"What happened next?: Det. Murdoch and Julia's talk just after the end of Kung Fu Crabtree"

!NOW CORRECTED VERSION!

Spoiler alert! Do not read this story if you didn't see episode 16 "Kung Fu Crabtree"!

I don't owe Murdoch Mysteries (but I'd like to...)

Again, to make my story more consistent, I used some of the dialogues from "Kung Fu Crabtree" and they are written in italics.

Please R&R, I love to read that you liked it (I'm also not afraid of constructive critique, I promise to consider your opinion!)!

This has been corrected by Ethelfreda, who agreed to correct my stories before publishing. I'll never be able to thank her enough for her huge help!

Doctor Grace slowly turned the sculpted head towards them. Detective William Murdoch held his breath... Then he saw him. It was James Gillies! There couldn't be any doubts! Detective Murdoch sighed with relief.

"He's dead William, he's really dead!" said Julia smiling widely. Her beautiful eyes were shining leaving no doubt, that she was extremely happy and relieved. "Oh Will! " she sighed quietly just before they hurried into each other's arms forgetting about the world around them.

"Ehh... you can see yourselves out...."Doctor Grace's embarrassed voice reminded them they weren't alone.

"Ah! Doctor Grace, thank you." said Det. Murdoch. Overwhelmed by his emotions that bombarded him now, he could not think of anything more to say. She knew he was grateful to her, even though she didn't do much. She smiled and quickly left the morgue. She was already late for her rendezvous with Leslie Garland. He will surely forgive her when he learns the reason for her delay. Emily frowned when she remembered that she didn't tell Leslie anything about Julia's problems. Of course she didn't, he was Dr. Ogden's brother-in-law, so it was her decision whether to tell him or not. What surprised the young pathologist, was the fact that she even didn't want to tell him...

"All this time! Since the rail bridge, he's been lying there." Julia's voice was full of pure joy.

He nodded. But then Julia frowned. Her face turned from the infinite joy to worry within seconds.

"But the note, William! And the photographs. Is that all some kind of a terrible joke? Could Gillies have planned this all in advance?"

'Could he? Really? No. No he couldn't. ' - thought Detective

"No." he said "Someone took these photographs." He thought for a while. Once again he walked through the station in his mind. 'Who else was there? And who in spite of that devil, yes devil James Gillies would do such a thing? Who could possibly want them to part? And want it so badly?' Then simplicity and obviousness of that situation stroked him. He suddenly saw the man and reminded himself of all the unusual events of that day. 'You... (he didn't let himself to think that improper word), that was you all along!'

"I know who did this." he simply said to Julia.

She shook her head in disbelieve. 'So quickly? After long days of suffering alone and other, when she was frightened that with her decision she have condemned both William and herself, she couldn't believe that he has found the answer within seconds.'

"Who, William?" she asked anxious to know the answer "Who could have done that?"

"Well Julia, " said he hesitating after he realised, that she might not be so easy to convince "it's Darcy's brother."

"Leslie?! That can't be! William, have you lost your mi... " suddenly she became silent, realizing it was not impossible at all. "William, I believe you might be right!"

"I know it seems impossible Julia, but he was at the station house that day. I know I'm right! Dr. Grace was undercover, playing a French lady and then, he suddenly appeared. He had almost ruined the whole plane by his unexpected visit and if Dr. Grace didn't... Oh, never mind! I could swear he had a small camera with him!"

"Yes William, I believe you. That was him who have us the tickets to The Opera!"

"Indeed it was! How could I overlook that? Of course, he gave us the tickets to the opera so he knew we'd be there, and he took the opportunity to take a photo of us."

"We were so terrified by the thought that Gillies had come back, that we weren't thinking reasonably!"

"That was probably what he hoped we would do."

"But what was his motive, William? What on earth did we do to him that he could hate us enough to do that? For him to use Gillies name, the man who killed his brother, is ruthless and heartless."

"Yes Julia, it is heartless. You can't see why he did it? Really? He had to have been furious that you were going to leave his brother. He probably couldn't stand to see us being happy together after Darcy's passing..."

There were a few seconds of silence, while let the idea sink in.

"What shall we do now?"

"Confront him. He does not seem to be a murderer..."

"No, he's not." speaking as a psychiatrist Julia said "People like him rarely carry out their threats."

"Get your coat, I'm going to fetch the Inspector. I'll meet you in front of the station house."

"All right. William... " but he was already gone.

It's just the first chapter of course. Don't worry, it will be about what happened after, not only during the episode. I just felt that I'd want to see Julia's reaction to Detective's discovery. Please let me know if you liked it. I have the next chapter (or 2, cause I think this will be three-chapter story, unless you'll want more) in my mind and I'm going to start writing them just after posting this one, but I simply wanted to publish at least part of the story before a new episode airs.

I hope you enjoyed it!