Michael Smith sits in the lobby waiting to see his old friend and former co-worker. The receptionist hangs up her telephone and looks over the desk "Mr. Smith? He will see you now. Do you know the way?"
"Yes, thank you I've been here many times" as Smith gets up and passes thru the inside door to a long hallway beyond. At the far end of the corridor the office opens and his old friend comes out to greet him.
"Mike, good to se you"
"Same here" Smith responds
"Come in and have a seat" Alexander Richardson responds as he points toward a chair across from his desk "How are things at Lexington? I hear there has been quite a bit of action there today"
"That would be an understatement. When the U.S. Marshall's showed up it all hit the fan. People were running up and down the corridors trying to shred documents, but the agents
were too fast and stopped most of the document destruction. Have you heard from the others? How are Angie and Andrea?"
He looks down at his desk when he answers "They are both in the hospital. Angie is doing pretty well but Andrea is still in a coma"
"I am so sorry. What happened? We thought that by getting them out, they would be OK?"
"Evidently there is more going on with my daughter than just the deprogramming. They said she went into a coma the minute the drugs were administered."
Smith sits for just a moment "Alex, this is the chance we all take being in the business of secrets"
Richardson looks up from his desk "I am tired of secrets. I want my daughter to recover and live her life with no more secrets"
Smith stands up to leave "Alex! I think I know someone who might help here. I will contact him and see if we can get her some much needed help."
"Who are we talking about?"
"You know him. We had dealings with him when we were both in the company. He was your counterpart on the other side".
"Are you talking about…?"
Smith just looks across the desk to Richardson "Yes"
Castle and Beckett are finishing their day back at the station. Castle is sitting on the edge of Kate's desk looking at the incident board wondering what they have missed. Naturally, his mind is looking for something totally unexpected when Esposito walks up
"Hey Castle, we finally found Angie's place over in New Jersey"
"That's great Javi"
Kate walks up holding two cups of coffee. She hands one to Rick and starts listening
"Only problem it's clean. There is nothing out of place. It looks like she only lives there occasionally. She's not been there in a long time, maybe months"
"Did she have a boyfriend?"
"Not that we can tell and there were no men's clothes or toiletries found in her apartment"
"Ok She's been out of town for a while. But where?
Ryan steps up "I may have the answer to that. You remember the problem with your DNA at a crime scene?" Looking at Beckett "it was found in Laredo Texas at a motel on Interstate 35"
Castle looks at Beckett "So Kate is there something you need to share with me?"
"Very funny writer boy. Kevin, they said it was a crime scene"
"Actually there was no crime found, just evidence of a crime. There was blood in the room and a broken table lamp made out of stone. The blood has been identified as belonging to our dead drug agent in the container. This is probably our primary crime scene for his murder"
Castle starts up with his theory "OK. Angie is in Laredo with Charlie Jackson sharing a motel. He gets killed and put into a container with the drugs. Ends up on the docks in New York. Where was Angie?"
"We are not sure. She will have to answer that question"
"Do the police have any suspects?"
"Nothing definite right now. But down near the Mexico border there are several groups that might have something to do with this. The Mexican Mafia. The Columbian Drug Cartels, The Mexican Drug Cartels and there is a new group mentioned in the report" Ryan reads over his notes " There are comments about a separatist group operating in the area calling themselves "The New Revolution"
"So we now know Angie was working with DEA agent Charlie Jackson."
"And maybe sleeping with him"
"Agent Jackson is killed in the motel and dumped in the container and shipped here with the drugs"
"Angie has some form of evidence. Leaves the area probably by car to avoid the airport and returns to the city to bring information to her bosses"
"But before she can report to her bosses what is happening she gets taken by Bracken's henchmen"
Castle continues "The container is delivered to the docks and the contents picked up by someone from here and then taken away."
"But who took it and to where?"
"I'm coming up blank right now. Kate. Let's you and I call it a day and start again fresh in the morning"
"Sounds good to me. I am tired and can't think" as she grabs her coat and they head out
Ryan and Esposito have been watching these two conduct their personal form of foreplay by bantering theory between themselves for years.
Esposito comments "I am glad they decided to leave before one them jumped the other right here at the precinct"
"Yeah me Too" Ryan answers as the two detectives head over to the stairs
On their way home to the loft, the pair stop for Chinese take out. Castle calls to see if he needs to get his mother and daughter anything. They have both already eaten. Now armed with egg rolls. Kung Po Beef .and Tomato Chicken, Rick and Kate head straight to the diner table and dig in. They both have just realized that with the events of the day, neither one has eaten anything so what originally appeared to be a giant meal suitable for leftovers has suddenly became nothing but empty boxes.
They are both now sitting on the couch with a glass of wine in one hand and the case files in their laps. Rick also has his laptop and is intently reading something he just looked up about "The New Revolution".
Kate stops reading her file for a moment and takes a sip from her glass. She looks over to Rick and smiles to herself. She thinks of all the times in her past when she would bring case files home to read over like they are doing now. She normally did it alone but even when she was dating someone, she might as well have been alone. The other guys didn't care about her job. But this man really does. Oh, how he cares about what is important to her and how much he shows it to her. Everyday!
Here comes that warm feeling inside her again.
Rick looks over to Kate "You're tired. Are you ready for bed?" Castle asks as he gets up from the couch, placing his computer on the side table
"Yeah I am" She answers as Rick takes her hand and brings her up to her feet. He gently pulls her to their bedroom where he turns down the comforter. She gets under the covers next to what she has accepted as his side of the bed and within a few seconds she is sound asleep.
Castle slips in next to his wife and lays there watching her sleep. At least she doesn't know that he is doing this and therefore can't tell him what he is doing is creepy.
Creepy or not, he loves being able to finally do this with her