Hearts, Flowers and Crime
Chapter Three
Captain Beckett was waiting for Sergeant Esposito and detective Kevin Ryan to arrive back to the 12th precinct with a report of the shooting of the Novelty store. He had called her earlier to let her know that Castle had called 911 on the shooting. Since he was there as a customer at the time. She wanted to know on what he was up to this time around. Especially with Valentine's day tomorrow.
She was drinking her water in the office. When she saw the two of them coming off the elevator. She gets up to meet with them in the middle of the bullpen. "Where's Castle?" She asked with concern in her demeanor.
"He left after checking with one of the female employees in regard to buying something for Valentine's day." Sergeant Esposito says along with handing her a copy of the computer file on the amount of money that was owned by the owner of the store. "You're going to be surprise on the amount of money he owes to the Gambino mob family."
"How I am not surprise bro? The two shooters really had the balls to come in broad day light and in front of witnesses before going into the back to shoot him and of all people to be a witness. Did he give a statement to you and Ryan?"
"He did Captain. I am don't know if I felt as if Castle was very nervous about the entire affair with the shooting. Especially with Valentine's tomorrow." Espo says with walking closer over to his computer terminal. While Beckett had the file in her hand to take a look at it from inside her office.
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Meanwhile on his way over to Black Pawn Publishing.
Castle was called for a last minute meeting with Gina to promote his own book tour starting up in a few weeks across country in regard to his Nikki Heat newest novel "Smoke Screen". Gina and Green Leaf now that they have merged have been promoting and putting in a great deal of money into the different authors and including Castle and James Patterson.
After Castle had checked with the employee at the novelty store. He felt better to find out that his Valentine purchase would be delivered to the 12th precinct in the morning.
Since the shooting. The store is going to be staying opened until one of the regional managers will be able to take over until the matter with the shooting is cleared up.
He walked into the meeting with Gina and three board members just getting started.
"I am sorry for being late. I had to finish up business with the police at the flower shop. As I mention to Gina on the phone. It would seem that the mob is involved with the owner owning $100,000 in loans on the store."
"Amazing Rick! I do hope the 12th precinct will be able to arrest those responsible for the shooting of the owner and of course the mobster behind the order to kill him?" Gina says with biting her lip and getting the meeting started...