"My name is Niko, Niko Kostas, I wasn't an army brat like I told you. My parents were drifters, they worked odd jobs. I was born in Detroit but we moved around a lot. My dad's from Greece, my mom was Colombian I think. She died when I was little." PI played with his water bottle as he spoke, Alexis resisted the urge to smack it out of his hands. "When I graduated from school I wanted to get out of the USA, so I cashed in my savings and got a one way ticket to Athens. I hooked up with green peace and was working at a sustainable chestnut farm when my cousin Angelo approached me. He knew I was looking to make some extra cash so I started going on runs with them to cemeteries. We'd take coins, family heirlooms..." Alexis interrupted him, holding up her hand, "wait you robbed graves?

"Something like that yes, " PI answered quietly, she motioned for him to continue. "Anyway we came across a rare coin dating back thousands of years, it was worth a lot of money. Except we never saw a dime of it, the boss Paulo cashed in the coin and kept it for himself. He kept the money, all of it in briefcases at his house. So I stole from him and ran, hopped the first flight to Amsterdam and never left well until I went to Costa Rica. "

"how much money?" Alexis asked pinching the bridge of her nose, trying not to lose her shit all together.

"One hundred thousand, he said under his breath.

"come again ?" she hissed "cause it sounded like one hundred grand." then a relaxation came over her, "you never lost your passport did you?"

Panic settled in PI's face, "no I did..but.."

"I'm such an idiot." Alexis cried, "you knew..all along you knew they were after you."

"I called a friend, my apartment in Amsterdam was trashed they tracked me down." PI admitted

Alexis tried to think, she needed to get out of here needed her dad needed to tell him how sorry she was, how stupid..but first she needed to figure out where they where. Glancing at the subs she noticed the wrapper, it was from Joes sub shop. She knew where they were, well sort of.

"We're still in New York." She whispered mostly to herself, "Long Island to be exact." she shut her eyes hoping that her dad and Beckett found them in time

Castle took a bite of pizza savoring the savory sauce and fresh mozzarella, they had picked up the pizza after leaving work for the night. Kate sat next to him devouring her own piece they had skipped lunch and were famished. "You think the boyfriend will admit to killing Megan?" he asked reaching for another piece trying to ignore the fact he never had heard from Alexis nor was she home when he stopped by before coming home.

"I'm sure he will he was close to spilling the beans when we left" Kate answered taking a sip of her wine. "So..."

She was cut off by Martha breezing into the loft, "Richard something's wrong with Alexis." She cried dramatically wringing her hands.

Castles heart dropped, "how do you know, did she call, what happened?" Kate placed a steadying hand on his leg.

"no it's a feeling, you know my sixth sense, and I'm always right!"

Castle rolled his eyes, "thanks for the heart attack mother I'm sure she's fine she's still angry at me."

Martha grabbed her sons hand, come on you two indulge an old lady lets just go and make sure everything's ok, Kate looked at Castle and then said, "maybe you both should go, I don't want to inter.."

"That's ridiculous Katherine, your family you'll be Alexis's stepmother and although she's angry now she's always respected you." Martha said now clutching both their hands.

Kathe smiled then nodded, "your right, let's go."making sure to grab her gun from the safe just in case.

The three of them headed to hail a cab