The Ambitious Orphan
“Once again, he'd tried to encourage the younger Holmes to send Amelia back to Bath. It was imperative she went back there before the end of the day. After several minutes with no reply, Mycroft rolled his eyes. It was getting childish, and both of them knew it.
Realising his brother was going to allow Amelia to stay as long as she wished, simply because it bothered Mycroft, he gave up and turned on the small TV in his living room. There were only a few occasions in which he turned the device on..., and today was one of them. He was expecting a big announcement, and he wanted to see some of the initial reaction to the news.
An hour later, he turned it off. Russia had officially claimed the soldiers who'd invaded Ukraine. They had actually been a splinter group this mystery man was in charge of, but given the large number of soldiers wearing Russian uniform, the Russian president had claimed their actions as his own. It was exactly as Mycroft had expected.
It didn't bother him that they'd started a war, but it did mean their time was up.MoreLess
Realising his brother was going to allow Amelia to stay as long as she wished, simply because it bothered Mycroft, he gave up and turned on the small TV in his living room. There were only a few occasions in which he turned the device on..., and today was one of them. He was expecting a big announcement, and he wanted to see some of the initial reaction to the news.
An hour later, he turned it off. Russia had officially claimed the soldiers who'd invaded Ukraine. They had actually been a splinter group this mystery man was in charge of, but given the large number of soldiers wearing Russian uniform, the Russian president had claimed their actions as his own. It was exactly as Mycroft had expected.
It didn't bother him that they'd started a war, but it did mean their time was up.MoreLess
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