She did in fact expect that reaction. Her reaction had not been very far off.
"Alive. And traumatized. She told us she had been kidnapped and that her captor had played mind games with her, making her believe seven years had passed, when it was only 18 months. As you can imagine, Sherlock couldn't handle the investigation into what had happened to her. He didn't want to leave her side."
She understands that feeling now, and is grateful anew that Sherlock dove into the investigation of Ted's kidnapping while Joan stayed by Ted's side.
"So I did the investigation. Irene was an artist, and her captors had supplied her with canvases and paints. One of the paints, a certain shade of blue, was rare. I was able to trace it to a particular art store, and they were able to tell me who bought it. Unfortunately, the suspect found out that we were at his house, and ran."
She pauses, takes a breath.
"Meanwhile, Sherlock was getting ready to leave the country with Irene, to go someplace where they would both be safe. While she was getting ready to go, Sherlock noticed that she had recently had a mole removed from her shoulder."
She pauses to let him absorb that for a moment.
"He knew that if she had truly been held captive," she continues softly, "they wouldn't have taken her to a doctor, much less a surgeon."
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"Alive. And traumatized. She told us she had been kidnapped and that her captor had played mind games with her, making her believe seven years had passed, when it was only 18 months. As you can imagine, Sherlock couldn't handle the investigation into what had happened to her. He didn't want to leave her side."
She understands that feeling now, and is grateful anew that Sherlock dove into the investigation of Ted's kidnapping while Joan stayed by Ted's side.
"So I did the investigation. Irene was an artist, and her captors had supplied her with canvases and paints. One of the paints, a certain shade of blue, was rare. I was able to trace it to a particular art store, and they were able to tell me who bought it. Unfortunately, the suspect found out that we were at his house, and ran."
She pauses, takes a breath.
"Meanwhile, Sherlock was getting ready to leave the country with Irene, to go someplace where they would both be safe. While she was getting ready to go, Sherlock noticed that she had recently had a mole removed from her shoulder."
She pauses to let him absorb that for a moment.
"He knew that if she had truly been held captive," she continues softly, "they wouldn't have taken her to a doctor, much less a surgeon."