Hey guys! YellowShadess here with a new story! A basic case turns into something more when a young woman is found dead in the East Village. When a mind blowing secret surfaces Castle and Beckett must not only find the killer but expose the truth that has been hidden for 18 years. Will Castle and Beckett be able to handle it? HERE WE GO!
They day was just like any other. Castle and Beckett walked into the precinct with coffee in there hands and smiles on their faces. Ryan and Espo were sitting at their desks arguing about god knows what. The phone rings. Murder. They all jump up and go to the scene. The usual right? Not today. As the 3 detectives and Castle walk up to the body they are met with a young girl laying back down on the pavement with her right arm over her head and her left arm laying across her stomach. Her legs bent slightly. They all studied the body as Laine spoke.
"Female, 18 years old. Rigor suggests she was killed last night, maybe early morning, around 3 am." She pulls out a wallet from the jacket and gives it to Beckett. Kate checks the wallet for ID.
"Zora Wilson. 18. Lives on W 124th Street." She reads off the drivers license. Castle looks at her confused.
"What is an 18 year old girl that lives in Harlem doing in the East Village at 3 am?" Beckett pulls out a tablet and begins to search the name.
"I don't know. It says here that her parents are deceased about a year. She lives with someone named Wendall Anderson." Kate says.
"Could be a boyfriend." Ryan says.
"Its possible. Castle and I will go talk to Wendall while you guys go back to the precinct and find out what this girl was doing the day before she died." Kate said. They all nodded and went to work. Castle and Beckett left to go talk to Wendall.
Castle and Beckett arrived at the apartment building and went inside. They knocked on the door and a few seconds later a tall man answers. He is blonde, built with blue eyes. Stands 6 feet. He is in sweats, a t-shirt and he wears glasses. He looks at the detective and writer in confusion.
"Yes? May I help you?" He asks.
"I'm Detective Kate Beckett NYPD, this is Richard Castle. Do you know this woman?" Kate holds up a picture. Wendall looks at it and nods,
"Yes. This is Zora, she's my girlfriend. Is she in trouble?" He asks frightened. Kate sighs and speaks.
"I'm sorry to inform you but we found Zora in an ally way in the East Village." Wendall's eyes widened and he took a step back.
"That's impossible." He manages to say. Kate looks at him and speaks.
"I know this is difficult but-" He cuts her off mid sentence.
"No, It's impossible because she just left here an hour ago for school." Kate's eyes widened and she looked at Castle. She turns back to Wendall and speaks.
"We found a woman in the East Village with Zora's ID and matching the picture on her license. Are you sure?" He nods
"I am 100% positive. She left an hour ago for her theater class at Columbia. I watched her leave. We had coffee together." He said with a slight panic in his voice.
"Would you mind giving us a copy of her class schedule." Castle asked. Wendall nodded and went into the apartment to retrieve it. He handed it to Beckett. Beckett handed him her card.
"Call me immediately if she calls you or comes home." Wendall nodded and Castle and Beckett leave for Columbia University.
Once they arrived at Columbia Castle starts spewing theories.
"Maybe she is a government spy who had to fake her own death and used a clone to take her place. Or maybe that was the spy we found and the clone is loose!" He gasps and Kate rolls her eyes.
"Whatever it is we are about to find out." They both walk up the steps to the hall where Zora's class is being held. They walked into the theater and say a group of kids and an older lady. They walked towards the stage and got the attention of the professor. The woman smiled and spoke,
"May I help you?" She asked politely. Kate showed her badge.
"I'm Detective Kate Beckett NYPD, we are looking for Zora Wilson." She said. Just then a young woman stood and faced them.
"I'm Zora." Castle and Beckett's eyes widened as the woman looked at them. Castle's mouth dropped slightly at the sight of the dead girl who wasn't dead.
"What is this about?"
Okay this seems like a good place to stop. I'll continue tomorrow with chapter 2! I hope you enjoyed the story so far. -J.A.