Kyle Traylor sat in the interrogation room fuming mad. Not only were these stupid cops NOT finding who had killed his father, they were actually daring to ask _him_ questions! He was sure they had spoken with his mother at least once and of course she would be without the family attorney when they did. He loved his mother but she never did know how to deal with people the right way.

Ryan, Esposito and Capt. Montgomery were in the observation room letting their suspect sweat a little. "Beckett says Kyle Traylor is in Law School. We'll have to be careful with this one. He knows his rights and won't be happy." Esposito said to the men. He was sure this one knew something it was a matter of getting the information out of him

Capt. Montgomery nodded. "Lawyers, even baby ones, are tricky. I'll watch here while you two work on him. Go easy and remember that he did just lose his father. His mother was been nothing but cooperative, that might be a good thing for us." He looked out into the interrogation room.

Ryan and Esposito walked out of the observation room and into the other room. Ryan began. "Mr. Traylor, we're sorry to keep you waiting. We were making sure nothing new had come in from CSU." In fact it had, completely clearing Mrs. Traylor of suspicion in addition to having Kyle's iPod, but he had no need to know that yet. He and Esposito sat down. "We have a few questions for you this morning, if you don't mind."

Kyle exploded. "If I don't mind! I've just lost my father and you're asking me if I don't mind!" He stood up, prompting Esposito to do the same. "Of course I mind, why aren't you out there finding whoever did this to my father?"

Esposito looked at Kyle. "Look man, we've gotta follow the evidence. Right now, that means that we aren't 'out there'. Right now it means we're in here talking to you. Now sit down and answer what we've got for you." He was ready to arrest this guy just in case.

Kyle looked even more angry than he had before as he sat back down. "Let's get this over with."

Ryan nodded. "Mr. Traylor where were you on the night in question between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m.?" This encompassed the entire meeting and the T.O.D. that Lanie had found. It would be interesting to see what he would say.

"2 and 5? Is that the best the NYPD can do?" Kyle scoffed, unknowingly making himself prime suspect #1. "I was at home, with my girlfriend, asleep. The alarm went off at 5 so I could get to the gym before class." His answer was in a snotty tone neither detective appreciated.

Esposito and Ryan clanked at each other, both knowing that this was a complete lie. Esposito just shook his head. "Dude." He opened the folder he had brought in. Inside were the crime scene photos of the iPod. "We found this at the scene. We also found that it's not your father's. It's yours." He flipped the photo around. "Now how could this have wound up with your father if you weren't there?"

Castle came into the observation room with his usual morning coffee. "Morning Captain. Who do we have here?" He asked motioning to Kyle.

"Kyle Traylor. Turns out the iPod was his not the vic's. They're asking him some questions now." Montgomery replied. He hadn't taken his eyes off of Kyle while speaking. They were close to finding out the truth, he felt it.

Castle nodded and quieted down. He was wondering where Beckett was but knew that she'd probably be back soon. He'd left her morning coffee and bear claw on her desk.

Inside the interrogation room Kyle Traylor swallowed hard. Both Ryan and Esposito noticed. His hand shook as he lifted the picture off of the table. He had no idea that he had even lost it. "Um," He looked up at the detectives. "Where was this?" His voice was small and quiet, a huge change from just a few seconds ago. He looked up scared. "I didn't even know I had lost it. It was in my pocket, he must have. He must have grabbed it when he got into my pocket."

Ryan sighed. "Give us the truth Kyle. Why were you there and what happened?" He had his notepad out and began writing some notes.

Kyle gave a shuddering sigh and began. "Yeah I was there, briefly. I knew that dad was going to the gym that morning, he always did. I waited outside cause I needed to talk to him. My dad was big on The Holidays, I mean real big. I want to go with my girlfriend to her folks place. See I'm gonna be proposing and figured that would the best place, so we didn't have to spend on hour on the phone with everyone telling them what happened. My dad was dead set against it. I was waiting to try and talk to him about it." He looked up at the detectives. "I didn't do anything to hurt my dad. When he came out I approached him. He seemed in a good mood, which I thought was great. The better mood he was in, the sooner I might be able to get him to agree."

Ryan nodded and Esposito smiled. They had him now. He'd tell them everything.

Kyle continued. "He was actually happy to see me which was great. I told him why I wanted to not have The Holidays at home and he got mad, I mean shaking mad. He actually gasped for air, which I thought was odd. He then grabbed his chest and then me. I thought he was being dramatic and tried to get away. That was when his hand went into my pocket, as he was trying to hold onto me. Looking in his eyes, it looked like he was in a serious amount of pain." He bowed his head and then looked back up. "I thought it was nothing. I pulled away and told him that I'd try talking to him again later. I pulled away and then walked away. He was swaying a bit but I had no idea what was wrong. I thought for sure." His voice broke. "I thought for sure I'd see him again."

Esposito looked at Ryan. Then he looked at Kyle. "Kyle, we are on the trail of what happened to your father. We aren't there yet, but we're close. Thanks for answering our questions. I'd say that you and your mom have to be there for each other right now, your girlfriend too." The detectives stood up and began walking out. "Take all the time you need to compose yourself. No one needs the room for now." They walked back into the observation room.

"Another dead end?" Castle queried as he sipped from his coffee. The news about the iPod was something that made him happy; it was connected to the family but not to the victim. It was a mystery solved in a case that had lots of them.

Esposito shook his head. "No it's not a dead end. It's an end but it also gives us information we didn't have before. The son didn't do it that's clear. But we'll run down his girl for confirmation. If he was having a heart attack I wonder if he had a family history or something." By now they were all walking to their desks.

Ryan went to his and opened a file. "Yesterday we got his medical records. I hadn't looked at them yet." He scanned the document and shook his head. "No history of heart issues that I see. Maybe Dr. Parish could take a look and see if we're just missing it."

Castle nodded. Esposito was right this wasn't a dead end. "So where's Beckett?" He asked as he sat down, pointedly NOT in her chair. He'd learned that lesson painfully.

The boys looked at each other and were about to answer when Beckett herself came into the bullpen. "Oh you know Castle, running down leads and following up on medical reports." She noticed he wasn't in her seat and had to restrain herself from patting him on the head and saying good boy. "So what happened with Kyle Traylor today?"

The boys filled her in as she filled up the murder board. She frowned as they got to the end. She had been hoping this would neater than it was turning out to be. "So in other words we've got information but nothing for sure." She sat on the edge of her desk. "Ok, we'll go talk to Joanne Watts. You two go find Juan Mendoza and find out what he has to say. Bring him down here if you can so he feels more free to talk. I have a feeling we'll find both of them at La Chambre de Chocolat."

"The Chamber of Chocolate?" Ryan said slightly confused. He also showed something he hadn't told anyone, he actually was more of a nerd than they knew.

Kate smiled. "I'm sure she meant The House of Chocolate when she translated it. Either way that's where we're heading." She grabbed the coffee Castle had gotten for her and strode for the elevators. Before she pushed the button she turned and spoke. "Come on boys. Chop chop." They rushed to catch up with her. She turned back, punched the button and smiled. She loved it when they moved for her.