The appearance of her husband walking down the concourse beside this other woman caused Kate's chest to tighten. She is positive her face has to have turned every shade of red that exists

What is he doing? What is SHE doing? Who is she? Did he meet her on the airplane and they just started talking during the flight? She is way too close to him as they rapidly head toward Beckett. Kate wants to move toward her man and this other…other person but to do that would cause an airport lockdown since Kate is waiting on the public side and her husband is still in the secure side in the terminal

Feeling her muscles start to tighten but holding herself in check until he passes the magic line in the corridor.

When he sees her standing just outside the exit she witnesses his reaction. Her heart settles. It is very evident that he is as happy to see her as she is to see him and whatever this women is about has no importance to him. He points toward Kate and says something to his companion who seems to be happy herself that Kate is here.

Once he is in the clear she rushes to him where she receives the reception she deserves.

Castle wraps his arms around Kate kissing her as hard as he can, lifting her off the ground, and giving them a spin. This action causes several laughs to spread around the crowd, but neither honestly cares

Once the greeting subsides, Rick takes a hold of Kate's hand then turns to the giddy woman who was beside him all along the concourse "Kate, this is Misty. Misty, this is Detective Kate Beckett my inspiration for Nikki Heat and my beautiful wife"

"OH Detective Beckett it is such an honor to meet you. I have read all of your husband's books and my husband and I have read all the Nikki Heat books…" then with a devilish glee on her face "together"

The tone in this woman's description of her and her spouse reading the Heat books gives rise to a question for Kate but she chooses to not ask for more details at this moment

"It is always great to meet one of Rick's fans" Beckett holds her hand out to the woman who accepts.

This newly introduced lady responds "Thank you Kate" She looks at Castle before continuing "I will get my bags and see you two at the door. OK?"

"We will be waiting" Castle responds then turns to face Kate who definitely has a 'what the hell is going on?' look on her face

"I met her at the book signing. She said she that she is my biggest fan and…"

Beckett folds her arms across her chest "Did I or did I not tell you to Not pick up a book groupie while you were gone?"

"UH…Not?" he responds sheepishly

"So what are you doing bringing a fan back with you?"

Pointing to the woman walking toward baggage claim "OH that!" he tries to side step the bashing he knows is coming "Her and her husband were at the book signing. He is a giant fan of Nikki Heat and he is actually jealous that she got to come and meet you but he had to stay home, because I think he actually has a crush on Nikki, which I totally understand because I have one on her too but…"

"Castle. STOP!...what is this all about?"

"OK" he takes a deep breath"She was here…for the educator's convention and she might have know something about what happened"

"And how do you know that?"

"When she came into the bookstore to get an autograph, she told me that she saw the picture of you and me at the hotel here in Dallas and commented about having just been here. I told her that you and I were working on a case of a murdered woman who was here at the convention. She asked me who it was and when I told her, she was shocked"

"So she knew the victim?"

"She might actually be a witness"

"Witness? Witness to what…exactly?"

"She is a principle at an elementary school in Oklahoma City and she was on a panel with our victim Vickie Davis. She actually hung out with her a little while they were here"

Castle looks aver at the exit from baggage claim to see the lady pulling a roll around bag and walking toward them "Here she comes. I will let her tell you the rest"

"This is going to be interesting. I can tell" Beckett responds as the three turn and start toward the terminal exit

Outside, the three head toward the Tahoe and the two men who are waiting. After placing her bag into the rear off the SUV the three step into the back seat. Rick gets in first moving to the center giving the women the benefit of the window seats. This leaves himself pinned snugly in between his wife and his biggest fan.

Before they drive off Kate decides she will adjust the seating arrangements. She has Castle get out and she sits in the middle beside the woman with her husband on her other side. This way the only woman he is touching will be her

"So Misty, Castle tells me you might know something about our case"

"Well I hope I can help. You see I was here at the convention and I was put on a panel with several other school principles and one of them was Vickie Davis"

"So you actually met our victim?"

"Yes. In fact we had dinner one night and met for breakfast at the hotel breakfast café each morning"

"So did anything unusual happen during any of your activities?" Beckett has taken a note pad out and is very interested in the story

"Yes. On the second day of the convention she got a phone call that seemed to upset her. A lot! After she hung up, she seemed distracted by whatever happened"

"Did she give you any idea what was happening?"

"No. But she did say that she had something she was going to have to deal with when she got back home"

"So she gave you no details about whatever was happening?"

"No. Nothing. She just said her husband was going to be in deep trouble"

Castle looks across his wife to the other passenger "Tell Beckett about the fight"

Kate looks back at her husband "Fight?" then over to Misty "What fight?"

"I walked out of the main hall at the convention center and into the pre function area and saw Vickie fighting with some other woman. I mean they were in each others faces and I could tell that if I had not shown up, when I did, they it might have gotten into full blown cat fight. When they sat me, they calmed down and some final words were said and the other woman walked off"

"Do you think you could describe her to a sketch artist?"

Missy pulls her phone out of her pocket "I can do better than that. I took a picture in case I ever needed it, and it looks like I did the right thing" She slides through the images then finally settles on one of the photos "Here she is" and turns the camera to Beckett

"Kate get a shocked look on her face "This is the woman that was fighting with Vickie Davis"

"Yes" Missy responds "Why?"

Beckett shows the picture to the two detectives in the front seat. Detective Salazar comments "Are you kidding me?"

Castle has been watching the conversation and finally asks "What's the big deal?"

"Kate looks to her husband "This woman came in our hotel room this morning after you left. She mistook me for Vickie. Or rather, she claimed not know her"

Castle responds "Then who is this woman and what does she have to do with any of this?"

Beckett looks back to Missy "Do you have any idea who that woman is or why she was fighting with our Victim?"

"I asked later and Vickie just would say it was over some type of business deal gone badly"

After the group pulls up to the police headquarters and enter the building Beckett's cell phone rings. She removes it from her pocket. Caller Id is Esposito. She answers and places the call on speaker

"Hey Espo I hope you have good news for me because this case just keeps getting stranger by the minute"

"Well Beckett, nothing at the office except a damaged file cabinet, Tory is looking over the computer but we did find something at the Davis house"

"What?"

"A body"

"Another body?" she asks

"Yeah! This one is a male. Mid-thirties. We found him in the Davis' house when we went execute the search warrant"

"Do you have an id on him?"

"A Wally Crawford. We are trying to locate his wife, Ida. She is missing"

"Did you say Ida Crawford?

"Yeah. Why?"

"Javi, she's alive. She was here just this morning"

"What was she doing there? Esposito asks

"Trying to confuse the investigation. Let me get back to you" and Kate disconnects the phone.

She leans back in the chair and looks at Castle who has been sitting at a side chair just like he does back home

"Rick. I am confused. We have three dead bodies all connected somehow and this lone woman is alive and running around with three million dollars in a briefcase"

Detective Elder walks up to the desk. "We had Misty look at the video from the hotel lobby where a woman dropped off Vickie's baggage. She confirmed this was Ida Crawford"

Kate looks off "Why would she drop the bag off and not just leave it in the room"

Rick thinks for just a moment "So the hotel would have her listed as checking out. If housekeeping came in the room to clean and there is still luggage they consider the room occupied"

"And if the records show her checked out, no one would look for her here"

"Right"

Beckett looks around the room and notices that Jake Salazar is nowhere to be seen "Where is your partner. Detective Elder?"

He chuckles "in the break room…on the phone with the medical examiner"

Beckett smiles "I guess my suggestions worked?"

"Definitely" is the one word reply