Well a brief summary of what happened with Demming in the previous story Demming abducted Kate without her knowing who it was, leaving her for Castle to find. Then killed Jim Beckett and wormed his way back into her life where he later abused her for wanting to get back with Castle, after that while holding Kate hostage forced her sort of to shoot Castle, and then later kidnapped Alexis. He was sort of mental in my story but I never liked him on the show and fast forwarded through all his scenes which I do a lot!

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"Where are you going its Sunday? You don't work Sunday's Kate" Rick commented as he watched Kate pull her coat on, Johanna in his arms as she turned to see them both staring at her. How could she lie to him? HE loved her and she was lying, it killed her being disloyal to the one man who would do anything for her. Walking over, she quickly pressed her lips against his before moving away and slipping a small kiss onto Johanna's head, their daughter immediately singing from the touch.

"I'm going out with Esposito" she explained, not wanting him to ask anymore but knowing she'd have to make up something as his eyebrows rose. "We're just going out to see something important to do with a case and there was no other day that we could do it, I promise I'll be back before tonight and I'll bring Chinese with me" she smiled, Rick slowly nodding as he felt something in his gut that was telling him that something was wrong.

"Kate you would tell me if something was bothering you? Even if it was to do with me or you thought it would hurt me?" he asked, Kate biting into her lip before nodding, forcing a smile onto her face to stop herself from crying. She hated herself more now than she'd ever done in years. "I love you Kate" he smiled, his voice sounding like he was waving her goodbye forever rather than for a day.

"I love you too" she beamed, kissing him again before she walked towards the door. Turning around, she watched as Rick held Johanna up and made her wave in her direction, the smile growing on her face as she watched her family beam in her direction. Slipping out of the door, she sighed as she watched Esposito appear from the lift, a small smile on his face as she bit into her lip. "I'm doing the right thing aren't I?" she asked quickly, confusing Esposito as she sighed. "I mean by not telling him about this".

"Beckett you know I won't lie to you so personally I don't think it's right but if you think it is, then it must be" he explained, the brunette detective slowly nodding as they walked towards the lift. "Are you sure you don't want Castle there?" he asked quickly, Kate shaking her head as she looked around at the apartment door, her teeth sinking into her lip as it opened and Rick appeared with Johanna still dressed in his pyjamas, holding her phone in his free hand.

"Phone" he smiled, Kate nodding as she walked over and slipped it into her pocket before kissing him quickly, her arms wrapping around his neck as she buried her head into his shoulder. "Kate is something wrong?" he asked, her head shaking as she looked up at him and then at their daughter, Esposito watching as she sighed. "When are you going to be back?" he asked quickly as he ran his fingers through her hair.

"Later and I promise that I'll buy you everything you like from the Chinese" she smiled as he beamed and pressed a kiss to her forehead. "Bye baby, I'll see you later" Kate smiled as she pressed a kiss to Johanna's head and slowly moved back towards the waiting detective. Entering the metal box, she quickly ran her hands through her hair as Esposito stared at her and pulled her close. "He's going to hate me when he finds out" she explained as the detective sighed.

"He won't hate you, he might be annoyed with you though but that man can never hate you, he loves you Beckett. Why else would he hang around for so long even when he had enough research for fifty books?" he explained, knowing it was better to admit the truth with Beckett rather than lie.

"You'll stay with me won't you? You won't leave me alone with him" Kate begged as he nodded quickly, the brunette smiling as they crept out of the lift and walked towards his car, neither of them saying anything for the entire journey.

XOXOXOXO

"I'll be right here Kate, if you need me just look and I'll be right there" Esposito announced as he looked at the chair beside him before staring at the table in the middle of the room, her head nodding quickly as she slowly walked over and sat herself down, fear running through her veins as she tried her best to cover it. Watching as the door opened, she stared as Tom Demming walked through, his hands in handcuffs as he smiled at her and sat himself down opposite. Staring at him for a moment, Kate began to ask herself what she'd ever seen in the man in front of her before she realised she hadn't seen much in the first place but a chance to make her now fiancé jealous.

"You look well Kate" he commented, starting the conversation as she bit into her lip. "You haven't changed, well you've put on a bit of weight but you still look hot" he smiled, Esposito tensing up as he listened to everything the ex-detective said.

"Well I would put on weight, I've just had a baby" she commented, wanting to rub it into his face that he hadn't destroyed her relationship with Castle like he'd originally planned. "Anyway, what did you want to talk to me about Demming? I have to get home to my baby" she explained, not wanting to stay for long instead wanting to return home to where she felt safe.

"A boy or a girl?" he asked her head shaking as she stopped herself from giving him any explanation. "A girl I think, Johanna perhaps?" he suggested, both detective's tensing as he smirked and relaxed in the chair. "Johanna Castle, nice name Kate, not very original but it's okay" he commented, Kate watching in complete shock.

"How do you know that? How do you know about my daughter?" she asked, desperately trying to keep herself calm. She couldn't let him get to her, she couldn't let him win. "How do you know about Johanna Demming?" she asked, Esposito watching in shock as he stared at the couple in front of him.

"Kate, do you honestly think I'm going to let you go? After everything I did for you Kate, you still can't see how much I love you" he announced, her eyes rolling as she stared down at her engagement ring, reminding herself of the people she had at home, the people who really did love her. "Do you honestly think he can give you the life I could have given you?" he asked, his tone becoming angrier as she continued to look down. "Because I tell you what, he's never going to forgive you for what you did Kate. For shooting him. It's always going to be there in the back in his mind, whenever he wakes up, he's going to think about how you almost killed him" he hissed, Esposito standing as Kate shook her head.

"I didn't shoot him, you forced me. It was your fault" she commented, remembering everything that she had buried away. "I would never hurt Rick, I love him and we're getting married Demming. We're getting married and moving on. You're nothing to us but a memory, a foul disgusting memory that can be buried away" she declared as he smiled to himself.

"Your father was the easiest thing to do, with him out of the picture you were weak and I could get to you, use you like I needed, have you close to me and god did you welcome me Kate. You allowed me in and you let me do whatever I wanted to you because you loved it. You love it when I touch you Beckett and I know you still want it" he beamed as she shook her head. "But then you went and made the wrong choice. You still choose him after everything he did to you Kate, after the useless partner he was to you. It's his fault you have no parents now Kate, it's his fault your dad is dead and yet you still choose to be with him. What's wrong with you Detective Beckett?" he laughed.

"Shut up" Kate declared.

"And then there's the daughter. You let poor Alexis get in the way Kate. She was never supposed to get hurt in this but you made it happen" he declared as Kate continued to shake her head. "You made that girl go through hell because you couldn't see through the fact that Richard Castle doesn't love you, he just wants you as another conquest Kate. Why are you so blind?" he screamed at her, her body tensing up as she remembered him hitting her, destroying the most precious things to her but also him holding her finger against the trigger as she shot the man she loved.

"Beckett let's go" Javier announced from the other side of the room, her head shaking again as she continued to stare at her ex. "Beckett let's go now" he ordered, Kate walking over slowly as Demming continued to stare at her, his eyes not moving off her.

"I have people out there Kate and there watching you. I'm never going to let you go Katherine Beckett so just say hello to Castle for me because I'm telling you, he'll be remembering me soon when he's the reason that you're dead" he smirked as Kate quickly left the room, Esposito wrapping his arms around her once they were free from his sight.

"It's okay" Javier whispered as she burst into tears in his arms. "Come on let's get you out of here" he sighed, leading her quickly out of the building towards his car, his arms not moving from around her until they'd reached the vehicle. "Do you want to go anywhere in particular Beckett?" he asked her head nodding as he smiled at her.

"I want to go home Esposito, I want my baby" she mumbled, her hands running across her face to cover the tears that were silently rolling down them. She needed her control again but most of all she needed to forget before she got home to Rick who would immediately question any sadness that was on her face.

XOXOXXO

Watching as Kate ran into the apartment, he stared as the brunette slipped their daughter into her arms and rested her head against their daughter's, tears streaming down her cheeks as Esposito crept into the apartment. Turning to look at the detective who was standing by the door, he slowly stood up and approached him, worry filling his veins as he watched Kate hold Johanna close, whispering to her about something that he couldn't hear.

"What happened? She said you were doing something for a case, why is she crying?" he asked, his eyes not moving off the brunette as she disappeared up the stairs with their daughter. Biting into his lip, Esposito sighed as he stood in silence. He'd promised her that he wouldn't tell Castle but seeing the state she was in and after everything Demming had said he knew he had to because only Rick knew how to make it better.

"We went to see Demming, he's been asking to see her and we went" he explained, Rick glaring at him as he sighed. "She didn't want to tell you because she knew it would remind you of everything that happened and well, it wasn't exactly the best meeting ever" he announced, the writer crossing his arms as the detective sighed. "Please, just let Beckett tell you herself. I'm going to be in enough trouble for telling you that we even went to see him". Nodding slowly, Rick sighed before the two men whispered their goodbyes and Esposito quickly left, the writer immediately looking up the stairs in the direction the female detective had gone.

Standing in the doorway of their daughter's nursery, he watched as Kate sat beside the cot, staring into it as she sung to their daughter, the smile growing on his face as she sighed. Looking up, Kate stared at the man who was smiling at her, his arms opening as she stood up and walked over, allowing him to wrap his arms tightly around her and press a kiss against her head.

"Why didn't you tell me about Demming Kate?" he asked as she looked up at him. He clearly wasn't angry but she could see that he was disappointed and that hurt her more than anything.