Chapter 1:
Ring... Ring... Ring
A young woman in her thirties walks down the hall from the lounge room, where she was playing with her son, who would be turning three in a week.
"Hello?" The woman speaks into the phone. On the other end, Lestrade is sitting in front of his desk at Scotland Yard.
"Sam!" Lestrade's voice is full of happiness as he says, "It's Greg."
"Sorry, Greg who?" Sam asks.
Lestrade blinks and says, "Greg Lestrade."
"Oh, of course. I should have known that it was you, just by the way you've called me!" Sam smiled as Lestrade laughs and tells her, "Yeah, I'm sorry about that. I know you're a stay-at-home mum now, but I would really appreciate it if you could come into the office for a few hours."
Sam sighs as she replies, "You know that I love to help you when you need me, but I'm not too sure whether Scotland Yard would allow me to bring Ed. I can't just find a baby-sitter on such short notice."
Lestrade nods as he says, "Well, I'm sure they wouldn't mind if you brought Eddie along. We just need some help with a case, that's all. It's not like we would ask you to make an arrest or anything. If it also helps my case, Sherlock's going to be popping in today."
Sam thinks for a second before sighing and giving in. "Oh, all right! I guess it could be fun to do another case."
"Great!" Lestrade smiles widely as he says, "Lunch is on me! See you in a couple hours?"
"Okay. Bye Greg." Sam hangs up the phone and sighs deeply, looking back down the hall where she can see Edmund playing with his toy airplanes.
She looks down at her phone, turning it on so that it shows the home screen. A photo of a room full of people is there, including Sam, a few feet away from Sherlock Holmes. They were both at a party four years ago, which was being held because of Sam's older sister, Sira Joyce Norman, had a baby.
Sam sighs again, then decides that she had better get Eddie ready before they leave for Scotland Yard.