A Case of Identity: Shame the Devil

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Title: A Case of Identity: Shame the Devil
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: Watson is not afraid of tiger cubs nor deluded women.
Author’s Note: This is a 60-word retelling of a longer story of mine (from Mary Sutherland’s POV), Tigress.

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Holmes examined the livid red hand-print on Watson’s cheek. “You told her. I warned you what would happen.”

“And you were wrong.”

Arched eyebrows.

“Holmes, Mary Sutherland slapped me because she believed me – her broken heart demanding shared pain in that first moment.”

“And now?”

“She accepted Mrs. Hudson’s boarding-house recommendation. Mary will flee her unspeakable family within the fortnight.”