Title: Letters
Prompt: July 4 - non-English holiday
Watson read and re-read what he believed to be Sherlock Holmes's last letter until the pages became dog-eared and the creases began to turn into tears. The idea of allowing this precious thing to decay hurt him almost as deeply as losing his friend. It was Mary's idea to frame it and keep it out of sunlight so that the ink wouldn't fade.
Watson never knew how close he came to receiving a second letter, postmarked Florence, Italy, which had been written (and then destroyed) on June 24. He who had written the letter would not have even taken up his pen had sentimentality not so moved him. As to what prompted the sentimentality, Florence was celebrating the feast of its patron saint –
Saint John.