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A sneaking suspicion
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The next few days of investigating were an absolute nightmare.
Between keeping Jekyll off of their tails, finding evidence and trying to find any sense in what any of it meant had Rachel and Lanyon more confused than when they had started. Lucyâs gang couldnât find a single hair to indicate that Hyde even existed, the matter of Henryâs will was still up in the air and with Frankenstein hanging around the society he seemed to be spending a lot more time rekindling his love for alchemy, whether it be in finding her a cure or simply vying for her favour in him being a âtrue scientistâ, whatever that meant.
Jekyll had become more cautious too. After their office heist he seemed to have caught on that someone was onto him, though thankfully he didnât seem to have any suspicions aimed towards his closest friends.
His office was now locked even while he occupied it and he refused to leave anyone in there unattended. Unless they became master thieves sometime soon, they needed a different approach. Thankfully Henry wasnât the only alchemist at the Society, so Virginia Ito found Dr Lanyon at her door that afternoon.
âMs Ito, how have you been?â Miss Ito turned to him and casually leaned against the side of her workbench.
âI assume you need me for something, Dr Lanyon? Youâre not one to make house-calls with lodgers for the fun of itâ She said as she casually leaned against her workbench, both hands gripping the edge.
âI was simply wishing to get some clarification on something alchemy related, since Henry isnât all that talkative about itâ
âAsk awayâ
âDoes he still do his own experiments?â
âNot that I know of, except for fixing up Doctor Frankenstein, but I doubt heâs making up new medicines, since his work is apparently dull and academic.â she said with a hint of mocking in her voice.
âI just think itâs odd since he used to be so absorbed in his work, what with the shutting himself in his room and testing out new theories for days on end.â He said cautiously. Usually he wouldnât be so open about this sort of thing but he had to get the information he needed.
âYeah, he did used to be a lot more involved with his experiments. I suppose when youâve got a student thereâd be less time for furthering your own workâ
âStudent?â This was certainly news to Lanyon.
âHyde. The manâs wild for sure but he knows his way around a chemistry kit. Where else would a guy that spends his free time drinking and fucking learn advanced distilling methods?â
âAnd how exactly do you know this?â
âThe bastard snuck in here late one night to make an aphrodisiac, ruined a perfectly good flask with his first attempt. I never even got any justice for that, Jekyll just said that he can play around with my kit if he likes but he âtold him offâ for it.â She complained, the annoyance in her voice abundantly clear.
âMy heart bleeds for you, Miss Itoâ Lanyon responded sarcastically
âAll due respect, sir, you askedâ
âFair enough, thank you for your time, good day to youâ He concluded with a wave of his hand as he made his way back through the door.
âTo you as well, sirâ She responded as the door clicked shut behind him, turning back to the bench to return to her work.
This was becoming stranger by the minute. The more he learned about this debacle to less sense it made.
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Rachel was stirring a pot in the kitchen in preparation for yet another dinner for the lodgers when Dr Helsby and Mr Griffin decided to keep her company as she cooked. No doubt the smell of the stew had attracted them both.
âWhy Miss Rachel, I insist on lending a hand and passing out dinner tonightâ Mr Griffin offered
âSo you can take the best bowl for yourself, not a chance, this isnât leaving the room until Dr Jay shows his face downstairs, I told him he was eating dinner tonight and by god am I gonna watch him eat this damned foodâ
âAs if heâs gonna come down for dinner, Rachel, itâs nighttime, heâs probably done his little disappearing act like he always doesâ Dr Helsby butt in with annoyance
âOh, donât be silly, heâs just in his office at this timeâ
âNot since he hired Hyde, he isnât. Donât tell me youâve never checked on himâ
âWell Hyde hasnât been around recently, besides, Iâm not the sort of woman to go snooping in on a man when he says to leave him aloneâ
He simply gave her a knowing look, having known her approach to many men in the past. Rachel felt her face grow warm.
âWell- well point taken but- but I wouldnât just go waltzing in there whenever I feel like itâ
âPoint is, thereâs no way you havenât noticed that whenever Hyde has left for one of his bar crawls, Jekyll isnât anywhere to be found either. I reckon that they go out together so they can sleep together at Hydeâs place without drawing attention.â He snickered.
âThatâs enough outta you, mister, you get dinner last!â
âWhat? No fair!â
âI think itâs quite fair, Helsby, you should stop embarrassing yourself and leaveâ Griffin mocked
âIâm just saying that if they werenât shagging then they wouldnât make such a damn good effort to never be seen in the same room! I can say for sure that Iâve never seen Jekyll standing next to Hyde, otherwise theyâd be all over each other.â He remarked as he strolled out of the kitchen huffily.
The comment stayed with Rachel as she scooped out portions into everyoneâs bowls. Jekyll wouldnât mind if he was late to dinner tonight anyway. She was far too lost in thought to realise that the man in question had quickly crept back to his office after overhearing such slanderous gossip.
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He couldnât ignore it any longer. Someone was clearly onto him and he had an awful feeling that Rachel and Lanyon were the ones stirring up trouble. He thought it odd that they were the only ones not present during the argument yesterday, with his very private drawer left open, but after getting a stray comment from Ito about how Lanyon had stopped by to ask about him and the conversation he overheard with Rachel, he had no other conclusion to come to than that they were going behind his back to figure out why heâd been acting strangely.
If they found out, God knows what would happen. They probably wouldnât look at him the same way again and heâd be sent to Bethlam without a second thought. He couldnât bear to think about it.
What could he possible do? His closest friends had turned on him and he had been left with no options. He gathered up all evidence that he had even touched a flask in the past decade and stuffed it in his desk drawer and locked it. He couldnât destroy his lifeâs work, but there wasnât much else he could do right now. Hopefully it was enough for now.
#the glass scientists#galaxywrites#tgs#a sneaking suspicion#robert lanyon#henry jekyll#rachel pidgely#virginia ito#ranjit helsby#mr griffin#j&h#fanfiction#was the first part just an excuse to write ito content? yes. do i regret it at all? never
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