumbfounded, how could she forget that Sherlock Holmes always thought differently from others, she smiled slightly, "It's only if... I believe you can succeed in the revolutionary uprising." She was teasing the sentence he used to describe the Moriarty tyrant .

Holmes stared at her intently, as if confirming that she was telling the truth.

After a long while, he finally moved his eyebrows, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his voice became soft and deep, as if he was weaving a sweet dream.

"I know."

He knew that she really loved him and that she believed in him.He never doubted it.

In fact, he had always been grateful for Nora's company.Smart people are always lonely. Before meeting her, Holmes never expected to have a long-term partner who would follow him loyally. He has long been accustomed to the strange eyes of people around him. He also has a lot of talents. acquaintances, but they are not friends after all. They admire him and admire him, but few people can agree with his views that are completely different from the world and tolerate some of his unbearable eccentricities.He was even prepared not to get married for the rest of his life, because in his heart, maybe it was too proud to think so. He really thought that very few women could suit him, not to mention that love had never been in line with his ideals. expectations of life.

until she showed up.

Man is a strange creature.Before encountering better things, most people can make do with this.But once that person appears, like the brightest starlight in the dome in the dark night, she shines on you and makes your heart beat, so all the original will become unbearable, and when you are used to her If there is, she can't bear it again and she will leave.Because there is the most beautiful person, the incomplete life will become more complete and complete, trust her, accommodate her silently, rely on her involuntarily, and then suddenly find that all the principles and rules of oneself have been broken, But I will not feel frustrated and lost, because there will be new rules that will connect each other more closely.

Just like now, Holmes thought he was the most calm and rational in England, even if the news of the Queen's death came the next day, he would not change his expression.But because of this man's words, a clearly tacit love word, he couldn't hold back the sudden upward arc of his mouth, his eyes became brighter, and every cell in his body was jumping restlessly, scrambling to express his excitement and around the corner.I can't calm down, I can't keep my composure under this person's gaze, I feel sincerely happy when I see her, I am moved by her emotions, I smile because of her closeness, and now, I am also because of her sentence "I love you You"—the words he should have known but she hadn't said, made all reason boil and burn for a lifetime.

He finally couldn't help but stepped forward, opened his hands, and embraced this person in his arms. His gray eyes were gentle and bright, and he said softly——

"I know." I know you love me.

Coincidentally, so do I.