Sherlock Holmes and the woman who loved him

4. It will keep you up

"Babe you've no idea how romantic it was. I must say he went m.i.a for a few hours Saturday morning and when he came back he was acting all weird and stuff ya know... but you know men god only knows what they get up to in their spare time ... He didn't even tell me where he went I mean how rude , honestly I deserved that , I was worried sick, but look he bought me these aren't they just to die for" Candice's voice was so high pitched it was almost like she was screeching . Like nails on a chalk board .

She pulled out a pair of earrings . They where actually quite nice .

Cheap enough . scratched . Second hand . The earrings had been put in two different boxes . Before given to Candice .

Smiling like a mad woman she was proud out of these earrings .

Obviously doesn't know their not expensive or that they're in fact second hand . I think she would probably have a heart attack and drop dead on the spot if she knew they were second hand and I'm not being dramatic .

"Oh they are so gorgeous he didn't mind spending a pretty penny on you so" I jokingly raised my eyebrows laughing she giggled with me. I can't tell her the truth about the earings she would probably evict me.

God if she only knew.

Sometimes I actually feel bad for her . I personally think that she dates older guys because she needs to feel that someone is looking after her . As far as I know her father left her mother when Candice was young , she never liked talking about her family and I never pushed . It wasn't my place , that and Candice liked the finer things in life but didn't like paying for them witch I completely under stand .

When I was younger my parents had nothing . My sister and I used to sleep in a single bed together our whole lives until I moved out , sometimes we didn't even have electricity because my father couldn't pay the bills and at the time it wasn't even that bad we didn't know any better we didn't even think that we were that poor.

We never had a car or a tv until I was about sixteen we simply couldn't afford one . But I reassure you as soon as I started making big bucks my parents got a brand new house that has five TVs and a pool . Do they need a pool ? No of course not they live in the uk but do they have one ? Yes .

"I know babe how lucky am I, don't worry though you'll find a guy like Brian" she plopped down on the couch next to me and have me a side hug .

Thanks 'babes' but I really don't want a guy who's married , brings me on holidays and disappears with no explanation and then buys me cheap second hand earrings claiming their expensive .

"Aww thanks Candice" I started as my phone started ringing "one second" I mouthed to Candice as I got up from the couch to answer the call .

Lestrade

"Hello" I answered "Hi good morning Leanne so I've another case could you and Sherlock come down and check it out for me" Lestrade asked very quickly and out of breath .

"Uhh sure yeah of course just text uhh Sher for me will you and where please I'll be in as soon as I can" I stuttered knowing Candice was listening to my every word and not wanting to say "sure tell me all the details of this murder on the phone where my flat mate who thinks I work in Tesco is trying to listen and text me where the body is and invite our friend that isn't actually our friend that nobody likes because he's a pain in the ass Sherlock , Sherlock Holmes,  yeah him "

"Leanne are you okay you seem a bit off"Lestrade asked concern riddled in his voice . How kind of him to be concerned.

"Yeah I'm good to come in bye see you later" I hung up , not two seconds later Lestrade text saying he had sent a cab to get me to bring me to the crime scene .