It was simply coincidence that he came across a deerstalker hat in a second hand shop that would fit over his dreadlocks and smoking a pipe was a habit he had enjoyed since his days at university. Born in Manchester to parents who had migrated from Jamaica, he had always wanted to be as fluent in Patois; the language of Jamaica; as his parents and best friend, Oliver Watson who to many at home in Kingston, was known as 'Bush Doctor Watson' because of his skills in mixing herbal remedies from plants growing in abundance on the island.
On that cold, wet October evening, when Dreadlocks Holmes was walking down a back alley in Moss Side on his way to the chicken shop, he noticed a leg sticking out from under a discarded mattress. A cold sweat ran across his brow and he felt a little faint. Steadying himself against the wet brick wall, he took a closer look...
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