Hey, this is chapter two! Sorry if some of the legal issues are off, I'm no lawyer! Anyway, hope you enjoy and thanks for reading! Comments are always welcome!

Disclaimer: I don't own Castle, but I love it!

Esposito spent the greater part of that evening going over Richard Castle's case. Esposito was a homicide detective at the 12th precinct. He and Kate had met when she put away one of the criminals Esposito had caught. Her aggression and attitude had pushed him to ask her out. They had dated for a month but after a few odd dinners and a very awkward kiss they decided that they were better as friends, they had stayed in touch ever since.

It was around 2 am when Esposito found a possible suspect in the Castle case who had been overlooked. He called his Kevin Ryan in to help him out. Together they did research on a man called Winston Bracknove. He had been seeing Martha at the time of her death. Police hadn't bothered questioning him much because he had an alibi of being with his children at the time of Martha's death. "You think this is what Beckett was looking for Javi?" Ryan asked his partner as they dove into Winston's file. "I have no clue what she was looking for." He answered seriously "It must be important for her to call in a favour"

"Alright, alright. Thanks, I'll fill you in later" Kate hung up the phone. It was 9am and she was ready to bring her file to the judge. She had been working on it this 4am when Ryan and Esposito had called her with the leads that they had found. Both of the cops had questioned her relentlessly about why she was working so hard to keep this guy out of jail but the truth was she wasn't sure herself.

She was sure that this was going to be odd for everyone involved because she was supposed to be prosecuting the guy not trying to set him free but something about him had caught her. Something about the way he looked at her. Something about the sadness in his eyes. She had seen a truth about him that she had never seen in anyone else. She laughed to herself, maybe it was because she was such a fan of his novels. She had them all in her top dresser drawer. But being serious she knew that it wasn't just his books. She had to make sure that if he was going to go to jail that he actually committed the crime.

Kate arrived at the courthouse around 10am and went straight to the judges office which was located on the second floor at the end of the left hand hallway. Judge Shaw office was well furnished and stocked with many books on law and a few on history. Kate found that it smelt of an old library. "Ms Beckett" he said as she walked through the door "What can I do for you?" "You can take a look at this" she handed him the file she had made up earlier that morning. The judge perused the file. As he got farther and farther into it he began to look confused. "Aren't you supposed to be prosecuting this guy?" the judge raised his bushy white eyebrows and ran his right hand through what little white hair he had left on his head. Judge Shaw was an old judge and many people thought he was old fashioned. Kate, however, liked the man, and found it refreshing that he did everything by the book, however under these circumstances she thought it may have been better to have a different judge.

Judge Shaw finally looked up from the file and Kate drew in a deep breath. "Alright Kate. I'll reopen the case." Kate breathed out and tried to hold her excitement. "Thank you sir." She began to walk out of the room "Kate" he stopped her "If you're wrong. If this man is just a cold hearted murderer. If he gets put out on the street and runs while this case is reopen, it'll be on your head. It'll be yours to carry, you understand what I'm saying?" Kate didn't hesitate "Yes, sir. I accept full responsibility for whatever happens." Judge Shaw grumbled under his breath and Kate left the office smiling.

Her next stop was to visit the man who she had worked so hard to get a second chance for. A man she really didn't know at all but for some reason she had no doubts about her decision at all. Her gut told her that she was doing the right thing.

"Ms Beckett!" Castle looked surprised when he saw Kate standing outside his cell looking down at him sitting on the uncomfortable looking bottom bunk. "Please Mr Castle call me Kate." "I heard that court had been cancelled for today. They're even giving me bail. It's quite high, but I've got money. I can't believe it was you Ms.. Kate. Yesterday when I saw you I thought all hope was lost and , and now this! You've turned the whole thing around! I don't know how to thank you" Kate smiled "You can thank me by firing your old lawyer and making me your new one, you can thank me by not be the killer everything thinks you are." She paused "One more thing, pay your bail so the next time we meet I don't have to come to this prison cell." Kate began to walk out escorted by the young bald security guard who had been standing next to Castle's cell during their conversation.

"Wait!" Castle called to her "What did you find out? How did this happen?" Kate turned smiled and said "All conversation for our next meeting Mr Castle"