Epilogue - out came the Sun.
Mrs Hudson? Leave baker Street? England will fall!" - Sherlock Holmes, A Scandal in Belgravia
John Watson said quietly, "Maybe you should take a break. Maybe we should all just take a break..."
Mrs Hudson nodded slowly. Who was that sister in Glasgow again?
She packed her clothes, she packed her cat. She locked the doors and checked under the mats. She locked her keys and kept her key for the lock in a hidden pocket inside her traveling dress. She did a quick once-over of 221B Baker Street before she found something that were more peculiar than the sudden absence of spiders in the corners.
A small white card, with coffee stained edges. A piece of evidence someone clearly wanted her to find. Her mind wandered and she shuddered. She dared not even think it was... But the stationary was unrecognisable .
Surely he must have written on something! He shot walls, texted, emailed but she never saw his handwriting before! Balderdash. Mrs Hudson then applied some of the deducing skills she'd adopted from him. It dawned to her suddenly - the logbook!
He could be alive. Should she check? Or let sleeping dogs lie? Will it hurt too much? This was too silly. Should she tell John? No. Never. It would hurt. It still hurt. No.
Hours later,
She looked out of the symmetrical train windows and murmured,
"Oh Dear."
As she watched England burn to the ground.
The slight drizzle scared away the faint smell of ash and smoke. And the mighty sun enveloped the dreary English clouds. Mrs Hudson thought of the young man who was afraid of spiders and how he would look in a new light.
Porlock. How curious.
She shook her head and willed the unpleasant cobwebs that rested in her mind. She put a finger to the glass.
Poor Sherlock.
A/N: Thus this story has come to an end. I have officially completed my first ever chapter filled story. I feel very accomplished at this point, judging as to how this is actually completed and not dangling on an eternal cliffhanger. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who has read it, even if it was just for a glimpse and especially to those who have left such kind comments :)
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Gracias and Sayonara!
- themanonthemoon (who is nor Spanish neither Japanese btw)