Snippet #1506747

As soon as Mary was out of the room, Jekyll took a seat on the sofa and looked at the tray. It was a welcome pick-up; breakfast seemed like a long time away. He poured a cup of tea from the pot and added a little milk. The first sip was heavenly, the first thing to have passed his lips since the early hours.

Also on the tray were a few sealed letters. His eyes fell on one in particular; the handwriting on the front was all to familiar. With a sense of exhaustion and dread he opened it and removed the handwritter letter inside. After skimming the words for as little time as necessary, he put his hand to his chin and sighed. She was asking for more money. Not that the money was a problem; goodness knows if only the woman had a little more savvy and less scruple she'd probably ask for a lot more. But if anyone caught wind of the amount of cash that was being passed between them...it would be almost impossible to explain. Damn you Hyde! He was proving the be the most expensive addiction a doctor had ever fallen foul to...but the discoveries that could be made...

He brushed it off and tucked the letter into his jacket. He would stop by and visit her presently. Nobody else must know of this. Finishing his afternoon tea, he closed his ledger and filed it away in the safe.