Jonathan Creek – A long way home
Chapter 3:
The couple who had been so generous to Maddie had finally got back Home.
"Well do you feel good now?" David said flicking the kettle on for a nice cup of tea. They had been out all day browsing the shops of London for things for their new home and Christmas Shopping. They had just returned from America, they had been working out there for years, but they had now both retired and wanted to return home to spend more time with their son.
"Good?" Sally looked up, slightly unsure of what he meant.
"Well you have done your good deed for the day and helped someone out, she will be able to feed herself for the next few days now"
"Yeah," She said looking deep in thought.
"What's up?
"Well, I just wish I could help her more, she seemed like such a nice woman and I feel like I've met her before, she seems familiar and she doesn't deserve to be on the street," Sally said thinking of ways in which she could help this woman she had come across.
"No, she doesn't, no one does, it makes you wonder how she got there….."
"Does she seem familiar to you?" Sally quickly interjected
The kettle made a click as it finally reached its boiling point. David poured the water and added a dash of milk. "Not really, I can't recall her" He took Sally's cup of tea in, and she was still deep in thought, almost as if she had got lost.
"What?" He looked puzzled.
"No, I'm just thinking, it's getting much colder now as it gets closer to Christmas, it's going to start snowing soon and we can't leave her out there in that."
"Right?" David could see the cogs turning in her mind and he had a feeling he knew where she was going.
"She could come and live here," She said standing up with a wide grin on her face.
"What?" He said with a shocked/confused expression on his face
"Yeah, we could look after her," She said excitedly
"Are you serious?" David said not so sure
"Imagine this could be your daughter"
"We have a son lets not forget about him, and we know nothing about her"
Sally looked at him with a sharp look. "Oh, come on, she needs help, she doesn't deserve to be out there, and this could be our new year's resolution to look after someone and help someone less fortunate than ourselves"
Looking deep into his eyes, she was hoping she could change his mind.
"There are other ways in which we could do it," David said hoping she would change the subject
"Fine, I'll find a way" She took a sip of tea and sat down, again deep in thought.