Abe just came into the store the bell rung as he turned around the sign. He crossed the foyer to the place he knew Henry was sitting that dark and dank place he occupied when he was brooding. Crossing himself he ventured down the stairs.
"Henry, are you down here?" He yelled.
Henry hearing Abe's voice dropped what he was doing then caught him at the foot of the stairs.
"Oh There you are…I need something…" Abe said as Henry rushed past.
"Oh so sorry Abe that was central I'm going out on a case. What do you need?" Henry asked.
"What ah Nothing it can wait." Abe said following him out of the basement.
"Are you sure Abe it is nothing?" Henry asked.
"Yeah go see to your crime scene." Abe said dejectedly.
"Ok Abe well wish me luck." Henry said spritely as he exited the door.
Abe looked forlornly out the window as the OCME van appeared and whisked him away.
"It is about your birthday…" Abe said to no one.
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"So Lucas where are we going tonight?" Henry asked.
"Well Dr. Morgan we are heading to a decapitation." Lucas responded.
"A decapitation oh how lovely…Have the police arrive and is our wonderful Detective going to meet us there?" Henry asked.
"No we have been tasked for this job. Unfortunately, she will not be there…It seems a crack detective group from the 12th is heading to the site. The lead Detective is one Kate Beckett er Castle well I know she is pretty from the pictures in the papers." Lucas said.
Henry studied him as they drove.
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Richard Castle and Kate were in a heated battle. It was the scrabble championship. Both Martha and Alexis were rooting for either combatant.
"Zabatu is a word Dad!" Alexis said being the official word decider.
Rick grimaced as Kate smiled triumphantly.
"Well Richard you can not win them all you know." Martha quipped.
The Door bell rang…
"Oh that must be my date…Don't wait up children" Martha called out as she left.
"Well Thank You Mother for the warning!" Rick said after her. "So Mrs. Castle care to go best out of 223 to 400?"
"No as challenging that sounds Castle I think I must decline." Kate said leaning over for a kiss.
Alexis heard the phone ring.
"I've got it for you Kate." She said as she rushed over to the Detective's phone.
"Rick I must commend you…You have gotten pretty good at not being a sore loser." Kate said going in for another kiss.
"Well Mrs. Castle I have learned it certainly does not pay to be one especially how you show your gratitude in being a winner…" Rick said.
"I think you should take this Kate…It is the office of the Mayor." Alexis said placing the phone in her hand.
"This is Detective Beckett…How may I…I see the Mayor personally asked for me and the ME too? I see…Yes we are on our way. I will alert my team. Yes Deputy Mayor we will be right on it thank you sir." Kate said hanging up the phone.
"Well what is it?" Rick asked.
"There has been a murder in the Mayor's mansion. We have been called personally to investigate." Kate said.
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Javi was snuggling with Lanie when the call came in.
"Hey Beckett What…? The Mayor's Mansion…? Lanie was not called…Yes another ME? Really I see well I will call Ryan and meet you there." Javi said.
"Javi what is going on and why was I not called?" Lanie asked.
"Lanie the Mayor asked for his own ME on this one." Javi said dialing Ryan.
"Oh I see it must be Dr. Morgan. I hear he is really good I mean very sharp indeed. I have never seen him but I hear he is handsome." Lanie said.
"Well Chica I will find out for you." Javi said kissing then hugging her goodbye. "Don't wait up."
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Kate and Castle arrive on the scene to see LT and Harris manning the barricade.
"I am saying they have a big underground parking I don't see why we can not park there instead of clear across the park." Rick was heard to say.
Kate took a moment to take a cleansing breath and climbed up the stairs with the rest of the team.
Kate stood next the ME who was hunched over the body. There was a pane from a chandelier bisecting the victim's head from the body. There was very little blood. The pane of crystal was preventing any of the blood from spraying out.
"Fascinating…The pane sealed the wound and there cause of death was lack of blood supply to the brain. It would have taken a very long time to die I would say about 3 minutes." The ME said then turned around.
Rick immediately glowered at the man.
"Eric Vaughn What are you doing here!" Rick exploded.
"Eric Vaughn? Who is this Eric Vaughn? My good man my name is Dr. Henry Morgan Medical Examiner for the City of New York and it has been my name for a good number of years Sir and Who are you?" Henry asked.
Javi man handled Rick away from the ME.
"Excuse my hot headed husband Dr. Morgan you do have an uncanny resemblance to someone he knew and disliked." Kate said. "I'm Detective Kate Beckett and that was Mr. Castle."
"Oh I see well as I can say the killer lured the victim to under this chandelier which was once owned by Louis the XIV of France. If you can exam here the lead holding the crystal was tampered." Henry said.
Kate bent over to look at what the ME pointed out.
"Wait there are ligatures on the neck. I did not see them but the pane bisected them. There are fibers here…Look you can see them for yourself." Henry said.
"Are they green and white perhaps?" Rick asked having calmed down he had surreptitiously returned to the body's side.
"No the person was not lured but forced to this very location." Henry said.
"How did you arrive to that conclusion?" Kate asked the ME.
"Well there are faint but highly visible scuff marks. Showing the killer placed the body here by dragging." Henry said.
"So do you know who this person is?" Kate asked.
"I can tell you that detectives that woman is my Daughter Eva Braun age 22. I did not know she had been in the house." The Mayor said coming down the grand spiral staircase.
"Sir I thought you did not have a Daughter…" Rick said.
"Well I do well I did. Eva was adopted and after my first wife passed she went to live with my First wife's family. My political consultant thought it was wise to not have a pretty blonde hair blue eyed young woman be seen next to me. That is why she was never acknowledged." He said with much remorse. "I know you will find her killer for me."
"You know we will Mr. Mayor." Kate said. "Sir we will need a log of everyone coming and going the killer had to get access to this building."
"Yes yes talk to Tom my chief of staff he will arrange everything you need." The Mayor said then excused himself.
Rick looked over at the ME with a scowl. The ME had directed the morgue team to transport the body to the OCME. There Dr. Morgan would conduct the autopsy as soon as they arrived.
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There were not too many witnesses left in the Mansion after dark. Javi interviewed them as Ryan picked up the security disks for Tori to peruse in the morning.
The mayor's family was whisked by helicopter to his private retreat in the Catskills.
Rick watched them go then turned to Kate.
"It is him isn't it?" Rick said with his skin crawling.
"We can not be sure but I have learned to trust you Castle…It might be him" Kate said as they were wrapping up to call it a night.
Rick pulled Kate closer as they walked to the car. On the windshield was a note.
I warned you.
Kate did not touch the note.
"Javi get CSU over here we might have a clue." Kate said.
"If 3XK was back and why kill like this? What did he have against the Mayor other than his was friends with me? Was this one of his planned kills or was it an opportunity kill? What did Eric Vaughn have to do with it? This Dr. Henry Morgan persona did not fool me one bit. I will find out the truth!" Rick promised.
"I guess it is the town car service tonight?" Rick said as he got out his cell phone.
Kate nodded as she directed the CSU team to go over her car minutely.
Getting back to the loft Rick kissed Kate good night as went into his office telling her he had a sudden inspiration. Kate got undressed and heard the familiar tapping of the keys while Rick wrote. Soon she was asleep. Rick looked up and through the crack in the door could spy his wife sacked out. He stopped typing then opened up his personal data base on people he wanted to keep track. He entered Dr. Henry Morgan into it. Satisfied the search was on he closed his computer and went to bed.
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Dr. Henry Morgan arrived at the OCME building and started right on the autopsy. The victim was very healthy he noticed that there was an injection site on her neck. He would have to wait for the tox screen for confirmation. This was a crime of opportunity.
After he had finished the autopsy he wrote up his notes then filled them. Yawning he left the building and headed back to the apt he shared with Abe.
Abe was sitting in the sumptuously decorated apt reading a book. It happened to be Raging Heat by Richard Castle.
Henry opened the door and entered. Abe looked up from his book.
"Oh Abe you are still up? I am glad I want to talk to you." Henry said.
"Oh really well I want to talk to you too." Abe said closing the book and placing it so that the author's picture was up.
"I see well Abe, have you ever heard of an Eric Vaughn? Apparently he looks much like me. Well according to a most disagreeable fellow I had the misfortune to meet tonight at the crime scene." Henry said as he sat down in the chair after pouring himself a glass of wine.
"Eric Vaughn Yeah he is a multimillionaire involved in a scandal a few years backs. He has not been seen in public since that scandal broke. Here is his picture. Wow…He looks like an older version of you!" Abe said turning his laptop around.
"Yes I suppose he does…That is mighty strange." Henry said looking at the laptop screen then he looked over to the table and spied Abe's book.
"Ah there is a picture of that miscreant!" Henry roared.
"Where Where…?" Abe asked looking all around.
"Right there on the cover of that book." Henry replied.
"Wait what book?" Abe asked.
"That is the one sitting over there." Henry said.
"What my book? That is the picture of Richard Castle the author! He is my favorite author. Did you get to meet him? I hear his wife is very pretty too." Abe asked.
"Richard Castle yes that was the name she gave me the simple oaf indeed." Henry said.
"Calm down Henry and tell me all about your meeting my favorite author!" Abe said being all fan boyish."