She was putting bottles away in the cupboard and she was so focused on her task that she didn't feel that someone was watching her. When she was done, she hopped off the stool she was sitting on and a huge smile appeared on her face. He was here. He was finally back. Two weeks after what they had planned. She hurried in her office and nearly jumped on him.

"You're back!"

"I'm back." William laughed before kissing her passionately. "I'm sorry I couldn't arrive last night as I told you on the telephone, the train had to stop and ..."

"I don't care, you're here now, that's all that matters."Julia said, kissing him once more before getting slightly away from him.

"Are you finished here?" William asked.

"Yes I am, why do you ask?" Julia teased.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe because I haven't seen my wife in almost a month and I would like to … reconnect. Let's go home." William said, handing Julia her coat and hat.

"So, did you find the hotel killer?" Julia asked, cuddling into William's side and pulling the blankets over their naked bodies.

"Yes I did. It was the man replacing the owner when she was in jail. The Gold Rush is finished but there is still a lot of money to be made before places like this are completely deserted. Some people just can't resist I guess." William sighed.

"Well, at least you saved a woman from prison. You're a hero. Again." Julia said, smiling.

"I'm not a hero." William laughed. "I'm just doing my job."

"I would have loved to stay out there with you. I just couldn't let anyone else train the new pathologist and ..."

"It's alright Julia, you don't have to apologize again. You already did, a lot, when I took you to the train station so you could come back in time. I wasn't supposed to stay that long anyway but ..."

"But you found gold." Julia finished for him.

"Yes I did." he said a huge smile on his face. "Do you want to see it?" he asked excitedly.

"I thought you changed it for money." Julia said, taking her head off his chest to look at him.

"I did. Most of it. I kept a nugget for you. Do you want to see it?"

"Now?"

"Yes, I have to show you. I thought on the train back here and I found what I am going to do with it." He explained, getting out of bed and ramaging in his travel bag.

"And what is that?" Julia asked, a smile on her face as she looked at her naked husband searching for his nugget of gold.

"I'm going to put it in a necklace. Aha! Found it!" he said, taking it and going back to the bed.

"William it's huge!" Julia exclaimed when she saw it. "Why didn't you exchange it? You could have given me one of the smaller ones you found."

"But this one is almost a perfect sphere! It's going to be perfect on a chain, it almost looks like a pearl."

"But it must be worth a fortune!"

"You don't like it? I can change it if you don't ..."

"I love it William, that's not even a question." Julia said, kissing him sweetly. "It was just … I was not expecting something so big." she smiled.

"Well, I'm glag you like it." He said, kissing her passionately. "Only the best for you."

"You are the best for me, there's no questions about that." Julia laughed, rolling the nugget between her fingers. "This is going to be the most expensive piece of jewelry I will ever have."

"Stop thinking about what it is worth Julia, think about its perfection." William whispered in her ear.

"I'm sorry I can't." Julia laughed.

"Well, stop thinking altogether then." he suggested, kissing her in the neck and going down on her shoulder.

"That's a good idea." Julia sighed, putting the nugget on her bedside table and letting herself be loved by her husband.

"How did it go with George? He seemed overly happy to see me back yesterday when I stopped by the station house." William said as he poured tea for their breakfast.

"He did alright." Julia answered, placing their food on the table. "I think he realized that maybe he isn't completely ready to be made detective yet."

"He closed his case, didn't he?"

"Yes he did. Let's just say that the Inspector was really in charge of the case. And Doctor Grace and I left a lot of … let's say directed hypotheses to guide him as much as we could." she explained.

"That was nice of you." William said, kissing her before pulling her chair for her. "And how is Doctor Grace doing?"

"She's really great. Her training will be finished in no time."

"Does that mean that you are going to leave me working alone again?" William pouted.

"You will not be alone William." she laughed. "And I promise, Doctor Grace will not act like Doctor Francis did."