UnderCover Wedding

Chapter Twenty

Esposito & Ryan walked in the apartment. They sat down & looked at Kate.

"Ok. So let's hear it guys. What did you find out?" asked Kate.

Ryan said, "Like Esposito told you earlier, it's bad. Really bad."

Esposito continued, "Well for starters…he's been embezzling millions of dollars from his office."

Gasps & a trail of "OMG's" were heard in the room.

Ryan said, "And that's not all. We found out the real reason why everything went down. The reason why he made sure that Castle followed you around."

The silence in the room was so thick you could cut it with a knife…

"So what else detectives?" Alexis asked.

Esposito said, "We found proof that…well…"

"Come on just spit it out!" yelled Kate.

Rick said, "Calm down Kate. Give him time. This is a huge shock for all of us."

"Sorry Esposito." Said Kate.

Esposito said, "It's ok Kate. Anyway here it is…? It turns out he had connections with the person or people involved with your Mom's death."

Kate nearly passed out. Rick, Alexis & Martha all looked at each other in shock.

Ryan waited a few moments & said, "That's the reason why he wanted Castle to follow you. To keep you busy so you wouldn't keep searching for answers. He's also the one who paid off the guy to switch the actor with the minister. We found the actor, alive but hurt. Nothing serious. He's at a safehouse right now."

"So it's my fault then! I'm the one who pushed this case open again!" Rick yelled.

Ryan & Esposito yelled, "No! Don't ever think that man! You wanted to help Kate & you did. We wouldn't have gotten this far if it weren't for your help."

"They're right Rick. You did help me. We're getting closer to the truth. This is a big lead in this case." Kate said hugging Rick.

Martha & Alexis then got up & hugged the both of them. They motioned to Esposito & Ryan to join them in a group hug.

A little while later they were all sitting around when they got the call that the Mayor had been arrested by the FBI. The FBI kept out the fact that it was really the 12th that gave them the info. Because of the supposed "UnderCover" case, they wanted the Mayor to think that it wasn't the 12th's fault in his arrest.

Finally they could all breath normal again, for now anyway.

Rick, Kate, Martha & Alexis would have protection 24/7 until things were finished. They had the baby to worry about & wait for his or her arrival.

TBC…