Chapter 18
Castle came home the night before to find his two favorite girls sharing a blanket on the couch, eating brownies they had made together that afternoon, and watching some strange zombie movie. He actually was a bit jealous that he hadn't been invited. Thankfully, Alexis had managed to tire Beckett out, and she headed to bed early, because that's when he received the call. The call that told him that they would soon find out if what they had done was the right thing to do.
"Hello, Mr Fillion?"
"Yes"
"This is Dr Burke calling."
"Yes, hello Dr Burke. Thank you for calling. We did as you asked, she still believes she is Beckett. She hasn't seemed to suspect anything is wrong."
"That's good, I'm glad you were able to keep her calm and relaxed until I could get back. These are very tricky cases, and often times too much stress can cause the patient's true personality to become suppressed further. We are not entirely sure how or why these episodes occur, but we have had great success with the current treatments available. It takes some time and patience on the part of the patient and their loved ones, but the prognosis for full recovery is good."
"That's great to hear. What do we need to do?"
"Bring her to my office tomorrow morning, an we will begin treatment immediately. I will be going by my first name, Mark, so as not to confuse her greater. You get her here, and leave the rest to me."
"Thank you, Dr Burke"
"Nah, Dr Mark."
"Right, Dr Mark. I really appreciate this. We all do."
"It's my pleasure. I'll see you both in the morning."
He was still thinking of the phone call from the night before when Beckett walked in that morning.
"Hey, everything ok, Castle?"
"Yeah, just thinking." He gave her a small smile. God he hoped this worked.
"Don't hurt yourself." She gave him a cheeky grin as she bumped his shoulder with hers.
He laughed. "I'll try not to. Say, I got a call from your doctor last night. He wants you to go see the specialist this morning, a Dr Mark. Said it's required for him to sign your release papers."
"Great! Let's go then!"
He was so glad she was excited about this. It made things so much easier. After breakfast, they headed out to the cruiser. Castle insisted that since she wasn't cleared yet, that he was going to drive. He drove carefully around the lot as not to tip her off that they weren't really in New York. Wow, their set guys were amazing! He finally pulled up in front of the building that they had texted him that morning. They had arranged for Dr Mark to use that as his office for their meeting.
Castle walked her in, holding her hand.
"It's gonna be ok, Kate. He's just going to talk to you, help you remember some of the time you forgot from the fall and get you back to work."
"Thanks, Castle. You've been great through all of this."
He smiled down at her. "Always."
The door behind them opened, and a slender, dark haired man stepped out. He held out his hand and said, "hi, I'm Dr Mark," just as Beckett fainted in to Castle's arms.