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Gates told Castle and Beckett to go home and come in fresh the next day as they were too tired to think straight and so they left together. At 5:00am in the morning, Castle got of bed and went to the kitchen. As Castle had thought that no one would be up this early he grabbed some Orange juice out of the fridge.

He sat down on a stool at the kitchen counter. He looked back and saw a peaceful Beckett sleeping on the couch.

'She is so cute when she sleeps like that,' he thought.

He started to think about what happened to his mother on that night and that morning with Beckett. Next thing, he knew he was seeing some sunlight sneaking through the windows by the couch. He came back to earth and checked the time on his Iphone.

It was almost 7.00am well it was 6.55. Castle looked over at Beckett who wasn't up yet so he went around the kitchen counter to get breakfast sorted out. Beckett woke up by the banging and crashing going on. About 20 minutes later she sat up on the couch and did some stretches. She could hear bones clicking everywhere in her body.

Castle began to sing Heart Vacancy by The Wanted. It made her look around to face him. All she kept thinking to herself was not the song but what he was wearing.

'He's really half naked?' she thought blushing.

Beckett got up from the couch when she saw Martha walking into the kitchen.

"Good morning, Martha… How well did you sleep?"

"Good morning, Kate… I didn't sleep well."

"I'm sorry to hear that, Martha. Looks like Castle made a delicious breakfast."

Marta nodded at Beckett as they both walked towards the kitchen. Beckett sat down on one of the stools and took a sneak of his half nakedness without being caught by either of them. Castle was nearly done with cooking when Martha spoke.

"Richard you know there are women here?" Castle looked at Beckett and back to Martha in confusion.

"Yes I do, mother. Why?"

"You know that you are half naked, right?"

He stopped what he was doing. He took a step back to look up and down at himself and back to Martha. He was only wearing boxers and Castle soon lifted his strong arms over his muscular chest. Beckett bit her lip to keep her laugher in as he left the kitchen.

"I'm sorry about Richard being half naked, Kate."

Beckett stood up from the stool to make coffee from the coffee machine. She turned around and spoke.

"It's okay, Martha. The loft is his and I'm sure that he just forgot we both were here." They giggle.

Beckett's phone rang and Beckett answered it. Martha excused herself from the kitchen.

"It was Gates, she said that Ryan and Esposito found a lead and that I should get to the precinct ASAP."

With that news Kate took one more gulp of coffee and headed to the door.

"Tell Castle when he's ready to come to the precinct thanks Martha" Kate said.

Kate came rushing into the 12th as if running for her life, she so desperately wanted some good news on this case and it was Ryan who gave her the news she really wanted to hear.

"So, we were canvassing the area where the Irish couple were and it turned out there were security cameras in the area and we got a good look of the shooter" he said.

'It's Paddy Murphy' Beckett exclaimed when she saw the photograph. The photograph was blown up to see it more clearly.

"Yes" Ryan said.

"And we know exactly where he is now" Esposito said as he came over to the murder board.

"Let me guess he's in New York in hiding" Beckett said.

"Not even close he's way outside our jurisdiction now."

Beckett was shocked when she heard this.

"Then where the hell is he" she said annoyed by the fact.

Esposito then told her that he had flown back to Ireland. Checked his credit details and said he left the day after the murder.

"Son of a bitch". Gates was listening in to the conversation as well. "I'll go call the Irish police and see if I can put detective Beckett on a plane to Ireland to catch this smug Bastard one way or another. I want him in cuffs at the end of the day".

Just as Gates went into her office Castle stepped off the elevator carrying the usual, two cups of coffee.

"What did I miss?" he asked Ryan as he gave Beckett the coffee. Beckett went off into gates office.

"Well it looks like Paddy Murphy flew the coop and is back in Ireland and Gates is on the phone to the Irish guards now and Beckett is waiting to here what is going to happen from Gates."

Beckett came out of Gates office and said that she was going to Ireland undercover as married women.

"Castle, would you like to come with me and be my plus one" she asked.

He was shocked that she even thought of asking him especially since the 'I Love You' and not talking much lately but he saw this opportunity as a way of heeling old wounds and maybe more...