When Julia got back home, she was surprised to find that she was not the first one there. William usually arrived after her. But today he was laready home … and cooking if the good smell coming from the kitchen was any indication. She walked deeper inside and found her husband lighting some candles in the dining room.

"William, what are you doing?" she asked.

"Julia! You're home early!" he exclaimed.

"I should be telling you that." she laughed, kissing him sweetly. "What is all of this?" she asked, cuddling into his side.

"I wanted to surprise you with a nice dinner to celebrate your first day as a psychiatrist. Everything is ruined now."

"Nothing is ruined William. This looks wonderful. But you didn't have to do anything ..."

"I know, but I wanted to." he smiled, kissing her. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some cooking to finish."

"Do you need any help?"

"No. You sit down, relax, I have everything under control." William said, kissing her before going back in the kitchen.

"Do I have time to take a bath?" Julia asked.

"Yes. It should be another half hour."

Julia walked upstairs, took a bath and got dressed in a lighter and more comfortable dress. She walked back down only to meet William on the stairs.

"Your dinner is ready, my lady." he said, presenting his arm to her.

She took it and followed him in the dining room. She sat on the chair he had pulled for her. He quickly went to the kitchen and came back with two plates of food.

"William, this smells wonderful. What is it?"

"Taste, you will find out. If you don't I didn't do a great job." he laughed. "So, how was your first day?"

"It was good. Really good." Julia said, a big smile on her face. "I think this is going to be really interesting."

"Good. I may have a new patient for you."

"Who is it?" Julia asked, curious.

"Mr Churchill. He was arrested this morning because his friend Mr Mayfair was found dead in his hotel room and he doesn't remember anything from last night."

"I could go with you to the station house tommorow morning if you want, I don't have any appointment until lunchtime."

"That would be great, thank you."

"You don't have to thank me. I love working with you. I really missed it when I had my practice. Maybe I could help you more often now, I am pretty sure a lot of your suspects or actual murderers have something I could work with." Julia said, smiling at him.

"I missed working with you too." William said, getting up. "Now, if you would please go to the living room, dessert and tea will be served there."

"You seemed to have outdone yourself tonight William." Julia laughed, taking the hand he was giving her and following him away from the table.

"Only the best for you." he said, kissing her. "You didn't put your corset on?"

"No. I wanted to be able to completely enjoy your dinner and I can't do that with my stomach pressed in the corset."

"I love it when you don't wear a corset." William said, moving his hands up and down her sides.

"I know." Julia teased. "But I was told there would be dessert in this room."

"I'll go get it. Don't move." William said, going to the kitchen quickly.

He came back with a tray of tea and cake. He sat next to Julia on the sofa and cut slices of the cake. He handed Julia a slice, taking one for himself before pouring the tea.

"William, how come my piece has raisin in it and yours has not?"

"I divided it in two parts. I modified the mold so one part would not mix with the other and this way we can both enjoy it."

"You are very ingenous." Julia praised.

"I'm only tired of picking the pieces of fruit out of every slice of cake." he laughed.

They ate their cake and drank their tea in silence for a while, Julia resting he back against William's side, her legs lying on the cushions.

"Thank you for dinner, William, it was absolutely delicious." Julia said, putting her plate on the table in front of the sofa.

"It was my pleasure." he said, kissing her hair as she replaced herself against him.

Beautiful. That was the only word he had in mind when he saw her. Here she was, in the sun, giving a lesson of physical exercise to her patients... simply beautiful. He stayed back for a while, just looking at her. When she finally saw him, she smiled. She ended her lesson a few minutes later, letting the nurses take care of the patients as she watched William walk to her.

"Hello." she said, kissing him softly. "You went to work early this morning." she continued.

"Yes, I had a lot of paperwork to do and I had to see Mr Churchill off." William answered.

"You should have woken me."

"You looked so peaceful, I didn't want to disturb you." William smiled.

"That's nice of you. But I missed you when I woke up." Julia said, pouting.

"I'll make it up to you, I promise." he laughed, kissing her one last time. "Can you give me a tour?" he asked, looking around them.

Julia took his hand and pulled him with her. They started with the park surrounding the asylum and then Julia took him to her new office.

"Do you mind waiting here for a few minutes? There is a patient I have to see before going home."

"Go, I'm sure I'll find something to occupy myself." William said, sitting down on one of the chairs, taking one of the journals that were laying on her desk.

Julia came back a few minutes later with a folder in hand. She sat at her desk, signed some papers and got back out to give it to the woman at her desk a few feet away.

"You have your personal secretary, you must be a very important person." William said when she came back.

"She is not my secretary, she is in charge of the whole corridor." Julia said, putting her coat on. "Now we can go." she said, smiling.

"Let's go home then." William said, taking her arm and walking out of the office.

As they walked in the corridor, they talked about their respective days., They were going to get out of the building when William stopped.

"What is it?" Julia asked, looking at him.

"I don't know. I have the feeling that someone is watching us."

Julia looked around but saw nothing.

"There is no one around, William. Come on, let's go, I'm tired."

They walked out but William could not shake that feeling that someone was watching them.

"Mr Garland, what are you doing here? You know that you are not supposed to be here, this is the building for our female residents." a nurse said.