17th prompt from Book girl fan: "Stop, if you love me!"
a drabble, acting as though this was the precise quote from "The Dying Detective":-)
Revelation?
"Stop, if you love me?
Emotional blackmail!
Holmes,
I'm surprised at you stooping so low.
My expertise doubted,
my assistance resisted,
I am not a machine…
unlike someone I know.
You asked me to watch
you succumb to an illness,
to witness your deathbed in secret…
not act.
And now you're perplexed
that I'm not overjoyed
at your heartless deception…
this is how I react…
Holmes, why are you grinning
at me so inanely?"
~0~
"It's quite unexpected,
a penny has dropped…
I am simply recalling
your answer, dear fellow…
I asked you to stop, if you love me…
you stopped !"
~0~
