Family Secrets
An Hope Holmes Adventure Chapter XVIII
Faith Robin
I waited for the time to pass. I laid there hoping that I could follow thru with the plan. I had decided to change clothes as soon as Mycroftand Watson were asleep and pick the lock. 'Straight to sweet lovely beautiful freedom,' I thought with some longing. 'Then on to the house and the bolt hole, and goodbye over controlling Uncle Mycroft,' I smiled at that. 'Wonder how he'll feel when he finds that I'm gone? He'll probably smack himself for losing me but hey by then I'll have father back, so it won't exactly matter," I thought with some small satisfaction. There was a knock at the door, I sat up.
"Come in," I said smoothing down the wrinkles in my yellow dress. Mycroft unlocked the door and came in.
"Hope, I know that you're mad at me, but you have to understand that I'm doing this for your father," He said closing the door behind him settling himself in my desk chair.
'Oh yeah right and my mom just came by to say hi,' I thought sarcastically.
"He asked me to keep an eye on you if this were ever to happen," Mycroft said from the chair. "Also I'm sending Lestrade out to look and see if he can find any information." He studied my face waiting for my reaction.
'That Yard bungler?' I thought to myself, keeping my surprise to myself. I didn't say anything soon it would be time to make my escape and I would be long gone, into the search and rescue.
Mycroft sighed. "Dinner is in an hour," he said standing and dismissing him. As soon as I heard the door lock I sighed and laid back down.
'Father where are you?' I wondered feeling my throat tightening as tears began form in my eyes. I held them back. 'If I'm going to find him I need to leave my feelings aside.' I breathed in and out slowly like a soldier preparing himself for the battle ahead.
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FYI Hope's first B-day is coming up on the 17th of September. Happy Birthday Hope! May you keep on going for many more stories for this amatuer author to keep writing.