"Lanie, COD?" she squatted near the dead male, analyzing the stab wounds.
"Well, he was stabbed four times in the chest but the COD is actually strangulation. See the rope fibers on the neck?"
"Yeah…why would the murderer stab our vic if he was already dead?"
"Beats me, Hun. Advanced hatred?"
"OK, let's get CSU to go over the crime scene. Esposito and Ryan, find the next of kin. What's the vic's name?"
"No ID. No wallet. Nothing probably got robbed." Lanie moved his jacket, "look, his pockets are out. Definitely robbed. "
"Castle, what do you make out of this? You've been awfully quiet."
"I don't know…it doesn't make much sense. The killer strangles the vic and then stabs him four times postmortem. There's obviously a story here, but where do we start? We don't know who the vic is."
"I guess, we hope for a lucky break. Let's go to the precinct and wait for CSU's report. Thanks, Lanie."
…
"I told Castle I remembered his confession…"
"What happened next?" he asked.
"We went to his place. He held me until I fell asleep. We didn't have sex."
"What do you want out of this relationship? What has changed? What made you tell him?"
"I want…him but I want him to have someone who is worth his time, who can be there as much as he's there for me…I can't give him everything he gives me."
"Maybe you offer more than you think."
