John,

If I am right about what has been happening lately, and I do believe that I am, then this will be the last you hear from me. Jim Moriarty has become a problem, and I imagine he will be my final problem. You and everyone I care about are in danger, because of me. Everyone I have ever let get anywhere close to me always ends up in danger, but this time I care enough to stop anything from happening. Soon I will go to meet him again, and as much as I want to see you one last time to say goodbye, I fear that it would only make me doubt my decision, putting you once again in danger. So I must leave a note, it is fitting, I suppose, this is what people do isn't it? They leave a note before they go to die.

There are quite a few things that I should have told you when I had the chance but I did not, for what ever reason. It is too late for many of those things now, as they no longer matter, but two of them I need to communicate to you. The first is this: you are the best thing ever to have happened to me, I was so alone before. I just need to thank you, John Watson, you have made these last few years the best of my life, so thank you. The other thing I need to tell you could make the matter of my death so much worse, so it shall have to remain with me, I suppose I'll take it to the grave. I hope, however, that you understand what I need to tell you without me having to write it down. I am not a man for pronouncements or confessions, John, but I just hope you know that I will not leave this world unhappy, and the only reason for that is because of you. In the event that you come across this and it turns out that I am still alive, ask me what I was going to tell you and I shall. But, whatever happens, John Watson, believe me to be, Very sincerely yours,
Sherlock Holmes

I have the letter memorized now. Ella says I should let it go, but I can't. Sherlock always said that she was an idiot, and yet I still end up there once a week, it used to be twice a week, but money's been tight since I realized that nearly all my money came from him. It's been almost three years.