Joan sees Keeley heading out as she enters, and the woman tells her Michelle and Henry are with Ted. Joan thanks her, for keeping Ted company and for letting her know his family is there. As Joan heads toward Ted's room, she tries to think of the best way to introduce herself to Ted's ex and their child. It's awkward and certainly not the circumstances in which she'd want to meet them, but things were the way they were.
When she reaches the room she halts outside the open door. Ted is there with Michelle and Henry. They're all laughing. Ted looks so happy. He looks at Michelle, and Joan can see the love he has for her. He loves her. She knew that, but seeing it...
No wonder he's never told Joan he loves her.
Joan takes a step back. She shouldn't interrupt this time he has with his family. He loves them. He should be with them.
Her phone buzzes. She fishes it out of her pocket and sees a message from Sherlock.
T.C. WS A PAWN
It's like a punch in the gut, and she staggers back. She had convinced herself that Chapman had just been a crazy football fan, nothing more. But she was wrong. He was used as a weapon to hurt, hell, to kill Ted.
She looks up at him, at how beat up he is, and sees very clearly how he looked in that basement, chained and beaten and near death.
Because of her. All because of her. Because he was close to her and Joan and Sherlock had gotten too close to Moriarty and she sent someone after Ted to take someone Joan loves...
She turns and hurries down the hall, toward the exit, her head down, her eyes brimming with tears, holding it together until she could flag a cab, get in, and give the cabbie an address.
Then she breaks down and sobs there in the back of the cab.
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When she reaches the room she halts outside the open door. Ted is there with Michelle and Henry. They're all laughing. Ted looks so happy. He looks at Michelle, and Joan can see the love he has for her. He loves her. She knew that, but seeing it...
No wonder he's never told Joan he loves her.
Joan takes a step back. She shouldn't interrupt this time he has with his family. He loves them. He should be with them.
Her phone buzzes. She fishes it out of her pocket and sees a message from Sherlock.
T.C. WS A PAWN
It's like a punch in the gut, and she staggers back. She had convinced herself that Chapman had just been a crazy football fan, nothing more. But she was wrong. He was used as a weapon to hurt, hell, to kill Ted.
She looks up at him, at how beat up he is, and sees very clearly how he looked in that basement, chained and beaten and near death.
Because of her. All because of her. Because he was close to her and Joan and Sherlock had gotten too close to Moriarty and she sent someone after Ted to take someone Joan loves...
She turns and hurries down the hall, toward the exit, her head down, her eyes brimming with tears, holding it together until she could flag a cab, get in, and give the cabbie an address.
Then she breaks down and sobs there in the back of the cab.