"They were scared of you Samantha. You are cleverer than you realise. Much cleverer. Ever wondered why you were so very bad at sports? Because you weren't built to do that. You were born because of one reason." she explained. I gulped, not wanting to ask the question I did next.
"What was the reason?" I asked.
"To obliterate the rivalry between the two families." she said. I relaxed. Can't be that bad?
"Well that's not that bad is it?" I asked. She shook her head.
"Each family is like a mini Mafia. If you work with both of them you'll be stuck in the middle of a three way war, with two angry families trying to kill you at every possible moment. Not a nice place to be. I've been there." she said. Already my brain was analysing her every move, telling me what she had been doing for the last few days. It might help. I doubted it.
"So... What do I do? When do I start?" I asked, totally unsure of what to do. She shrugged.
"It starts now. The battle began a few months ago. The two families had been dormant for a few years, but they're waking up. The plot with the school? That was the Sanders family trying to anger the Holmes and get rid of you all in one." she smiled. "They obviously didn't succeed."
"But they don't matter any more. The damage is done, we can't save them and there's a much bigger picture." this time it was my turn to sigh. "The bigger picture that all seems to revolve around me."
But why? I silently wondered inside my head. Why me?
Sherlock sat it silence, his black curls covering his eyes almost completely. I had never noticed before how much we look alike. We both have dark hair, although his is curly, and mine is straight. We both have the same curved upper lip, and both our eyes look cat-like, greeny-bluey coloured. If you looked closely we have the same sort of build, thin but strong, and we definitely look like father & daughter.
Sherlock's phone buzzed and he stood up, reading the text on the screen and frowning.
"We have to go." he said, and nodded at me. I stood up.
"Thank you." I said to her, and followed Sherlock out the door.