SBPD
It was 9:45 on Monday morning and Karen went up to Juliet's desk.
"Hey, can you ask Shawn and Gus to come up here?" Karen asked.
"Yeah. What's going on?" Juliet asked.
"Another high profile case."
"Is this a new one?"
"Yeah. Came in last night. Corporate lawyer was murdered."
"Yeah, I'll call him right now."
"Thank you."
Juliet nodded.
Juliet reached or her desk phone and called Shawn.
Shawn
Shawn was on the couch when his phone rang.
"Hello?" Shawn asked.
"Hey, you." Juliet said.
"Well hello to you too. What's up?"
"Do you think your mom can watch Nat for a bit?"
"Yeah. What's going on?"
"High profile case. Corporate lawyer got murdered last night."
"Yeah, I'call her right now."
"Ok. How's the baby?"
"She's sleeping right now, but she's good."
"Good. Give her a kiss for me and I'll see you in a bit."
"Is Gus coming?"
"Shawn, you two are a package deal, of course he's coming."
"Ha. Ok. I love you."
"I love you too."
Shawn hung up the phone and called his mom.
"Hello?" Maddie asked.
"Hey mom." Shawn said.
"Hey, son. What's up?"
"Can you come over and watch Nat?"
"Yeah. When do you need me to head over?"
"Now. Jules just called me from work and I have to shower and get ready."
"I'm on my way."
"Thanks mom."
"Of course."
Shawn hung up the phone and picked up Natalie and brought her to the bedroom with him.
Shawn put Natalie down as quiet as possible.
As soon as Natalie was pulled from Shawn's arms, she started to fuss.
"Hey, hey, hey. We don't need to do that." Shawn whispered.
Shawn tried to put her down again, but she screamed even louder.
Shawn grabbed his phone and called Juliet.
"Hello?" Juliet asked.
"Hi, sweetheart." Shawn said.
"What's wrong, Shawn?"
"How do you know something is wrong?"
"Shawn, we've been together for 6 years."
"Point."
"So, what's going on?"
"Every time I try to put Natalie down on the bed she screams. I need to take a shower."
"There should be a shirt somewhere on the floor that she likes."
"What does that do?"
"It's one of my shirts and when I'm not there she likes it."
"Ok, do you know where you put it last?"
"Check her crib, if it's not there, grab another one out of the dresser."
"Ok. Thank you, sweetheart. I'll see you in a bit."
"See you."
Shawn hung up the phone and walked over to Natalie's crib and saw the shirt. He walked back over to the bed and wrapped Natalie in it.
"Is that all better?" Shawn whispered.
Shawn put Juliet's pillow in the middle of the bed and put Natalie on it.
"There you go, sweet girl." Shawn whispered.
Shawn kissed Natalie on her head and then went into the bathroom and took a shower.
While Shawn was in the shower the doorbell rang. He got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around his waist and opened the door.
Shawn opened the door and saw Maddie on the other end.
"Hello." Maddie said.
"Hey mom." Shawn said.
"You know you have shampoo in your hair, right?"
Shawn nodded, "Yep. She's in my bedroom sleeping. I'll bring her out when I'm done."
Maddie nodded and went and sat down on the couch and turned on the TV.
Shawn ran back into the bathroom and finished his shower.
10 minutes later Shawn walked down the hall dressed and with Natalie in Juliet's shirt.
Maddie saw Shawn walking to her.
"Why does she have this shirt?" Maddie asked.
"It's Juliet's and when she's not here Natalie wears it." Shawn said.
"How adorable."
"Yep, how sweet."
"Get going."
"Thank you mom, so much."
"Of course."
"Hey Nat, I'll be back in a little bit. You be a good girl for grandma. I love you." Shawn whispered.
Shawn kissed Natalie on her cheek and handed her off to Maddie.
"You know her schedule right?" Shawn asked.
"Yes, now go." Maddie said.
Shawn nodded and grabbed his stuff and left the house.
On the way to the station, Shawn called Gus.
"Hello?" Gus answered.
"Hey, meet me at the station." Shawn said.
"Ok. Where are you at?"
"5 minutes away."
"Ok, I'll see you there."
Shawn hung up the phone and kept driving.
A few minutes later, Shawn pulled into the SBPD and parked next to Juliet's car and got out. He bounded up the steps and walked in and headed straight to Juliet's desk.
"Hey." Shawn said.
Juliet turned around and saw Shawn walking to her.
Juliet smiled and got up and met him halfway.
"Hi there." Shawn whispered.
"Hi." Juliet whispered.
Shawn kissed Juliet and they walked back to her desk.
"So, how's your day?" Shawn asked.
"Busy. How's the baby?" Juliet asked.
"Perfect."
"Did you find the shirt?"
"Yeah, I swaddled her in it."
"How was she?"
"She passed out after."
"Good."
A few minutes later Gus walked into the station and headed to Juliet's desk.
Shawn turned around and saw Gus.
"Hey dude." Shawn said.
"Hey, what's going on?" Gus asked.
"We have a case."
"Well no shit, Shawn."
Juliet laughed.
"Hello, Juliet." Gus said.
"Hey, Gus." Juliet greeted.
Juliet got out of her chair and walked toward Karen's office. She was halfway there and then turned around.
"Boys!" Juliet said.
Shawn and Gus caught up to Juliet.
Karen saw Juliet and Shawn's crew and motioned them inside.
The trio walked in and was greeted by the lawyer's son.
"Guys, this is Brady Johnson." Karen said, "Brady, this is Shawn and Juliet Spencer and Burton Guster."
"Are they siblings?" Brady asked.
"No, they're married."
"That's allowed?"
"Yes, Shawn has his own business."
Brady shook all of their hands.
Karen sat back down in her chair, "Brady doesn't live with his dad, but he went by this morning to check on something and he found his father dead in the living room."
"Was he shot?" Juliet asked.
"There was no blood on the floor."
Karen handed Juliet the pile of case pictures.
"So no gunshot wound, has the autopsy come back yet?" Juliet asked.
"It should be on its way in just a second." Karen said.
The door opened and the Medical Examiner handed Karen the autopsy results.
"Ok, it says here he had a lethal does of Fentanyl in his system." Karen said.
"He isn't a drug user, he can't be. He gets screened once a month." Brady said.
"Did anything seem out of the ordinary when you went over there?" Juliet asked.
"The housekeeper wasn't there, which is weird because she lives there."
"Did you look for her?" Shawn asked.
Brady nodded.
"Ok. Do you mind if we go check out the house?" Shawn asked.
"No, it's not a problem." Brady said.
Brady wrote the address down on a piece of paper.
"I'm going to stay here and finish telling your chief everything." Brady said.
"Ok, thanks." Shawn said.
The trio left Karen's office and went back to Juliet's desk.
"He did it." Shawn said.
"How do you know?" Juliet asked.
"Let's go to the house, just to make sure I'm right."
They left the station and got in Juliet's car and drove to the house.
"Damn, this is a nice ass house." Gus said.
"Made at least $1,000,000 last year." Juliet said.
"I don't know what I would do if I got that much money." Shawn said.
"We would put it in the bank and set up a saving's account for Natalie."
"There's that. Or we could…"
"No, that money would be saved for us and Natalie."
"Yes ma'am."
Gus laughed.
"Suck it, Gus." Shawn said.
"You suck it." Gus shot back.
"Both of you suck it and shut up." Juliet fussed.
"Yeah Gus." Shawn mumbled.
Juliet's hand hit Shawn's chest.
"Jules!" Shawn fussed.
"I said shut up." Juliet said.
Shawn crossed his arms and pouted.
Juliet pulled in the driveway and all 3 got out.
Juliet walked up to the door and saw that it was open.
"You two, stay behind me." Juliet whispered.
Shawn and Gus followed Juliet into the house and was greeted by a puppy.
Shawn bent down and picked the puppy up and continued to follow Juliet.
"Hello?" Juliet asked.
A few seconds later, the housekeeper rounded the corner.
"Hi there, my name is Juliet Spencer and I'm a detective with the SBPD." Juliet introduced.
"I'm Olga, the housekeeper." Olga said.
Juliet turned to Shawn and Gus and saw Shawn holding the puppy.
"This is my husband, Shawn Spencer and his partner, Burton Guster. They are consultants for the department."
"Is there something wrong?"
"Mr. Johnson was murdered last night."
"What happened?"
"He had a lethal dose of Fentanyl in his system."
"I don't know what that is."
"It's what they put you to sleep with when you have surgery, but the amount he had was deadly."
"Do you know who did it?"
"That's why we are here. Do you mind us looking around?"
"No, go ahead."
"Thank you so much."
Shawn and Gus wandered off without Juliet and headed straight for the study.
Shawn opened the door and found a file that said "Will."
"Gus! Here's the will." Shawn said.
"Look at it." Gus said.
Shawn opened the file and read to the line where who was getting what.
"Look Gus, Brady is going to get $5,000,000." Shawn said.
"That's definitely a motive." Gus said.
Juliet walked into the study and saw the boys looking at the will.
"What do you think you two are doing?" Juliet asked.
Shawn quickly closed the file, "Nothing."
"Shawn…"
"We found his will."
"What did it say?"
"I don't know, but all I know is that Brady is set to get $5,000,000."
"Jesus Christ."
"That's a large chunk of change."
"Well he is worth at least $500 Million."
"He must've been one hell of lawyer."
"You could say that."
"Did you two find anything else?"
"No. Just that."
"I mean that is a motive."
"A very big one at that."
"I'm going to call Karen."
Shawn nodded.
Juliet walked out of the study and called Karen.
"Vick." Karen answered.
"Hey it's me." Juliet said.
"Hey, anything?"
"Yeah. The boys found his will and Brady is set to get $5,000,000."
"Ok, um, I'll take care of it."
"Thanks."
SBPD
Back at the station with Karen.
"Mr. Johnson, can you follow me for a second?" Karen asked.
"Sure." Brady said.
Karen led Brady to the Interrogation Rooms.
"What are we doing down here?" Brady asked.
"We are going to have someone talk to you in a second." Karen said.
"Am I in trouble?"
"Not at all. We are just trying to find out what happened to your dad."
"Ok."
Karen put Brady in Interrogation Room D at the end of the hallway. She shut the door and locked it from the outside.
Karen got back to her office and called Juliet.
Juliet
Juliet went back into the study and saw that Shawn was still holding the puppy.
"What are you doing?" Juliet asked.
"What do you mean?" Shawn asked.
"You're holding the dog."
"I know. Look how cute he is."
"He's very cute."
"You think we can keep him?"
Juliet sighed, "Shawn…"
"Come on Jules. He isn't mentioned in the will…"
"Shawn…"
While Juliet was talking her phone rang.
"Hello?" Juliet asked.
"Hey, I put him in Room D. Come back when you can." Karen said.
"On our way now."
"Let me talk to her." Shawn said.
Juliet slapped Shawn's arm.
"What's going on?" Karen asked.
"Shawn wants to talk to you." Juliet said.
"Well put him on."
Juliet handed the phone to Shawn.
"Hey Chief." Shawn said.
"What do you want, Mr. Spencer?" Karen asked.
"The owner had a puppy. I looked at the will and it's not listed in the will. Is there anyway I can keep it?"
"The housekeeper doesn't want it?"
"She had zero interest in the dog."
"Well. Interrogate Brady first and then we'll see."
"Thank you."
"Hmmm."
Shawn hung up Juliet's phone and handed it back to her.
"What did she say?" Juliet asked.
"She said let's interrogate Brady first and then we'll see." Shawn said.
"Then let's go."
"Gus, can you watch the dog while we interrogate the guy?"
"Sure, Shawn. I'll head to the Psych office for a little bit." Gus said.
"Thanks, buddy."
Gus nodded.
The gang went back to Juliet's car and Juliet drove back to the station.
Juliet pulled into her parking spot and Gus got out with the puppy and got in his car and headed to the Psych office.
"If you get this dog, I don't want to hear any gloating." Juliet said.
"Yes ma'am." Shawn said.
The couple walked into the station and headed straight for Room D.
Juliet unlocked the room and Shawn went in before her.
"Hey, did you guys find anything?" Brady asked.
Juliet started the tape and then went in and sat down.
"What was the question?" Juliet asked.
"Did you guys find anything?" Brady asked again.
"Yeah, we did actually."
"What was that?"
"What were you doing last night?"
"I was at my dorm."
"Brady, don't lie to me. Your father installed a security system about a month ago…"
"He did?"
"Yes, he did."
All the color drained out of Brady's face.
"Where did you get the Fentanyl?" Shawn asked.
"My friend is an anesthesiologist. He gave me two syringes." Brady said.
"What's your friend's name?" Juliet asked.
"Jackson Smart."
"What hospital does he work at?"
"Santa Barbara General."
"Why did you do it?" Shawn asked.
"I'm a broke college student, I needed money."
"You couldn't have just asked your father for the money?"
"He would say no."
"That's when you do the grown up thing and get a job." Juliet said.
"But I have zero work experience."
"Of course you don't. Daddy was a millionaire and you got everything handed to you." Shawn said.
"Shawn!" Juliet said.
"No, he's right. I have never worked a day in my life. I had everything done for me." Brady said.
"Why was your father going to say no?" Juliet asked.
"I've stolen from him before. Anytime I needed money, I would ask him and tell him a lie."
"Is your mom around?" Shawn asked.
"No, she passed a couple of months ago."
"Did she leave you anything?"
"$250,000."
"You went through $250,000 in a couple of months?"
"Yeah…"
"Were you close with your dad?"
"Yeah."
"You do realize that you now have no parents and you're an only child."
"I've always been on my own, though."
"Good for you, but now you have no-one."
"I have my friends."
"If something happened to you in the next day or so, would your friends come and take care of you?"
Brady stayed quiet.
"Exactly." Shawn said.
Brady stayed quiet while Shawn unleashed on him.
"Look dude, you don't have a family anymore. Like how are you that ungrateful that you would kill your father? My father and I don't get along, but we are family and I know for a fact that if something happened to me, my wife, or my daughter, my dad would be there in a heartbeat. You just got rid of all of that."
"I'll make some new friends!" Brady shouted.
"Don't yell at me. I'm trying to make you see what you did."
"Anything else?"
"Jules?"
Juliet shook her head, "Nope. We got all we need. I'll have a uniform book him."
Juliet got up and left the room and went up to an officer.
"Officer Dayton." Juliet said.
Officer Dayton looked up from his work and saw Juliet, "Detective Spencer. How can I help you?"
"Can you book the man in Room D?"
"Absolutely. Is he dangerous or anything?"
"Not that I know of."
Officer Dayton and Juliet went down to Room D and saw Shawn and Brady in a fight.
Brady punched Shawn in the temple and knocked Shawn out.
Officer Dayton pushed the door open and cornered Brady.
Dayton cuffed Brady and read him his rights.
Brady passed Juliet and smirked.
Juliet looked at Brady, "Listen here you son of a bitch. You will get more time, for punching my husband. I will be pressing charges."
"Whatever. He deserved it." Brady spat.
Juliet got in his face, "That man didn't deserve anything. He was trying to explain what you did because you're a giant ass who only cares about money."
"I wish it was you."
Carlton walked past the conversation and caught the last part and turned around.
Carlton walked over to Brady and grabbed him by his shirt and pushed him against the wall.
"Kid, I don't know what you are in here for, but you do not threaten a detective. I will personally make sure you get the sentence from hell." Carlton growled.
Carlton let go of Brady's shirt and pushed him back into the wall.
Juliet looked at Carlton and smiled. She pushed past the officer and went and checked on Shawn.
Juliet went into the room and saw Shawn still unconscious.
"Shawn." Juliet whispered.
Juliet sat down and put Shawn's head in her lap. She grabbed her phone and called Karen.
"Karen Vick." Karen said.
"Hey, um, can you come to Room D?" Juliet asked.
"Yeah."
Karen hung up her phone and ran to Room D. She opened the door and saw Shawn on the floor.
"What the hell happened?" Karen asked.
"That kid knocked my husband unconscious." Juliet said.
"How long has he been down?"
"2 minutes."
"Ok, I'll call one of our first responders to come do a concussion test."
Juliet nodded.
Karen walked out the door and called a first responder.
While Karen was outside, Shawn was waking up.
"Jesus Christ." Shawn groaned.
Shawn opened his eyes and saw Juliet's face and tears in her eyes.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Shawn whispered.
"You're ok." Juliet said.
"Of course I'm ok."
"That kid knocked you out."
"So that's why my head hurts."
Juliet chuckled and let a few tears fall.
Shawn reached up and wiped the tears away, "Hey, I'm ok. I'm right here, Jules."
Shawn sat up against the wall and turned to face Juliet, "You ok?"
"Yeah. I think so." Juliet said.
Karen walked back in and saw Shawn up and talking.
"He's ok?" Karen asked.
"Yeah. We're just about to head home." Juliet said.
"He's not driving. You can come get his car tomorrow." Karen said.
"And the puppy?" Shawn asked.
Shawn looked at Juliet with big eyes.
Juliet sighed, "Fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Shawn shut up before I change my mind."
Shawn shut up and tried to stand up.
Shawn wobbled and fell against the wall and Juliet had to help him up the rest of the way.
"I'll ask Gus if he can keep the dog tonight." Juliet said.
"Juliet, I'll keep the dog for a couple of nights. I'm sure Rocky would love to have company." Karen offered.
"Are you sure? I don't want to put too much on you."
"Yeah. I'll go swing by the Psych office on the way back from lunch."
"Thank you."
Karen smiled and nodded.
"Mr. Spencer, you ok?" Karen asked.
"I will be." Shawn said.
"Good. Now you two get home and rest."
"Don't have to tell me twice."
Juliet laughed and held on to Shawn's hand.
The couple walked back to Juliet's desk and Shawn put his car keys in Juliet's desk drawer.
Juliet locked the drawer and grabbed her purse and things and walked out of the station with Shawn.
They got in the car and Juliet drove home.
Juliet pulled in the garage and got out and went to help Shawn out.
"Jules I got it." Shawn said.
Shawn stood up and wobbled a little bit, but caught himself on the wall.
"Are you sure?" Juliet asked.
"Oh hush." Shawn said.
Juliet grabbed Shawn's arm and helped him inside and on the couch.
Juliet walked into the living room and saw Maddie rocking Natalie to sleep.
"Hey Maddie." Juliet said.
Maddie turned around and saw Juliet helping Shawn inside.
"What happened to him?" Maddie asked.
"Our guy knocked him out." Juliet said.
"Is he ok?"
"He will be. He just needs some rest."
"Does he have a concussion?"
"No."
"Good."
Juliet put Shawn on the sectional and put a pillow behind his head.
"Thank you, sweetheart." Shawn said.
Juliet smiled and kissed Shawn, "Of course."
Maddie handed Natalie to Juliet.
"How was she?" Juliet asked.
"Fussed a ton." Maddie said.
Juliet frowned and looked at Natalie, "Natalie, momma is here."
Natalie curled into Juliet more and put her hand on her chest.
"Well aren't you just magic." Maddie said.
Juliet laughed, "She has those days where she won't let me put her down. I think she has a few more teeth coming in."
Maddie stroked Natalie's head, "Poor thing."
"I know."
Maddie grabbed her things and headed for the door.
"Juliet, call me or Henry if you need help with Shawn." Maddie said.
"I think I got him under control." Juliet said.
"Good. You're the only person who can get him under control."
"It's not a walk in the park."
"Oh believe me, I know."
Juliet laughed and walked Maddie out.
"I love you guys. I'll call and check on him later." Maddie said.
"We love you too." Juliet said.
Juliet waved Maddie off and went back inside and sat down on the couch with Shawn.
Shawn put his hand on Juliet's thigh and looked at her.
"What's with the look?" Juliet asked.
"Thank you." Shawn said.
"For what?"
"Taking care of me."
"Oh baby, I'm your wife…it's kind of part of the job."
Shawn laughed, "I love you."
"I love you too. I'll be right here when you wake up."
Shawn grabbed Juliet's hand and intertwined their fingers and kissed her.
"Natalie, daddy loves you too." Shawn said.
Natalie stayed asleep.
"Well, sweet dreams then." Shawn said.
Juliet laughed and curled up to Shawn and took a nap on the couch.