An Unlikely Distraction

Chapter 7.5: The Private Diary of Detective Inspector Greg Lestrade

What is the world coming to? Molly is going to dinner with Sherlock. John just texted me to let me know. Molly shouldn't have accepted the invitation he offered her, even if it was the best restaurant in the entire North London area. I should have known that, after all this time pining after Sherlock, she would go to dinner with him when he decided it was within his interests to ask, regardless of how long she had be

She's too good for him, everyone can see that. The way he has treated her since their acquaintance and especially lately beggars belief. I was hoping that someone more...worthy of her would have the chance to take her out to dinner and show her what true romance and chivalry is all about. But, instead, since she dated that madman Jim Moriarty and now she is going to date his arch nemesis Sherlock Holmes.

I should have taken the chance when I had it, reader, I should have stopped him when he left the morgue that day. He already has Irene Adler on a string, why doesn't he learn to share? I don't even want to think about what is going to happen to her if she is left in the hands of that freak for too long, and it's anybody's guess what Sergeant Sally Donovan will have to say when she finds out.

Now you mention it, sometimes I wonder if Sally secretly wants a chance with Sherlock. She certainly plays the hate element of their relationship far too well to hate someone quite so much. Is there a history there that nobody wants to mention?