Chapter 5: The Blind Banker: pt. 3

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***Recap***

(Sherlock continues talking as he, John, and Rose go through the revolving doors and out onto the street.)

Sherlock: Traders come to work at all hours. Some trade with Hong Kong in the middle of the night. That message was intended for someone who came in at midnight.

(He holds up the name card to show the two.)

Sherlock: Not many Van Coons in the phonebook.

(He spots what he immediately needs and calls out loudly.)

Sherlock: Taxi! 

***Now***

(After a taxi ride, they are outside a block of flats and Sherlock presses the door buzzer marked 'Van Coon'. Releasing it, he looks into the security camera above the buzzers, waits a couple of seconds, then presses the buzzer again. There's no response.)

John: So what do we do now? Sit here and wait for him to come back?

(Sherlock has looked at the number of buzzers on the wall and steps back to look up the front of the building, presumably calculating the layout of the flats inside. He comes back to the wall and looks at John triumphantly.)

Sherlock: Just moved in.

John: What?

Sherlock: The floor above. New label.

(He points to another buzzer which has a handwritten label saying, 'Wintle'.)

John: Could have just replaced it.

Sherlock: No-one ever does that.

(Before Sherlock could press the button to ring the bell, Rose grabbed his arm, causing him to look at her in confusion. Rose pulled Sherlock down the block always before disappearing into an alleyway and making sure no cameras were on them, she orbed her and Sherlock into Van Coon's flat, leaving her uncle outside in front of the flat. Once on their feet, Sherlock stumbled some after appearing into the room.)

Rose: Sorry love, it takes some getting use to orbing

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Rose: Sorry love, it takes some getting use to orbing.

(The two mates take around the flat taking everything in. Rose made her way to the front door and used her telekinesis she unlocked the door causing Sherlock to look at her with a raised eyebrow.)

Rose: Don't want to leave fingerprints and also in case the cops ask how we got in, we can say the door was unlocked.

(As Rose and Sherlock continue to look around they see that this is clearly the apartment of a wealthy person, with white leather furniture, shiny black tables and minimal clutter. They looks at everything as they go through the room, and glances at a pile of books on a table. The pair walks through the kitchen, looking at the work surface before opening the fridge to reveal that it's full of nothing other than bottles of champagne. The front door to the flat buzzes.)

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