Just a little closure

The conference room is quiet until Rita Alvarez enters and starts preparing for a meeting.

She sets out the coffee carafe and water pitchers. She sets cups and glasses on the counter top along with the necessary condiments. She then proceeds to place tablets with pens in front of each chair.

Looking around the room, she is satisfied that everything is in order before exiting to wait for the attendees to arrive

First to arrive are Andrea Richardson along with her sister Angie. They are followed by Michael Smith just a minute later .Finally they are joined by Carver Burke and Alexander Richardson. Each person selects a location to sit and wait for the meeting to begin.

Bobby Markham arrives last and closes the door behind him. He is carrying a document under his arm

He takes a glass from the counter and fills it to the top with water and then proceeds to the head of the table. He places down a large very thick file folder on the table

"Welcome everyone. This is an auspicious occasion. We have finally wrapped up a long and tiring operation. What began as just an operation to remove a corrupt member of congress finished with not just that event being cleared but a terrorist group removed and most importantly a couple together

There is visual agreement from those around the table along with a few verbal comments of "yes"

"Before we close the files here I want to make sure that we all agree that there is no further action needed on our parts. Let me start with Mr. Richardson."

Turning to his associate"Alexander, do you have any open issues or comments on this operation?"

"No issues at all. Everything went even better than we had planned. Richard's desire to work with Sofia just opened that door for us to use him later"

Smith adds to the statement "Then finding out Ms. Beckett was a huge fan of Castle's writing, just helped us build the legend. It was perfect."

Richardson continues "Then when we arranged for Katherine to meet Richard, we felt like they might become friends since she already was such a fan of his books, but then to have him become smitten by her! Well that was just icing on the cake. That worked out better than anyone hoped it would"

Smith again "And just like the perfect storm, Castle wanted to get into Johanna's case in his attempt to help Kate. That of course brought out the evil with Bracken"

Richardson responds "What none of us saw coming was the romance. Castle falling head over heels in love with Beckett and Rick's fear of losing her. Add to that her fear of him wanting her to be just one more woman in the long train wreck of his life. But at the same time she knew he was the one for her and then afraid of loving someone then losing him"

Markham is now looking to Doctor Burke "Cariver, you were instrumental in steering a lot of these issues in the right direction, weren't you?"

"Thank you, Bob. But I think all I had to do was push her ever so gently in the direction to get her where she honestly wanted to be anyway. She truly did fall in love with him though and it is obvious he did as well. I can say it was fun to watch these two dancing around true and honest feelings the way they did. I do think in the end we have a great resolution and closure for this file"

"All right, everyone is in agreement that the book on this operation is complete after what?" looking at the worn yellowed folder in front of him "over 13 years. So we can finally close the file with a resounding job well done to everyone"

He passes the file around the table for the signature of each member present. After the document is returned to him he stands up and comments

"So, is everyone planning to be at the wedding tomorrow?"

There is a unanimous and resounding "YES!"

For those who were with me when I started this story, the original wedding Chapters 1 and 2 were removed.
I had planned then to be a flashback, but it did not look good so now they will appear at the end of the story

There will be some fun and fluff to finish