Ms. Swan had calmed down enough to talk to the sketch artist. He kept looking over at Beckett for interpretation when her accent masked what she was trying to say. When she was done they thanked her. She asked to see Angelica and they slowly nodded she could, it was Castle's watch anyways. He left and came back with her and Ms. Swan almost started crying again.

"She's okay." She looked over at them and Beckett nodded. She gently grabbed the baby from Castle and began speaking to her in a language neither of them recognized. "Did she see?"

"We don't know. She was upstairs." Ms. Swan nodded and handed her back. She said thank you and grabbed a cab back to work. They walked back to the bull pen."Hey Espo here's the sketch." She said as she put it up. Ryan was nowhere to be seen. Esposito nodded coming over to look. Making sure to keep a distance from Castle.

"Doesn't look like anyone from any of the pictures in her home."

"I still want to know who that man was next to her."

"Brother."

"Boyfriend." They both shot out at the same time.

"No family and who Ms. Swan saw was not who is in that picture."

"We'll keep a copy of his picture with us." Ryan said behind them making Beckett jump a little. She nodded,

"Good." Beckett looked over at Castle and the windows and saw the time was flying by. Castle looked tired and his arms were almost stuck in position. She held her hands out to him and sighing he passed Angelica on. She was half asleep and Beckett held her head gently. Running her fingers down the fragile child's face."You should go home get some rest."

"No chance." She gave him a look.

"It's okay." She touched his arm slightly with her free hand.

"Not until I know she's safe." He caught himself and she was still touching his arm.

"I know what you meant. I can see your concern. You're thinking of Alexis aren't you?" He nodded.

"Brings back memories of late nights, shorter work hours, and Martha's cooking." He smirked at the last part.

"Go home; I'll call you if I need help." He stood for a long minute. Just staring at her. His gaze reading her as if she were a glass window. She didn't normally like it when suspects used it with her, but when he did it she felt safe. He finally nodded and grabbed his stuff. Before leaving he gently grabbed the little girl's hand with his finger and whispered good bye.

Castle got home and Martha turned around to look at him from her position on the couch. "Hello darling." He waved two fingers at her and set his stuff down. He had his cell phone in his pocket and made sure it never left. "Why so tired? Richard, you should really take a break from chasing after criminals."

"No it's not that, the vic had a small child. No one to look after," He yawned. "To look after her." Martha got up.

"Is the baby okay?" He nodded.

"Yea she's fine." He yawned again.

"How old?"

"Four months." Martha looked around at the ground.

"What has this world come too? Who is watching her?"

"We trade off, Beckett has first watch. She said she'd call if she needed anything? Where's Alexis?"

"Friends. And you did say Beckett was watching first?" He nodded. "She never threw me for someone to handle small children."

"No, but she does, very well in fact." He set his elbows on the counter and put his head in his hands. His eyes closed. Martha sighed into a smile.

"I'm glad to hear." Martha patted her son's upper arm and walked away. He opened his eyes slowly and pulled his phone out of his pocket. He put it on full blast and set it on the counter. He sat down on one of the chairs and laid his head on his folded arms. He closed his eyes. He heard a faint ringing and woke up. Beckett was calling. He picked up the phone instantly.

"Yea." He said drowsy.

"I…I need your help…" She stumbled over the words like she was afraid he would say no.

"Sure. Your place?" He asked as he looked at the time.

"Yea."

"Be there in ten." He waited until she hung up until he grabbed some stuff he knew he needed and began to head to her apartment. He finally made it to her door and knocked. There was faint crying from behind the door and Beckett let him in.

"I can't get her to sleep." He smirked and she showed him where she was. He saw her make shift crib.

"Impressive." He walked over to her and picked her up. He set his bag down and looked at her. He held her and Beckett sat in the doorway. He hummed and the child was less fitful.

"What does every human being see in you?"

"Natural charm." She walked up behind him and looked over his shoulder.

"What's in the bag?"

"Stuff that we will need."

"What?"

"Pacifiers, bottles, wipes, things like that."

"And you still had all of this stuff?"

"Most of it, the bottles and pacifiers yes, the wipes and diapers I just bought."

"Aren't you supposed to boil the pacifiers before reusing them?"

"Alexis is fine." He turned around. "So is she." She had one in her mouth already and was almost asleep again. "Besides a little use never killed anyone."

"Seriously, you and every human being. What's the deal?" He shrugged gently and walked out of her only room and into the living room. He sat down on the couch. She sat down next to him. "Could I offer you some wine, maybe something to eat?" She said full of sarcasm.

"I'll take some wine if you got any." He said as if he hadn't heard heard sarcasm and looked over at her with a grin.

"Har har very funny. Glad to know your sense of humor hadn't vanished."

"Never."

"That's what I was afraid of."

"So where do you think she'll go if they don't find someone to take care of her?" He asked, his eyes clouding over with sadness.

"Orphanage comes to mind, but you've seen what happens to those kids who go to those. She needs someone there for her at all times."

"Yea they don't turn out to be model citizens." He hummed and looked back at Angelica who had woken up and was watching them with innocent eyes. She reached up at Beckett and made the gimme signals with her hands. Beckett gently plucked her from Castle's arms and he rests his arm on the side of the couch. Beckett crossed her legs and set Angelica on the knee that was slightly elevated. She carefully bobbed her knee up and down and the baby giggled. He rests his head in his hand and turned so he was looking at them. Every once in a while she would bump the baby slightly higher and she would scream in delight. She was holding the baby's hand's with her fingers to make sure she wouldn't drop her and she rubbed the top of the baby's hands with her thumbs. The baby dropped the pacifier on one of the screams and Castle dove for it, catching it before it hit the ground. Angelica had a face for a second then as soon as he popped it back in her mouth she was happy again.

"Did you bring anything for her to sleep with?" He blinked once then slowly shook his head.

"No sorry, I didn't have any of that left." Beckett handed over the child and got up to her room. She was gone for about fifteen minutes with the occasional sound of something moving until she came back with something in her hands. It was a very old toy something that had shown it was old by the slight dirt spots here and there. It was a little Beanie Baby fox plush toy. The baby saw it when she came up and handed it to her. Angelica grabbed and clung to it. Beckett smiled and sat down next to him. The space between them, more like the lack of space, between them no longer felt a need to be noticed. The baby was blowing bubbles and she threw her hands in the hair sending the toy flying. She pulled her hands back and saw it wasn't there and that face returned a contorted look. Beckett held up a finger as the first signs of crying appeared on her face. She grabbed the little fox and the baby instantly cheered up. She loved how they seemed to do that flawlessly. She went to look over at Castle and saw he was asleep in the same position that he was in minutes ago. She resisted the urge to kiss his forehead. She gently picked up the baby on her hip and tossed a blanket on him. She walked away holding the baby and holding the little fox in front of its face. Playing with the child until she too felt exhausted, she set Angelica who was half asleep, in the make shift crib and she crawled into bed herself.