Prompt #55: Complicated (continuance of the last)
He could not deny the truth of that. "That does not give me the excuse to behave as I did, however."
"Perhaps not," Watson agreed despondently. "But your reaction certainly is justified. I should be no less angry were one of my nurses to disobey my strict instructions, in one of my own cases."
"Your analogy is inaccurate, Doctor, because you are not under me!" His already flushed face darkened. "This is not an employee-employer relationship, this…this is…" He trailed off, realising what he had nearly said.
Watson's saddened eyes flicked up, questioning and suddenly hopeful. "This is what, Holmes?"
