CH24

Kate had gone home sad. He had killed his wife 10 years ago suffered for what he had done, and in the end killed himself. How can you love someone and then kill them?

Kate used her key and let herself in, finding Castle sitting on the sofa typing away on his laptop. It wasn't until she was standing practically in front of him that he noticed her.

"Hi Kate." Then Castle looked into her eyes that looked dead.

Castle stopped typing and put his laptop off to the side and pulled Kate down onto the sofa next to him. "What happened? …. Kate, what happened?" Castle puts a hand on each side of her face.

"We got a new case. He loved his wife and then killed her. Then he jumped off the cliff he pushed her over. We found both their bodies at the bottom." Kate is talking monotone, without emotion and not really looking at Castle.

"How can someone do that? Tell them you love them one minute and kill them the next?" Kate was exaggerating, it wasn't exactly like that.

"I don't think a glass of wine or my words are going to solve this one." Castle tells her. "Come on I know just what you need."

Castle stands up and pulls Kate up with him and guides her to the guest bedroom. "I owe you a massage and it looks like now would be a good time. Strip down and lay down on the bed and cover yourself up. I'll be right back." Castle tells her and exits the room.

Kate is acting a little more on autopilot and follows Castle's wishes. Stripping off all of her clothes and placing them on a nearby chair she grabs a towel and lays face down on the bed. Does her best to use the towel to cover herself up and plumps up a pillow for her head.

Castle comes back to the entrance to the guest room and knocks. "You decent?"

"Yea, you can come in." Kate calls back softly.

Not that Kate can see him since she has closed her eyes, but Castle has removed his shirt and is wearing the swimsuit he wore in Nassau and has a bottle of something with him.

Castle enters and turns down Kate's towel to just above her no doubt lovely rear end. Opening the bottle he applies some to his hands. Closes the bottle and sets it aside then rubs his hands together.

Castle climbs up onto the bed and places his legs to either side of her and starts rubbing her upper shoulders. He lingers there for a moment then moves onto her neck. Soon he needs more lotion so he stops and pours out some more.

Starts again at her shoulders and works his way down her right arm until the wrist, then goes back up to the shoulder and does the other arm.

Pouring out a little more lotion he again starts at her shoulders and works his way down her back. By the time he has reached her lower back Castle has gained a few low moans out of Kate.

Castle backs his way off the bed and lifts the towel up to uncover her legs leaving the towel just above what he is now convinced is a nice shapely rear end.

Pouring out a little more lotion, he starts with her right foot and works his way up stopping at her upper thigh. Then goes down to her other foot and works his way up.

He has gained a few more low moans out of Kate and can feel a lot of her muscles disappear as he works.

Then Castle slides the towel completely off and pours out a little more lotion and starts massaging what truly is a lovely read end. He uses his hands to spread her cheeks apart and works his hands and thumbs down a little lower till he is between her legs now.

Castle is getting even more moans out of Kate now, only they sound a little different. A little more needful. Castle lingers her only for a minute or two, getting more moans from Kate and a little closer together.

"Kate, turn over." Castle tells her.

Kate obeys and turns over to expose herself. Castle straddles her body just about even with her hips and starts working on the front side of her.

Two hours later Kate finds herself out of breath and completely satisfied. The sex had been amazing. "Castle where is Alexis?" Worried that she will come in and find them like this.

"She is spending the day with mother. She will not be back until time for bed." Castle tells her.

Kate hummus and rolls over onto Castle. "That was, … that was amazing Castle." Knowing full well that she was going to be sore in the morning and find it hard to walk. Castle really had stretched her wide. It had actually hurt at first but she had adjusted eventually.

"So did you like your massage?" Castle teases.

Kate just hummms back at him. "Castle, …. Never mind it's nothing." Kate chickens out.

"That was not nothing Kate, most definitely not nothing." Castle corrects her.

"Thank you for running for the condoms." Kate tells him. "I'm sorry it kind of ruined the mood."

"It didn't ruin anything Kate. Can I interest you in another massage tomorrow?" Castle asks her with ulterior motives.

Kate chuckles lightly. "Maybe. Provided I can walk tomorrow." Kate tells him truthfully.

"Did I hurt you?" Castle sound worried.

"Oh no Castle it's not that, it's just that it's been a while and you're bigger than anyone else." Kate confides. "I need time to adapt to your size."

"Practice makes perfect Kate." Castle teases again.

Kate chuckles again. "Castle?" Rick takes this moment to twist them so she is on her back with him above her and proceeds to kiss her.

Soon she is kissing him back while his hands roam all over her.

Breaking from the kiss for some air. "You shouldn't start what you can't finish Castle." Kate cautions.

"And who says I can't finish?" Rick counters and moves her hand to show her is more than capable of finishing.

Kate gets a grin on her face at what she finds. "Make love to me Castle."

"Your wish is my command my dear." And Castle picks up where they left off for round three.

Kate had made it into Alexis's bathroom for a shower by the time she got home. Rick was out in the living room typing when she came in with his mother. "Hi pumpkin did you have a good time?"

"We went to the museum dad. They have dinosaurs!" Alexis tells him happy.

"Were you good for your Grandmother?" Rick asks.

"DAD?" Alexis questions him.

"She was perfect Richard. Where's Katherine? Is she not here yet?" Martha notes she is missing.

"She came home a few hours ago. Apparently she had a bad day at work today. She's in the shower working out some of the kinks." Rick lies. Rick had already worked out all the kinks. She was in the shower to wash off all the sweat.

"Well we've already had dinner Richard so I'm going to go home." Martha tells him.

"The first architect is due here a little before lunch tomorrow." Rick reminds her.

"I look forward to it dear." And Martha makes her exit.

"You might as well go shower and go to bed pumpkin. You have school tomorrow." Rick reminds her.

Alexis goes over and hugs him and kisses him. "I love you dad."

"I love you too pumpkin. Goodnight." Rick tells her and watches her leave for her room.

Once there she removes all her clothes and opens the shower stall to find Kate just standing there under the hot water. Kate finally notices her and invites her in with her. Once inside Kate helps her wash to speed up the process since she is tired and wants to go to bed.

Kate joins Alexis in what was fast becoming their bed, which was beginning to bother Kate a little, but the nights with her were hard to resist.

"Did you have fun with dad on our trip?" Alexis asks softly.

"Yes I did. Even though he did act like a child for a moment. But it was fun." Kate tells her truthfully.

Alexis keeps her thoughts and hopes to herself. "Goodnight Kate, I love you."

"Goodnight Alexis, I love you too." Kate tells her easily.

Soon they are asleep wrapped up in each other's arms. Kate had momentarily thought about sleeping in Castle's room since they had made love together. But sleeping with Alexis had gotten to become a habit and she just did it so naturally. And it was the only time with Castle. However she was already looking forward to the next time.

Come morning Kate and Alexis showered together and lifted Alexis up onto her lap with her towel wrapped around her to apply her make-up for school. Then dressed and found Castle waiting with breakfast yet again. Then greeted her at the door with a coffee to-go mug along with a deep and meaningful kiss that had Kate kissing him back just as hard.

Kate would have floated down the hallway to the elevators again but she was too sore from making love with Castle the night before. Trying to get into her car was equally painful. But she had a smile on her face the whole way that just wouldn't go away despite the discomfort. Or was it because of the discomfort?

By the end of the day they had worked out that Arthur and killed himself by jumping off the cliff. DNA off of the other body was going to take a little longer, but Kate already knew who it was. She just had to wait for the test results. Since they didn't yet have an ID on her Kate had to wait to call in her parents.

Rick was typing when the first architect showed up with his plans for the space. He didn't really like them. The architect had gone cheap on him and was keeping Martha's kitchen and the kitchenette in Alexis's room. It wasn't what he wanted. So he thanked him and threw what he left him in the trash.

The next architect was scheduled for tomorrow.

He left the apartment and drove to his pick-up site for the next flash drive. It was a coffee shop that he had only been to a couple of times. He ordered three Lattes all the same. They gave him a cup carrier to hold them all. He went outside and sat down across the street and a couple of blocks down.

He pulled out the first one and started sipping it. Then took out the other two. It didn't take any imagination to figure out one of them was empty. Opening it he found the flash drive he came here for.

He finished his latte and threw everything in the trash, except the flash drive of course.

Rick stopped off at the precinct to check in on Kate and see how she was doing.

"CASTLE?" Kate was surprised.

"I came by to see how you were feeling." Rick arches his eyebrows a couple of times.

Kate blushes and looks around quickly. "I'm fine Castle." Kate tells him.

"Good because we have a date tonight. I promised you a late night helicopter tour of the city." Rick tells her. "And maybe a different kind of tour later."

Kate is really red now. "Castle?" …. "I'll be there. You just make sure you are UP for it." Kate flirts with him.

"Oh I'm sure I can elevate you quite nicely." Rick flirts back. "Oh I brought you a little something." And Rick hands over a small brown bag.

Kate opens it to find, Kauai Coffee 100% Hawaiian Vanilla Macadamia Nut - 10 oz or 24 oz bag of coffee grounds.

"I couldn't let you run out of coffee and we need to figure out which flavor is your favorite." Rick tells her winking.

"I'm going to go talk with Roy for a minute. I will see you tonight." Rick starts to lean in and kiss her then changes his mind considering where he is.

"Roy old friend how is your day going." Rick tells him stepping in.

"Rick! … Come in, sit down. What brings you to my humble office." Roy is happy to see him.

"I came to see how you are doing. Any visitors lately?" Rick asks.

Roy looks at him and judges what to say. "I haven't had any visitors lately. I'm sure Evelyn would love to see you one day."

"That would be nice, I'll make arrangements for sometime next week. I'd stay longer but I have to get home. I have a deadline to meet and a publisher who doesn't like waiting." Rick tells him.

"You just let me know and I'll have Evelyn cook something." Roy tells him.

"I'd love it, I'll bring Alexis." Rick tells him.

"Evelyn and the girls would love to meet her. Stay out of trouble Rick." Roy warns him again.

"I'm always careful. I'll see you next week then." And Rick gets up and leaves. He passes by Kate's desk on the way out and smiles and winks at her while continuing on to the elevator. Getting a quick smile and a flash of red cheeks from Kate on the way.

Once home he pulls out his flash drive and plugs it into his laptop and runs a complete scan of it.

Opening it he finds a number of files along with a few pictures. "So they all went to the same law school, they all had the same teachers, they had attended some of the same after school classes, and Ooooo this is interesting. Birds of a feather really do flock together. So now I have more people to have fun with. My list is growing. Might be time to reduce the number on this list.

"Jack I need a letter, I think it's time to invite someone's parents for a visit. Have them come out and see Roy next week while I look up open airline tickets for them. I think it's time to turn up the heat a little." Rick asks.

"It will be ready for printing by morning." Jack tells him.

Rick went back to typing to keep Gina the bane of his existence from calling him.

Rick was still typing away madly when Kate got home. So she dropped her stuff and put her weapon away where Rick had suggested days ago and went into the kitchen. NOTHING. He must have been typing all day. Well if they were going to eat it looked like it was up to Kate this time.

Kate searched the kitchen for what ingredients Castle had before making a final decision on what to make. It had been a long time. Kate hoped she remembered it all.

Kate was busy in the kitchen making sure everything was going as planned when suddenly there were arms being wrapped around her waist and lips are soon nuzzling her neck and lower ear.

"Hhmmm, Castle you are going to make me screw this up and we'll have to order take-out." Kate tries to shake him off her lightly.

"I can think of some tasty satisfying nectar that could hold me over till breakfast." Castle tells her while nibbling on her ear lobe.

Kate moans and leans back into Castle. "Food first Castle, dessert later." And Kate shakes him off her a little harder and goes back to cooking.

Castle backs off. "Spoil sport." And puts his hand on what he now knows is a shapely rear end, while placing a finger between her butt cheeks and goosing her.

Getting a squeal out of Kate. "Castle?"

Happy with himself he heads back to the living room. "This'll be ready in a few minutes. Where's Alexis?"

"She is spending the evening with mother next door. We have the entire night to ourselves." Rick tells her from the living room.

Kate smiles wide while she starts putting everything onto plates. "Dinner is ready, come get what you want to drink Castle. …. And I don't mean me."

Rick steps into the kitchen. "Are you trying to kill me?"

Kate strokes his face which is just a little stubbly by now. "Poor baby. We'll just have to see if you can make a new personal best tonight." Kate teases him.