I know this chapter is shorter than the others. And I'm sorry if my explanation sounds too weird, I'm not 100% familiar with the topic as I didn't really look into it.

I didn't think Holmes would be surprised, but I didn't except him to smile. Once again, he looked like a lion who is about to jump on his prey, but this time, the prey wasn't the young lad.

"Are you sure he was stabbed from the back?" Holmes asked, trying to look indifferent.

"No doubt. One of his front limps was damaged because of the knife, but none of back limps."

"I don't lie… It's the truth…" Parish mumbled.

"He's not lying." As Holmes said it, he made Donalds look back at us "Or so he believes."

I was surprised from this weird statement and Donalds also seemed speechless.

"What do you mean, Holmes?" I couldn't but ask.

"You heard it yourself, didn't you? Our young lad said Sergeant Blake repeated to tell him what he did apparently, no matter how much he denied it."

"I know Jack can be stubborn when he believes in someone's guilt, but it has nothing to do with it." Donalds tried to sound calmer, but it was clear his feelings of anger changed to a thing other than calm.

"Did you hear about fake memories, inspector Donalds?" Holmes asked him.

"Fake memories?" Donalds seemed astonished

"Though we clearly should use brain for investigating, it can be really deceiving sometimes if we don't pay enough attention. You can repeatedly tell someone a story, until he starts to believe it. His brain closes the missing gaps and fake memories are created." Holmes explained.

"In other words, Blake tried to make him confused?" I asked

"Maybe yes, maybe no."

"That's insane!" Donalds raised his voice again.

"Let me show you." Holmes said as he got near Parish who sat all this time with disbelieving look on his face. "What did you do after the stabbing? Did you go straight home?"

"No, I was…" the lad started to say something and stopped. After few seconds. he added "chasing Walker? But it doesn't make sense. Why should I chase him if he's dead…?"

"As you can see, my dear inspector, Blake was so focused on what happened before the stabbing, he forgot Parish had being actually looking for him the whole time."

Donalds seemed irritated. He clutched his fists.

"Do you think that the whole time, Jack was covering for others?"

"I don't understand." Suddenly said the lad who seemed now out of shock. "What will he gain by doing this? We never met before my arrest."

"No, but maybe he met the real culprit. Do you know anyone by the name Henry Atteway?"

While Parish shook his head for Holmes' question, Donalds seemed uneasy.

"The most famous gambler in this region. We heard about him even in Salford."

"But I don't know any gamblers." Parish marked.

"Your friends said he appeared short time before the fight, and made you look uneasy."

"I read both your affidavits, and nothing was written about it." Donalds remarked.

"In the last one, he just followed Blake's stories."

"And in the first ones I didn't find it important." the lad added.

"Then how do you know about this?" Donalds turned his head to Holmes. "Jack also questioned his friends, and…"

"It's probable that if Blake is a collaborator, he wouldn't even bother to ask anything and just make up answers. Anyway, if that Atteway is so famous, we should ask the chief investigator about him."

Donalds nodded in agreement, and so, the three of us left Parish's cell and went to the chief inspector's office. As we walked, I payed attention to Donalds' stiff steps. When we stood in front of the door, it took Donalds few moments to knock on it,

"Come in." We heard the chief investigator's voice.

Holmes didn't wait and opened the door. He almost seemed happy.

"Nice to see you again, Inspector Geary. The one person we need right now".

"Excuse me?" The investigator said, confused.

"I'm sure if someone knows about criminals in potential around the area, it's you".

"Well, yes. How may I help you?"

"Does the name Henry Atteway rings a bell?"

"Well, yes, Blake's cousin."

"Blake's what?" Donalds hardly could utter the words.

"Blake's cousin. When I first came here, he asked me personally not to involve him if any charge would rise against him. If you ask me, I'm surprised we never found him guilty in anything."

"Why did you accept to find him guilty in the first place?" Holmes asked

"Well, he got a fortune out of nowhere. A theft is not something unreasonable in this case."

"What his relationship with Blake?"

"As much as I know, not much. Bake gets away from him as he knows the suspicions around him. Though he says he has no idea about the matter."

"I believe they started to meet again lately. Our friend Donalds here said that the name Mrs. Radcliff mentioned was also the nickname of Investigator Blake."

"What name?"

"Black Jack. She said she heard her Inspector Richards talking with her late husband about him wanting them dead."

"Well, it's better to ask Blake directly as I have no idea who you're talking about. He should arrive in any moment. You can wait for him in his office."

And so we did.