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It took a while before Kate and the guys can get back to the 12th the day before. The statue is outside of their jurisdiction for a reason. getting into work the next day, after the card game (which was fun Kate tells herself) Kate heads downstairs to talk to Lanie while the guys are up in the bullpen.

"Hi Lanie." Kate calls out once she enters.

"Hi Kate. I read where you met McCarthy."

"How did you know?"

"I've already received something from him. You should probably read it."

Lanie hands her a print out of what was sent. It looks like jibberish to Kate however.

"Very funny Lanie. What does it say?" Kate hands it back.

"Basically it says he has sent samples of your Vic to me via courier. And that just after he had finished that, some Feds came in and took the body away from him.

They also searched his computer for any information and took all hand written notes he had."

"That was fast."

"Who was it Kate." Lanie is now a little worried.

"It was the same guy who surrendered when we raided Rook and his gang. The same guy the Feds released earlier."

"They released him and he ends up dead. And then they come and get his dead body and take over the case?"

"They haven't taken over the case Lanie."

"I take it you haven't been upstairs yet."

"No, I just got here."

"Roy came down with the Feds in tow and searched for any information I had."

"Did they get what McCarthy sent?'

"It hasn't actually arrived yet. I put his note here on a flash drive." And Lanie hands it to Kate.

"Be careful Kate. Something big is going on."

"Let me know what you get out of the sample he sent." And Kate heads upstairs.

"We are off the case Beckett." Javi tells her.

"Yea, the captain told us to stop everything, or get suspended for 2 weeks.

Who is that guy anyway?" Ryan wants to know.

"Since we have nothing to work on, it looks like we are off. For now."

"You are up to something Beckett. What is it."

"I don't know what you are talking about Espo."

"Ok, play it your way. But when you need help, you let us know."

"I promise guys." As Kate crosses her chest. Just like Alexis and Castle.

Gina had read the contract that Richard had sent over. It was very beneficial to Richard and not as beneficial to Black Pawn as the previous one. Plus the loss of the advance they had given Richard, Black Pawn was in a bind. Richard and his books were most of their profit. He was not their only client, but he was the only one who had his books in the top ten sellers list each time.

Without Richard, Black Pawn would need to cut personnel by at least half, and probably have to move to less expensive offices. Gina was in danger of losing the luxuries she did have.

Oh she was so mad at Richard. Why couldn't he just do what she had wanted. None of this would have happened if he had just listened. She couldn't even scream at him without sabotaging her job permanently. All she could do was yell at her lawyer. And have him yell at Richards.

She sooo wanted to tell Richard where he could shove his contract offer. But she needed to weigh her options. The future of Black Pawn was on the line with what she decided to do next.

Sunday came and Kate made certain that Castle and Alexis would be ready to go. She showed up early to pick them up and take them to her surprise. Castle had pestered her about what the surprise was. But Kate would tell him nothing.

Finally Alexis had had enough of his whining and told him to stop or she would go with Kate without him. This finally got Castle to shut-up. But not without a glare from his daughter and a laugh from Kate over how Alexis had him wrapped around her little finger.

Unknown to Castle, Kate was taking notes over just how Alexis did that. For future reference.

The drive was in silence since Castle was sulking like a 2 year old. Since he did not get his way.

Kate just looked at him from time to time and chuckled over his behavior. This however only made Castle sulk even deeper.

Soon however it was impossible to prevent Castle from seeing where they were going. The signs that advertised it were too big to ignore.

"REALLY. You got us tickets for Cirque du Soleil?" Castle was excited now.

Even Alexis was smiling wide and jumping up and down in her seat.

"Happy now Castle?" Kate asked while parking the car.

"You amaze me Beckett." And leans over to give her a quick kiss.

Castle was amazed at the seat location that Beckett had gotten for them. These were not cheap seats. But he did not mention it. If doing this meant this much to her, he was not going to screw it up by questioning how much she had spent for them. Didn't mean he wasn't going to worry about it a little however.

They had enjoyed the show and Castle had held Kate's hand throughout the entire show. Occasionally leaning across to kiss her cheek from time to time.

Castle and Alexis had had a marvelous time watching the show, and talked about it all the way back home.

Castle offered for her to stay and spend the night. Kate had only smiled and gladly accepted.

Castle went upstairs to get some wine for himself and Kate. While Kate took Alexis to bed since it was way past her bedtime. Kate actually had to help her change into her sleep clothes and carry her up the stairs into her bed. Kate tucked Alexis into bed, sang her a song, and hugged her and kissed her goodnight.

On the way upstairs to the living room where Castle would be waiting. Kate contemplated her position in Alexis's life. She was not her mother. But she was falling for that child fast, and she knew it. While it did scare her some, there was a warmth that was undeniable when Kate was around her.

Now she just needed to figure out her place in Castle's life. What did she feel about him?

Gina had received the response to her counter offer from Richard. She had had to sign for the damn thing, AGAIN! Gina was mad already. This only made her even more mad. It was a simple envelope pouch. She ripped it open. Inside was another package or letter of some kind. Just like earlier this one also had a wax seal on it.

Breaking the seal she opened expecting to find some kind of documentation. Possibly outlining Richard's counter proposal. However all she found was a small post it note, signed by Richard Edgar Castle.

Gina SCREAMED! Letting the post it note fall onto her desk. She took her rage out on everything in her office. Nothing was spared.

"The camera scans down to the post it note still laying on her desk"

"SEE YOU IN 6 MONTHS"

Kate was at her desk and it was late. Everyone had gone home for the day. Looking at her computer Kate decided it was a good time to move the money again. If those guys were any good they would track it down soon. She had already picked out another name and address to use. It was actually kind of fun, coming up with all these silly names and fake or unused address.

Getting into the on-line banking system and going to her last account and putting in all the necessary account numbers, passwords and security questions.

"GONE!" Kate yelled out. Taking a quick look around. Damn bastards were better than she gave them credit.

'Damn it!' She was looking forward to getting any and hopefully all of those women the money those jerks had gotten when they had sold them. It wasn't enough, but it could help them get a new start. Now she's got nothing.

Turning off her computer. Kate headed home in a sour mood. She didn't pay attention to where she was going. She was driving on auto-pilot, to worked up about the missing money.

She didn't even notice that she ended up at Castle's house.

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The next 3 months seemed to go by quickly. Kate and the boys got nowhere with the information they got off the body at the Statue. They also got nowhere with Maddox. They were proving to really be ghosts.

Their work had returned to a more normal routine. A body would drop and they would work the case and solve each one that came their way.

For Kate and Castle, they had kind of got into a routine also. On Kate's days off she would go over to Castle's house and spend the day with Castle and Alexis. Have dinner that Castle would usually make himself. It felt so nice to have home cooked meals again. It reminded her of when she was younger and her mother was still alive.

This was followed by Amazing sex in Castle's bed. She still could not get over what he did to her when they made love. After a couple of months of this, Kate had found out one day that she was fast becoming addicted to making love with Castle.

Kate and the guys had a difficult case and because of this she had to cancel one of her trips over to Castles house during the middle of the week. And spent it on the case instead. They had hit a brick wall and Roy had told her to go home and get some rest. Kate had been agitated and restless all day. Snapping at every little thing. So when Roy told her to go home, she went over to Castle's instead.

After a night of more mind blowing sex followed by still more six in the shower before kissing Castle at the door and driving into work. She was in a much happier mood and things that she had not seen about the case earlier had gotten them to solve it in just one day. That was when it hit Kate just what having sex with Castle and spending time with him and Alexis had done to her way of thinking.

She was addicted to both of them and even when not at Castle's house it always seemed to be on her mind.

It was just a month into that new life, Kate had started going over to Castle's house twice a week in addition to being there on her days off. She found later that almost half of all her clothes had now found their way into Castle's closet. He had even bought her a chest of drawers just for her to put some of her clothes in. It even had a lift top on in it with a velvet liner inside that she could put some of her jewelry into. It even had a mirror on the inside of the tilt up top.

Kate had used the pool/tub with the jets at least once every week. There was one instance that brought a smile to Kate's face just thinking about it. She had filled it with hot water. Put some of her bubble bath that had made its way over from her apartment into it. Castle had turned on the jets and gotten in with her. After resting a bit and letting Castle's hands roam about her body he had lifted her up onto her knees and moved her over to one of the jets.

He pushed her legs farther apart and had pushed her up against the jet of water coming out. This had instantly gotten Kate to cry out from the intense pleasure of the jet hitting her outer and inner lips, and just nipping at her clitoris. Castle had pulled back just a little to allow for her to calm down a little. Only to have Castle shove her Clitoris directly into the path of the water from the jet.

This had Kate soaring and crying out in no time. Then Castle pushed her Clitoris directly up against the jet itself and this had Kate screaming in a massive sudden Orgasm. But Castle had just held her there. The first orgasm was soon followed by a second, followed by a third, followed by a fourth. By now her Clitoris had grown too sensitive for this and Kate cried out to get Castle to stop.

Settling back down into the pool/tub, Castle had let Kate settle back up against his chest while his hands roamed all over her body and she calmed down from the pleasure of all the orgasms.

While this remembrance had brought a smile to Kate's face while sitting at her desk staring at her computer screen. It also meant she had to get up and go to the restroom and wipe herself down. Kate knew she was going to attack Castle tonight as soon as she got off work, and got home and him into bed.

'WAIT?' Did she just say 'HOME?' Was Castles house HOME now? Oh, now she wasn't going to get any work done until she got Castle into bed and satisfied her need, she had just created for herself. Kate also had to deal with calling Castle's house HOME to herself. Was it HOME?

Every evening that Kate had spent at Castle's house Kate had tucked Alexis into bed each night. Sang her a song or read to her like Castle was doing. Hug Alexis and kiss her goodnight. About 2 weeks ago (meaning 2-1/2 months into her new routine with Castle and Alexis), Kate had started calling Alexis 'SWEETIE' instead of using her name. It was sweetie this, or sweetie that. I'll be right there sweetie. Let me help you with that sweetie. It had seemed so natural that Kate had never noticed. Even now she had not yet caught on to what she was saying when Kate spent time with Alexis.

Kate had also started going to the Zoo with Alexis when she went to do her Volunteer Training Work. Kate had fast learned just how good Alexis was with all the animals. And how most of the animals seemed to recognize her when she showed up. They seemed to head straight for her and never leave until Alexis herself had left. Some could not actually reach out and touch her, but it did not stop them from being as close as they could to her.

The animals in the petting area however where another story. As were the elephants that she helped feed and wash down. They just seemed to wrap themselves around Alexis and go where ever she went and did whatever Alexis asked them to do.

The first day this had happened Kate had just stood back out of the way with her mouth hanging open.

That same lady who was a staff member from earlier had come up and told Kate, yet again, that she was amazed at what Kate's daughter could do. Even the trainers had trouble with them from time to time. But for Alexis, they were just putty in her hands. She wanted Kate to think about having her daughter get hired here when she reached her teen years. Her daughter was a natural.

Kate had chosen not to correct her. Just stood there staring at Alexis and what she could do. AMAZING!

Soon enough Alexis was out of school for the summer and Alexis was home all day. On Kate's days off she spent the entire day with Castle and Alexis.

They went swimming at the Asser Levy Rec Center

Address: East 23rd Street and FDR Drive

Castle had gotten them a membership so they could use the indoor pool area. Alexis spent time in the Arts and Crafts room and Castle and Kate made use of the basketball court, while Alexis cheered them on. Sometimes taking sides.

There was also "THE SMORGASBURG"

The Tobacco Warehouse: 26 New Dock St, at Water St

Categories:

Food & Drink

Good for:

Activities for a spare hour. Local flavor. Eating out. Snacks. Munchies. Outdoor activities. Take a tourist. Take your parents. Waterfront. Weekend visitors. Kids

Event type:

Markets & fairs. Street fairs

And then there was "THE DUMBO ARTS FESIVAL"

Categories:

Theater. Dance. Film. Museums & Attractions. Music. Art. Books. Nightlife. Things to Do

Good for:

Wow factor. Culture vultures. Experimental. Outdoor activities. People watching. Quirky. Trendy. Up-and-coming talent. Waterfront. Weekend visitors. Unique. Unique New York. Kids. Hands-on for kids

Event type:

Festivals

It was a week before 4th of July and Castle had asked Kate if she could take at least an extra day off work. He had something special planned. Kate usually worked these days and let others with families take the time off. So she explained why Castle was going to have to explain why and it had better be good for her to break from tradition.

Fourth of July Sail aboard Schooner America 2.0

Set sail for the Fourth of July upon the decks of the most opulent sailboat in all of New York City: the 105 foot America 2.0 - a modernized replica of the first winner of the America's Cup race of 1851! Guests are treated to a complimentary open bar, heavy passed hors d' oeuvres prepared by our on board chef and a 3 hour excursion on the Hudson River amongst the entire New York July 4th flotilla! Be aboard the most stunning and patriotic yacht in the NYC Fleet!

Castle had already bought tickets for her and Alexis months ago and wanted her to come with them.

Kate had leaped into his arms upon hearing this and kissed him over and over while giving Thank You's between each one.

They had been so close to the Fireworks, that they could feel the gush of air when they went off. And being on a REAL sailing ship, manned by a real crew had been spectacular! Kate indulged herself in the open bar while keeping an eye out on Castle. She had plans of her own tonight and didn't need Castle sleeping thru them. Kate had learned her lesson from last time.

They had to take turns carrying Alexis back to the waiting town car that Castle had arranged. Since it was WAY past her bedtime. She was asleep before the ship had even docked for the night. Kate had carried her up to bed. Got her changed into her sleeping clothes and kissed her good night. And for the first time (maybe it had to do with the alcohol), had whispered in her ear while Alexis was still sleeping "I LOVE YOU!" Not that either Castle or Alexis had heard a word.

But unknown to Kate, there was someone who had heard. In fact she had heard every word Kate had ever spoken inside or just outside Castle's house from the beginning.

And in a very soft and pleasant voice, she was softly crying.

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Now for the NEW car selection. Place your vote and then there will be a runoff between it and the Barrett Jackson car that was selected.

Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 Quattro

Bentley Mulsanne

Lexus LFA

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

Maserati Quattroport

Go back a chapter to see the Barrett Jackson cars to vote for.

What car do you think says I'm KATE BECKETT BEST!