This is my most favorite Sherlock story ever. You are a gifted writer and your words paint such realistic pictures. Loved every bit of this. Thank you

Once again a really amazing story!

In front of God and everybody - oh yes! And it always gets me when he bends down to pick up that coin, because that could have ripped stitches. Such rich writing.

Good actions, some very arresting images here. How complex these men are. How priceless and rare. Superb.

Complicated, clever, 360 degree perspective and inevitable. Good stuff

The logic, the PoVs and ther writing are all impeccable. This chapter was a lot of work to put together, but the effort and brainwork onloy shows in the rightness of it.

The plot thickens. Delectable

Excellent stuff. And, for everyone who has ever waited in a hospital like that, so true to reality: that is a compliment

What a tangled web we weave - or rather Mary does. Very raw this chapter, very true, and immaculate logic and conclusions. Seriously grown up writing

'I just get to live with the aftermath' is SUCH a great line! All the right combination of psychology, fact, action and despair in this chapter.

What a great missed scene this is! Moffat/Gatiss should have used this wholesale. Including Sherlock's reaction to Molly. The logic is impeccable, as are the motives. Great Sherlock reactions and thought processes. Excellent writing.

Now, that's a nice PoV from Janine; and quite revealing about Sherlock in more ways than one. How intriguing is that? Nicely done. And a wonderful last line. Only our Sherlock!

Ooh, we know that 'oddly gentle voice' and it is never good. Great exchanges that say much more than on the surface, and I would be proud to belong to the chair's fan club; I have a similar one, and it is SO comfortable. Nearly s good as reading this.

Oh, lovely. Great depths there, and great depths of feeling and insight. Trying to solve an insoluble problem is not easy. Makes your heart bleed for Sherlock. It is not good when people consider you invulnerable...and then continue to think you are invulnerable when they are the very ones who should know better. Love the phrase 'his eyes turned from unearthly to pure ice.' Smashing stuff!

I have enjoyed this very much. Hard to say much more (except that I haven't been able to stop reading it, and it made me miss Adele last night...and am finishing now in the midst of the ELO set, which perhaps tells you better than anything how much I have enjoyed reading this). I like your story telling, I like your take on the Sherlock/John relationship, and you have put something really interesting spin on things, like Donovan working out who shot Sherlock, and Janine's PoV of Sherlock. Nice one. Thank you!