My Mr.Holmes

Chapter 3

We had now spent around a week staying in London and I was actually beginning to feel at home although I missed mother most of the time.

The bookstore has customers everyday so I find myself busy constantly and Thomas even let's me keep some books for myself. He's an angel.

"Ok Thomas I'm done for the day but I'll see you tomorrow ok"

"Yes that's fine dear and thank you for the cake it was delicious"

"Your welcome Thomas good day"

"Good day Sofia, give my best to that brother of yours"

"I will, bye"

It was a Sunday meaning I was allowed to leave the store at 1pm rather than 5 today so I thought I'd see flower at his stall to make sure he was doing ok.

"Hello brother, when will you be done today?"

"Oh hello sof, I'm going to be finishing earlier today but still have some left why?"

"Oh no reason really I just thought we could go to the parks nearby or something but we can do that some other time" he shrugged in agreement and then continued picking out flowers.

"I want four yellow flowers, two blue and a red one" we both turn to see who that voice belongs to and I can't believe my eyes.
"I don't care about the breed any flower will do"

"What are you doing here?" Asked flower as I just stood there looking foolish.

"Why, if you're passionate about flowers, would you come to London?"

"Because I can be lost here"

"And yet I found you"

"And why have you done so? You're here for the money, they've offered a reward." He looked so betrayed in that moment even though I knew enola would never do such a thing I still felt bad to hear him say it.

"Have they?, I didn't know. well, I must tie you up and claim it" she laughs as she grabs him. I suppose she has yet to notice my presence so I make myself known.

"Enola I can't believe your here it's so good to see you again"

"It's good to see you too Sofia, and I came because your still in danger"

We left the market and enola began to explain how she went by the manor and found my brothers treehouse with all of his flower pressings which eventually led her here.

She takes us to her room in the building she's staying at it's small but cozy and I find it somewhat sweet that she lives here.

"Is this how you're living?"

"Did you just rent a room at the ritz?"

That made me laugh as I think back to our shared bedroom in the small flat it's cute but small and here she is telling us we stayed at the ritz.

I find flower looking over at Enolas  undergarments so I smack him over the head.

"Ouch what was that for?"

"You know"

"These newspapers are old are you looking for a message in them enola?"

"Yes actually I am Sofia, I'm waiting for my mum to write me a message she hasn't yet but she may yet still"

"Soon enola."

After she reveals that our family sent a murderer after flower and our father we realise that we certainly are in grave danger. Especially when they see me and enola helping him.
I wasn't the least bit surprised about my father being killed as it was obvious plus I was a lot older than flower so I had my assumptions but he still had to take it in.

"It's ok flower that's the past but now we have to worry about our future ok?"

"Ok"

All of a sudden enola wacks a kettle at some man who managed to get into the room and we run hitting him on our way out.
We run upstairs and hold the door with a chest but it's  not helping much and enola reveals that the man is detective lestrade who I've actually heard about on the paper and that he has worked with her brother before.
Enola tries to convince him to join us but he won't budge so we try something else.

"See that window over there, it leads onto a roof. I need you to climb out and take off into nowhere"

"And leave you?"

"I need to hold this door"

"I can do that enola you should go with flower, I'm older so I should be the one responsible for you not the other way around please let me help."

"If he catches you your life is still in danger but if he catches me it's simply a life I do not want now go"

"I do not want to leave you enola"

Lestrade is getting closer to open the door every second so I push flower out the window and try to convince enola to go too but she won't budge.

"Go! Go!"

"Enola please let them take me"

"Tewkesbury needs you Sofia you must go please, for him"

I finally give in and run as quick as I can praying that she'll make it out to as I catch up with flower.

I felt horrible leaving enola behind but I tell myself everyday that it was for him and because of my promise to father that I had to protect him so how can I do that dead.

Flower hates himself for leaving her but I assure him she's safe, after all she told me where her brother planned on taking her so even though she's miserable I'm glad she's safe.