Chapter 2
Two days after posting John received this e-mail:
From: DI Greg Lestrade
Subject: Re: Where are you?!
Hello John,
I'm sorry I couldn't answer your e-mail any sooner. I did tell I moved, didn't I? I suppose I forgot to give you my new address and I lost my mobile awhile ago. I suppose it has run out of charge. I have a new one now. You will find my new address and number at the bottom of this e-mail. It has been too long since we talked. Speaking of which, you haven't even met my five year old daughter, Clare.
Maybe you can visit sometime, meet the family. It might be a little far for you, but we really have to have a talk again.
Wish Mrs Hudson the best from me.
Lestrade
John replied to Lestrade saying that he couldn't come now because of Mrs Hudson. He was relieved the man had finally contacted him again and he now had a way to reach him again, but Lestrade had moved to the other side of the country. It was indeed a long way off.
Now that Mrs Hudson was sick, memories started to hunt John. How Mrs Hudson was assaulted by those Americans. How they had met. It was so long ago. How he fell. Death. He tried to look at the bright moments, but the best memories were soon replaced by those others. The phone call. John didn't believe it. Sherlock was no traitor, not a fake.
But no-one seemed to believe that now. He had been asked by the press what he thought about it and had held to his believes, but the only other people near him that still really believed in Sherlock were Mrs Hudson and Molly. And Mrs Hudson was about to die. He hated to think about it. This was hard. Harder than Sherlock, in a way, because he knew what was coming, and he couldn't do anything about it.
Mycroft would believe it. Only John hadn't spoken to Mycroft in a very long time. In fact, the only time he had seen him in the past three years was at Mrs Hudson's bed the other day. John wondered why he suddenly had interest in them again. He had not even visited them again.
A/N: Thanks for reading. I'm quite busy, but I'll try and keep writing and updating. For now, I would love constructive reviews and I always welcome reviews of appreciation.
Thanks to my beta AllThatIWant, for checking this chapter. Thanks to the BBC for revealing the air dates of season three. It gives me new energy.