Chapter 6

Sherlock called John on his way back from St. Bart's.

"John, I have more news on Molly, will you meet with me?"

"I have to be home with Mary and the baby, but you're welcome to come over." The blond man replied.

"Then I will arrive shortly," Sherlock told his blogger as he hung up his phone. When he arrived at the Watson's he immediately rattled off what he had seen that day in the morgue. "Molly was behaving unusually around me again and this time she had nothing to fear about me deducing her boyfriend, because I already did that. She also asked me if I was staying long which was highly out of character because usually she lets me leave when I want, even if she has to stay after work. She also told me her mobile was broken because she called me from the hospital phone and when I investigated her mobile was working just fine," he said looking at John and Mary expectantly once he finished stating his findings.

"Sherlock, I told you not to treat Molly like a case," John chided his friend.

"But these are unique circumstances," Sherlock whined back. "Molly is definitely hiding something from us. And besides, I didn't treat it like a case because I didn't go back and question her about lying about her phone." Sherlock seeming convinced that not interrogating Molly made spying on her okay. John just sighed and shook his head at his friend.

"It is strange she lied about her mobile, it's not like Molly to lie. Especially to you." Mary added after she heard the men talking by the doorway.

"Has she interacted with you recently?" Sherlock questioned her.

"She just had lunch with me, but she had to keep rescheduling for a few weeks." Mary told the two men.

"How long ago was that?" Questioned the detective.

"A few days before you guys got back from your last case." She replied. "We just talked like we normally do and she told me she's been dating Kevin for a couple months, so I was a little surprised she hadn't mentioned him before."

"I'm surprised I didn't deduce it earlier." Sherlock said, mostly talking to himself.

"Well, she is good at keeping secrets." John reminded his friend, still a little bitter about the Fall.

"Maybe I should stop by her flat tonight, just to check on her." Sherlock said to himself again.

"I don't know if just dropping in is the best idea mate." John told him.

"Don't worry John, I'll wait to call her flat at the time I know she gets home from work, so she doesn't know I know the truth about her mobile."

"Well, alright, if it will make you feel better." John said as Sherlock went back out the door and started to search for a cab.

Sherlock returned to Baker Street and waited until he knew Molly would be back at her flat, even giving it another couple of minutes in case the tube was delayed. Finally, he dialed her number.

"Hello?" Answered a deep, grumbling voice that definitely didn't belong to Molly.

"Hello," Sherlock answered, "this must be Kevin, am I correct?"

"Yeah, but who's this and how do you know who I am?"

"I'm Sherlock Holmes, I'm a friend of Molly's and she's told me a bit about you."

"She has, has she? Well, what has she told you about me?" Kevin questioned thinking to himself how Molly hadn't mentioned Sherlock since the night they met, she had told him she fancied Sherlock but he never paid any attention to her.

"Just how she met you a couple of months ago and how you're living together." Sherlock replied, growing tired of talking with Kevin, Sherlock felt that he was of little consequence at the moment. "May I speak with Molly?"

"She's not here," Kevin told him, "and you may not speak with her. Stay away, she belongs to me!" He snarled. Even though it was months ago Molly told him she liked Sherlock, Kevin was still jealous of the detective.

"I'm not trying to take her from you, I just want to talk with her." Sherlock tried to say evenly.

"You stay away from her!" Kevin yelled before hanging up on Sherlock.

Suddenly, everything clicked together in Sherlock's mind. He had seen many cases of domestic abuse throughout his career as a consulting detective but he never suspected Molly would be a victim of it. He started to run for the door, needing to get to Molly's flat as quickly as possible.

Molly got back to her flat, with the take out Kevin had wanted, moments after he had hung up on Sherlock.

"I've got the take out you wanted." She tried to sound cheery as she told him and started to take the food out of the bag she had been carrying it in.

"You know, one of you 'friends' just called." The way Kevin emphasized the word 'friend' made Molly's hair stand on end.

"Oh," she tried to reply coolly, "who was it?"

"Someone you told me you fancied, back when we first met."

"Oh, who was that?"

"You know perfectly well who it is, you dumb cow! It's Sherlock bloody Holmes and he wants to talk with you! What have you told him?" He shouted at her.

"N-nothing, I haven't told him anything. He just knows I'm dating you, I haven't told him anything else." She said, barely above a whisper.

"Maybe you'll be willing to tell me the truth after a little 'convincing'." Molly turned pale, she knew convincing really meant hurting. Kevin got up from the couch and started to come towards Molly, grabbing her wrist before she had time to think.

"You're h-hurting me." Molly stuttered out feeling powerless as Kevin clenched her bones together.

"We're just getting started sweetheart." He told her as he grabbed her long ponytail and pulled. She yelped and getting her senses together she hit him in the face with her free hand, causing him to let go of her and she ran for the bathroom, locking it behind her.

"You bitch!" Kevin roared. "You are going to pay for that!" Molly was shaking but got herself together enough to start stacking objects in front of the bathroom door. She had to avoid using her left hand because of the damage Kevin had just done to it. Once she stacked everything she could she slid down the wall and sat on the floor trying to relax her heart rate. However, her body immediately tensed up when Kevin started throwing himself at the bathroom door, causing the lock to give slightly with his every attempt.

A/N: Sorry to leave you guys on a cliffhanger, but this is the way I wrote it. Also thank you for all the lovely reviews and for favoriting and following my story. I hope you guys like the longer chapters. And I'll try to not have too long of a wait for the next chapter.