"Are you going to head back to the madam now, sir?"

I handed my bloodied shirt to Watson and graciously accepted the clean towel from him. 

I nodded quietly in response as I carefully wiped the rest of the blood off of my body, making sure not the miss any of the specks littered around my collar or splatters dripping from my hands. I didn't want to freak Jane out by coming home covered in blood. 

She had no clue about the dark side of my world. 

She only knew of my ...