A/N: IM SORRY IM SO SO SORRY! For the past two weeks every single waking moment of my life has been concerned with the school play- in which I was heavily involved in. I will try and update this more frequently from now on as I finish school on Friday for two weeks! Thanks for coping and a review would be lovely!

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Scarlett already felt out of her depth in Hamish's cousins house and she was only in the hallway. Even the tiles that lined the floor seemed to have been designed to make the house look as wealthy as possible. The paintings on the wall must have cost thousands. Looking down on her shoes she was suddenly aware of how dirty they were.

"MISH!" A voice shouted her friends name and made her turn her head. It came from a boy with light brown hair, slightly taller than Hamish but the same age.

"SAMMY!" Hamish shouted back, embracing what must be his cousin, "Sammy, this is Scarlett-"

Sam reached out his hand and Scarlett shook it, "nice to meet you Scarlett. I'm Sam, Mish's cousin."

"Hello Sam, thank you for letting me stay."

He smiled warmly at her and then turned to Hamish," I'll just get dad- he was on a work call-" He rolled his eyes, "-again, so won't know you're here. Actually he probably will but-" he shrugged and walked away. Hamish turned to her and grinned,

"Do you like him? I used to spend a lot of time here when I was too young to run around. I haven't seen him in ages actually- not since he went to boarding school..."

Scarlett smiled softly, "it's amazing here."

"This place? You should see the family home. Ill take you someday."

She smiled at Hamish again," what did Sam mean by a 'work call'?"

"Oh, that's Uncle Mycroft. He works in an extremely high position in the government. That's all I know. He's the one who will find your mum if any camera anywhere has caught her. Don't worry, Lottie, we will find her."

Scarlett nodded and was about to reply when a tall man dressed in expensive clothes walked in (she was no Sherlock, but this had to be Mycroft).

"Ah, Hamish," he shook both of their hands and slightly bowed at Scarlett," Scarlett. How are you two? Scarlett, I'm Hamish's uncle, Sherlock's brother."

"Hello," she said.

"Now, I suppose your hungry, it is quarter to one, Hamish, show your friend to the kitchen and ask the chef for whatever you wish."

Scarlett tired hard not to let her mouth drop open as she thanked Mycroft and was lead away. Hamish started having a animated conversation with Sam as they approached the kitchens, so she didn't need to talk for a while.

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A/N: SORRY THAT WAS SHORT! I'm running on about four hours sleep for the past week so can't really concentrate. I promise there will be more chapters with more words soon! Please review! Love you all bye!