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"I don't know what you expect to get from me..."

"You listen to every word said in this house" Sherlock said

"And what if I do..." Lady Smallwood said.

"Then you have to know SOMETHING." Sherlock said.

"You come all this way to New Westminster all to talk about a case?" He said "Dear brother, I don't know what to do with you. And you didn't even bring John."

"Mycroft, nothing gets by you." Sherlock pleaded with his older brother. "and John refused to leave his new baby. He's still nursing it."

"I know, but the thing is, Alicia has been on the outs with the government for some time now. You're the fist visitor I've had in almost a month. My tea set was getting dusty, and yours is getting cold."

Sherlock, in one long train of sarcasm, picked up the cup, sipped it, and put it back down.

"You and your decorum..."

"You and your habits..." Mycroft retorted.

"Don't go there." He said.

"You saw her again didn't you?"

"I said don't"

"As your elder brother, I have a responsibility for you beyond that of the Hudsons. Now, did you see her again?"

"Yes, I saw her... The victim of the case is one of her clients, I found Irene's card in her desk. Rothberg had some sort of dealing with a government supplier... It's all I've got so far."

"Oh, the great lady detective of Bleecker Street is stumped, is he?"

"... Yes..." Sherlock muttered.

"Well then... lucky... lucky you." He said.