The Five Orange Pips: Guilt

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Canon Story: Five
Title: Guilt
Author: Chess Ka
Rating: G

Though I had dreaded it, and had done since the door had closed behind John Openshaw, the report that Watson read to me was nonetheless a bitter blow. I still curse my exceptional memory, which recalls the minutest detail of Openshaw's earnest face, of the absolute trust in his voice, leaving me with a cruel twist in my heart.