He Couldn't Let Her Go

By Mistreated and Forgotten

"She's not dead, is she?"

"What deduction has led you to that conclusion?"

"It was something that Mycroft had said that caught my attention." John paused for a moment. "He knew that if there was any possibility that she is still alive, you would have played a hand in it."

"A good deduction, John, but that couldn't have been the only thing that had convinced you."

"You wanted her phone."

Sherlock remained silent from his position on the couch. "I'll take that as a yes."

"But, I didn't answer you."

"You didn't deny it either."