The long buzz of his door bell brought him out of his office. He opened the door.
"Lanie?"
"Come on, Writer Boy, we gotta talk," she said, dragging him into the office. "What would Dr. Parish want to talk about with my dad?" Alexis asked. "I don't know, darling. Let's try to get close enough so we can hear," Martha said.
Once the office door closed, Lanie slapped Castle in the face. Castle almost doubled over, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"
Outside, Alexis and Martha's jaws dropped to the floor.
"That's for being an asshole."
"Great, you called me an asshole. Anything else?"
"You tell me."
"What?"
"Don't 'what' me. You and Kate?"
"What about me and Beckett?"
"Imma smack you…again. You work side-by-side every day. You write sex scenes in your books about her that had me reaching for ice water. Now all of the sudden, you change after that case with the bomb. So tell me, what the fuck is going on?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Say that again, and I will hurt a very sensitive part of your anatomy." Castle grimaced at the thought and covered said part. "That's what I thought. Now talk."
"She lied to me."
Lanie registered a lot in his voice when he said that. She saw pain, confusion, hurt, and anger. "Oh, well, what did Kate have to say about it?"
Now he looked confused. "What?"
Lanie's eyes widened. "You're telling me that you haven't asked Katherine Beckett why she lied?"
"Well, no-"
"Bingo. First mistake. Your second mistake was when you showed up at my crime scene with that blonde bimbo flight attendant-"
"-Jacinda"
"Like I give a damn what her name is! The point is, you showed up with her, let her drive your Ferrari, right after I had a talk with my girl about telling you exactly how she feels!"
"She doesn't love me."
"You say that one more time, and see what happens. She's CRAZY about you, and I know you're crazy about her. Everyone at the damn precinct sees it, everyone at the morgue, hell, even Pearlmutter sees it, and he prefers to hang around with the dead than the living! I bet that even Iron Gates sees it, and she hates you! It's just you and Beckett who are so damn blind that you don't see what's right in front of you! My girl is so lost and confused; she thinks you don't love her!"
"Finally, Katherine-I don't know her middle name-Beckett gets something right. A million dollars for the lady. I don't love her."
"YOU SAY THAT AGAIN, AND I WILL SHOOT YOU WHERE YOU STAND! YOU LOVE KATHERINE BECKETT AND SHE LOVES YOU, RICHARD EDGAR CASTLE!"
BOOM! That hit him square in the face, and Lanie knew it. "That's right, Writer Boy. Now, this is what you're gonna do. You're gonna break up with what's-her-face, and you're gonna go hook up with my girl. If you don't…well, let's just say the boys know how to make cases disappear, and I know how to make bodies disappear," she said. Lanie then exited the loft leaving Castle slack-jawed and shocked.