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Rick stood for a few seconds staring at Montgomery before finally releasing the breath he didn't realize he was holding and walking to sit in front of him.

"So Castle I'm sure you didn't come in here to sit down. So what do you want to talk about?"

"It's about you wanting Kate to quit fieldwork."

Montgomery looked at him. "Okay." He nodded his head motioning for him to continue.

"Well I was hoping you'd reconsider."

"Well I must say I'm surprised. I thought you'd go along with the idea."

"I'm all up for it." He agreed. "But I wouldn't want to upset Kate which is what it's doing to her."

"So what do you suggest?"

"Okay so whatever I say stays betweens us. Kate doesn't even know I'm doing this."

"Understood."

"You know how much Kate loves fieldwork and what it means to her right?"

Montgomery nodded his head. "Yes I do. But I'm looking out for her. She's like a daughter to me and if anything happened to her while she was out there." He looked at Rick. "Not only would you feel guilty but so would I."

"Well let Kate know when she wants to stop." Rick told him. "We both now how stubborn she can be, but she wouldn't risk endangering herself."

"Okay but if she goes to far then I want her to stop."

"Understood."

Kate sat at her desk and opened the e-mail that Lanie had sent her, she laughed as she watched it knowing what it was. Rick stood on the table singing his heart out, the boys behind him while everyone cheered him on. She had debated sending this to everyone in the precinct but decided that it would make for good blackmailing privileges later. By the time Ryan and Esposito had returned to their desks she looked around for Rick.

"Where's Castle?" She asked the boys after a few minutes.

They looked around and shrugged. "We thought he'd come back here." Ryan said.

Kate looked around again but could see him. "Maybe he's finally started to listen to me and gone home." She laughed slightly.

"No I can't see that happening." Esposito shook his head. "He likes annoying us."

"That's true." Kate said standing up. She headed for the captain's office and knocked on the door.

"Come in." He said. She opened the door and was surprised to find Rick sitting in the chair opposite Montgomery's desk.

She looked at them both before finally stopping her stare at Rick. "What are you doing in here?"

"Oh me and Roy were just discussing our upcoming poker game right Roy." He said looking at him.

"Oh yes."

"Oh right so when is this?"

"Oh erm…" Rick paused. "It's at the end of the week."

"Oh right." Kate said looking between them again. "When were you going to tell me exactly?"

"I didn't realize I had to confirm it with you."

"Well it would be nice to know."

"Okay then." Rick said. "Kate would you mind if I had a poker night with the boys on Friday?"

"Well not at all." She said. "Thank you for asking."

Rick laughed and stood up. "Well I'm off out to talk with Ryan and Esposito."

"Didn't you just do that?"

"Yes." He said nodding. "But I forgot to tell them something."

Kate looked at him and didn't believe a word that had just come from his mouth, he was probably going to tell them about his plan. She watched as he walked towards them and then turned to face the captain.

"So what did you actually talk about?"

"Poker." He said straight faced.

She stared at him. "Now Captain I'd just like to tell you I have a certain video of someone from the other night. Singing. On a table."

Montgomery looked at her. "You'd show that everyone just for me to tell you what we were talking about?"

"Yes." She said straight faced.

"Okay then." He sighed. "He came in here because he wanted to make an anonymous donation to us."

Kate stared at him. "So why would he need to lie about that?"

"Well he didn't want anyone to know about it. Because he said you wouldn't let him if you knew what he was doing." Montgomery was even surprising himself at how convincing he was sounding.

Kate stared at the captain a little longer, he was either a good liar or he was being truthful.

"Apparently he wanted to give something back to us for everything we've done for him." Roy continued. "Also he's fed up of Ryan and Esposito complaining about how slow the computers are."

Well that did sound like Rick. She decided to believe him for now, or until she got more information that proved he was wrong.

She was heading out of the door when Montgomery stopped her.

"Beckett?"

She turned to face him. "Yes?"

"About earlier…I was wrong."

She stared at him. "I'm sorry what?" He was never wrong and for him to admit openly confused her.

"I shouldn't have told you to stop doing what you love." He looked at her then. "You should know when you want to stop so I'm going to let you."

She nodded. "Okay thank you."

"But I will stop you if I think you are pushing it."

She nodded once again and then turned away. She headed towards where Rick was and waited until he had finished talking with them. He turned with a smile on his face and once he noticed her his smile dropped.

"Oh erm…hi Kate."

"What did you tell the captain?"

His eyes searched every corner of the room. "About poker night."

She stared at him. "Well you see Montgomery just said something different to me."

"What?" His eyes widened. "How did you get him to tell you?"

"I blackmailed him."

"With what?"

"Now if I told you that it wouldn't be as fun."

Rick stared at her, he knew she would find out. He just didn't think it would be this soon.

"I can explain." He said.

"What is there to explain?" She asked him.

"Well I know you told me not too…"

"I never told you anything of the sort."

Kate looked at him confused. "Okay what are you talking about?"

Rick looked at her. "What are you talking about?

"No please tell me what you are talking about." She said. "I wouldn't want to ruin anything."

He looked at her and wasn't sure of what to say. "Okay so I'm even more confused Kate."

"Why should you be if you know what we were talking about."

"I can honestly say I have no idea."

She stared at him and then walked back to her desk. "Well when you come up with an answer let me know."