The Inspector had called her so she knew what had happened but she was still struck when she saw the look on his face when he came back home with Anna. He seemed completely lost. Julia took his jacket and his hat off from him and led him to the living room where she made him sit in the sofa.

"I'm going to make you some tea, alright?" Julia said, kissing him on the cheek as he nodded.

She walked in the kitchen. Anna was there, crying silently.

"Are you alright? Were you hurt?" Julia asked, worried.

"No, I'm fine. I … I'm sorry Julia, it's my fault if William killed this man and I can see how terrible he feels about it and I ..."

"It's not your fault Anna."

"But the man was aiming at me and ..."

"And if William had not arrived when he did you would be the one being dead. It's not your fault." Julia assured her as she put the kettle on the stove.

"Maybe … maybe I should go and talk to him and ..."

"I think you should wait until tomorrow. He is in shock right now. Now that he has nothing else to do, he will be analysing it and … well I have been through this, it would be better if you ..."

"I'll leave you two alone." Anna sighed, fresh tears coming to her eyes.

"I don't want you to feel … unwanted Anna but I know that when I killed the English Detective, the only thing that could calm me was feeling William against me and ..."

"I understand Julia, don't worry. Take care of William. I will see you both in the morning." Anna said, smiling quickly before leaving the kitchen and walking up to the bedroom she was staying in.

Julia went back in the living room with the tea. She sighed when she saw that William had not moved at all, his eyes fixed on some invisible point. She sat down next to him hand handed him a cup.

"Drink William, it will make you feel better." she said, carressing his back.

He did as he was told and Julia could feel him relax.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"I don't know." He said, putting the cup back on the table. "I … I killed a man Julia." he sighed, putting his head between his hands.

"It's going to be alright William. You had to do it, otherwise Anna would have been killed. You didn't have a choice."

"But I could have shot in his legs or arms or ..."

"Stop that William. What is done is done. You are not a trained shooter and you acted on instinct. And maybe if you had not killed him he would have killed you, or Anna, or both of you." Julia said.

"You're right."

"I'm always right, you should know that." Julia said, laughing. "Now, relax." she continued, pulling him against her, placing his head on her chest and softly playing with his hair.

"Thank you." William said, his eyes closing in pleasure as he let himslef relax in his wife's arms.

"So, how was your day?" William asked the following evening when he got home from the station house.

"Oh, good. You know how it is, a series of appointments, people to heal." Julia said, kissing him as he joined her in the living room. "How was your day?"

"Oh it was good too. Very enlightening. Especially since I picked up the evening edition of the Toronto Gazette." he said.

"Oh."

"Yes, oh is right." William laughed. "Well, at least you were not arrested this time, I guess this is progress.

"So you're not mad?" Julia asked, surprised.

"Why would I be mad? I asked you to find some legal way to defend your opinions and you did. I'm not telling you that I am happy about it but … let's just say that it's an improvement from your last attempt."

"Do you have the paper with you? I want to see what they said." Julia said.

"It's in my jacket pocket." William answered walking up the stairs to get changed.

When he got back down, he found his wife sitting at the dining room table but she was not reading the newspaper as he had been expecting. When she heard him join her, she turned to him, a knowing smile on her face.

"You didn't tell me how your day was except for the article." Julia said.

"Oh, nothing special. We found some new leads that we will explore further tommorow." he explained. "What would you like to eat?" he called from the kitchen.

"Are you sure you didn't find anything … unusual?" she asked, following him.

"Yes. What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about that." she said, placing the leaflet in front of his face.

"Of that." William said, blushing.

"Yes, that." Julia laughed. "What is it? Where did you find it? What was it doing in your pocket? This is some rather … naughty literature Detective Murdoch."

"We found it in a book in the library with George. There were several of them, I must have put one in my pocket to be sure to have one to help the investigation. Anna found that it corresponded to what happened to our two victims."

"Anna read it uh? Did you?"

"No."

"Well, maybe you should. It's … interesting." Julia teased. "Where is Anna tonight? I thought she would be back with you."

"I asked her to stay at the station house tonight, it will be safer for her there. George and the Inspector have agreed to stay with her until I come back tomorrow."

"So we are alone for the night?"

"Yes."

"Good." Julia said, kissing him. "You have some text study to do Mister." she said, slapping the leaflet against his chest. "And maybe it is time to try on your baseball outfit, just to make sure it fits."

"Come on William, hurry up or we're going to be late!" Julia called as she and Anna waited at the bottom of the stairs."

"Sorry, I was on the telephone, making sure everything was ready. Are you sure you are alright with the plan Anna?" he asked once again as he nearly ran down the stairs.

"I am sure William. If it's the price to pay to have my freedom back, I'll pay it. Now, the carriage is waiting, let's go." Anna said, walking out of the house.

William was ready to follow when Julia stopped him.

"I thought you said we were late." William said, confused.

"I know. But I need to do something that cannot wait and that I won't be able to do for a while." she said, grabbing him by the shirt and kissing him passionately.

"You really do love this outfit, don't you?" he asked against her lips.

"Yes. Now let's go before I drag you back upstairs." Julia said, pulling him by the hand.

When they arrived in the park where the game was to be played, almost everyone was already there. They walked towards the chairs that had been placed for the audience and found George talking with Doctor Grace.

"I think there is something going on between those two, don't you agree?" Julia asked William.

"Really, I didn't see anything."

"Of course you didn't, you're blind to these things." Julia laughed, kissing him quickly.

"You will have to behave yourself Mrs Murdoch. You can't keep kissing me."

"Why? I thought you liked it?"

"Oh I do, that's the problem. Alright, I need to … what is he doing here?"

"Who?" Julia asked, turning to see who he was looking at.

"Doctor Garland." William groaned. "He is sitting at the back"

"Don't let him distract you William. Go and train with your team and win. I'll be here cheering for you all along."

"Alright. Can I have a good luck kiss before I go?"

"Of course." she said, kissing him sweetly. "Win this game and there will be so much more ..." she whispered in his ear.

"Come on George, we have a game to win!" William declared, grabbing George by the arm and pulling him away.

When Julia sat down, she noticed Emily and Anna looking at her.

"What?" she asked.

"Sometimes you two are almost too much to watch." Emily said, laughing.

They watched the games, the three of them cheering for station house four. The beginning of the game did not go well, they were losing to station house five and that would not do for William Murdoch; He called George to the side and reminded him the pictures he had taken.

"So I have to strike where the ball … is not?" George asked.

"Yes, that's it."

When George hit the ball and sent it flying away, the all team gathered around William to get his advice. And that proved to be a great idea for the team quickly led the game. William was the last one to go. He looked around and saw Julia looking at him, a huge smile on her face, her eyes shining in anticipation … but he also saw Darcy Garland shooting daggers in his direction. William took a deep breath and stood up. He walked up to his position and … struck the ball so hard that he had time to run the whole course before the ball was even found by the other team. When the game was finished, the whole team carried him in the air. He had barely put his two feet down when Julia crashed into him, making everyone around them laugh.

"You were so great." she said before kissing him.

"Alright boys, let's celebrate this with some drinks." the inspector said when he saw that Julia had no intention of letting her husband go any time soon.

The players gathered their things and followed their superior to where he had stored drinks for eveyone.

"Wow, you must have really liked the game to kiss me like that in front of everyone." William laughed when she finally let him go.

"Are you complaning?"

"Oh no, never."

"Good." Julia said, kissing him again.

They separated when they heard a gunshot. They both looked at Anna who had been standing next to the lake. Not far from her was Darcy Garland, looking all around him.

"Oh, this is too good to be true." William said, running to Anna, asking George to arrest everyone who had been near her.