Chapter 3
A/N 1: Kate's POV Before their date
A/N 2: See below for more notes
Kate was still a little bit apprehensive about going out this Friday with Lanie and her "friend." So she was not totally listening to what Espo was telling her so she made him repeat it again...
Kate is listening to Esposito on the phone intently, sort of. While watching the movers like a hawk making sure that they only take what belongs to Peter.
"As I was saying Beckett, we have the suspect in the interrogation room. We are sweating him and he looks like he will break soon." Espo proudly says.
"Are you able to definitely put him at the crime scene, Espo?" Kate asks.
"Beckett, we have video proof that it was him arriving and leaving within our window. Outside building cameras show him going in and out." Espo states.
Ryan calls out to Espo.
"Hold on Kate…I think Ryan has something else." Espo says.
The phone is muffled for a second. Espo comes back on the line.
"Beckett, we found something you're going to like!" Espo gasps.
"Well come on Espo, don't keep me guessing spit it out!" Kate says sounding annoyed.
"Okay here's the scoop, it seems that the victim had a small desk cam on his desk. What it looks like is it recorded the whole exchange from start to finish." Espo tells.
"Was this footage obtained legally? I don't want to lose this guy." Kate pointedly asks.
"Beckett it was. It falls under the first search warrant we requested specifically looking for security footage." Espo replies.
"Great work boys. Do you need me to come in?" Kate asks.
"No, we got this covered." Espo responds.
Ending the call Kate is elated. She has damning evidence that her suspect would be going down for murder. The movers finally take the last of the cheater's boxes. They leave her apartment. She thinks to herself
"Another chapter closed."
Closing the door, she decides to catch up on a Richard Castle novel. She pours a glass of wine then walks over to the bookshelf. She selects "Storm Warning" one of her favorites. Curling up on her couch she opens the well-read book and starts reading it once again. It has been a while since she had the time to submerge herself in a good book.
After reading half way through the book Kate fell into a light sleep. Before long she was totally relaxed and slipped deeper into sleep. She let the past events in her life ease away. She started to dream.
She is at a sidewalk cafe reading one of his books. She is about to order more coffee when as she looks up at the waitress. Out of the corner of her eye, she notices her favorite author walking across the street heading directly for her.
"Hi," He says.
"Hi, yourself." She says trying to act nonchalantly.
"Would you mind some company?" Rick asks pouring on the charm.
"Well, I hardly know you." She lies as his books mean everything to her.
"Okay then have a great day!" He turns to leave.
"Wait...please come back." Kate pleads.
Rick stops then turns to face her.
"I don't want to be a bother I can see you're heavily engrossed in that book. Who wrote it?" Rick asks.
Kate looks at him with an impish grin not knowing if he was joking or if he is serious in wanting to know the author or maybe he wants to see if she would tell him who wrote it.
"Well, this author is pretty good." Kate coyly says.
"Only just pretty good…?" Rick says as he sits down in front of her.
"Yeah he's not as good as Peterson or Connelly but he is a good read." Kate says with a bit of mischief in her voice.
Rick is a bit perturbed by this woman comparing his brilliance to those other half wits. He is going to set this woman straight. Wait I do not know this woman's name. Well, I must remedy that immediately.
"Well, I see. Let me introduce myself I'm Richard Castle." Rick says as he extends his hand to her.
"Hello Richard, I'm Kate." Kate says.
"Well, Kate, only my publisher or my mother calls me Richard, to my friends I insist that they call me Rick."
Kate can't hide her giddiness and a very small smile graces her face as she shakes his hand. That's when she feels it. It is like a lighting bolt when their hands touch. Quickly pulling her hand back, he gives her a strange look.
"Are you okay?" He asks.
"I'm fine." Kate says then ignores the author to resume reading her book.
"May I ask what you who are you reading now?" Rick asks seeing his face on the back cover.
Kate slowly looks up from the book as she meets his eyes with a shocked look.
"So you're not a fan huh?" Rick quips with a smile.
Kate looks away shyly. She does not want to go into why she is a fan with him sitting right across from her at this cafe. He watches her as she continues to read. Wanting to tell him how much he has helped her through a sad time in her life with his books she pauses from her reading.
"Rick, listen..." Kate starts to say.
There is the sound of pounding on a door. She thinks it strange since because she is at a cafe. The sound of the pounding only became louder and before long she is dragged from her dream...
Opening her eyes, she thinks that this dream was so vivid. It is like she was right there with him. Shaking off her sleepiness, she gets up and answers the door. Checking the peephole she sees Lanie and sighs.
Opening the door Lanie walks past her without saying a word. After Kate closes the door Lanie gives Kate a look.
"What took you so long? I was knocking for about 10 minutes." Lanie states.
Kate looks a bit disheveled and sees how Lanie is looking at her.
"Okay, Lanie I was asleep… what's up?" Kate asks with a yawn.
"I'm worried about you. You and I did not leave in the best of places today you know. So how are you?" Lanie asks.
"It is nothing Lanie, nothing is happening." Kate says.
"Kate Beckett, nothing is going on in your life, huh?" Lanie probes.
"Well Lanie, we can't have that now can we? Kate asks sarcastically again with another yawn.
"No, I guess not so tell me what happened after I left?" Lanie asks.
"Okay, Lanie it might be something. After the movers left I chose to read for a little bit. Since I have no time to do it after a long workday." Kate confesses.
"Go on." Lanie presses.
"After reading, I fell asleep then had a dream." Kate says.
"And..." Lanie coaxes.
"I was at this outside this small cafe just reading and I met someone." Kate says.
"Ohhhhh Kay. Does this mystery dream person have a name?" Lanie asks getting a bit excited hoping it would be like one of her dreams with the fit firemen.
"Mystery dream man Lanie" Kate corrects.
"Don't keep me waiting in suspense, who is it?" Lanie asks.
"Richard Castle." Kate confesses.
"Wait, the Master of Macabre?" Lanie asks "…You sure picked a good one. He is so handsome."
"One in the same and yes he is." Kate answers hesitantly.
"Okay, what happened next?" Lanie asks getting more excited.
"Well, he introduced himself after I berated him about his writing." Kate replies.
"…Berated him…? Really Kate…? What did you tell him?" Lanie asks confusedly.
"I said two other authors might have been a little bit better than him." Kate says proudly.
"You did not!" Lanie said knowing how much his books had helped Kate through the rough time in her life.
"Yeah, Lanie I did." Kate giggles.
"Okay, girlfriend you have a strange idea of foreplay. I mean insulting him to his face? Please don't leave me hanging what happened then?" Lanie asks.
"You showed up pounding on my door." Kate states.
"Ohhhh sweetie I'm so sorry." Lanie says apologetically.
"You know that it was only a dream...right? So Lanie why are you here?" Kate asks.
"I thought you could use some cheering up. So why don't we go to dinner and drinks?" Lanie suggests.
"Lanie that sounds great. Let me get my coat then we could get going." Kate cheerfully agrees.
Just as Kate makes her way back to Lanie, her phone chirps telling her she has a new text message. Unlocking her phone she reads the message. Looking at Lanie after reading it and tells her...
"Lanie I'm going to need to postpone dinner." She adds sadly.
"What's up Kate?" Lanie asks.
"It's that case I was telling you about. It seems that while Espo and Ryan are very capable of conducting the interrogation, the Captain wants me to handle it instead." Kate says crossing the room to retrieve her badge and shield.
"Kate, he gave you a day off right?" Lanie asks confusedly at this sudden turn of events.
"Yeah, Lanie but this case has political undertones. I'm responsible. The Captain wants this done right with no possibility of this guy being cut loose." Kate says.
"Ok Kate, duty calls…So rain check?" Lanie asks as they exit.
"Sure Lanie…Rain check. Is there any place you need to be dropped off?" Kate asks.
"Sure since you are driving drop me off at my place." Lanie says. Then she thinks about that meet on Friday night. She hopes that Kate can get away from work on Friday. Kate nods to Lanie then locks her apartment. She drops Lanie off at her place, then heads to the precinct. On the way she starts to remember her dream and wonders why she is dreaming about him? Maybe she is just over tired.
Arriving at the 4th floor, she scans the room for either Ryan or Esposito. As she ventures further towards her desk the Captain pops his head out.
"I'm so sorry to pull you in on your time off, Detective. …I'll make it up to you." The captain apologizes.
"It is okay Sir. So where are my dynamic duo and where is my suspect?" Kate asks.
"Okay Beckett, follow me they are in interrogation room 1. Go in there and make me proud." Roy says as he ducks into the observation room to watch his best detective in action.
Kate takes a cleansing breath then enters the interrogation room with the folder Roy has handed her. Both boys look up as she enters. Ryan leaves to give her his chair. Kate looks apologetic as Kevin smiles.
"Go get him, Boss." Ryan whispers as Kate's head nods.
Kate turns toward the suspect then sits next to Espo. She only looks at the folder not saying a word. She uses the silence as her weapon. After she is finished reading she closes the folder then stares at him. About 2 hours in Espo leaves her alone with the suspect. At the third hour mark, her suspect cracks. She is successful in getting an ironclad confession.
Kate feels good. This is one part of her life which is in her control. She might not have a love life anymore. However, putting someone this bad away is a high all on its own.
A/N 3: I have been receiving a lot of guest reviews. First let me say that this story is my idea and I will take it where ever I want to go with it. It is a work of FICTION PEOPLE! So when you the guest ask "why it's all over the place" or another guest asks "what kind of crap is this" I say to you this, you can just read what I write and maybe then you will understand why I am going where I am going with my story, or you can find SOMETHING ELSE TO READ. If you don't like what I am writing, I am sure that some other author here will write something that you will like to read. I will no longer defend what I write to these cowards who review with guest accounts. Grow a set, create an account and then PM me and ask why I am writing this way. Until then quit your complaining!
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