Castle POV

I woke up again in my hospital bed. I couldn't remember falling asleep on the first place, but it's probably because of anesthesia. I couldn't see anybody around me. I called Alexis, my mother and boys, but no one showed up. I started to be mad at myself. How could I fall asleep when Kate is fighting for her life? What kind of husband I am? Maybe something happened? Something definitely happened, because no one is here with me. I have to go check it.

"Richard what are you doing?" my mother asked.

"I...I was trying to stand up. Something happened, something must have happened, no one was here so I was going to check it out by myself."

"Oh son come on, lie down." My mother said as the rest of my family and friends walked to the room.

"First tell me how is she." I eyed everyone in the room. I saw that my mom, Alexis, Lanie and Jim have been crying. Oh no that is not good.

"Dad..." Alexis said and I saw her watery eyes. "...She's alive!" Now I see it. It was tears from happiness. "Oh, Thank you ." Now I was crying to.

"When can I see her?" I asked. Even though they told me that she is alive I have to see her and touch her to be sure that this is not a dream.

"Dad you should be in bed and she can't have visitors for now. She is in the next room. We can only look at her through the window. Maybe we can go to her room tomorrow, but it depends on her condition, she is still not well." There was a pause, but I decided to break the silence.

"I want to go to this window and I don't care about anythig I have to see her."

"Right now doctors are with her, but my friend will come here and tell us something more." Lanie said.

"Ok, but next think he will leave the room I go to the window."

"Ok" Alexis agreed.

Couple minutes later I heard a knock to my door. I was prepared to see the doctor, but it was somebody else.

"Hi Castle, how are you?"

"I'm fine Hayley, I just want to see that Kate is ok too."

"I understand. I brought somebody on my way here." I saw Hayley walking in the room and someone behind her.

"Hello Richard."

"What are you doing here Rita? Are you working with them?"

Boys immediately pointed their guns on her.

"Hey hey hey easy, I'm not with LokSat. Richard I know that you can have problem with trusting me, but the latest thing I wanted to do is hurt you or Kate."

"Ok boys lower your guns." I said.

"Mason was working with us, we both trusted him. I called him to help you, but I would never do that knowing that he's LokSat..."

"I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I have to ask. Who are you?" My mother asked.

"Oh yes Martha. My name is Rita. I'm Jackson's wife, Richard's stepmother."

"Ohhh I... I didn't know that Jackson have a wife. Richard why didn't you invite your stepmother on a dinner or something and introduce us to each other or at least her to me."

"Well Kate was the one who meet her first and introduce Rita to me, but we didn't have much time then." I defend myself.

"That's true and after what happened in Paris we both trying to not connect us to you. It's for your safety. Jackson still have pangs of conscience, because of Alexis's kidnapping. And now I have them too because I put you in front of a LokSat not even knowing this." She was talking the truth. I can see it in her eyes.

"Can I have a question for you?" She nodded. "Did you offered Kate witness protection program?"

"Yes, I do. Why are you asking?"

"Because I was mad at her in the beginning for running away, but now I can see that she actually didn't do that."

"Well she didn't want to resign from her life. Life that she was working hard to have. This is exactly what she said." After Rita's words I felt dumb. I was mad at Kate for leaving me, but she actually did the opposite thing.

"And Richard, I was the one who suggested her to push you away. She was blaming herself for her former team death. I said that this is not her fault, but if something will happen to you or her family and friends, then it will be on her consciousness. After what happened believe me I regret this. I hope you will get better soon. If you will need something tell Kate to contact me." Then she left. Room was silent until we heard knock to the door, again. This time it was a doctor.

"Hello Mr. Castle, your wife is checked. You can go to the window and see her. I think that you will be allowed to came in to her room tomorrow, if everything will be fine. She is in medical coma, but she is a fighter and probably will wake up by the end of a week. I also planning to put you into the same room, when she will be stable."

"Thank you doctor."

"It's not a problem. I will do everything for my friends, right Lanie?"

"Right, thank you."

He smiled and go back to his work, while I was ready to go and see my wife. When I saw her I was terrified and happy. I almost lost her. But now I see her, she is breathing and her heart still works hard.

"She will be ok dad. We will go in there tomorrow. Now you need to rest."

Sorry for the mistakes!