Murder Times Two

Kate did not sleep at all last night. But neither did Rick. He spent all night holding her in his arms as she tried unsuccessfully to close her eyes and get any semblance of sleep. Sleep would not come to her. Sleep would not come to him

Castle looks into her red swollen eyes "Good morning beautiful"

Kate is trying to gather strength to say something. Anything. "I know I am not beautiful. Especially not this morning."

"You most certainly ARE beautiful! Amazing! Lovely! Gorgeous! You always are to me"

"I must look a wreck" She says as she drags her hand thru her hair. "I need to get up and take a shower, wash my hair and try to make myself presentable in case we have any more visitors. I figure IAD will be coming by wanting to talk to me"

"Talk? Talk about what?"

"Talk about why I didn't tell anyone I had a sibling that I didn't even know I had. Or worse, trying to say I had children that I didn't know I had"

"Kate, we are going to get thru this. It will all be resolved. We will get to the bottom of all these lies about you"

"Castle, I don't even know what is truth or lies anymore. I thought I knew everything about my life. My parents lives. My grandparents lives. Now I feel like I just don't know anything."

Kate looks into Castle's eyes. "Rick. I'm so scared. I am being accused of lying to the NYPD about my family history. That could get me fired, brought up on charges or both"

"Kate. We will get all this fixed, I promise. We have the best lawyer in the city. He will take care of this. Hey, remember he got me out when Tyson framed me and was going to have me killed"

That was not a good thing to say to Kate at that moment. It just brought back another stressful time to her. "Rick, let me get up and get a shower and we'll call the attorney. OK?"

"OK. You go get your shower and I'll start some breakfast"

Kate gets into the shower and Castle goes into the kitchen. He just gets the coffee started when Kate's cell phone rings. He reaches over and looks at the caller ID "12th Precinct" He answers. "Detective Beckett's Phone" it's captain Gates

"Mr. Castle, is detective Beckett there?"

"Sorry captain, she is in the shower right now. Can I take a message or have her call you back after she gets out?"

"Yes, Mr. Castle. Tell her she better get back to work. She's late for her shift"

"Sir? I thought she was on suspension?"

"Well, Mr. Castle. IAD came in this morning, brought her computer back and said the investigation is closed with no action and she is restored to full duty with no restrictions. I don't know myself what is happening, but it seems to be all good from what I can tell"

"Captain, she will be excited to hear that. I will tell her when she gets out of the shower. After we have breakfast we will be in. Thank you sir."

"Don't thank me. It appears someone may have been trying to frame her, but it was prevented some how. We just don't know who did it. See you two later."

Castle hangs the phone up and runs to the bathroom. "Kate" he yells "Captain Gates just called. You have been restored to active duty"

Kate sticks her head out from behind the shower curtain "What! How? When? What did she say?"

"She said IAD came in this morning and brought your computer back and that you have been cleared of any suspicion of wrong doing"

There is a light in her face. She reaches out to Castle and drags him into the shower with her. He is fully clothed or rather wearing his pajamas which are now soaking wet. Wraps her arms around him "You said everything would be all right. And it is. Thank you"

"As much as I appreciate the gratitude, I didn't do it. However, if I can find out who did I will owe them big time. But for now, I think I will just enjoy the results" he wraps his soaking wet arms wound his wife and holds her to himself.

After spending an hour in just getting her hair dry and eating a quick breakfast, the newlyweds are dressed and heading to the 12th. By the time they arrive it is almost noon. The elevator doors open to a crown of cheering detectives. Kate smiles at the group and thanks them for their support. She drops her jacket on the back of her chair and her and Castle walk to Gates' office.

The captain looks up and Kate thinks she actually sees a small smile cross the boss's lips "Come in detective and welcome back."

"Thank you sir. What happened to the investigation on me?"

"I honestly don't know. My contact downtown will not tell me anything. He just says that there evidently was some type error in the records of you in the master database. It has been corrected and you are returned to full duty with no loss in pay"

"I really don't understand, but I am happy this is cleared up. So, sir what is on my desk for today?"

"Ryan and Esposito are on their way back from Jersey. They left early this morning. They went to interview a prisoner" she looks at the notes on her desk "named Calvin Jacobs. His fingerprints were found at a crime scene 30 years ago. Ryan ran the prints thru AFIS and got a hit. They also pulled a cold case on a doctor and his nurse murdered about 15 years ago. I don't think they had any leads yet. Go look on Esposito's desk. It's probably there"

"Yes sir. Again, thank you for supporting me"

"Detective, it wasn't just me "she points out to the bull pin "everyone out there was ready to go into battle for you too. So, lets go to battle for the victims and their families"

"Will do sir" As Beckett and Castle walk out the door.

As the pair return to her desk the elevator opens and her other two partners walk out. Ryan is talking almost non stop when he looks up to see Beckett at her desk.

"Hey boss. Are you back?"

"Yes, Kevin. They called and told me I better get back to work or you were going after my job."

"No way! I don't want your job. Too many headaches. But welcome back"

Esposito agrees and slaps Castle on the back

"Thanks guys. Well, did you find out anything from the prisoner?"

"Actually, we got a lot from him. He's serving a life with no chance of parole so he didn't care if we added to his long list of crimes. When we told him why we were there he asked or immunity from the death penalty if he told us what he knew about the killing. We got a letter form the DA here and he admitted he killed Ralph Brown just outside the cemetery 30 years ago. But he said he did it for pay He was hired to do it. It was a killing for hire"

"Did he say who hired him?"

"That's where it gets really weird. He said a doctor hired him. A Doctor Roger Orion"

As Beckett looks at Ryan, she raises her eyebrows and grabs the other file from the desk "Isn't that the name of the victim in the other cold care file you pulled?"