Chapter 10.

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"Seriously?"

In front of them was standing….Will Sorenson; Kate's ex-boyfriend who she hadn't seen in nearly ten years. The same man Castle was so jealous of…but hey! That was years ago. Right?

Nobody in the room got why they were reacting like that. Only to Jim the face seemed familiar.

"Will?!" Kate was shocked. She couldn't believe he was the agent in charge of her mom's case.

"Kate." He sighed. He obviously didn't expect her to be there.

"What are you doing here?" Castle growled, but was ignored, because everybody who knew him or knew about him was wondering the same thing. Will ignored him too and thought it best to introduce himself now. He turned towards Jenny first.

"Will Sorenson." He shook her hand. "Jenny Shepard. Agents Gibbs, DiNozzo, McGee and David and you obviously know Kate and Rick. Jim and Johanna Beckett you know about too." Will shook everyone's hand and tensed a bit when he reached Jim.

"Nice to see you again Mr. Beckett." Will suspected Kate had told her dad about their break-up and he still felt a little guilty about that one.

"You too." Jim muttered not very pleased. Johanna frowned. She had rarely seen her husband act like that. She had seen him like that though, when he had one of Kate's new boyfriends on trial.

"So how do you two know each other?" Johanna asked her daughter, but she didn't hear her. She was busy glaring at this Will person.

"How long have you been working on that case?" Kate asked trying to stay calm. He didn't answer at first, only looked down. "Will!" she snapped.

"A year before we started dating." He said quickly.

"What?!" Kate yelled and everybody jumped. Will was going to say something, but she continued.

"All this time?! All this time you knew my mom was alive. The six months we dated and I told you all about her murder and how it destroyed my dad and me. It never occurred to you to say, 'Hey Kate, I'm moving to Boston and I want you to come with me. Oh, by the way, your mom's alive and I've known about it for over six months, but I didn't tell you'? You knew exactly what that case did to me and you still didn't say anything. How could you do this?!" Kate yelled with tears in her eyes and stormed out of the office. Rick ran after her.

Everybody else in the office was shocked. Jim had actually liked that guy and all along he knew his wife was alive. He understood why Kate was so mad at him. Johanna was just shocked. She had never seen her daughter so upset. That also made her wonder, what Kate and Jim really went through when she 'died'.

"It's nice to finally meet you Mrs. Beckett." Will said tentatively.

"I would've said the same a minute ago, but now I'm not so sure." That's what he was afraid of. Jim chuckled. That was the wife he knew.

"Look, I'm sorry, but I…" Will started, but was cut off. "It's not me you have to apologize to, it's Kate." Johanna said sternly. She was angry, and even though she wanted to hate that guy for hurting her daughter, she didn't know the whole story, so she stayed calm. At least she tried to.

In the bullpen Rick was waiting for Kate to say something. She was sitting on Tony's chair, trying to figure out what to do next.

"I can't believe he could do that." Kate said to herself, but Castle heard her.

"Kate, maybe he didn't have a choice." He regretted his words the moment he said them. Her look only confirmed that fact. It was a mix of confusion and anger. The anger was for what Will did. At least he was pretty sure it was.

"Are you really defending him right now?" She tried to hide her smile.

"No! I….I mean I….Why do you, what did I…" he stammered, but stopped when he realized she could barely contain her laughter. "Haha, very funny."

"Come on. Let's get back up there. He's gonna explain to me why he thought it was alright to lie to me about something so important for so long." She was about to stand up, but he held her back.

"It's gonna be alright Kate." She smiled at him. "I know. Thank you." Kate was very thankful to have him with her. He had always been there for her in times like these and that was the only thing that kept her from breaking down in hard times. She really hoped everything would turn out fine. They all deserved to put this case behind them. Especially her mom.

They stood up and went back to Jenny's office. Rick had to hold back a smile at the sight. They were all sitting at the table in the office and everybody was looking at Will accusingly. He stood up immediately when he noticed Kate and Rick by the door. "Look Kate, I couldn't tell you. That information was confiden…." Kate cut him off.

"Shut up! Save it for later. Now, talk. Why are you here?" She knew there was no way he was there without a very good reason. Unfortunately, she couldn't come up with one. She knew the FBI would tell them what they knew, but that didn't mean they'd help them.

"I sort of have bad news." He stopped there. He was suddenly feeling very guilty about not telling Kate her mom was alive and what he was about to tell her certainly wouldn't help.

"Yes?!" Kate and Castle really didn't feel like waiting.

Sorenson just blurted it out, "Bracken found out your mom was alive."

Voilà.

I hope you liked it. In the next chapter, Kate will finally talk to her mom about her shooting.

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