"Castle!" She screams his name over and over again, her voice frantic as he walks away from her. She nearly falls when she sits back down on the swing, all of her strength completely gone.
He watches her as he gets into his car. He sees her crying her heart and eyes out, People would say that he was crazy, stupid even, to let go of someone who he waited four years for. But this way she can start a new life in DC, without the worry of him tying her down.
The day turns into the night, and the cool evening air swirls around Kate. She walks back home, mascara lining her cheeks. People are staring at the poor girl walking down the street but she doesn't care. She had the whole world, and she let it slip away. She turned into the person she hated most and didn't wan to be.
He spends that afternoon and night writing the last Nikki Heat book that will ever exist. And to top it off, the last book he will ever write. "I'm done," He says as he slams the copy onto Gina's desk. "With the book. No, with writing."
"What happened?" Gina asks.
"Don't pretend you care." He spits back bitterly before walking away, leaving her puzzled.
She has two weeks before she has to leave. She spends the first week wallowing in bed, eating ice cream and watching every sad movie she can find on Netflix. The next week she tries pulling herself together, but gets as far as out of bed. She spends her time packing up her life. All of Castle's things and pictures go in a separate box.
A month later and they have both hit rock bottom. One is trying to work through her pain. The other; he doesn't know what he's doing.
It's raining heavily in DC; roads are shut down and streets are flooded. The thunder booms and the lighting lights up the night. Kate is forced to drive down a dimly lit road to avoid the traffic. She drives, the rain is heavy. The road feels long, like it's going on forever. She accelerates, trying to find a sign that there's an end to this, until she hits a speed bump and loses control of her car.
