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Chapter 10

The red head looked at her in complete seriousness.

Kate wiped down her face with her hand, trying to look a little more presentable.

"Alexis, what's wrong? Is everything alright?"

"Uhh... I needed to talk to you"

"Sure sure, Come in…"

Kate let her in and closed the door after she entered. This was the first time they had any interaction since that day the young woman had yelled at her and blamed her for her father's injuries. She couldn't imagine why she had come over to her place, and her mind quickly jumped to the conclusion that something's wrong. Castle.

"Alexis, Is everything okay, How's your dad?"

"He's fine." She lied. But for some reason, she didn't want to give the detective any more information.

"I'm here to apologize for my behaviour that day"

"Alexis, you don't need to…"

'No, I need to. It was not my place to speak to you that way. I lost my cool and said some pretty nasty things. I even blamed you for the incident, when it was clear that you had nothing to do with the blast"

"Alexis…"

"I'm sorry…"

"It's alright. I understand what you were going through at that moment. I'd yell at me if I were you too"

Alexis nodded and then there was an awkward silence after that.

Kate looked around, and so did Alexis. And Kate suddenly wanted to go hide somewhere. Her place was in a mess. There were bottles of vodka and whisky around the living room, making it pretty clear to the young adult that the detective was just as miserable as her dad.

"I'm sorry about the mess…" She paused. And then continued

"Alexis, Tell me honestly how is he doing?"

"I think I should leave now. He doesn't know I came here and he'll begin to worry if I don't go home soon."

"He doesn't have to know you were here. Just be honest with me" Kate pleaded.

"He's alright. He just doesn't go out as much as he used to"

Kate though for a moment and then said.
"Wait here a moment, there's something I need to give you"

Kate rushed into her bedroom, only to return back with a business card in her hand. She gave it to Alexis and said.

"I know what it's like to be on the wrong side of a bullet. Tragedies like that take a huge toll on you, and I can just imagine what your dad is going through. I don't know how he is, or how much he's recovered, but it's natural for signs of PTSD to show around this time in his recovery.

is my therapist, and therapy really helps to get by. It takes time and you need to put in the work, but it really helped me."

"My dad does not have PTSD. He doesn't need a shrink. Why are you giving me this?" She spoke bitterly.

Kate smiled sadly.
"Alexis, I know you probably hate me, but this is not about me. I'm not saying you need to take him to a shrink. I just want you to hold on to this. Just in case."

"Whatever. I need to leave now." She took the card from Kate's hand and walked to the door. Kate walked her out and just before she left Kate spoke.

"Alexis, I know things are not the same between us, and more over between your dad and me, but I'd hate if I lose all ties with you. I hope one day, you can forgive me, because I don't know about you, but you're the closest I have to a daughter.

And whether you like it or not, I care about you."

"I don't know if I'd ever believe that Kate. But if I do, I'll let you know"

Alexis began to walk away but then stopped in her tracks, turned around and said "You don't need to drink your way out of this you know. You could just simply try to move on"

"I wish it were that easy"

Alexis nodded, half smiled and walked away hesitantly.

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