Family Secrets
An Hope Holmes Adventure Chapter XXX
Faith Robin
"What? Be the daughter of Sherlock Holmes? And you would be Professor Moriarty's daughter?" She asked with her eyes narrowing.
"Exactly," I said moving into my room and throwing my chest of disguises open. I began to throw the men's clothing out searching for the women's clothing that I had stored underneath. Granger rushed into the room protesting.
"Russell this won't work, and I won't let you do it!" she protested dodging a pair of trousers.
"Oh come on Granger, where's your spirit of adventure?" I asked her moving to the bed and lying down two different dresses. Then I dove into my case of makeup and pulled out the necessary items that would help our masquerade.
"My spirit of adventure is right behind my voice of reason," she said trying to block my way into the bathroom, where my dyes were. "Besides what would posing as the other gain us?" she asked as I darted past her and into the cabinet beneath the sink.
"One we would find out where my father is being held, Two it would be a merry revenge to get back at my uncle," I said my voice muffled by the cabinet, and then I came out grinning manically at her. I brushed past her and started to arrange the materials in the order to be applied in order to begin this excursion.
The door to Mycroft's flat opened and slammed behind him. He threw his gloves on the desk with his hat and started to pace around.
"I take it she wasn't there," Dr. Watson observed from his chair as his reading had been interrupted.
"Humph," Mycroft muttered.
"Did you really expect her to be that careless?" Watson asked him. "Oh by the way that girl never did show up here," He commented thoughtfully as Mycroft continued with his pacing. Mycroft ceased his pacing.
"Watson, will you please come with me back to the hotel?" Mycroft asked of his brother's contemporary.
"Certainly," Watson said lying his book aside and picking up his coat. Mycroft went back out and hailed a cab.
Granger had ceased her protesting and had agreed to the plan halfheartedly. I sat across from her with our disguises complete on.
"Russell, are you sure that this is a good idea," she asked looking at me laying down the mirror. I smiled; the dye had done its duty. 'Looking at her is like looking at my own reflection in a mirror,' I thought to myself.
"Of course I'm sure," I said copying her voice.
"All right then, shall we go back to the hotel?" She asked me in my voice. I picked up Granger's purse with the replica envelope. I carried it to the waiting cab outside with Granger/Hope Russell behind me. We got into the cab. "To North-umberland Hotel," The fake Russell said to the cabbie. We rode on to the hotel. "Are you sure that this is going to work?" she muttered under her breath.
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