He was not alone in his office. She could see him and a woman by the side windows. She was going to knock and wait for an answer but as she approached she recognized Sarah Pensall. That woman had already tried to flirt with William and there was no chance Julia would let that happen again. The fact that her husband never seemed to notice when women were flirting with him didn't help either. Julia opened the door of the office and walked in.

"William, I have the … Oh sorry, I didn't know you had company."

He knew she had done it on purpose. She was a good actress but she saw on his face that he had made her.

"Doctor Ogden! What a surprise. Here, let me introduce Miss Pensall, she says she had a vision regarding myself and this case. Miss Pensall, This is Doctor Julia Ogden, our pathologist. And my wife." William introduced them.

The two women shook hands politely. William pulled a chair for Julia next to his.

"So, Miss Pensall, you were telling me about a vison you had. About the next victim?"

"Yes. I … uh … maybe it would be better if your wife did not hear what I have to say..."

"I'm staying." Julia said, her tone leaving no place for negociation.

"Just tell me Miss Pensall." William encouraged her, placing a hand on Julia's bouncing knee under his working table.

"It was you Detective. I saw you inthe hospital corridor, at night and the … thing … attacked you. It shot an arrow in your chest."

Julia kept saying that she didn't believe in such things as paranormal visions but hearing that William might be in danger did not please her. Unconsciously, she took William's hand in hers and squeezed it.

"Well, thank you for the warning Miss Pensall but I think I will be fine. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go over this report with Doctor Ogden."

"Of course, I just wanted to warn you to be careful. Good night Detective, Doctor."

When she had left and William had closed the door behind her, Julia stood up and took the folder with her report form William's desk.

"I don't like her." she simply stated.

"Oh I got that." William laughed. "I might not notice when women flirt with me as you say, but I do notice when you get jealous."

"Well, I'm sorry if I don't like when women try to seduce my husband."

"You know they'll never succeed Julia. You have nothing to worry about. You're the only one I'll ever love." he said, kissing her. "Now, can we get over this report so I can get my lovely wife to dinner soon?"

"Dinner uh? I'd like that."

When Julia woke up two days later, she was alone in bed. When she took his pillow, it felt cold. She opened her eyes and saw that his side of the bed was not unmade. He had not come home and she didn't like that. She got up quickly, pulled her robe from the bedpost and left the bedroom. She got down the stairs. Panic rose inside her when she saw a constable hat on the table in the hall.

"William?" she called, her voice trembling.

She panicked even more when she saw George's head appear from behind the sofa. He must have been sleeping given the state of his hair.

"What's happened? Is it serious? Is he … is he ..."

"He will be fine, Doctor, don't worry. I saw him when he woke up after surgery and ..."

"He had surgery!" Julia all but yelled, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Calm down Doctor. He will be fine. Go sit down for a minute. I will tell you what happened."

"He was shot by an arrow, wasn't he?"

"How do you know?" George asked, completely baffled.

"It doesn't matter George!"

"Right, of course. Anyway, after his operation he made me promise to come and get you but not to wake you if you were sleeping. Because he said you were tired lately and ..."

"George! Can you get me to the hospital? Now?"

"Of course Doctor. But … maybe you should get dressed first?" he asked, blushing when he realised that she was very lightly clothed, right there in front of him.

Julia didn't even respond. She ran back upstairs, got dressed in a couple of minutes and was back down again. She opened the door of the house and left George to follow her out.

When she arrived at the hospital, she almost ran to William's room. As she entered the room, she saw that he was awake and relatively well.

"Oh my God William, I was so scared!" she cried as she sat on his bed and took his hand to her chest.

"I'm sorry Julia, I really am. I ..." He was interrupted by a very powerful kiss.