Kitty's package
Jul. 3rd, 2023 02:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
upstairsfromrealityKitty Riley had another scoop on the suicide of the Fake Detective. Scotland Yard had found Richard Brook's body on the roof of the building Sherlock Holmes had jumped off. She filed her copy and went home to mourn for Rich, whom she had loved, at least a little.
Arriving home, she found a disagreeable package waiting for her. An almost perfect wax apple, with one bite taken out and the letters PIF carved in. She reported the threat to both her employer and the police.
The police must have taken the report as connected to either Brook's or Holmes's death, because they sent not a bored sergeant, but a DI, all gray hair, brown eyes, and Estuary accent. He assured her that they would investigate closely, but when he called later it was only to say that there was no DNA on the apple and the bite mark was a match to an anatomical model, available online, in most dentist's offices, and at a handful of GP surgeries as well.
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Greg burst into 221B without knocking like always.
"John," he demanded "You've got to stop this. I can only cover up so much."
John barely looked at him.
Greg asked again, "Did it make you feel any better, paying that IOU in full?"
John said, "No, not even a bit."
Arriving home, she found a disagreeable package waiting for her. An almost perfect wax apple, with one bite taken out and the letters PIF carved in. She reported the threat to both her employer and the police.
The police must have taken the report as connected to either Brook's or Holmes's death, because they sent not a bored sergeant, but a DI, all gray hair, brown eyes, and Estuary accent. He assured her that they would investigate closely, but when he called later it was only to say that there was no DNA on the apple and the bite mark was a match to an anatomical model, available online, in most dentist's offices, and at a handful of GP surgeries as well.
****************************************************
Greg burst into 221B without knocking like always.
"John," he demanded "You've got to stop this. I can only cover up so much."
John barely looked at him.
Greg asked again, "Did it make you feel any better, paying that IOU in full?"
John said, "No, not even a bit."
