miss holmes vase

The Cleveland Street incident was published in London newspapers for half a month, and this scandal involving many upper-class nobles and capitalists in London naturally became the topic of everyone's chat after dinner.

On the other hand, Sherlock finally had a clue about the pursuit of Ralph Moriarty. It seemed that not long after Jack the Ripper died, Ralph James completely disappeared from everyone's sight.

From the beginning of intentionally attracting the attention of members of the Holmes family to the disappearance without any news, Athena did not understand why Ralph Moriarty did this.How could her IQ compare to the high IQs of Dersherlock and Mycroft, so she simply forgot about it and left all the troublesome things to them.

Mr. Hudson's factory has almost become a special Coke factory for the royal family because coca leaf cola is very popular among the aristocratic royal family. If Athena and Watson hadn't repeatedly advised the Hudson couple to broaden the audience, Hudson The gentleman almost stopped there and was so satisfied.

After all, the aristocrats can spend money to consume such non-essential luxuries, but ordinary people are far from such consumption plans.

Mrs. Hudson spent less and less time in Baker Street because of the day-to-day operation of the factory.Athena was also ordered not to go out, except for painting every day, she just waited for Lestrade's daily visits.

To be honest, it's kind of like visiting a prison.

Today, is no exception.

"Inspector Lestrade, you came really early today." Melina opened the door and looked at Lestrade without any surprise. He was wearing a suit and woolen coat as always, but he had a handful of winter sun in his hand Very rare flowers.

Lestrade raised the flower slightly, and there was still white mist around his mouth when he spoke, but he asked Melina with a smile on his face, "Does it look good?"

"Of course it's beautiful! It's rare to see such beautiful and bright flowers in winter!" Melina greeted Lestrade and said after entering the door: "Miss, she will definitely like it! She just draws flowers in the bedroom. painting!"

Lestrade nodded, and slowly took off his gloves before going upstairs.

The whole house was surprisingly quiet. Mrs. Hudson must not be at home. Watson was still working in his private clinic at this point. Sherlock... didn't know where he was, but he was definitely not at home anyway.

Lestrade intentionally lowered his footsteps, and even the creaking stairs seemed to cooperate intentionally. When he went upstairs, Athena, whose back was turned to her, didn't notice him coming.

The winter day was a bit gloomy, and Athena held a paintbrush in her hand and concentrated on painting. The fire was burning in the fireplace beside her, and the occasional crackling sound of firewood could not attract Athena's attention.

Lestrade sighed slightly, but leaned against the door frame and looked at her quietly without making a sound, just like meeting her again when he was looking for Miss Holmes in Paris that time, with the same concentration and outstanding talent.

Chocolate brown slightly curly hair, the scent of rose perfume that can be smelled without getting close, and the slightly side face is as beautiful as ever and fascinated him.

"Dong dong dong!" He raised his hand and knocked on the door slowly, and said in a lazy and warm voice: "Miss Holmes, I'm here to bother you again today!"

Athena didn't turn her head back, she just said, "What are you bothering about today? Did you come to admire my paintings again? Or did you bring me some delicious food? Be careful that Mycroft sees it, I will scold you severely."

Athena's tone of voice was very cheerful, she didn't know if it was because she was already gloating about the scene of Lestrade being scolded by Mycroft in her mind, or she was just so happy because of Lestrade's arrival.

Lestrade curled his mouth, seeing that she was in a good mood, he directly handed the flowers in front of her, and said, "Would you like to go out for a meal together? It seems that I brought you such beautiful flowers specially, okay?" ?"

"You know I can't go out now... oh my god! Where do you get such beautiful flowers in this kind of weather?" Athena laughed when she saw the flowers, put down the brush and took it.

Lestrade knelt down and looked at Athena at the same level. Seeing the surprised smile on her face, it was really worth all his effort to get such a bouquet of flowers.

Lestrade tilted his head and looked at her with a smile and asked, "Do you like it?"

"Of course!"

After he got a satisfactory answer, Lestrade just got up. After thinking for a while, he said: "Since you can't go out, I'll go and hire a cook for you first! Remember the Lopez Grilled Lamb Chop Restaurant What? The proprietress owes me a favor, and today is the time to repay the favor!"

Said that Lestrade was about to go out, but Athena suddenly held his hand, "Isn't this too troublesome? Let's eat at home, and it won't take much time."

"I always eat the dishes made by Melina at home. Why don't you change to fresh ones today?" Lestrade held her warm palm and stretched out his head quietly, and said softly: "Alek said that chasing girls always takes a lot of money." Thoughtful, too simple to appear insincere, isn't it?"

Lestrade curled his lips with a gentle and shy look. Even a woman as experienced as Athena would be moved by his honesty and candor again and again.She couldn't help standing on tiptoe, and directly put her arms around Lestrade's neck.

"You're such an adult, why are you asking that brat Alek?" Athena raised her head, her slightly raised red lips could almost be touched by Lestrade lowering her head.

Facing Athena's charming attitude, Lestrade just pressed her cheek and said, "You are such an adult, why do you always like to act like a baby?"

"You don't like it?" She squeezed her hands tighter, and Lestrade had no choice but to lower his head even harder. He would rather be shorter in this kind of intimacy, so as not to have to work so hard like now .

Although it was hard on the body, I was still very happy in my heart.Because the cheeks that had not yet recovered from the cold wind outside were stuck to Athena's tender and warm cheeks, Lestrade felt as if his heart was warm.

He has never been a proactive person. If he hadn't met Athena, he might never have felt such intimacy and sweetness in his life.

Alek used to say that girls are the cutest places in the world, but Lestrade, who was only busy with business at that time, never thought of it that way.But it wasn't until after he showed his love to Athena these days that he realized... For him, Athena is his favorite place among all the girls in the world.

"Of course I like it. I like everything you do to me. If you can marry me..."

"Stop, stop! We agreed not to mention this matter, you want to marry me... Mike will be the first to jump out and say no, and Sherlock! My two brothers are very difficult to deal with, when will you After finishing them, come and talk to me about this matter again!"

Whenever Lestrade talked about the engagement, Athena always used Mycroft and Sherlock as a shield, and she didn't know whether she really cared so much about her brothers' opinions, or whether she was trying to prevaricate Lestrade. Trade's temptation.

Lestrade was not angry, but let go of her and said with a faint smile: "I would touch me on weekdays, but I dare not do these things after giving you the legal right? It seems that our Miss Holmes is not a legend." So bold, so bohemian!"

"Hmph!" Athena raised her head and blinked noncommittally, then turned her head and put down the flowers and said, "Aren't you going to find the chef back? Go now! I'm hungry, I'll wait until you come back." There is something else I want to show you!" Athena pushed Lestrade out of the door while talking.

While leaning on the handrail of the stairs, Lestrade still did not forget to ask, "What is it?"

"It's a gift that should have been given to you a long time ago. You'll know when you come back! Go! Go!" Athena just waved her hand and smiled as she watched him leave.

As for the gift, it was naturally the painting he had drawn when meeting him in Paris.The painting was of him, so naturally it should have been given to him a long time ago. As soon as she thought of this, Athena excitedly went into the bedroom to turn out the painting and place it in the center of the living room.

Lestrade couldn't help smiling again when he saw her in a hurry, and went out with peace of mind only when she was nowhere to be seen.

Athena once went to the Lopez Grilled Lamb Chop Restaurant once, and said that she liked the taste of his home. Although Lestrade remembered it, he never found a suitable opportunity to take her there, but fortunately The proprietress of the Pelos Lamb Chop Restaurant once owed him a favor.

Lestrade once helped Peros' proprietress catch an insider who stole his family's secret recipe, and thus kept the exclusive secret information of Peros' century-old store before the situation further expanded.In the eyes of ordinary people, this trivial matter would not even be ignored by other detectives, but for Guan Pelos, it is a major matter related to the advantages of taste and the reputation of the brand.

With such a big favor, the boss immediately asked the waiter to put on the secret sauce and fresh ingredients and rushed over with Lestrade for another meal.

But Lestrade, who got out of the carriage, did not even have time to help the shopkeeper, when he noticed that the door which he had closed when he had just left was now ajar.Seeing this, Lestrade hurried up.

The boss behind him laughed and said, "Mr. Detective is so anxious, it must be because of the very important lady!"

Lestrade was not in the mood for joking now, he shouted loudly after entering the door: "Athena? Melina?"

But no one responded.

All the way upstairs, I saw that the bedroom where Athena was staying was now empty, and the flame in the fireplace was still burning brightly, and everything was no different from when he left.Seeing this, Lestrade's heart became even more flustered. He went upstairs to the living room and shouted, "Athena? Athena? Where are you?"

"I... I'm here!"

A faint voice came from the kitchen, and Lestrade ran over in a big stride, only to see a woman lying on the kitchen floor, but it was not Athena when she looked closely.

"Melina? What are you doing? Why are you lying on the ground? Where is Athena? Where did Athena go?"

"I... I don't know anything! I was making tea, and I fainted for some reason. Where's Miss? Is Miss missing?"

Lestrade raised his head abruptly, but there was no sign of Athena anywhere he could see.

The author has something to say: this book has entered the final stage, please look forward to the final case!

After finishing this book, I will open the Qing Chuanwen next door "[Qing Chuan] Fifth Brother He Intermittently Salted Fish". I hope you will collect and support it a lot!