Detectives Kevin Ryan and Javier Esposito are walking down the corridor approaching the morgue entry. They have come to get the report from Lanie on the victim found behind their walk to the main room, they are involved in a very heated conversation about the comment Javi made on the phone to Beckett and as they turn the corner and enter the morgue doors they come face to face with one very determined and extremely unhappy medical examiner

It appears that she might have just been lying in wait for them

"What the hell were you two thinking? And you Javier, opening your mouth and putting your foot in it…I will tell you one thing, if you ever do something like that to my best friend again I will personally I will put something in your mouth that you will find very displeasing"

"Doing? What are you saying Lanie? What did I do? How could you know…?" Esposito is attempting to defend himself against whatever onslaught that Lanie Parish is planning to rain down on him for his earlier egregious action

"You said something embarrassing on the telephone to Beckett while she is sitting in the hotel room with Castle and there are several high ranking Dallas Police officers including the homicide captain there. And what you said was embarrassing and horrible. When she gets home you might want to find a place to hide because if her husband doesn't come down on you she definitely will"

"Look Lanie I was just having a little fun and giving Beckett a hard time about having Skype sex with her husband the other night…"

"Well it is probably all over the Dallas PD by now and you know how sensitive Kate has always been over the Nikki Heat stuff, this just has to be horrifying to her…to them both"

The Hispanic detective stops talking then in his defense states. "You're probably right"

"PROBABLY RIGHT? You KNOW I am right…so you might just try to think of a way to get out of this pit before they come home and tie you down with a pendulum"

His eyes get big "OK" he responds

Then Ryan takes back up on the case "Lanie, we came down here to see what you have on our victim, Ronnie Davis"

Dr, Parish, while still glaring at Esposito, reaches over to her clip board and begins reading "White male age 37. Overall good health, early indications of coronary artery disease, but that is not uncommon…no drugs or alcohol in his system but there is indication of infrequent use of cannabis"

Esposito comments "so he was a casual marijuana smoker?"

"It would appear so"

Ryan looks a Lanie "So what is the cause of death?"

" was shot. In the back but not there where you found him. There was not enough blood…"

"So he was killed somewhere else and the body dropped there behind the school where he was the principle" Ryan states

"It would seem so. If you guys can find the blood pool, you will have your crime scene"

"OK Lanie. We will go looking all over the City of New York for the place he was killed"

Lanie smirks at the two men before they walk out the door


DALLAS


Riding again in the back seat of a police car was not listed on Castle and Beckett's plans for today and as they approach the lot following along with the two Dallas detectives. They were pleasantly surprised when the men walked past the unmarked Crown Vic's and approached a larger Tahoe with a full back seat, yet still containing the utilitarian equipment of a police vehicle including the emergency equipment.

Rick and Kate found the back seat very comfortable and since they were not at work in the City, Rick let his hands roam as they ride thru the streets from the headquarters building. Instead of pushing him away, she receives his hand and places hers on top of his linking them together. The simplest actions are the best

They pull off the lot then drive toward the high rise building of downtown, then before entering the central business district filled with large buildings, they turn east and enter onto an interstate highway

The front seat passenger looks over the seat to the pair "We are going to Lake Ray Hubbard. It is a reservoir…a man made lake. The body was found there just off the shore" Lieutenant Elder tells the pair "Even though it is surrounded by other cities, the lake itself belongs to the city of Dallas, so a body found there is Dallas jurisdiction"

"So this is really close?" Beckett comments

"Yeah it's only about 15 miles to the lake, then another 2 or 3 miles to the site where they found the body"

Castle looks up to the front "You call that close?"

"Yeah" and with a little chuckle "From the south tip of the city to the north end is about 25 miles. East west is shorter"

As they start their trip, Beckett takes out her phone and calls Ryan "Kevin, they found a woman's body…do you have any pictures of Vickie Davis for us to compare? Great, send it to my phone…we are on our way to the body drop now. We will call you after we get there" and he hangs up

"If this is our victim's wife we will have a picture to compare" she comments to no one in particular

It takes them about 25 minutes to arrive at the crime scene. It is off the beaten path. This looks like a good place to make a body dump. No houses nearby, no docks where boater might stumble on the corpse. This time it just so happened that a fisherman used the cove as his favorite spot and when he looked toward the shore he spotted the body.

Today is one time Beckett was glad she had not worn her high heeled boot, just some flats because the ground terrain was rough and uneven. More than once, Castle had to hold her to keep her from loosing her balance.

When the two local detectives stepped to the scene, they were greeted by the local medical examiner, Dr. Rosa Mendes

"Hey doc" Jake Salazar calls out as he moves close to the body "what do you have for us this beautiful day?"

The very stunning woman glances up and it is immediately evident to both Kate and Rick that there must be something going on between these two. There seems to be a chemistry that splits the air between them

She smiles as she responds "White female probably mid 30's nice clothes. Shot once in the back. Looks like a 9mm. She died where she fell"

"So this is the crime scene?" Beckett asks

The question coming from someone that the doctor does not recognize shows on her face with some question

"And you are…?" Doctor Mendes asks

Jake answers before either Castle or Beckett can "Rosa, this is Detective Kate Beckett with the New York police department and Richard Castle her…"

Before he can finish his introductions "The author Richard Castle?"

"The very same" Castle responds

She stands up and walks toward the couple "I am one of your biggest fans. You are so great on the details of murder. And I have to say your Nikki Heat series is…well…" she gets close to him and almost whispers "titillating"

Kate is not very comfortable with the ME being so chummy with her man "Well his crime scenes in the books are so accurate because he used actual crimes to write about" The flavor of jealousy is almost palatable in her voice

Castle uses the opportunity to cool the situation down a little when he enters his description "and those crime scenes were covered by the best homicide cop in New York city, Detective Katherine Beckett" Rick takes her left hand and holds it up for the woman to see "and most importantly my wife"

"You two got married?" the doctor asks "I never heard that. When did that happen?"

"Just over a week ago" Beckett responds

Then by accident she can hear one of the other officers nearby comment "And from what I heard they are still on their honeymoon"

Kate smirks a tiny bit from that but decides to continue "So, Doctor Mendez, do you have a time of heath?"

"Yes. I believe the victim was killed sometime around midnight yesterday"

Beckett pulls out her cell phone and opens the images files. She selects the photo of Vickie Davis and hands the phone to the ME "Is this your victim?"

The woman takes the phone from Kate, accidently touching the screen causing the image to change. Immediately thee woman has a shocked look on her face ""NO! I don't think so" And even for a doctor she seems to turn red

Beckett takes the phone back to herself to see what caused the reaction from the doctor and she immediately turns red herself "OH! NO!" and she quickly starts searching for the correct picture

Castle leans into Beckett "What was it?"

Kate mumbles under her breath "That selfie we took of you and me the other night at my place"

Rick's only comment "OH"

Beckett finally finds the correct image and, without letting go of the phone this time, turned it to the medical examiner "Is this your victim?"

"That's her"

Beckett looks at Castle and comments "she could not have been the one to kill her husband in New York"

Castle continues "and she could not have been the one to drop her bags off with the bell captain earlier today"

Kate comments "Then who dropped the bags?"

Castle finishes "And who killed her husband?"