It has been 7 months and things have certainly changed for William and Julia; they welcome a son into the world and named him, Daniel Philip after Julia's grandfather. When, Julia came back from maternity, she ran into his office and passionately kissed him and gave him a bullet extractor, as a present. But then they were called to a case, which, Julia's old friend, Dr. Tash was a suspect in. What was worse, when William saw the two, together and suspected they were having an affair, which he confronted her about and she denied it, saying they were just friends and he was a homosexual.
William still regretted when he asked her, "I need to know if Mary and Daniel are truly my children"
Julia was shocked by the question, but told him, "yes, you are their father."
What was more shocking was when Julia revealed, she considered having an abortion when she found out she was pregnant, with Mary.
Then she looked at him, with tears in her eyes, "please, tell me, nothing has changed between us?"
William didn't say anything and Julia left, which resulted in a 4-month separation and William decided to live at his old boarding house for a while; which resulted a woman, by the name of Enid Jones, who asked him to court her. But William told her no, that he was still in love with his wife and will fight for her.
It was a beautiful morning, when William got a call from George, and was happy there was a murder, only Julia would be there and they could talk.
He heads to the crime scene and George informs him it was an accident, but he should still see the victim, Humphrey Breen, who was a geologist and had William's calling card on him, which confused him, since he never met the man.
William looked at the body and came to a conclusion, the man died from falling to his death by catching a rare butterfly.
He was about to pick up the butterfly, when Henry told him that he was ordered not to touch anything, by Sergeant, Jasper Linney.
William was watching Linney and asked him what he was doing, which he told William was interviewing the neighbors. Which, William told him, leave the constables to do that and to ask why he is here in Toronto. Which Jasper told him; he was investigating a murder that happened in British Columbia which led him to Toronto.
William was beginning to get frustrated and ask him to leave, which Linney tells him of course but knows he will be needed again.
William rolls his eyes, but then sees a carriage pull up and sees Julia, with a man. William's heart, begins going to his stomach as he sees the two being very chummy with each other. George approaches him and tells him not to worry, and fight for her.
"Julia"
"William, what do you have for me, on this glorious day?"
"The victim, fell on his roof, from attempting to catch a butterfly"
"So, an accident"
Which, Linney tells him that this was no accident and approaches Julia and introduces himself, which made William uncomfortable, which he steps in and informs her that this was just an accident. Linney steps in and told her to treat this as a murder.
They both begin arguing which was making Julia uncomfortable, then Linney asked Julia to do the post-mortem on the butterfly.
They head back to the station, and head to William's office, where Jasper explains of how the murder led him from British Columbia to Toronto, which again William thought was ridiculous, then the inspector told him to continue with the investigation and treat Linney with courtesy, then searches for Linney to just left for the morgue.
(The Morgue)
William enters the morgue and sees Linney and Julia flirting, which makes him mad and annoyed.
"Oh, Detective, do join us" says Julia
William walks down, trying to stay professional, but inside he was jealous with rage.
Julia informs him that the butterfly was indeed killed, before Mr. Breen's death from the fall. Which Linney informs him that the butterfly and net was planted beside the body and William figures out Breen was pushed out his window to make it look like an accident.
Julia notices the friction between William and Jasper, but ignores it, "so, I should continue my examination of Mr. Breen.
Linney leaves the morgue, while William stays behind, "is there something else, William?"
"I was wondering, if tonight is no trouble, I can come and see Mary and Daniel?"
"Of course, well I did make plans with Reggie, but you can see them tonight and I can cancel Mrs. Kitchen"
"Great, but, Julia…"
Just then Poundsett comes in and William's blood begins to boil, but leaves the morgue, which he notices Linney saw the whole thing and asked about the situation. William tells him long story, but kept it short, which Linney tells him to fight for her.
They call it a night, and William heads to see Mary and Daniel, and sees Julia, "ah, Julia, I want to…" then there is a knock on the door and it's Poundsett again. "When will this man, stop interrupting me?" William thought
But William, stayed with Mary and Daniel, who have missed him terribly; they had dinner, played games, danced and he put them to bed.
When Julia got home, she was smiling and laughing, that's when William, asked her, "Julia, I need to talk to you on a personal matter, please"
"Ok, about what?"
"Uhh…well…"
Then they hear a cry and Julia heads upstairs, "Daniel, he must need a change"
"But, Julia, we really need to talk"
"Can it be tomorrow?"
William nods and leaves
The next day, William and Jasper are in his office, and come to a conclusion, that both murders are link to the mining claim in Pringle Creek and inform the inspector.
They head to the mining claim office and talk to Mr. Fremont, and said they had many claimers and didn't know who he was, then they asked Mr. Vanderlay, who said he knew Breen, and had a great friendship with him, but didn't know the other victim Uriah.
They leave and entered into the station, and talk more about the investigation, and ask George if he could find more information about the mining claim, and go into his office, where William looks over the map of British Columbia, to find Pringle Creek, while Jasper looks at the souvenirs. Then the inspector enters into his office and informs them of a suspect named Accidental Al, and shows them a wanted poster. William has a vision and remembers seeing the man in disguise and they go warn Vanderlay, but to late and found his dead under a book case.
They call in for Julia and examined the body, "as I suspect the cause of death is being crushed by the book case"
"Any signs of a struggle?"
"No, but I'll know more after the post-mortem of course" she then sees what Vanderlay had in his hand and began laughing as did Jasper and thought he had horrible taste in poetry.
William was getting fed up and butted in, "might, I bring our attention back to Mr. Vanderlay? Is there anything suggesting foul play?"
Jasper jokes that there wasn't, when Julia joins in as well.
"So, you're suggesting, he was killed, then the book was placed in his hand?" William asked
"That would be hard to explain in court of law" Julia said with laughter
"But it does, and once again, it's the work of Accidental Al"
(The Morgue)
Julia and Jasper discuss their favorite kind of poetry, which is Shelley, when William comes in and sees them laughing. He rolls his eyes and walks down the stairs, "oh, hello, detective"
"Doctor, have you new information for me?"
"Indeed, I do. Sergeant Linney and I were just sharing our love of poetry, which is Shelley"
Jasper asked William, what kind of poetry he is fond of, which he said post-restoration.
"Now, might we discuss the victim?" he says with an annoyed voice
"Yes, of course, as I suspected, he died by being crushed by the bookcase, but then I discovered he his eardrums were burst."
"How?"
"I suspect he was defending himself with Tai Kwon Do"
"I heard of the ancient technique"
Jasper said he heard of it too and its quite effective, when William thought, "who asked you?"
They leave and inform the inspector of their findings, which Jasper said, he had all the information he needed and it was time to head back to British Columbia.
William thought, "great, goodbye, forever," when George informs him of one of the claimers of the mine and William looks at the chart and sees Harry Murdoch.
He asks the inspector to accompany, Linney and to see if his father is involved, which the inspector agrees.
(The Morgue)
William enters the morgue and calls for Julia, but it was all quiet and no one around. He looks down at her desk and sees her collection of poetry and put it in his jacket pocket. Then he sees her planner, with the words written Stoufville, with Reggie.
He began crying and wondered if he truly lost her, and needed help, and heads back to the station. He sees George and ask him to leave a message with Julia and inform her that he wouldn't be having dinner with the children tonight, but also to see if there is any information about Poundsett. George jokes, if he wants, the lads and him can beat him up, which William tells him no, and leaves for the train station.
It was a couple of days later, when William heads home from British Columbia and what a whirlwind trip that was; first he and Jasper arrive to a deserted town and see no mining happening, then they find Harry and both call him dad. Harry explained to both of them, that yes, they were half-brothers. Then a shoot-out happens and he got shot, but thankful for that book he took which saved his life.
They then make a grenade, to finish all the men who was shooting at them, then William begins to head before his father asked him if he will ever trust him, but William told him never, but he got great brotherly advice from Jasper to go home and fight for Julia.
As soon as he got to Toronto, he headed to the train station, where the inspector told him they got Accidental Al and Fremont in jail. William told him great and then George told him he got information about Poundsett. William looks at the information and was shocked to find out Julia wasn't courting him, but taking hot air balloon lessons from him.
William grabbed his hat and headed out the door and onto his bike, to see Julia.
He arrived just in time as he sees her about to do a solo trip, "Julia!"
"William, your back, welcome home."
"Yes, thank you, but I need to talk to you"
"Is there something wrong?"
"Yes, there is"
"The children?"
"No, there find, I mean I have been wanting to talk to you about us, Julia"
"William, I have a rather pressing engagement"
She hops into the basket
"Yes, but Julia it can't wait. Ever since our falling out, nothing has been the same. I miss us and the children, and I love you. Will you give us another chance and take me back?"
"I'm not sure, I do love you, but…"
"Julia, are you willing to talk about it?"
"Are you willing to see, which way the wind takes us?"
The balloon starts to go up, "that could be anywhere, Julia"
Julia smiles, "yes, William, it could"
William is a bit hesitate, but jumps, grabs the ropes and hops into the basket and hug and kiss.
They ride for an hour before landing back to where they started and head home, where Mary and Daniel are so thrilled to see daddy and mommy are back together. As a family they have dinner, play for a bit and put them to bed. William tells Julia to make some hot chocolate, while he showers, which she agrees.
After the shower, he goes into the kitchen and sees the cups of hot chocolate on the table, and turns and sees Julia doing the dishes naked.
"Julia!" he says he approaches her and holds her
"Was, this your fantasy, detective?"
"Yes" and he sniffs her hair, while caressing her body, "I missed you so much"
She turns and they kiss passionately and make love on the counter, then drink their hot chocolate afterwards.