Chapter 19
If he had really been Castle, he probably would have passed out himself. The man's name may have been Mark Burke, but in the world of Castle, he would have been known as Jerry Tyson, or more commonly, 3XK. The likeness was uncanny. Castle looked up at the doctor wondering what they were going to do now.
"So you're telling me that I look just like a serial killer, from her world, who she believes to be dead? No wonder she passed out."
"What do we do now, Dr Burke? How are you going to be able to help her? She's never going to trust you now."
"You're right, she's not going to trust me, but she will trust Dr Burke."
"Excuse me? I thought you were Dr Burke." Castle had never been so confused. He was beginning to wonder if he even knew who he was anymore. It was all so meta.
"I am, but you said that on the show, she was seeing Dr Burke, correct?"
"Yeah, but I don't see how that's going to help us."
"If we can get the guy who plays her therapist to come in and work with her, we may be able to help her."
"How can he help her? He's just an actor. He's not a real psychiatrist."
"No, but I am. If we hook up hidden cameras and have him wired for sound, I can feed him lines while I watch from another room. She already trusts him, so she won't be suspicious."
"Isn't putting her deeper in the fictional world counterproductive?"
"At this point, we may have no other choice."
"What do we do until we can get this all set up?"
"Just keep doing what you've been doing. Take care of her, but we need to slowly start working things in from her real life."
"Like what?"
"Clothing items, perfumes, foods she likes, people she knows. We don't want to shock her too much, but eventually we will want to start introducing her to her real self. Interviews, articles, pictures. It will take some time, but I'm confident we can bring her around. Speaking of coming around, looks like someone is waking up. I'm gonna get out of here so we don't give her another shock. I'll be in touch."
"Thank you doctor."
"Castle," Beckett mumbled weakly, grabbing her head as she tried to sit up. "What happened?"
"You fainted, that's all."
"Why? Why would I do that?"
"The doctor thinks being out for the first time in a week and not eating much this morning got to you. He rescheduled your appointment. Let's just get you home to rest."
As he helped her out to the car, all he could think was back down the rabbit hole we go.
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