I've fallen a bit behind after being sick, so hopefully there will be another few chapters coming today! But first, another double prompt:
- From cjnwriter: Oceanside views
- From Wordwielder: Include a minor character of your choice.
George stared out at the Cornish coast, a place which had once been more familiar to him than his own name. His home, his family, his love - all of it taken, and taken by someone who should have known its value.
"Mr Treginnis?"
He tore his eyes away from the crashing waves to greet the man now approaching him. "Yes - thank you for agreeing to meet me, Dr Watson."
Watson noticed his unwilling glance back at the ocean and smiled. "It must have been lovely, living here on the coast, with such a view to enjoy."
"Until I lost all of it." The bitterness crept into his voice. "My sister, my brothers, my sanity, my inheritance, all lost to Mortimer's jealousy. Even when I have regained has come at such a high price I hardly know if it's worthwhile."
"I understand." The empathy in Watson's tone surprised him, and he glanced back to the other man. "I have lost my health, my profession, my brother, my wife, my closest friend - each time, it has been a devastating blow. It is no easy business, but as one who has been through it, I assure you that you can recover."
George closed his eyes for a moment, the words lifting a weight from his soul he hadn't realised was there. He had asked Dr Watson to visit in order to find out more about that fateful day he had lost everything, and instead, he had found something he hadn't realised he'd lost at all - hope.