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People rushed by him in a blur, his vision cloudy and his feelings delved beyond helpless. He was sitting in 'his' chair beside Beckett's desk, unable to move and at the same time never wanting to get up. He had overheard Lanie and Esposito talking. Their words burned into his memory.
"Could she have survived that much blood loss?"
"We don't even know if the blood is hers, Javi." She said dismissively, not wanting to believe the worst until she knew for sure.
"Well then could anyone have survived that much blood loss?"
She paused, not wanting to answer. "No." She said as a tear slipped from her cheek. "God, no."
His eyes welled with tears at the memory as he tried to convince himself that it wasn't her blood. He was so angry at himself. How did he not hear anything?
He put his head in his hands, head on his knees as frustration welled inside him forcing him to spring from his seat and pace and pace and pace.
"Castle, Castle…Castle!" It was Esposito, but he didn't want to listen, he couldn't stop. He needed to do something anything.
Esposito sighed heavily before grabbing Castle by the shoulders and hauling him back into his chair. He didn't want to do that. "Castle, stop, okay? Just stop. Please." His feeling of desperation deepened. He was at a loss. He had no idea what to do.
Castle didn't fight him, he didn't have the energy, but most of all he knew Esposito was only trying to help him. He didn't want to make the already horrific situation worse by turning on his friends.
"Blood results are back." It was Lanie, followed by Ryan walking quickly towards them.
Castle flicked his head towards them, his breathing shallow in anticipation. Did he want to hear this?
"The blood shows DNA from two victims." Castle breathed a sigh of relief. She could have survived.
"We got a match for Beckett, but the other has no pair in the system. We have no idea who it belongs to."
"Do you know how he got in?" Castle asked, his voice low and strained.
"No, I'm sorry." Ryan answered regretfully. "The guy was a ghost."
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