He had never run so fast in his life. He had to get to her. He grabbed the first shovel he could find and started digging. When George and the Inspector finally caught up with him, he yelled at them.

"Dig! She's running out of air!"

He would have dug to the center of the earth if he had had to. He was working harder than ever before in his entire life. He had to get to her in time. He could not lose her. That was simply not a possibility. He stopped only when he felt his shovel hit something.

"Come on, faster." he said to the two others.

By the time they cleared the wooden box enough to open it, they had all discarded their jackets and vest and were perspiring a lot. William forced the box open without any tools and nearly jumped inside.

"Julia! Julia! Can you hear me?" he asked, tapping her cheeks softly.

When she opened her eyes, he let out the breath he didn't know he had been keeping.

"William, what took you so long?" she asked, making him laugh as he hugged her tight.

"Oh my God, I thought I would be too late." William gasped, tears streaming down his cheeks.

They stayed in each other's arms for a few minutes before the inspector talked.

"Murdoch, what about getting the good doctor back up here to get some fresh air, uh?"

"Yes, let's do that." William said, kissing her passionately before getting back on his feet and helping Julia to get up. "Are you alright? Did he hurt you?" he asked.

"No, I'm fine now." she said, kissing him quickly before taking the hands George and the Inspector were handing to her.

William pushed her up and followed out of the grave. As soon as he was out, he hugged Julia, hidding his face in her neck as he felt the tears gather in his eyes again.

"Come on Crabtree, let's give them some privacy." he heard the Inspector tell the constable.

"Are you sure you're alright?" William asked again.

"I'm fine William. I'm perfectly fine now that you're here." she said, smiling brightly at him. "But you don't look good." she said, worry clear on her face when she saw his.

"I don't feel good." he admitted. "I … I'll sit down for a bit." he said, almost collapsing on the ground.

"Alright, are you feeling better?" Julia asked, kneeling in front of him.

"Not really. I … I feel like I'm going to be sick." William said. "And everything is turning around me."

"That just the tension leaving your body. I'll get you some water." she said, starting to get up.

"Oh no, you're not going anywhere." William said, pulling her back down next to him, getting upset again.

"Alright, I'll stay here, calm down." she said, moving around so that he rested against her body. "I'm here, alright. You found me. Everything is going to be alright now." she said, rocking him gently.

They stayed like that for a few minutes, just enjoying the fact that they were together again, that James Gillies had not succeeded in separating them, That Julia was still alive.

"If we stay like that we are going to fall asleep." Julia said, smiling against her husband's forehead. "Are you feeling better?"

"Yes. Let's get up" William declared, squeezing her hand before getting up.

They slowly walked up to where George and the Inspector were ordering other constables around, never letting go of the other's hand.

"Are you alright?" Thomas asked, looking at the both of them.

"We will be." Julia smiled, squeezing William's hand.

"Go home. We'll let you know if we need anything from you." Thomas said.

"Don't you need to take my deposition or something?" Julia asked.

"It can wait Doctor, go home, get some rest." the Inspector repeated. "I'll drive you there myself if you don't get a move on right now."

"We're leaving Sir, and thank you for your help, really."

"Don't mention it Murdoch, now take the missus home." he said before walking away.

She had been back for two days and he still worried when he couldn't see her. She was at the doctor's right now so he had come to the station house to get his mail and write his final report. She was supposed to join him here when she was finished. He was at his desk when he heard someone knock on the door frame. He looked up and found someone he never expected to see: Julia's father.

"Doctor Ogden! What are you doing here? Come in, come in." William said, getting up and walking to his father-in-law.

Julia's father walked to the chair in front of the desk and sat down. Once he was settled, he threw the newspaper of the day on the desk and William sat back down.

"I wanted to talk to you about that ..." Doctor Ogden said.

"What more is there to say?" William asked.

"Well, you might find it strange but I actually came to thank you."

"Oh."

"We may not be on the best of terms … or on good terms even, but she is one of the most precious people in the world for me. So thank you for saving her."

"She is the most important person in my life, I would not have let anything happen to her. And I have to admit, the monster who did this to her was lucky I didn't see him before he was taken away or I would have killed him myself." William said, getting angry.

"I don't think Julia would have liked that." her father said.

"Well, I don't think I would have been able to stop myself."

"I must admit, maybe I was wrong about you. If my daughter's life and happiness is what is the most important to you, maybe I misjudged you."

"Maybe if you had listened to us from the beginning ..."

"Let's not do that please, not today at least. I came here with good intentions, I would hate to forget them so soon."

"Of course, I'm sorry. It's just … all of this ..."

"William, are you ready to ...Father? What are you doing here?" Julia asked as she walked in her husband's office

"I came here to thank your husband for keeping you safe." Dr Ogden said, getting up.

Julia looked at William, a surprised and doubtful look on her face.

"It's true." William said, getting up as well.

"But … why? You were always so determined to hate him … and me ..."

"I don't hate you Julia. I can't hate you. I love you more than anything. You are my child, you could never do anything that would make me hate you. Please don't believe that." her father said.

"What is happening here? Are you dying?" Julia asked.

"No, I'm perfectly fine Julia." her father smiled. "Someone recently came back into my life and … well let's say it put some things back in perspective."

"Oh." Julia said, at a loss for word.

"Well, I need to get going. It was nice seeing you Julia." her father said, kissing her on the cheek. "Detective." he said, leaving the office.

"What just happened?" Julia asked, looking at William with wide eyes.

"It looked like … a peace offering of some sort."