The Science Of Second Chances//Book Two

Chapter 12~ Brilliance

Third Person P.O.V

She only just managed to avoid their detection. Just being the keyword.

They didn't know where she was at the moment but it was only a matter of time before they did. And when they did...

Irene Adler slumped against the wall of her new flat that she had only been living in for two weeks. Now though she would have to leave as soon as possible.

With a long, drawn out sigh Irene reached into her coat pocket and pulled out her camera phone, fingering the keypad and closing her eyes. She had told Kate to cancel all her appointments and go on holiday until things cooled down. At first the red-haired lady had protested on going on holiday and leaving Irene alone but Irene had been stern, making it clear that Kate was to listen if she didn't want to get herself killed. Irene had also promised to reward her afterwards. Kate had caved in the end with a small smile on her face at the mention of being rewarded, leaving Irene alone to try and figure out what her next move would be to shake off these killers who were after her.

She hadn't come up with anything so far and the nerves were beginning to get to her.

They're getting too close, she thought as she sat on the ground, they'll find me soon, then they'll kill me.

Opening her eyes she looked down at her camera phone then, after a minute long pause, she punched in her password and went into her contacts. Names of clients flashed before her eyes, along with Kate's name. Sherlock's.

She stopped on Teddy's.

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The girls were boring. The things they talked about were boring. Everything was boring in Irene Adler's eyes.

She wanted to go live with Castiel. She liked her uncle Cas, he was cool. She hadn't seen him much lately but whenever she did he would smile a goofy grin and ruffle her brown hair like she was still seven years old. He was a joker, really relaxed, which was funny seeing as his job as a high paying doctor was quite serious. He had been with heaps of girls during Irene's life but none of them pasted the one year mark. Cas didn't like to be dragged down by anyone, he preferred to play the field.

Every time Irene thought about living with Cas though she couldn't help but feel guilty. She couldn't leave her mother here alone, not after everything she had sacrificed for her daughter who had come along so unexpectedly years ago. And the money that Cas had given them to pay for Irene's schooling would go to waste.

So she didn't ask her mother if she could go live with Cas instead, even though she knew it would be much more interesting living in France.

Irene hated the school. Well, actually, that wasn't quite correct. She thought the school looked quite nice, with it's old brick walls and ivy that climbed up parts of it and the huge tower that no one was allowed to go in. She also thought the lessons were OK. Every other school she had been to never had the best education, so to come here was quite different but coo at the same time. The school itself wasn't the problem. It was the people in it.

The first day was alright. She had never been to an all girl's school before so it was a different experience for her. Every day after that though had been hell. Those girls never stopped talking about their problems! It was always 'Daddy won't by me this,' 'My boyfriend won't do that,' 'My hair is awful,' 'I wish I...'

It was driving Irene mad. Plus the fact that they would never leave her alone. She did like the attention at first but she did want a little bit of privacy too. These girls weren't giving her a second of it though.