It was wednesday and Beckett and her team had just closed a case. The Case went on for weeks till they finally found the guy. At least they thought the case was over.
"Detective Beckett in my office please" Gates said as she popped her head outside her office.
When Beckett went into Gates office she was sitting behind her desk shuffling through papers. When Gates liftedher head she indicated for Beckett to sit down.
"Detective I got a phone call today." Captain Gates said.
"Yes, sir?" Beckett said more of a question because she still wasn't sure why she was in here.
"It was from one Penelope Beckett." Gate's said at that Beckett slapped her hand onto her forehead obviously catching up.
"Sir, I'm-" Beckett tried but was quickly cut off.
"It seems it your every 4 years family reunion starting on Friday and she wanted to see if her granddaughter could come after not seeing her the past 3-4 reunions." Gate's said. Kate was now shaking her head side to side in her hands groaning. "I said she would be there tomorrow for the whole week." Beckett's head shot up at that, she opened her mouth to begin protesting but Gate's interrupted once again. "There is nothing to do here Detective. You finish your paperwork tonight, you get on a plane tomorrow you see your family and if I see you in this precint more next Monday I'm putting you on desk duty for 2 weeks got it?" Gate's said in a mater of fact tone. Beckett got up with her head down looking defeated when Gate's spoke again.
"And I will be calling up penelope tomorrow afternoon to make sure you got there, do you understand Detective." Gate's said
Beckett nodded as she walked out of Gate's office and went back to her desk with a sad smile on her face. Castle asked if she was alright she just shook her head and continued with her paperwork.
Castle being Castle noticed her sudden change in mood but also sensed her need to figure this out and kept quiet checking her every few minutes out of the corner of his eye.