Disclaimer: Marlowe doesn't have mid-terms he should be studying for...
A/N: For Mindy, because I promised. (If I flunk out of college because I was writing instead of studying I'm moving to the other side of the country and coming to live with you Mindy.)
Enjoy!
~Rose
Chapter Thirty-Six
"Oh you're in my veins and I cannot get you out"
"Javi," the solemn-faced soldier greeted.
"Arthur," the Hispanic detective replied with a nod of salutation. Arthur had called Esposito early this morning asking if they could meet to discuss Cole Maddox. Since they were at a standstill with the case Javi desperately hoped Arthur had some information that could help them. "What do you have for me?"
"It's like the guy doesn't exist. I can't find out anything about him."
Javi sighed, afraid this would happen. Nothing in this case ever came easy. Well nothing except imminent danger.
"Sorry, I wish I could have been more help," Arthur said sympathetically to which Esposito quickly refuted saying it was fine and that no one was getting anywhere with the case. "If you want to catch this guy Javi you're going to have to pray for a miracle."
~O.o.O.o.O~
After her spat with Agent Ram, Kate decided to go back to the loft. Maybe Nicole was right; this case was way too personal for them all. It was time for a break before Kate did something completely irrational that she would regret later.
The loft was empty except for Rick who had fallen asleep at his computer. Neither Rick nor Kate had been getting much sleep lately due to the stress of what was going on and for other reasons but Kate hadn't realized it had gotten this bad.
"Rick," she said softly, running her hand through his hair gently so she didn't startle him.
"Kate?" he mumbled, still half asleep.
"Hey," she said, smiling at how adorable he was when he wasn't quite awake yet and was in that dazed, confused state. Whoa, adorable? Kate internally chastised herself for being so sappy.
"Hey," he repeated back, rubbing his eyes and slowly becoming more alert. "Not that I'm complaining, but what are you doing here so early? Shouldn't you be at work?" he asked, looking over to the clock above his desk.
"Nicole convinced me it's time to take a break."
"Remind me to thank Agent Ram later," he mused pulling Kate down to his level and capturing his lips with his.
She kissed him back eagerly before crawling into his lap and wrapping her arms around him. She buried her face into the crook of his neck and allowed herself to breathe him in. "I love you," she sighed in contentment. Those words had haunted her for so long and now she could say them so easily. It was such a relief to be able to say what she felt.
"I love you too Kate. So much. Rick also loved being able to say what he loved freely. He was always so afraid before that it would be pushing her to say he loved her and that she would run.
Kate slid off of his lap and grabbing his hand in hers, led him into the bedroom.
"Come on, let's have a nap," she breathed against his skin as she wrapped her arms around him again. She was exhausted and could see that he was too.
Wordlessly he nodded and they both crawled into the bed, not even bothering to take their clothes off.
As Kate nuzzled into him she couldn't help but think about how surreal this still was. It had taken them four years but they were finally together. Even though they had been together for a few months now the relationship still felt brand new but at the same time it felt like they had been doing this for years.
Kate smiled. She never imagined she would ever be with someone who was so embedded in her very being. So far embedded in her system—in her veins.
~O.o.O.o.O~
She had been suspicious for a while. She had been employed by this powerful man for years but it had only been in the last two years or so that she had figured out maybe he wasn't such a good man after all.
After sneaking around, poking, and prodding for the past six months she had finally put together what her boss was up to.
Between conversations she overheard and bank statements she had found the assistant, Alycce, was able to figure out that her boss had killed a lawyer named Johanna Beckett and was now after her daughter Detective Kate Beckett and the mystery novelist Richard Castle.
From there it wasn't difficult to figure out that her employer was responsible for the murder of her father, a former document clerk for the courthouse, Scott Murray.
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