Was Hey, I`m back! Wow can I just say thank you so much for the amazing reviews I received from the first chapter? THANK YOU! Seriously, I didn`t think I`d get that much considering how long it took me to think up of a summary that sounded somewhat ok and that would fit the limited word count. But you guys are awesome for giving my story a chance ;)

Thank you goes to: Beckett NYPD, csimesser1, Mac, Eliza C., Bella Paige, azul-jisbon, Lisbon94, briandbr549, Koezh and LittleWeasleyGirl- Kate Castle

Disclaimer: Everything Castle belongs to the amazing writers of Castle and I make no profit for writing this! Just sweet reviews is all; D

Well enjoy...I know everyone has their mixed opinions on who dies as do I, but you never know who it might be, they could actually surprise us on who it is...

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Previously on "Broken"

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Castle hung up and let his phone drop to the ground with a shuddering shatter, his whole body racked over with tears while he decided either or not to get the elevator ride or to just stay put. He didn`t know. He couldn`t even think straight right now, he- he didn`t know what to do.

He led himself back into the bullpen, his arms hanging limply by his sides while onlookers just stared at him quietly as he made his way to the kitchen and sat down at the table; leaving the completely quiet bullpen to shudder and return to their work and for Castles team members to just stare at the man in the kitchen until someone decided he needed company...

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Ryan, Esposito, Lanie, Montgomery and Kate continued to stare at the emotional man in the kitchen. Something quite clearly had stirred up major trouble in his personal life and yet none of them knew what to do. Ryan was the first to turn, his distinctive blue eyes scanned each of them and he shoved his hands into his pockets, and then ran his finger through his hair.

"Hey what happened?" he questioned and all eyes turned to Kate who just looked up, then she widened her eyes and stood up, crossing her arms over her chest and glanced at the kitchen and back to the detectives.

"I-he was, I" she stuttered, trying to make sense of it herself and looked at the wall right behind Esposito`s head until Lanie let a hand rest on Kate`s shoulder and she looked at her sympathetically.

"We were discussing his arrest, me and Tom, him leaving and then we started laughing about something and-" she was instantly cut off by Esposito who too, had his arms crossed, a mask of seriousness across his features while he exchanged glances with Lanie.

"-And then Castle got a call and started running" he finished and she nodded, she was still pretty confused if she had to admit it. Everything had happened so fast.

"One of us should go and talk to him" Montgomery suggested and they all looked at each other and then to Kate who was still looking at Castle from where they stood.

"Kate"

"What?" she spun to look at them with a deer in headlights look and then Lanie pointed to the kitchen and she nodded, making a beeline toward the kitchen which in reality wasn`t very far from her desk. She stood for a moment outside and then she pushed open the door, not alerting him at all as he began to play about with an apple he found in the fruit bowl on the table.

She wandered up to the desk and looked down at him for a brief moment, then pulled over a chair so she could sit next to him, with a side view of course. She sat forward and clasped her hands, thinking of what to do, thinking if there was in fact anything she could do to help him. She decided to observe him instead; it was most likely the only thing she could do that wouldn`t end up with her being thrown out for the room for prying. They kept silent for a few moments until Castles breaking voice broke it and she stared at him with widened eyes, awaiting his next words.

"S-S-She's d-d-d-dead" he whimpered, trying to control his tears before the detective and she tried to do something, anything to calm him down but clearly anything she could do would never be enough to get through t him.

"Castle, whose dead?" she tried to prompt him and he continued to make dents with his nails in an apple he had taken from the fruit bowl, not that he had any intention to eat it. He continued to stare at the apple until he could strangely see his ex wife's face on the shine of the apple; which caused him to drop it and Kate to stare as the apple rolled off the table and smashed against the floor. She gulped then slowly and steadily looked back to Castle who was boring his eyes into the table.

"Castle?"

He snapped out of it and glanced up at her, watching as he shut his eyes for a brief moment then opened them only for Kate to look back at him, her face holding concern more than he had ever seen on hers before. His lips moved but no words escaped and he furrowed his brows as tears continued to well up in his eyes.

"T-that bastard just came i-i-in to her home and s-s-s-shot h-her dead...w-why would he do that?" he stuttered, his jaw trembling and his whole body shaking as Kate tilted her head and begun to get more worried than she already was.

She?

Her home?

Dead?

"Castle, who did this bastard hurt?" she tried her best to ask the question without sounding terribly insensitive and his eyes locked with hers and he held a steady gaze, pressing his hand to his head for a brief moment then pulled it away, staring back at her with tear filled eyes.

"M-M-Meredith" she collapsed into a heap of tears as he slammed his hand down hard on the table, standing up and hitting anything he could find until it smashed to the ground and Kate began to let the tears that had been kept at bay to fall rapidly down her ghostly face. That was not who she was expecting at all and guilt washed over her as the writer continued to throw things until he suddenly calmed down. She stood and wandered fearfully up to him, scared she'd do something that later, she would regret. She stood next to him for a few moments until next thing she knew, he was darting out the door.

"I-I need to go-I got to get to Alexis; I-" yet another sentence went unfinished as Kate ran out of the kitchen after him, while her team watched as Castle frantically begun to press the buttons next to the elevator watching as the numbers passed painfully slow, every moment that passed was one extra moment of happiness Alexis would get to enjoy before he told her the new her mom was dead. That her mom had been murdered.

Alexis. She remembered.

She ran up to Castle as Lanie stared wide eyed and back to the men who surrounded Kate's desk.

"Something's wrong with Alexis?"she questioned, then gaped at the thought of anyone harming the young castle girl and she watched as Castle began to panic, while Kate tried her best to help him out. She exchanged saddened glances with Ryan, Montgomery and Esposito and shut her eyes for a moment, then opened them up as Esposito wandered over to her and led her away; leaving Montgomery and Ryan to remain at the desk.

"Castle, I'll drive you home"

"No, I- I can drive"

"No Castle, you can't. Alexis doesn't need another parent-" she stopped dead in her tracks when she realised what she had said and she rested a hand on his shoulder and led him into the elevator once it opened up and he glanced over to her after a few minutes.

"You're right, I'm sorry I-"

"Don't be, Castle I want to help. You're my partner, you've saved my life before, now let me return the favour" she added, hinting a smile as she wiped the tears from her eyes, smudging some of her mascara while she was doing so and he nodded. He just wished this was all a horrible dream, one that he would get to wake up from in the morning and that he'd get to be back to his old self that they'd all be back to the way they had been.

Hehe so Meredith is the oen to die? I hope it wasn't a let-down compared to the first chapter! Well please let me know what you thought of this, you know I love each and every one of your reviews!

Talk soon? YES!

~lynne xx