This short story deals with the possible chance that Beckett is killed, this is the aftermath with Castle afraid to visit her grave site.
I can't let go.
A week later...
There's something kinda poetic about it, the way seasons pass, But I can't see myself visiting her grave, I understand it remains the same, it's only been a week, but the head stone looks the same, as it did the day after she was buried. Time move forward, but for Castle, He will never stop missing her.
Alexis asked her father. "Will you be all right, I know it's not easy to face after being shot." She's been hearing stories on how exactly she died by the hand of Loksat, but this is the first time Richard Castle is able to face the truth of the matter.
"Dad, I am going to the cemetery." She looks up at her father from inside the P.I. office, his only outlet left at the moment, even though he could go back to the precinct to work with Javi and Kevin.
"I will think about it kiddo." Rick says softly.
"Wow." Alexis says in an almost reverent way that makes her father smile a little.
"You know Kate was smart in some ways, and stupid at times." He rambles on working at his laptop.
"And strong right to the very end." She then says to her father. "Along with being a real tough cookie, when she needed to be." Alexis grins and then continues. "And she was happy to be back with you in the marriage."
"Most of the time." He replied with a lump in his throat. He forces a smile for Alexis sake. He can only imagine how much of a blow it was for him on the day, he was their when she had her "Final" battle with her own demons. After a moment of silence, Alexis places a hand on her father's shoulders. " Come on dad, we need to go to the cemetery to pray and place the flowers on her head stone, I know your now strong enough to see to it after a week."
"Yeah." Rick says softly.
Some time later. Rick walks over to Alexis, as he hand falls into her fathers.
She leans against his leg, neither of them taking their eyes off the grave.
One week seems like an eternity to him. He still remembers with clarity the day he first met her. He will never forget.
"Daddy?" She says softly. "Lets go home." "Yeah honey?" He breathes back before leaving for his car.
THE END.
