I have been wanting to do this story for some time, I hope you enjoy it.
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Its been 5 years since, William and Julia met and got married; he first was just a constable and she a coroner. He felt bad he got promoted to detective, and she remained a coroner, which she said she didn't mind. They courted for 3 ½ years, got engaged, married and 10 months later, Julia found out she was pregnant. She didn't know if she wanted to have the baby, but after she saw Mary, she was instantly loved her.
Today, Mary is 9 months old, and William and Julia needed to go on a date and he suggested an exhibition, so they had Mrs. Kitchen babysit for the day.
They rode their bikes to the exhibition, which was such a great idea and on a beautiful day.
They get off their bikes and see the crowd, "quite the turnout for a scientific demonstration" Julia said
"More of a spectacle, I should say" William said
"Shall, we move closer to the stage?" she asked
He smiled, "yes, of course" trying to hide the object that was hidden under a blanket.
Julia noticed the object, "What have you got there?"
"Uh, it was meant a surprise," he said and flipped the blanket
"Are we having a picnic?"
"Well, I thought, since we are in the park, I thought it was acceptable."
"Did you make you famous peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?"
William smiled, "I did"
Julia smiled and grabbed William's hand and moved through the crowd to see the stage.
They began listening to the demonstrator, Mr. Pratt explain the experiment.
William leans to Julia, "what, Mr. Pratt isn't saying, of course is that, he's made his entire fortune off this direct current"
"Of course, so this whole exhibition is about money?"
William smiles, "and the desire to keep it"
Mr. Pratt continues talking then points to Nikola Tesla, William is shocked, "that's really him"
"William, your hero, well one of them"
"Maybe it was a good idea to come" he said with a smile
The experiment begins, when Mr. Pratt introduces his assistant, Miss Howard to flip the switch, but something goes wrong and she is electrocuted.
William and Julia rush to the stage, as he turns off the switch, and tells everyone not to touch Miss Howard.
After the scene is cleared, he examines the switch, and she examines Miss Howard; William finds the switch was tampered with by rubber underneath.
(The Morgue)
William enters the morgue, and apologizes for the date being interrupted by a death, but was so happy to meet Tesla.
"William its ok, and I'm glad you got to meet him"
He smiles and notices the fish on her table, "I see you got a new staff member"
"Yes, I do, enjoy some company when you're not here. Plus, I keep thinking Mary is here if I hear a noise."
"Speaking of Mary, she's doing fine"
"I'm glad"
"Do you have your post-mortem?"
Julia moves past him, "yes, I'm sorry, it took so long, but I rarely get the chance to examine an electrocution victim"
William stands straight, "yes, I suspect it will become less rare in the next while"
Julia tells him how fascinated electric current is and shows him a graph of how the current went through, Miss Howard, and how the current went through her heel.
William explains to her about how electricity takes the easier path to the ground.
She is still amazed and wonder how the current does it, and he smiles and says "nature at its most efficient"
He also tells her Miss Howard was definitely murdered, and she informs him that she was 5 weeks pregnant, which made her tear up a bit.
"Well, thank you Julia for this information" he says and gives her a cheek on the kiss
"Your welcome, I am done for the day, so I am going to head home to see our little girl"
William smiles, "I will try to be home for dinner" and he leaves
William continued with the case, but then got some news about Mr. Pratt and went to his office, where he finds him electrocuted and dead.
They inform, Julia and she arrives immediately, "as you suspected another electrocution" she smiled
"Yes, except, this time, the current flowed directly through the heart"
Julia looked at the body, "yes, but how do you know that?"
William shows her how the current went from the ear piece, through the phone and through the outlet.
After examining the body, Julia had it sent to the morgue, while William interview a new suspect.
(Morgue)
William enter the morgue, "Julia"
"William, so is the case finally closed?"
"Dodd confessed to killing Pratt and taking bribes from Niagara AC."
She looks at him, "are you disappointed?"
"I was hoping to get a confession from Pratt of how he rigged the machine"
She reaches out for him and gives him a hug and kiss.
He looks at her again, "Julia, why when you mentioned Miss Howard, you begin crying"
She looks down, "because not only did she die, but an innocent child died as well"
"I see, is that why you have been clingier with Mary?"
Julia nodded and he gives her another hug.
(Murdoch Home)
Julia was on the floor, playing with Mary, William was writing in his journal.
"So, William, you closed another case and met Tesla."
"Yes, I went to see him again, but he was gone."
"Oh, but don't worry, William, you will see him again"
"Yes" he says and smiles back at this wife and daughter.