Before the day is over Captain Beckett has every intent to interview the woman who is currently high on her list of persons of interest in the death of Blair Collins in a vat of cooking oil

As her and her husband pull into her parking space at the 12th their conversation quickly moves from the case of the dead university president over o the dead coed in the chicken shop

"Kate, do you think that June Bailey is strong enough to have placed our victim into the vat?"

"Lanie said that Blair was hit on the back of the head, probably fell forward, and half way into the vat. The killer would only have to lift her legs in drop her into the tank"

As the couple ware walking toward the elevator, Castle continues the theory discussion "If the killer hit her with a full bottle of oil and then dumped her over there had to be some spillage"

Beckett continues the thought "The murderer had to get some on their clothes. If we can get a search warrant, we can check her clothes for cooking oil stains"

As they exit the elevator Castle is continuing his thoughts "And that is a special high temperature oil. It would not be something from home. The chemical makeup will be very easy to determine"

As they approach her office, Castle and Beckett see Ryan and Esposito have brought in the suspect and are escorting her into interrogation room 2

Ryan comes out and walks up to the couple "She has no idea why we brought her in. I think she believes we need her as a witness. That she may information we can use"

"OK, let me and Castle go in and you and Espo go to her home and execute the search warrant"

"Got it" Kevin responds and turns back toward the observation room to get his partner "What are we looking for in particular?"

"We think that if she killed Blair Collins, she probably got some of the cooking oil on her clothes. Look for any clothing item with stains that might be from spilled oil"

Ryan nods his head to acknowledge her request

"How are you going to approach her?" Castle asks

"She thinks she is a material witness. We will let her keep thinking that while CSU and the guys are searching her home"

They wait until the guys have left before entering the interrogation room

As she opens the door Beckett looks at the woman. She seems very calm and not worried at all about being at the station

"Thank you for coming in Ms. Baily" Beckett begins

"OH, Kate. It is June you know. After the other evening I thought we were on a first name basis"

"True, but here in my precinct, we need to keep it professional, so I think Captain Beckett is more proper"

The woman seems truly surprised .OK, Captain, how can I help you?"

"What can you tell me about Blaire Collins?"

The look on the woman's face tells the entire story if she is to be believed "Who is Blaire Collins?"

Castle responds "She works at the Cajun Chicken store over on Lex"

She never changes her expression "I have never been there and I don't know Blaire Collins"

Beckett pulls out a photograph of the victim "You are saying you have never met this woman?"

She shakes her head "No! I have never seen her before, and I have never eaten at the chicken place you mentioned"

Beckett begins her interrogation voice "Are you trying to tell me that you have never seen this woman?"

"NO! What is this all about?"

Beckett gets more aggressive in her questions "Where were you last Monday, early in the morning of?"

That question brings out a reaction from the woman "Why do you want to know where I was last Monday?"

"That is when Blaire was murdered?"

"Murdered? You think I was involved in her murder? Why would I murder her?"

"Because she was banging your husband"

The suspect has now switched to a dear in the headlights look on her face

"Ms. Bailey, we have officers searching your home right now looking for proof you were in the chicken store"

"What do you think you will find that proves I was involved in this woman's death?" She points at the photograph still laying on the table

"Whoever killed Blaire will most likely have cooking oil spilled on her clothes and her shoes"

The woman seems very confident "Well Captain, you will not find any chicken oil on my clothes. I was not at the chicken store. I did not kill this woman"

"Why should we believe you didn't kill her for sleeping with your husband?

"And I knew about her and my husband"

This response was not what Castle or Beckett was expecting "You KNEW about him and her having an affair?" Beckett asks

"Yes, captain. I knew all about her. I didn't know who she was but I knew he was sleeping with someone. I just didn't know who"

This response leaves Beckett a little off guard

Castle finally breaks the silence "your husband is sleeping with a young woman and you are not upset? Why?"

"Mr. Castle. Let's just say that he was not the only one straying outside the marriage"

Beckett glares at the woman "You're sleeping with someone?"

The woman's expression shows that she is not bothered at being found out "Let's just say that Jordan and I have an understanding"

"Understanding?" Castle asks

"Yes. An understanding. He has his little field trips including connecting with some hot young thing and I connect with some hunky thing. In fact that is where I was last Monday"

Beckett realizes that June has hinted to this the other night at the university president's diner party when she said she was glad when he was gone during the summer

"Ms. Bailey…so you are telling us you knew all about your husband's relationships?"

"Oh yes. I knew all about them. I knew about this Blaire Collins and Tammy Robards last year and Edith Moore the year before"

This was not what Beckett and Castle were expecting

"Ms. Bailey…you said you were having an affair with someone?" Beckett asks "We need to know who"

Captain, I may have an open marriage but his wife might not be as understanding"

"I don't care if his wife is open or not, but I need to talk to him"

June pauses a few seconds thinking about her answer "Ray Baxter"

Rick almost chokes at the answer. He remembers meeting him and his wife Jean at the party

The woman continues her answer "We are both in real estate. We just meet up at a house that we listed and…well you know. A lot of them still have furniture and we just make use of …"

Kate hold her hand up so the woman will not finish the sentence

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Walking out of the interrogation room Rick looks at Kate "If we ever put you old apartment or our loft up for sale we need to make sure we remove the furniture first…. Especially the bed"

All he can hear from his wife is "Eww"

When Castle and Beckett get back to her office and sit down at her desk she pauses briefly and then looks to her husband when she states. June knew her husband was popping Blaire Collins"

"Jordan just wanted a shiny mountain bike"

Using his description makes him smile "Blaire wanted more than just a fling"

Kate: "He went to the store to break it off"

Rick: "They fought"

Kate: "She tried to hit him"

Rick: "He picked up the closest object…"

Kate: "A container of oil"

Rick: He would have no trouble dumping her into the vat"

About that moment Ryan and Esposito enter the office "He didn't do it either"

"WHAT?" Beckett responds

"No oil was found on any of the clothes, or anything else at the Bailey house" Esposito answers "and Jordan Bailey was there."

Ryan continues"We questioned him about his relationship with our victim. He told us that he and his wife have an understanding about…shall we say other activities, and yes he had been seeing Collins but he said she dumped him last spring. It seems she found someone else. She told him that this new guy was going to help her get back in school

Castle makes the statement "But that doesn't mean he was happy about it"

"He told us he has a new girlfriend already and we talked to her"

Beckett looks up "Great. They were our best suspects. Now we need to start over. Where are we on her financials?"

"I just got an e-mail saying we got the warrant" Ryan answers "We will serve it tomorrow first thing"

"Alright. See you guys tomorrow" Kate tells her two officers

They leave her office just as Castle's phone chimes with an appointment alarm.

Beckett looks at her husband "Poker night with the mayor and commissioner?"

He looks like he really doesn't want to go. He would rather be home with his family and Kate can see it in his face "Babe, you go play with the boys. I want a little quiet time at home with my other guy"

He stands and leans over to her cheek "Be careful. He has been doing a great job wrapping you around his little finger"

"OK" she responds with a tone of understanding

"I'll be home late. Don't wait up"

"OK, I love you" Kate says

"Back at ya"