Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Family, Humor
Rating: M for violence, language and sexual situations
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters featured on the show Castle, they belong to the creator of the show, ABC, and the others who do own them.
A/N #1: I have a lyric in this chapter from the song Living in the Material World by George Harrison, from his album of the same name.
A/N #2: Wasn't sure if I was going to get feedback for the last chapter, so I was very grateful for what I did get and need to say thank you of course for them! vetgirlmx (I have to admit I laughed a bit at your reaction to another vic, lol, thought you might be expecting that from me. And was so happy that you picked up on the typewriter line; when I thought of that I thought it could easily be something Castle would say on the show, lol. I also had to laugh at what you said about Julia pressuring Castle and Beckett about getting married, 'cause I didn't realize that she was really, lol, but thinking about it after reading your review, yeah, she kinda did, lol. But I don't think you're giving Julia complex reasons for doing that, 'cause I've written her as pretty serious, so she might be thinking like that. Speaking of that, I was glad to see you mentioning Julia being perceptive. And I don't really have her asking questions 'cause she's so young still, I don't know that she would really know how to ask. And I was very happy to see you want to read the next chapter, as always, and now you can read it!), sammysgirl78 (Was really glad that you could read the chapter, and thanks for sending the message you did, I really appreciate you doing that. I loved seeing you mentioning the bath, 'cause that was something I really wondered what people would think of that. But I thought you might like that bit, so glad I was right. And also, you're definitely right, it was huge, lol. And am glad to see that the case is not that easy to figure out, lol, exactly what I was trying to do with it. Was happy to see you could tell, with Beckett letting Castle taking care of her, that she's changed and also how much she loves him since I was definitely trying to convey that!), life's a mystery (Welcome to the story, and I am very happy to see you're enjoying it so far! Really enjoyed reading your comment that you loved the way Castle and Julia's relationship is growing, always love getting that kind of statement in reviews), pcol22 (First thanks for reviewing chapter 5, I was really glad to see you liked that chapter too, since I'd been wondering what you'd think of that one. And of course I was glad to see you enjoyed the last chapter too. Liked seeing your comment about Julia letting Castle help her, I was eager to see if reviewers would mention that. And liked seeing that you want the case to move forward, since of course, it means you want to read more, and now you can see what will happen next with the case!) and TORONTOSUN (Liked seeing your first comment, about the case, you'll see if you're right about the road block at all. And you're right, definitely not right for a father to assault his daughter, I agree there. Am glad to see you mentioned how Beckett was taking out her frustrations, I thought that would definitely be a way she could do that!). So thanks so much for all of you for letting me know what you thought. And I really appreciate the time taken for all the reviews, and I am grateful I got them all too!
A/N #3: The title of this chapter is a lyric from the song Beware My Love by Paul McCartney, from the Wings album Wings at the Speed of Sound.
Can't Say I've Found Out
Opening her eyes, Beckett looked over at Castle and saw that he was watching her and Julia, who had snuggled against her. "Morning," she said, with a slight smile as she leaned down and kissed the top of her daughter's head.
"Morning, I've mentioned you two are very cute like this right?" Castle asked.
"You've mentioned, and I'm so glad you don't have a camera," Beckett said, slowly extricating herself from Julia. She glanced at Castle as he got out of bed then, but then turned her attention back to getting her arm out from under the little girl before she saw he was going around to her side. "What?" she asked, finally free and sitting up slightly to look at him.
"I forgot to mention something last night," Castle said, sitting on the edge next to her.
"What?" Beckett asked.
"That I'm the same way," Castle replied easily. He wasn't surprised she looked a little confused at that, but then finished saying, as he pulled her out from under the covers, "I need you both as much too."
"Is this-" was all Beckett could say before he crushed her lips with his own. She was touched by what he'd said, but had wanted to try and joke so he couldn't see how much it'd meant to hear him say that. When they parted, she followed him willingly to the armchair in the corner of the room, sitting on his lap as they watched Julia who was sleeping on her stomach then, her head turned towards them.
"You ever expected this?" Castle couldn't help asking her.
"You mean once we started dating? I don't see how I could really," Beckett said when he nodded to her question. She bit her lower lip and looked to him saying in a whisper, "You're sure this is what you want?"
Knowing she was asking about Julia, Castle didn't reply for a moment before he finally said, "I'm sure, and I'd like more too, of course."
"Of course," Beckett said, looking at her daughter as she wasn't sure exactly if she wanted to ask if he was talking about them getting married, or more kids.
"But yeah, this… never really thought of settling down again to this degree," Castle said. "But four years of following you really makes it appealing."
"How?" Beckett asked, turning to look at him.
"It's made us both different and I think I'm enjoying how we've changed," Castle said. "Especially you."
"If you're fishing for something…" Beckett began. When Castle merely shook his head she leaned down and brushed her lips across his whispering, "Then you and I are definitely in agreement. But there's something else."
"What?" Castle asked as she pulled away to look into his eyes.
"We are together too," Beckett began. She then leaned over to his ear and whispered, "And I'm talking about when we're alone as well."
Shuddering at that in pleasure, Castle pulled her down to close the gap between them, and Beckett was very accommodating as they kissed yet again. They completely forgot about Julia for the time being, and would have continued to if she hadn't made her way over to them, starting to shake his knee.
Pulling away from Castle with a slight gasp, Beckett looked to see it was her daughter. "Sweetie, did we… wait," she said with a laugh as Julia was trying to climb up on her lap. She tried to get off of Castle, but he wrapped his arm around her, holding her to his side. "Here," she told Julia, helping her climb up onto Castle's lap. "Did we wake you up?" she asked the little girl.
"No, you didn't say anything," Julia replied, leaning against Castle.
"That's true, we were busy," he commented, laughing a little when Beckett pushed his side. "You know," he said then, looking at them both. "I kind of feel like Santa Claus right now."
"Okay," Beckett said slowly.
"Or not," Castle said quickly in response to her tone. He smiled then as Julia giggled at their exchange and said, "We have to get up soon, you have school."
"I know, but is it almost Easter?" Julia asked.
"Not yet, we are getting closer though," Beckett replied, running her hand over Julia's hair.
Making a face, the little girl got off of Castle's lap; both he and Beckett helping her so she wouldn't fall; and she ran to the bed, climbing up on it before burrowing under the covers. She squealed when she felt Castle grabbing at her through the covers, and she wriggled her way up to peek her eyes over the comforter at him. "I'm gonna hide so I don't have to go," she said, trying to be serious but her face breaking out in a smile as she looked at her mother and Castle. "Come with me Mommy, so you don't have to go."
"I'll join you," Castle said, climbing under the covers.
Watching the two as she leaned her pillow against the headboard to sit where it had been, Beckett shook her head as she listened to Castle and Julia talking about pretending they were in a cave under the covers. She was smiling, since Julia had never done that with him; having played that same game with her daughter herself a number of times before. She looked on as they came closer to her and said, "So I need rescuing?" having heard Julia talking about him saving the queen. "And thank you for making me a queen sweetie."
"Welcome!" Julia said, her voice muffled by the covers. She pushed Castle ahead of her when he slowed down a little saying, "You need to save her, not me."
"Okay, so, I have no ropes," Castle said once he'd come out of the covers. "But she said to save you so…"
Beckett cried out slightly in surprise when Castle suddenly scooped her up in his arms, pretending to leave the bed. She made him stop before he really did get up, and leaned against him as they watched Julia bounce on her knees in front of them. "Was that fun?" she asked, cupping Julia's cheek.
"Lots, it was dark, but I wasn't scared," the little girl said proudly. "Are you gonna say thank you?"
"Oh, thanks," Beckett said, smiling when Castle murmured a you're welcome.
"Not like that," Julia said, wrinkling her nose. "Give him a kiss, I won't look," she said before covering her eyes with her hands.
"You-" Castle started to say before Beckett kissed him, cutting him off. He kissed her back quickly, since it was a short kiss, and when they parted he said, "Let me rescue you again."
"I don't think so," Beckett said before she got off his lap and went to Julia. Without a word she began to tickle her daughter, who shrieked in laughter as Castle then joined in. When she stopped, Julia was lying on the bed in between them and she asked, "Fun?'
"Yeah," her daughter said, her green eyes sparkling up at them both. She jumped up onto her feet and hugged her mother tightly around the neck before turning to Castle and doing the same. She jerked against him when an alarm went off and said, "What's that?"
"That's for us to get ready," Beckett said. "So you woke up a little early today."
"I'll watch her," Castle said when she looked at him. Once Beckett was in the bathroom he turned to Julia and said, "That was pretty fun, I haven't played cave dwellers in a long time."
"What does that mean?" Julia asked.
"Dwellers? It means to live somewhere," Castle explained. "You dwell here in the city, so you're a city dweller."
"Oh, is that a big person word?" Julia said.
"I think so, I think in Scrabble it'd be a big score," Castle said, smoothing down her hair that was sticking up from going under the covers. He kissed her forehead and said, "So you want your mom and I to kiss I noticed."
"Yeah, Celia's mommy and daddy do that," Julia said with a nod. "And they love each other like you and Mommy do."
"Very true sweetie," Beckett said, coming out from the bathroom. She went to Castle and smoothed down some of his hair that was sticking up as well and she bent over, kissing the top of his head before he looked up at her. They kissed gently and quickly before she went to her daughter, picking her up. "We'll see-" she started to say.
"Wait, Castle, will you brush my hair today?" Julia asked quickly before Beckett could walk away from the bed.
"Of course," he replied, smiling as Julia waved at him as Beckett left the room. Breathing out, he looked at the covers, rumpled from their game, and he smiled wider as he could imagine for a second they were a family then; not just because they felt it but because it was official.
"I'm living in the material world," Julia sang softly as Castle was brushing her hair. "That's a good song huh?"
"It is," he said as he had her turn her head forward again.
"Is Krishna the same Krishna Alexis told me about?" Julia asked.
"It is, you know George believed in that," Castle commented.
Nodding before she listened to the next song playing from her iPod, Julia tensed up as she realized what it was.
"What's wrong?" Castle asked, noticing.
"Can you change it?" Julia asked in a slight panic, turning to him.
"I'll change it," Beckett said, closer to the iPod since she was in the kitchen.
"Are you okay sweetheart?" Castle asked Julia once an Elton John song had started playing and she visibly relaxed.
"That song Madame Claude played when we did stretching and exercises, and when we do the steps all at once," Julia said, tears in her eyes. "She would sing it in other words and it was pretty but she was sad singing it."
Going over to her, Beckett hugged Julia to her as she saw Castle was stroking her hair. "Sweetie, I know it's sad-" she started to say.
Shaking her head, Julia said, "I didn't like it, it was sad and you should be happy when you dance."
"You're right, you should," Castle said. "But we changed the song, so you don't have to listen to it."
As she went back to the kitchen Beckett said, "Do you want me to take the song off your list sweetie?"
"No," Julia said hesitantly. "It is Paul, but I don't want to listen to it now."
"Then we won't," Castle said, leaning over her and kissing her forehead. He was pleased to see her smile at that, and continued combing her hair before putting it up in a French braid. He still didn't know why exactly, but out of him and Beckett, he had turned out to be better doing that type of braid, so Julia would go to him for it. "Okay, let's go ahead and eat so you and your mom won't be late going to school."
"Why can't you come today?" Julia asked as he helped her into her usual chair at the table.
"I can't go every day, but I'll tell you what, Friday I'll take you by myself," Castle said, looking at his fiancée.
"He can," Beckett said with a smile when Julia turned to her as she set out the plates of eggs and bacon she'd made.
"So the arms are good?" Castle asked, taking Beckett's wrist once she'd set his plate in front of him.
"What are you, Gomez Addams? I didn't even speak French," Beckett commented with a smile as he'd been kissing her wrist. But it wasn't that she wasn't enjoying it, she needed him to stop lest she enjoy it too much.
Julia giggled a little as Castle pulled her mother down to him to share a quick kiss before she sat with them. She squirmed a little in her chair before she asked, "Does Grandpapa still pick me up?"
"He will," Beckett said. "And you're going to see that movie too."
"Do I have to wear my uniform?" Julia whined, wrinkling her nose.
"Just for the movie, when you go back home you can change," Beckett told her.
"Speaking of that, am I invited tonight since I'm assuming you're going back to your place," Castle said.
"If you want to come over you're welcome," Beckett said.
"Then I'll bring dinner over," Castle said.
"If you can, you have no idea how it'll go today," Beckett pointed out.
"Mommy, Castle?" Julia whispered, making them look at her. "Are you gonna find who did it?"
"We will," Castle answered firmly. "It takes a little bit of time though, but we will find them. Your mom's pretty smart… me too."
Beckett rolled her eyes at that and then leaned over, kissing her daughter's cheek saying, "He's right though, we will find the person responsible. We do have Ryan and Esposito to help us too."
"Oh of course, we can't forget the boys," Castle said.
"Now sweetie, there's something I wanted to talk to you about," Beckett said, wanting to change the subject quickly. "Did your teacher tell you about dying Easter eggs?"
Luckily with that Julia was distracted through the rest of the meal, and once the dishes were set aside she watched her mother gathering their things for Castle to take back to their home for them. "I wish you could come," she couldn't help saying to him as he set Beckett's bag of clothes next to the door.
"Me too, but I'm still promising you Friday," Castle said seriously.
"Good," Julia said happily.
"Are you ready sweetie? Have your umbrella and coat?" Beckett asked, coming down with the small bag used for Julia's things.
"Yeah," Julia said, showing her mother her umbrella she was holding.
"Okay, say bye to Castle, you'll see him tonight," Beckett was saying.
"Thank you for brushing my hair," Julia said when he quickly picked her up. "It looks pretty," she told him solemnly.
"I'm glad to hear that," Castle said, kissing her cheek before they shared a kiss. "And I'll see you later like your mom said, and I'll be bringing a surprise for dinner."
"What?" Julia asked eagerly.
"You'll see," Castle said. "Have a great day at school Julia, I love you." He hugged her before setting her down and then turned to Beckett who had been putting on her coat. "I'll grab some coffee by your place before I head into the station."
"That's fine, I won't take too long to drop her off, so I'll go in as soon as I leave," Beckett said before she wrapped her arms around him. She kissed him slowly before they pulled apart; taking a while with that as well. "See you," she whispered, smiling slightly at the expression on his face at that. She brushed her lips against his, and then took Julia's hand, stepping out into the hall.
Gazing after them, Castle nearly jumped when he turned back into his place to come face to face with his mother. "Studying to become a ninja Mother?" he asked her after closing the door.
"No, no, just thinking if you weren't staying home this would be a very odd variation on the 50s. So how was Julia last night?" Martha asked, going to the kitchen to pour herself some coffee.
"She slept with us," Castle said, smiling at the memory of playing with her. "But she was fine, no nightmares luckily. Look, I hate to run, but I need to get their stuff back to Kate's and get us coffee before I go into the station."
"Go on, I know you want to solve this case desperately; Kate as well," Martha said, standing with him as he pulled on a coat.
"I'll see you later Mother… wait, is tonight your date with that guy from the Keel Gallery?" Castle asked.
"It is, and since you're going to Kate's tonight I'll probably see you Thursday night," Martha said. "Oh, and don't forget to call Alexis tonight, she's free to talk."
"Great, thanks for telling me," Castle said as he left, buttoning his coat with one hand as he carried the two bags in the other, jogging as he'd realized his mother was right; he did want to solve their case particularly badly.
Blowing a kiss to Julia after they'd said their usual routine when she dropped her off at her classroom, Beckett walked out of the elementary school building when her phone began to ring. "Beckett," she answered, seeing it was Ryan. "Hey? You… okay, I'll be right in. No, I'll call him and let him know." Hanging up the phone, she then dialed Castle's number and when he answered asked, "Where are you?"
"Waiting for the coffees," Castle said. "Kauai's doing fine by the way."
"Thanks for checking, I already left her though," Beckett said. "But I called because we have Costa."
"Awesome, any details or you need to find out?" Castle asked.
"The latter," Beckett said. "But you need to come in."
"Together?" Castle asked.
"Together," Beckett replied. They said a quick goodbye to each other and she hurried to the curb, flagging down a cab before she jumped in and gave the Precinct's address. She looked at her phone during the drive, texting her dad to make sure he was picking Julia up.
At the station, she ran inside and headed up to the fourth floor calling, "Ryan," as she walked to her desk, trying to unbutton her coat at the same time.
"We got a call from a homeless shelter in the area we had to search, Javi left messages at them all last night before he left," Ryan said, walking over from the break room with a mug of coffee. "And he went into one this morning for breakfast. He was a regular, so the owner recognized him and remembered the name from the message."
"Did he put up a fight when uniforms brought him in?" Beckett asked, remembering the assault on his daughter the man had committed.
"Sort of," Ryan said slowly.
"Hey, where is he?" Castle asked, getting off the elevator then.
"In holding," Ryan replied.
Beckett didn't wait to hear the reason why he was hesitating as he spoke, instead headed straight for the cells. She knew that Castle was behind her again, and when she got close to the man she motioned to him with her hand to get him to hang back a little. "Mr. Costa?" she said as the man was sitting on the bench, his head hanging down. There was no answer and she turned to where Ryan was standing at the threshold to holding.
"He's deaf and mute," Ryan said.
"He's… okay," Beckett said, a little surprised by that. "So he struggled against the officers because he couldn't hear them."
"Yeah, but only a little," Ryan said. "And I called in someone who knows ASL because I tried a few words I know and he responded."
"When are they coming?" Beckett asked.
"Hopefully soon, poor guy's got to wonder what's going on," Castle said.
Beckett didn't reply to that, but instead turned and left saying, "Castle's right, he's not our killer."
"No? Because even a guy like that could manage to kill someone," Esposito said, having arrived then.
"Let's wait and see what he says," Beckett said simply. "Until then, the Post Offices?"
"Getting some security footage from the days the postcards were marked," Ryan answered. "And now we know what he looks like it'll be easier."
"What about the assault?" Castle suddenly asked.
"What do you mean?" Ryan asked.
"Is there evidence of him hitting someone?" Castle asked.
"Ah… I don't know," Ryan admitted. "I didn't think about that when he came in, but Amy Holsten identified him."
"I know, just, seeing Costa in person and then seeing Holsten yesterday in the hospital doesn't make sense," Castle said.
"We'll figure that out once we talk to him," Beckett said absently, looking at some paperwork on her desk. "Okay, so for now, Ryan, did he have any items on him when he was brought in?"
"A pack," he said.
"You guys take a look through it, and send any items of clothing to CSU for testing for gunshot residue," Beckett said. "Remember our killer also shot Martine." When the two had left she turned to Castle and said, "Her teacher asked me about the case."
"Well, that would make sense," he replied, knowing there was more to it than that.
"Apparently the girls in the classes that have the same recess as Julia; and who are in her class; are bothering her still, asking about Madame Claude," Beckett finished. "And Julia's been handling them very well."
"She takes after her mother then," Castle said. "Anything yet on that gun?"
"That's what I was looking at," Beckett said. "They managed to raise part of the number off it, but with only three it's going to be pretty much impossible to determine where it was bought from. If it was even bought legally of course."
"Detective Beckett?" a young woman said, walking up to them. "I'm Dakota Hoff, the sign language interpreter."
"LT," Beckett said, shaking the woman's hand. "Can you get Costa into room one for me? Ms. Hoff, I'd like you to sit at the table with us in there, but to the side if you're still able to sign to him."
"I should be able to," Hoff said with a nod, following them to the room.
Waiting at the table for Costa to be brought in, Castle watched the man shuffle his way inside. He glanced at Beckett, wondering if Esposito had seen the way the man walked on the footage. He then wondered how the interview would go, as they'd never had to question someone using sign language.
"Mr. Costa, I'm Detective Beckett," she began once he was seated and LT had left the room. She glanced at Hoff who was signing her words, and she then looked back at their suspect, being careful to go slightly slower. "And this is Mr. Castle; we've brought you in to ask you a few questions."
"About my wife?" Hoff said for Costa.
"Yes," Beckett said as she nodded at the same time. "Are you aware that she was killed?"
"I am, and that she was pregnant too," Costa signed.
"How did you feel about that?" Castle asked.
"I was happy for her, but I went to see her because I wanted to see my daughters. To see if she let me know where they are; now she's having another child," Costa signed.
"When did you see her?" Beckett said.
"I tried to go to her building a few times, but she wouldn't speak to me, I don't think she recognized who I was," Costa signed.
"What about three nights ago? Did you go up to her apartment?" Beckett asked.
"I was in Harlem that night, they were having an Easter dinner at a church," Costa signed. "And I slept at the homeless shelter down the street; I didn't leave until the next morning, later in the morning."
"When did you and your wife get a divorce?" Castle then asked, knowing then their case had just gone back to square one as he could tell from the man's demeanor he was telling the truth.
"After she had our second daughter, but it was a mutual agreement when she wouldn't let me see Amber," Costa signed.
"You've never seen your daughters?" Beckett asked, knowing where Castle was going with that question.
"My first daughter for a few years, but…" Costa signed before stopping. "I wanted to go to see them, or at least see them once from far away, but, I wouldn't want to scare them. You've seen them, are they doing okay?"
Beckett knew then too that he was not their guy for the assault, and she had to wonder who it was that beat up Amy Holsten. "They're fine," she then said. "So you didn't hear about what happened to your oldest daughter?"
"No, I was in a homeless shelter around Claude's building until later last night," Costa signed.
"What about yesterday morning, between five and seven?" Castle asked.
"Central Park, I like to sit by the fountain in the day, watch the families with their children because I never had the chance," Costa signed, looking a little embarrassed.
"Okay, we need to hold you until we check your alibis," Beckett said as she and Castle stood.
"My daughters, is there any way I could get in touch with them?" Costa signed.
Castle looked at Beckett, who nodded to him, and he said, "We can ask them if they'd like to speak with you, but I don't know if we can promise anything."
"So he's not our guy," Esposito said as he came out of observation when Beckett and Castle had left the interrogation room.
"Definitely not," Castle said. "He does not look like someone who could wrestle with a woman that smaller than he is. Was he walking like that in the footage?"
"Yeah, I was hoping he was faking it, but I was wrong," Esposito said.
"You know what bothers me," Beckett said.
"The assault?" Castle asked. When she nodded he said, "We should find Amy Holsten and ask why she thought the guy who attacked her was her father. Though now it's looking like it's someone who knew the vic and the inheritance she had."
"Espo, what about the dealer who gave them the succinylcholine?" Beckett asked as they'd been trying to find him.
"Gone, we tried around the area where Longueville said he was, and the other dealers uniforms managed to talk with said he set off for Miami… or Canada, they were kind of vague on that," Esposito replied.
"Of course," Beckett said. "And security camera footage?"
"No cameras, which is why he was dealing there," Esposito said simply.
"Anything with Costa's pack?" Castle asked.
"Still looking through it, but I wanted to check him out," Esposito said. "Oh, and we found a picture," he said, holding up an evidence bag with a photograph in it.
"That'll be our vic and Amy Holsten," Beckett said with a nod at the two women as very young children. "Actually, can you leave the rest of the pack to Ryan, and check into Costa's alibis? Did you hear them?"
"Yeah, I'll let you know what I find out," Esposito said.
"And us?" Castle asked as they'd been watching Costa being led to holding.
"Hold on," Beckett said as the interpreter was walking behind their suspect. "Ms. Hoff," she called, walking over to her. "You were behind us leaving the room."
"Actually, he made a noise, so I spoke with him, the officer was there so I spoke for us both," Hoff said quickly.
"About what?" Castle asked.
"He was asking about his daughters," Hoff said.
"Did he ask about our case?" Beckett said.
"No, he was begging me to contact them," Hoff said. "Will you be needing me?"
"That's alright, thank you for your help," Beckett said. Once the woman had gone she turned to Castle and said, "So I think we're back at square one, barring Esposito disproving Costa's alibis."
"Yeah, I was getting that as soon as he walked into the room," Castle said. "So, what's our next move?"
"Find Amy Holsten and bring her in," Beckett said simply before she went back to her desk.
"I'll leave that to you," Castle said. "And get some coffee."
Nodding as she was already dialing on her phone, Beckett wasn't too surprised when it went straight to the young woman's voicemail. She tried Holsten's apartment number, and when it went to an answering machine she called the hospital. Learning from there that Holsten had checked out earlier that morning, she asked, "Was anyone there to pick her up?"
"There was a young woman," the nurse at the other end answered.
Beckett quickly gave Amber Holsten's description, but the nurse hadn't seen her, instead having seen a woman with black, long hair, and grey eyes. "Alright, thank you," she said, hanging up.
"You can't find her?" Castle asked in slight surprise as he walked back to her, handing her her blue mug.
"No, she was checked out this morning, but her phone's going to voicemail, and her apartment phone is going to the answering machine," Beckett said.
"Wait, didn't she say something was happening tonight?" Castle said as he suddenly remembered and could tell Beckett had too.
"Dress rehearsal," they said at the exact same time before they got their coats and ran for the elevators as Beckett grabbed something from the murder board on the way.