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Chapter 4
Castle hadn't slept the entire night… from the time Kate walked out the door he'd been feeling lost.. hurt.. angry! Mostly angry! How could she say those things to him... and then walk out of their home with their son because of a stupid fight! And he couldn't bring his mind to understand what he should do next...
Should he give her the space she asked him for...? or should he just go after her and talk things out…? He had an idea of where she could have gone... and he so badly needed to fix things before 7 am tomorrow morning…
Kate had forgotten… and that hurt him all the more… no, wait! not hurt! Angered! or was it hurt?! he really couldn't discern!
How on earth was he supposed to react to something like this!? Kate knew all too well about his divorces.. she knows all to well how he gets when he writes.. She knows how amazing Alexis has turned out.. and yet she said those horrible things.. those false accusations!
And now... now that she had left.. he knew one thing for sure... She had forgotten. period. and even if she remembered... it didn't look like she was going to do anything about it. If she wasn't going to make the first move, He would have to go over there before 7 am tomorrow morning.
It was 5.30 am... and Castle found himself standing outside the Beckett residence. He knocked on the door... knowing that Jim was an early riser. And right enough Jim opened the door to find Castle standing there…
"Rick, what are you doing here this early?"
"I need to see her Jim... please…" he spoke firmly
"I'm sorry Rick... but I can't let you in… She needs her rest... she told me she'd call you this morning... so just give her some time... she'll come around…"
"Jim you don't understand... I..."
"Maybe not... but I know this much... She loves you... and she will call you when she's ready…"
"How's Alex?"
"He's asleep with her"
Castle stood frozen for a moment... looking beyond Jim into his living room... and finally decided it was time to go…
"Tell her I said I'm sorry... and to come home soon.."
"I will"
Castle left the doorstep, got into his car and drove away...
Jim found it strange that Castle came at such early hours of the day.. But then again... love leads you place without your knowledge… He smiled to himself…
He'd tell Kate that Castle came to check on them later when she's awake... he was sure Kate would feel good that he came and that could be the first step towards making up.
Castle drove on… until he reached his destination... JFK airport.
When Kate woke up the next morning... it took her a minute to recall the events that led her to be sleeping in her dads house… she sat up and rubbed her eyes... then looked at her son... he was just stirring awake from his sleep…
"Hey there handsome…" she smiled softly at her baby boy…
"Mommy... where's daddy?"
Her heart ached... the very first words from his lips today and he was asking about his dad and she felt guilty for taking him away from his home last night…
"Daddy's at home... don't you worry... we'll be on our way home now before you know it… and daddy will be waiting to see you"
Alex snuggled his face into his mother's side… wiping away the sleep from his eyes.
"Okay… come on now… I bet grandpa must have made you breakfast. Let me get you ready and then we can go home…" she carried him up and took him into the bathroom…
when she came downstairs... she handed Alex to her dad and then dialled the precinct's number. She spoke to gates and excused herself for the first half of the day.
When she went into the kitchen to join her dad and son who had already begun with breakfast, her Dad began to say…
"He came over at around 5 this morning…"
Kate stopped in the middle of taking her first bite into the eggs her dad had prepared for her… confusion written all over her face.
"He was insisting that I let him come see you two.. but I told him there was no doubt that you'd be calling him up today as soon as you wake and that you'll be coming home today too… he looked so worried… so I told him not to stress and to just give you the space you need…"
Kate chuckled and looked down at her plate…
"he came to check on us.." she admitted with a smile to herself…
but then she thought to herself.. 'Why was he up so early..? Or did he not sleep at all? But if he didn't sleep… and if he wasn't going to listen to her 'need for space', he would have come over last night itself"
It wasn't making sense in her head... but she knew one thing for sure... she wanted to go home right this moment and apologize to him.. And she prayed he'd forgive her…
Kate drove on home with Alex in the passenger seat beside her… "Mommy… I want Daddy"
"we're almost home baby... just a few more minutes" she smiled at him...
she wished she could tell him how badly she wanted his daddy too… she hadn't called him yet... she didn't see a reason to call him if she was going home to him anyway now…
Kate turned the lock on the door and opened it…
"Castle.. Rick... I'm home…"
Kate walked to the couch and set Alex down to sit… "Stay still while I go find your daddy okay..."
Kate walked toward his study... where was he...? Had he fallen asleep?
He wasn't in his study either... she walked into the bedroom and the bathroom too... and began to panic when he wasn't there either…
"Castle!" she called out louder... now checking upstairs... she quickly dialled his number… her heart rate immediately racing… his number was switched off…
she quickly looked through her text messages.. She hadn't checked any of them since last night... there was just one from him and it was last night
"come home..."
and that's when a small little yellow note on the kitchen counter caught her attention...
she picked it up and read.
"Kate, I think you forgot... but it's alright… I'm just glad you're home... even though you're a little late... I'm probably on my way to Canada right now… I just wish we could've gotten to talk before I left… I tried but… I'll call you okay."
And right at the end he wrote...
"P.S. tell Alex I love him and I'll be back with a bunch of toys to make it up to him"
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