The loft is mostly dark when Kate enters the door. A single light is left on in the living room for her.

She removes her coat and hangs it up in the closet just inside the door and then removes her boots so the clicking of her heels on the hardwood floors will not disturb any of the household members if they are asleep or almost so

She carries her boots with her as she moves toward the bedroom door. As she approaches she can tell the bed is not been slept in and the bedside stand light is on dimly.

When she enters and looks into the study, she sees her guy with his laptop on his lap and his ear buds in the ears typing away on his next great story.

She proceeds to the closet where she deposits her weapon in the safe and removes her clothes from today. After going into the bathroom and removing what little makeup she wears she returns to the closet to select her sleeping apparel for tonight.

After thinking about what Lanie had said about men being visual creatures, she selects a very sheer and very short gown to wear for the evening. She looks at the woman in the mirror and actually smiles to herself. Just like her best friend said…she does have beautiful long legs. And now she is planning on using them to entice her man to come on to bed

When she steps back and looks through the door of the study, he is no longer there. This is when she hears the bedroom door close and lock

She spins around causing the gown she is wearing to flare at the legs exposing even more of her long limbs

Her husband walks slowly towards her with a smile on his face and his eyes drifting up and down her barely covered body

"How do you do that?" he comments

"Do what?" she answers

"You know what…drive me absolutely crazy"

She drops her head letting her hair fall softly across her face "Lucky I guess?"

"If you are that lucky, I need to make sure to let you pick the next lottery ticket" he wraps her into his embrace

"How was dinner?" he asks

"Fun" Kate says into her husband's neck. Then whispers into his eat "but not as much fun as being home is going to be"

He slides his hands lower down her body and feels her react as she starts pushing him to the edge of the bed

GULP

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

Morning brings Castle and Beckett to the 54th and into the presence of Detectives Sexton and Byron

Roland Bryan starts the conversation "We got the warrant to test the typewriter at Mr. Crawford's residence and it is a match"

Castle seems pleased at the results "Great. Now we have a solid lead"

"We know the typewriter wrote the note, but that still does not give us enough to charge Crawford with the murder"

Sexton adds "Yeah. Anyone in the house could have written the note using the machine"

Beckett continues the thought "Whoever did it probably did not think we would ever think of looking at the Crawford house"

"If he had not told us at Dr. Sellers' diner party about his grandmother starting the university and his penchant for keeping relics from the past, we would have never known about him having the old typewriter" Castle finishes "he said he had a room dedicated to old historical equipment from the university"

Beckett looks to the two detectives "Where is Crawford"

"Interrogation one" Sexton replies pointing in the direction of the boxes

She looks at Castle and smiles "Ready to go close this one?"

"Right behind you" he answers

The two enter the interrogation room and close the door

Beckett begins with her usual attack "Mr. Crawford. Do you know why you are here?"

"No. But I assume it has something to do with the illegal search warrant served on me yesterday and the removal of several antique objects from my home"

"Mr. Crawford, the warrant was very legal and the items removed were part of our investigation into the death of Dr. Sellers"

"What does a room full of historical artifacts have to do with Margaret's death?"

"Are you the Chancellor of Ballard University?"

"Of course I am. You already knew that"

"And as Chancellor, you are responsible for many aspects of the school? Correct?"

"Again, yes"

"And I believe you were aware of Dr. Sellers' indiscretions?"

"Again yes"

Beckett looks at her notes "Do you recall a meeting of the board of regents where it was discussed dealing with her little extracurricular activities?"

He pauses for a moment before answering "That was discussed in an executive session. How did you hear about that?"

"I will be asking the questions here. Do you recall that conversation?"

"Yes"

"And I believe you came up with a suggestion to have her removed from the office?"

"That was the consensus of the board…yes"

Castle asks the next question "And what method did you plan to use to remove her?"

He pauses once more before answering

In the meantime the two other detectives watching in awe. Sexton comments first "I would hate to be across and interrogation table from that woman"

"I would hate to be a criminal in the same building with her. I think she can smell a suspect from a block away"

Back in the interrogation room, Castle and Beckett are waiting for the answer

"Mr. Crawford…answer the question. How were you planning on removing the university president?" Beckett asks

He looks at his hands for a moment "We were going to offer to buy her out of her contract"

Castle seems surprised at this answer. "You were going to buy her out?

"Yes" He seems to not understand why castle asked this question "We had worked out the numbers it would probably take to buy her out of her contract"

"What did she say when you presented it to her?" Beckett questions

"I never had a chance to present the offer from the board. The morning I had an appointment scheduled to meet with her and give her our proposal, she was found murdered. So, No she never saw it"

Beckett is not deterred from her questioning "I am sure the numbers were substantial?"

The Chancellor seems uncomfortable "I would not really care to disclose the figures"

Castle has his interest tempted by this revolution "Were the numbers more than the school could afford?"

Crawford snaps his head up with a definite look of concern on his face "Uh…well…yes…it was a very large number. One that we would have to pay off over several years. We didn't have the cash to give her immediately"

Beckett is not deterred from her path "So Mr. Crawford…the school could not afford to pay her off and so you went to her office, snuck ion thru the secret door, and since she wanted to be paid cash you killed her!"

"NO! NO! I never went to her office. I was detained at the lawyer's office on the morning I was working on the final details of the buyout offer. I did not even know she was murdered until the lawyer's assistant came in to tell us she was murdered. By the time I got there you were all there and investigating the crime"

"So you were at the lawyer's office all morning?"

"Yes. He asked me to come in early. We met at the midtown grill for breakfast at 6:00 AM and then went to his office to draw up the final document"

"Mr. Crawford, you knew about the secret door she had installed…"

"What? No. she didn't have it installed. My grandmother had it put in when the office was built almost a hundred years ago. She was a female founder of a major university but for the sake of the times, her husband was thought to be the leader. She came and went through the outside exit so no one knew she was actually the head of the school"

This is one more revelation that catches the team off guard. Taken back a little Beckett returns to the attack with the one piece of evidence she has not told him about yet

"Mr. Crawford, we executed a search warrant on your home this morning and took into evidence one antique typewriter. Do you know the machine I am talking about?"

"Yes. It is one of the many typewriters my grandmother purchased surplus after the war. She bought about forty or fifty. Why?"

"In our investigation into Dr. Sellers' murder, we came across a typewritten note. It was written on school stationary and was typed on a conventional typewriter…not a computer printer"

She can see his mind working

"We did determine that the threatening note was written on the typewriter from your home. What do you have to say now?"

"That typewriter was just delivered to my house the day she was found dead. It has been in storage at the school and they needed the room. I had them bring it to me instead of throwing it away"

"It was at the school until after she was murdered?" Beckett asks

"Yes. It was kept in the spare office beside the reception area"

There is a brief pause then Crawford continues "I didn't type a note. I didn't murder Dr. Sellers but I think I know might have"


I think the next chapter will close this one out.
Anyone care to guess who the killer is?