The Adventure of the Copper Beeches: The Second Wife

[lucybun.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Title: The Second Wife
Author: lucybun
Rating: G

I should hate Sherlock Holmes for what he did to my family. Jephro would never have truly hurt selfish, little Alice; he was only doing what was necessary for the greater good of us all. But how could I despise the man who made my continued existence so essential to my dearest husband? I will be the last Mrs. Rucastle.

Comments

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Yeouch. Nice little household, indeed, and clever encapsulation of it.

[lucybun.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Am I showing my age if I say how this story always puts me in mind of a V.C. Andrews book? Not to compare them in quality, but that it's about a family that is scarily f****d up.

[shouldboverthis.livejournal.com]

Oh, ouch--what an amazing take--what comes after and that strange, horrible little woman.

[lucybun.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! She is very much the creepy presence in the background, isn't she?

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

LOVE THIS. So dark and horrifying. She really was the terror hiding at the end of that country lane. Just perfect.

[lucybun.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like the way you phrased that. Yes, in my mind, she and that child are exactly the sort of thing that made Holmes so leery of the countryside. Thank you!

[methylviolet10b]

Oooh, creepy! She is a really enigmatic and rather spooky figure isn't she?

[lucybun.livejournal.com]

Spooky is a good word for her. :D Thank you!

[hardboiledbaby]

Oh, now that is twisted. Wow. Excellent work!