Written for the watsons_woes JWP day 31 prompt: The End in the Beginning. Every story's beginning is some other story's end.
I have found that endings quite often lead to beginnings. Perhaps the most obvious example is the end of my Army career leading to my acquaintance with Holmes.
Sometimes the order seems reversed, however: I met and married my wife not long before Holmes died, and I was very grateful to have her.
When Mary died, I found it difficult to imagine what could possibly come next . . . then Holmes returned from his presumed death.
Now you could say the friendship between Holmes and I has ended, in favor of beginning a more intimate relationship that promises to be wonderful indeed.