Nick was grateful that Juliette didn't know where Adalind lived. It ensured that her and the baby were safe from his ex's wrath.
He was also grateful he had never shown her the trailer. His family's legacy would not suffer the same fate as the house he had once shared with Juliette.
Nick hoped she would be caught before she did anymore damage.
Every cop in the city was out looking for Juliette. They were all warned that she was highly unstable, and therefore extremely violent.
Her vehicle was found in the parking lot of a bar. Anything of a personal nature had been taken out of it.
It was suspected she might have come across someone selling their car for cheap, and paid cash for it. Allowing her to go wherever she wanted, undetected.
"If she's smart, she'll leave the city." One officer theorized. "Go back to wherever she's been for the past seven months."
Another officer had a different idea.
"Any bitch crazy enough to burn down her own house and try to run over a pregnant woman is not using her brain. I'm willing to bet fifty bucks that she's still in the city and planning to try to hurt Detective Burkhardt some other way."
A betting pool was formed. Some placed money down that Juliette had left the city. For those who believed she had stuck around, their bet was what they thought Juliette would try to do next to Detective Burkhardt.
Sergeant Wu won. He had bet that Juliette would use her newly acquired vehicle to ram Burkhardt's vehicle.
For Juliette's part; she was trying to follow Nick, in order to see where he lived with his new whore. But when she realized he had spotted her, she thought the next best thing to do was hit his truck with the car she purchased. She hoped that she would cause him some severe injuries. Make him too damaged to be with his new lover.
But Juliette did not know about Nick's grimm instincts. That his perceptiveness, instincts, and reflexis had increased tenfold.
The moment he had spotted her, he changed his direction and headed to the precinct. When he noticed her anger increase, he knew what she was about to do. So he maneuvered his truck, forcing her to only slam into the rear end.
He launched out of his truck and went to Juliette, drawing his gun as he did so. Looking into the window, he easily spotted her attempt to shift gears, most likely to try to hit him with the car again.
But there was a reason why the old man was willing to sell the thing for three hundred dollars. It was a piece of junk, and was in no shape to survive a crash like that.
With Nick pointing his gun at her, shouting at her to get out of the truck, and the truck refusing to restart, Juliette realized she was done.
She got out of the truck, seething with anger.
Nick handcuffed her and called it in.
The whole time they waited for the officers that would clear the scene, Juliette ranted, calling Nick every horrible thing she could think of.
Nick didn't bother wasting his breath trying to calm her down. He mostly tuned her out by thinking of Adalind. Especially holding her in his arms and kissing her soft lips.
The cars were towed. Nick and Juliette were taken to the precinct. Him in the front passenger side of the transport vehicle and her in the back.
As she was led to her cell, she continuously shot Nick death glares. He continued to ignore her and sat down at his desk to fill out the proper paperwork.
Grimm
"I've spoken with the DA." Renard informed Nick. "We will be asking that Juliette be remanded without bail. She's too much of a danger to be out in society. We're confident that the judge will grant the request, given all of the circumstances. There's also going to be a request for a psych eval. The DA wants to be sure Juliette's mentally competent. If it's determined there's something actually wrong, then there will be a request to have her institutionalized, for hers and the public's safety."
"You guys are really covering all of the bases." Nick was impressed.
"Since the higher ups first heard of the former girlfriend of a detective nearly hitting him and a pregnant lawyer with her car, they've been calling me, concerned for your well being. There's bound to be a lot of publicity, and they want to make sure the city comes out favorably. Which is why they feel that, with everything that is going on, you should be put on leave. The higher ups are concerned that you have enough to deal with. You'll remain being paid, of course. This is just to give you time to mentally deal with your ex going insane and trying to destroy the new life you have going on. As well as all of the ensuing events."
"How much time are they insisting on giving me?"
"Three months. They want it to be made clear that this is not a punishment. This is their way of giving you their support. As well as time to heal."
"What they're really worried about is Adalind's law firm suing them for every penny they personally have, if I become injured on the job due to dealing with a chaotic personal and professional life."
"Something like that." Renard grinned, ever impressed with the perceptiveness of the man.
Nick wasn't going to complain. He was grateful for the chance to spend more time with Adalind. Especially since she had gone on maternity leave. The two of them would be able to devote every second to focusing on their blossoming relationship and the baby.
Grimm
Adalind was thrilled when Nick came home and updated her on everything. Not only was Juliette locked away, Adalind got to have Nick all to herself.
She told him that he didn't need to worry about dealing with the insurance company, or the bank, about the house. She had asked some of her friends at the law firm for help.
Adalind called the people at her law firm. She had helped them out on their cases, now it was time for them to return the favor. They were going to help her to do everything possible to ensure Nick got everything he deserved.
She was also going to make sure Juliette got as little as possible. She deserved nothing after the horrible way she treated Nick. A good man like him deserved much better.
Adalind wanted to give Nick everything he deserved.
She knew she had fallen in love with him. She wanted to do everything in her power to make him see that she could and would make him happy.
Grimm
Elizabeth offered to attend Juliette's bail hearing and talk with the DA, so Nick and Adalind could stay home and relax.
She also asked Rosalee to take some special herbal tea to the pair. Monroe offered to go with his favorite fuchsbau, and made a veggie lasagna that he knew Nick liked and was sure Adalind would enjoy as well.
Grimm
"We wanted to add an attempted murder charge, but we weren't sure if we could prove she intended to hit anyone with her car. However, with the other charges easy to prove, we should have no problem getting a conviction." The DA explained. "We're also going to request that even after Juliette gets out of jail, she should not have any contact with Nick, Adalind, or the child. We're going to explain that since it's obvious Juliette blames Adalind getting pregnant for why Juliette can't be with Nick, that she could take her revenge on the child."
Since Juliette had been away from Portland for over seven months, and the day she returned was the day she committed various crimes, the judge thought it best to revoke bail.
"You severed all ties to the community months ago. You have already shown you have no connection to anyone in the city. Therefore, you pose too much of a flight risk."
Grimm
With Juliette in jail, Nick seemed to throw even more of himself into taking care of Adalind.
He insisted on massaging her feet every night. If she was walking around, he would physically place slippers on her feet.
Adalind found herself the happy recipient of all of Nick's attention.
She had once feared that Juliette's return would mean the end of her time with Nick. But wonderfully, the opposite had happened.
Juliette burning down the home she and Nick had once shared had solidified Adalind taking her place in Nick's life, and in his heart.
Grimm
The defense attorney Juliette's family got for her had his work cut out for him.
It didn't help Juliette that her attorney had to work on two separate cases for her. The criminal case, and the civil case brought on by the insurance company. Both of which involved causing harm to the life of her ex; a Portland police officer. And harm to the believed mother of said officer's child.
No jury could be sympathetic to someone who was the epitome of the crazy ex girlfriend.
The charges of reckless endangerment, destruction of property, and arson, were a slam dunk for the DA to prosecute. Especially when a very pregnant Adalind took the witness box.
Juliette's attorney begged her to take a plea deal. But she refused.
It was no surprise to anyone but Juliette that the jury found her guilty.
Grimm
Nick had the best lawyers in the city working for him, thanks to Adalind. The insurance company agreed to give Nick the full value of the house and everything that was inside.
Once the money from the insurance and from the land being sold had been deposited in his bank account, he considered the matter on the whole situation with Juliette and the house closed. And he focused fully on the new life he wanted.
Namely, a life with Adalind and the baby.