Stifling

"Sir, you can't let him have the coat!" "I know what I'm doing, Peterson." "But sir-" "He gets the coat, Peterson." Sally Donovan watched on, Anderson close behind her. Neither of them said a word. "But Detective Inspector Lestrade, sir, it's evid-" Lestrade silenced him with a raised hand. "He's been through enough. Leave him be." After the fall.