Wisteria Lodge: A Much-Loved Child

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Canon Story: The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
Title: A Much-Loved Child
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: Signora Durando seeks Holmes’ help in tracing her illegitimate daughter by the late Garcia. A follow-up to this previous WIST 60.


“Her adoptive family wished you to have this photograph,” said Holmes. “However…”

“I understand.”

Signora Durando looked away.

“But I wouldn’t have tried to take Dolores from her— Her mother.”

“They… changed her name.”

Signora Durando nodded wearily. “A good English name, to leave her past behind.”

“No,” said Holmes gently. “For you she’s Dolores but… for them she’s Luz.”



A/N: ‘Dolores’ of course means ‘sorrows’ and ‘Luz’ is ‘light’.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

What a lovely follow up.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

A happy ending for Luz. Beautiful.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^_^

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^_^ And at least Signora Durando knows that her daughter is happy and loved.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Maybe Luz can have a play date with Lucy Munro.

[debriswoman]

So sad.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

That would be nice ^_^ Those two little girls do have a certain amount in common.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's never going to be a happy ending for Signora Durando.

[sanguinity]

May Luz be loved well, and may Signora Durando be able to take some cofort in that.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

I hope so. I would guess that knowing she's not going to be part of her child's life is not going to be an easy thing to bear. But she's a strong woman.