Like father, like son.
"Come on, please?"
"Your mum says we're not to do it in public," Sherlock glanced around the large room.
"Mum's gone to the counter, please? She'll be ages over there!" Sherlock was fighting back a smile, glancing from Molly, who was looking at the line, her watch, and the bank tellers, all occupied.
"Pick one," he said, hitching at the knees of his trousers, he knelt down so he was eye-level with his son. Nicholas leaned back in his wheel-chair, tapping his chin. Sayyida was beside him, panting in the warm sun.
"The man with the funny hair," he said. Sherlock looked at the subject Nicholas was studying.
"Mid-forties, comes from Wales, born into money but recently lost a good deal of it judging by the way he's studying his bank ledger-"
"He's not got a ring on," Nicholas said. Sherlock looked from the man across the bank to his son, surprised.
"What do you make of that?"
"There's a line on his little finger," Nicholas continued. "Where he would be wearing it."
"Perhaps he forgot it today," his father prompted.
"He doesn't look like anyone to forget something, he looks like Uncle Mycroft…only shorter, and tan. But definitely methodical."
"Mm, so he visits tanning beds, no Englishman over forty visits tanning beds unless they've got a young lady for a wife, or wants one,"
"Divorced?"
"Or married and hiding it," Sherlock nodded.
"For his young lady friend."
"Speaking of-" they watched as a chavvy bottle-blond woman in a tight dress scampered across the bank, giggling and the man held out his arms, kissing her.
"She's from the North," Nicholas wrinkled his nose.
"Don't be snobby," Sherlock warned. "But yes, she is."
"What have I told you two about deducing people?" Molly asked and they both jumped. Sayyida stood up, ears perked and alert.
"Deducing, people watching, really, isn't it all the same thing?" Sherlock asked.
"Not to you two," Molly said, taking the handles of Nicholas chair and turning them around again. Father and son exchanged smiles, not really caring if they'd been caught or not.
