To say that Richard Castle and his lovely wife, Kate Beckett are slow rising this morning is an understatement. Neither one really wants to get up but they know it is absolutely necessary to do so

When Castle finally manages to make himself presentable to the rest of the family, he exits their bedroom and moves slowly toward the kitchen

Rick stumbles himself into the cooking area to get breakfast ready for his clan. Once he gets the coffee started, the very aroma of freshly roasted Columbian beans begins to bring his addled brain closer to reality

Just as he gets the bacon started and the eggs broken and whipped for morning scrambles or omelets two other members of the family appear on the landing

Alexis and Jimmy are running down the stairs trying to beat each other to the table

"Hey dad" Alexis remarks as she enters the kitchen and finds her father just getting the omelets started

"Hi daddy" Jimmy also remarks while looking around "where's mommy?"

A weak voice comes from behind them "Right hear big guy" Kate answers her son as she herself stumbles into the room as if she were on a ship trying to walk

"Mom you look tired. Did you sleep well? "Alexis asks

Trying to suppress a yawn, Beckett responds "Oh yeah" she looks at Rick "we were up kind of late last night"

"I didn't see your light on when we came home"

Castle tries to cover "We…uh…we had just the reading light on"

It is obvious that Alexis is no dummy when she grins and replies "Oh…I see"

Sitting at the counter "Hey dad, can I have an omelet with cheese and a slice of bacon?"

"Sure pumpkin" he turns toward Jimmy "and what does the young man of the house want?"

"Uh, just a bowl of flakes with sugar"

Beckett responds "Not this early young man. You need a better breakfast than that if you want to grow up to be big like daddy"

A frown crosses the youngest Castle's face "OK. Egg…you know where you can see the yellow in the middle but not runny…yuck"

"Got it. Cooked hard…not runny" Castle responds as he sets the pan out and cracks an egg open and begins cooking and over hard egg

"How was your night with grandpa?" Kate asks

"He was fun…we watches Aladdin and played shoot and ladders and then he told me a story"

Kate looks at Jimmy "What story did he tell you?"

"He told me more of the story of the fair maiden and her prince in the castle"

Rick and Kate look at one another. They both know the story but had not talked about it going anywhere further

"What did he add to the story?" Castle asks

"He told me that after the prince married the damsel they had a little boy…like me, who ran around and played with all the other children in the village"

Kate thinks her dad did well "That sounds like a good addition to the story"

"It is" he is trying to talk while eating "but I asked grandpa to do something"

"What did you ask him?" Castle wonders

"I told him it would be nice if the boy had a little brother or sister to play with like the other little boys and girls in the town"

It was not a good thing that both Rick and Kate had food in their mouths when he asked that question. It did cause a little extra cleanup to happen this morning

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On their way to the 54th precinct, neither husband nor wife comments about the statement from their son. Instead the conversation immediately moves toward the current suspects Rod Best and his wife Michele.

"According to the information Detective Sexton has found, Rod Best has been going to the university early and staying late several times a week" Beckett starts up in the conversation. He very well might be having an affair with Sellers"

Castle finishes the thought "We need to get his prints and see if they match any of the unknowns from her desk"

"Detective Bryan has already got a subpoena for his prints and when he comes in they will take them and compare to the latent prints from her desk"

"OK" Castle responds

The car goes silent until the duo reach the 54th station

When they arrive at the desks of the other two detectives Beckett starts "did you get a match on the prints yet?"

Roland Bryan answers "No. They are NOT a match to any unknowns we have"

"What about his wife. Did you take her prints?"

Allen Sexton answers that "No. We didn't have to. She works for her church and they do complete background checks on their employees including a criminal check that requires fingerprints be taken before employment at the church. We were able to pull those records. Her prints were not found inside the office either"

Bryan makes a statement that brings everyone to a halt "The note you found in the victim's home, the threat…"

"The one that was on school stationary?" Beckett asks

"Yes. That one. It was written on typewriter"

"A typewriter" Castle seems surprised "Not printed on a computer?"

"No…and it not one of the most modern machines with the letters on a rotating ball. This was one using a cloth ribbon and individual letter arms"

"So if we find the machine that wrote the letter…?" Castle asks

Beckett answers "we will probably find our killer. Do you know where and who have old typewriters?"

"But I do remember that there was an old manual typewriter at the church office when we picked up Michele Best. It was sitting on the credenza behind her desk"

"So we have a unit to test. We need to go ahead and get a warrant to test the typewriter. Just to make sure we keep the chain of evidence clean" Beckett responds to the information.

She then looks toward the interrogation room "Is she in the one who is in there?" she points

"This is Michele Best. She has been waiting for an hour. I think we have given her enough time to think about where she fits in all of this" Bryan responds

"OK guys. Castle and I will go in there, you two watch from observation and makes notes. If you think about something you want asked, send me a text"

"Got it" Sexton responds as he and his partner move to the room adjacent to where Beckett and Castle enter

Once the door opens and closes Beckett can tell that Michele is not comfortable in her surroundings "What is this all about Kate?"

As the couple sit down Beckett responds "This is an official conversation so I think that we need to keep this professional. I am Captain Beckett for the sake of this situation for the time being"

The woman is obviously not happy as to where this is going "OK CAPTIAN BECKETT! What do you need to ask me?"

"The other evening you said you thought your husband was having an affair?"

"That is what I said. He leaves home early and comes home late. So, YES I think he is sleeping with someone"

"Do you think it was Dr. Sellers?"

The woman seems a little shocked at the question "I…I don't know. I never thought of her but that would make sense. She is at the school and so was my husband"

The tome from Michele indicates she definitely does not believe his absence from home is purely innocent

Beckett continues her questioning "Michele, we found a typewriter at your office at the church"

"Yes. So?"

"We found a threatening letter at Dr. Seller's home written using a conventional typewriter. We have officers going there right now with a warrant and we will be testing the machine for a match to the letter"

Michele chuckles a little "You think I typed a threat using THAT typewriter? That will be hard to do"

"Why do say that?" Castle responds

"Because that machine was flooded during Tropical Storm Sandy. It is rusted solid. None of the keys even function anymore. We talked about having it restored, but the cost was too much to spend for a piece of office equipment we will never use again"

This piece of information completely breaks Beckett's chain of questioning. She regroups "Just because the typewriter was not used does not change the possibility that you murdered Dr. Sellers"

Michele Best smiles across the table to Beckett and Castle "The only problem with me murdering her is the fact I was at a church administrator's convention in Alabama for three days including the morning she was found murdered"

The pair walk out of the interrogation room and come face to face with the two dwetectives from the 54th

"So she has an iron clad alibi" Detective Sexton remarks

Beckett looks directly at the mam "I need you two to verify her story and make sure she really was at a convention during the time of the murder"

"Got it Sexton replies

Castle and Beckett are looking at the duplicate murder board when Castle asks "do we know where we can find another old fashioned typewriter?"

Beckett continues "I mean is there any at the school?"

"They do have a history of the school display in the library. It contains a lot of old items that the school had once used including an old telephone, an adding machine, index card files…I wonder if they also have an old machine" Bryan remarks

"AND an old typewriter according to the web page about the schools' history" Sexton answers pointing at an image of the display with an old typewriter in the center of the picture

"We need to request to test the unit" Beckett comments "We need to get permission from, the school"

"Got it Captain" Bryan remarks

"And what about Rod Best? We need to get him in here and ask him about his long days at the school and what he is doing there early and late" Beckett responds

"We have uniforms picking him up right now. They are bringing him in after his class He should be here in about two hours"

Castle looks at his watch "OK. It's lunch time. Kate and I will go grab a burger and will be back in time for the interview"

The Castles walk into the elevator and as the doors close, Kate leans into Rick's shoulder again and lets out a soft moan "Do we have to grab lunch?" she smiles at his face "I would like to grab something else instead"

GULP