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Beckett stood there, staring at the photos in her hand. Bracken and their vic had been having an affair.

"Look close at those pictures though," Castle said. "They aren't very recent. Look at how young they both look."

Beckett looked closer at the photos. "You're right, Castle. These look like they were taken at least twenty years ago. Do you think they were still together after all this time?"

"I don't know, but twenty years is a long time to keep up an affair. Maybe his wife found out. Or maybe she threatened to tell his wife."

Beckett shook her head. "I don't think so. Based on those newer photos, it looks like she had moved on. Maybe he was jealous. Maybe he hated that she was seeing Moss."

Beckett threw the pictures back in the box. Lets take this whole box back to the precinct, we can go through it there. I want to see if the boys got anything else, and I think I'd like to talk to Mr Moss."

Castle scooped up the box and followed her to the car. As she drove to the precinct, Castle could almost hear Kate's mind working in the seat next to him.

"It doesn't make sense." She finally said.

"What doesn't?" Castle looked at her puzzled.

"If this was a crime of passion, what does it have to do with me? Why the similarities to my mom's case? Why was the briefcase full of evidence left there for us to find? Something just isn't right."

"I've been thinking about that too." He glanced at her, fearing her reaction to what he was about to say. "What if it wasn't Bracken?"

She shot him a look. "It had to be him." Her eyes went wide. "All of this evidence points to him, Castle. I'm finally going to get my chance."

"I want that to be true too, Kate, you know I do. But you said it yourself, it doesn't make sense. He's not this sloppy."

"Maybe he finally got so cocky that he did get sloppy. Overconfidence does that to you, Castle."

He put his hand on her leg as she parked the car. "Listen to me, Kate. I want to take him down too, but you have to be prepared to accept the fact that he may not be behind this."

She looked down at her lap, hair falling around her face, blocking it from his view. "It's gotta be him, Castle. It's just gotta be." She looked up at him, tears streaming down her face.

"Oh, Kate." He pulled her across the seat, into his arms, rubbing soothing circles on her back. "It's going to be ok. We have all that other evidence against him now. We can finally get justice for your mom with that. We will make him pay, but I know you, if he didn't murder Anna Jo, if someone else did, you would want them to pay too."

He brushed a tear from her cheek as she looked up at him. "You're right. I promised Billie Ann I'd find out who did this, and I intend to. I just want something solid to put him away. All we have is some financial records and other than that, it's our word against his. We need more concrete evidence."

"And we'll get it," he said, placing a kiss to her forehead. "But we'll do it carefully so we don't attract his attention, i need you to be safe. But right now, we need to find out what happened to Anna Jo."

She nodded and gave him a quick kiss as she sat up. "Thank you, Castle."

"For what?" He smiled at her lovingly.

"For standing with me. For keeping me grounded. For being there."

"Always." He smiled and patted her leg. "Now lets get Moss in here and see what he has to say."

She gave him a small smile and took a deep breath as they exited the car and headed into the precinct.

As they got off the elevator, Ryan rushed over to them. "We followed up on your lead that Moss was dating our vic. We canvassed the shops and diners near where the body was found. Turns out they were definitely seeing each other, as a matter of fact, witnesses say they saw the two of them leaving the coffee shop a few blocks from the scene about an hour before time of death."

"So, Moss could be our man." Beckett said. "Lets get him in here. I want to see what he has to say."

"Already on it," Esposito called. "Unis are on their way in with him now."

"Speak of the devil," Castle nodded towards the elevator where two uniformed officers were accompanying an angry looking Moss towards interrogation.

"Well, Lets go see what Mr Moss has to say for himself."

Castle smiled at Beckett. "Lead the way, detective."


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