Rick's POV

Everything has felt weird since I got back from my book tour. Something is definitely wrong with Kate and she won't let me in. I just want to shake her sometimes and yell at her to tell me what is going through her head, but how can I when I have barely even been home three weeks. I don't even know what happened while I was gone, but something has shaken her up and I can't seem to figure it out. And today is just leading me to be more angry at whatever it is that is shutting her out and sending her back into the person she was years ago when she wouldn't let me in.

"Are you trying to tell me that because of your miscarriage, you went and killed a man?" Kate was really angry at our suspect, though there really wasn't a reason for her to be, yet.

"Not killed. Just severely hurt." She flashed back to an innocent look after stating this. "I don't know why, I just went crazy I guess."

"No," Kate says and Esposito and Ryan look at me. That isn't something you say in the box. "You don't just go crazy because of a miscarriage and almost kill a man."

"Detective Castle, you are not really in a place to say that now are you?" Our suspect looks a little pissed, but at the same time a little worried.

"Do I look like I'm going to kill someone? I had a miscarriage three weeks ago and I'm not out slaughtering innocent people am I? No."

"Castle, that's not true, is it?" Esposito looks at me and I don't know what to say. Three weeks ago was while I was on my book tour. She wasn't pregnant was she?

"I-" Kate rushes out of the room and I don't finish my sentence as I rush after my wife.

"Kate what was that?" I say as I catch up with her. "Was that true?"

"What… about miscarriage? No, I just needed something to crack her with and I know that it wouldn't have caused her to kill people."

"Then why did you rush out of the room?" I ask.

"Because I looked at my watch. I need to get ready if I'm going to be your date for the gala. Ryan and Espo can take it from here." She says before grabbing her coat and starting to leave.

"It can't be true…" I mumble to myself before following Kate out the door.

Kate's POV

As I get ready all I can think about is what I did. I can't believe that I lied to Rick again. I had the perfect chance to tell him that I had a miscarriage and now I lied again. I basically avoid Rick at all costs as I'm getting ready so that I can keep a straight face to keep the lies up, when all I want to do is cry right now. "Kate?" Rick interrupts the thoughts that were rushing throughout my mind.

"Yeah…?" I turn to look at him and from his facial expression I know there was a missed question before my name.

"I said you ready to go?" His eyebrows draw closer together, the way they do when he's confused by my actions.

"Oh yeah, sorry. Lost in thought I guess." I say shrugging. He offers me his arm and we walk towards the door.

"Have fun you two." Alexis calls from the living room where she is playing with Ellie. The drive to the gala is filled with Rick going on about some of the people who are going to be at the gala tonight and the other gossip he feels that I should be ready for. Once we pull up in front of the building, he looks to me before the door is opened up and says the three words he says before any public event like this gala.

"Ready Mrs. Castle?"