This is one of my favorite chapters of all, I felt like I finally gave some depth to Regan and her thoughts on everything that's happened from her very first meeting of Sherlock and John, to now. Enjoy!
Of course the Chief Super put none other than Mr. Crayhill to Sherlock's defense. Mr. Crayhill skillfully delivers the defense to the judge's liking and are then sent away while the jury deliberates.
Regan and John sit patiently in the balcony as the Jury files back in and takes their seats.
"Have you reached your verdict?" the judge asks broadly.
A woman stands and speaks, "In the case of the kidnapping of the Bruhl children and the many other charges against him, we, the jury, find Mr. Sherlock Holmes innocent".
There is silence, everyone taking a moment to remember the great man who was innocent.
The judge speaks, "All the charges against Sherlock Holmes are officially dropped".
John and Regan sigh with relief.
He continues, "Mr. Holmes was indeed good man-". His speech is interrupted by a ring, a ring coming from the judge. He pulls out his mobile in embarrassment, he reads it:
Wrong!
He sets it aside and continues, "He will be missed-". Again he is interrupted by his phone:
Wrong!
"Do you think this is funny?!" he blurts out.
The doors to the Court Room crash open and a man in a black tailored suit and purple dress shirt strolls in, "Yes, yes I do". He has a narcissistic smirk on his face.
He walks up the isle and playfully pushes open the small gate to where he faces the judge.
"Did you know he was going to pull a stunt like this?" John whispers to Regan.
Regan nods, "Yeah, he deserves it though, he's been in hiding for 2 years, give the man a break".
John shakes it off.
"Mr. Holmes" the judge addresses with astonishment, "You're alive?"
Sherlock loses his smirk and applies his unamused look, "Obviously. A genius such as I, admitting defeat and taking his own life, stupid" he scoffs.
John brings his palm to his face in disappointment, knowing that this would be bad.
Regan chuckles quietly.
At Scotland Yard Sally Donovan turns on the news.
Breaking News from inside the Court room
The news broadcasts.
"Anderson!" she yells, calling him over.
Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective, Alive!
Their mouths drop to the floor.
Regan formally escorts John and Sherlock out of the courthouse, trying the dodge the press.
They arrive back at 221B late in the afternoon to Mrs. Hudson who immediately takes Sherlock in her arms and places a kiss on his cheek, "I knew you couldn't be gone".
Sherlock smiles, he missed her mothering.
Sherlock spent the night at Regan's flat that night to finish packing up all his things but unintentionally falls asleep, after all he did have one long ass day.
Regan walks downstairs in the middle of the night to check on him and found him lying on the floor with his mouth gaping open. She grabs a pillow and blanket from the couch and cushions his head and tucks the blanket over him. She brushes back his hair and lays a small kiss upon his forehead, "Goodnight…. and Goodbye". She walks quietly around him and back upstairs into her bedroom. As she settles back into her bed a tear escapes from her eye and she wipes it away as fast as it sprung. She sits there, quietly, unable to sleep. She knows that come tomorrow morning she will be alone, again, and that Sherlock will eventually be as he was to her before he leapt from Bart's. She enjoyed having Sherlock as a friend, and as that one morning, a lover. She also knows that Sherlock will return to solving cases with John, that John will eventually forget her and their friendship that was created over the last 3 years. She didn't want to lose everything she had. She was scared for what tomorrow would bring.