The rest of her week went far too slow to suit her. She did not think Friday would ever arrive, but it is finally here and she is ready…so ready to go on a retreat with him, her husband, her man, like they did once before when he took her to the Hamptons for the very first time keeping it away from their friends. It's just this time it is for all of their safety, not just to keep things hidden from friends.
She finishes reviewing her files and re verifies all her e-mails are answered and the higher ups know she will be gone until Tuesday
She steps out to the bull pen and walks up beside Javier's desk "Hey guys, I am heading out. I will be back on Tuesday. If anything happens, I know you two can take care of anything that comes up, so I will see you Tuesday"
She turns to walk out when Ryan speaks up "What if we really need you. Where will you be?"
"You will not be needing me" she responds firmly
"But what if we do?" Ryan asks again
The hard questioning brings a look of wonderment from Esposito that does not go unnoticed by Captain Beckett
And she does seem concerned as to why Ryan is trying so hard to get information about her weekend "OK. I will have my phone on but it will be on silent, so if you absolutely must talk to me, send a message and when I have a chance, I will check my messages, but don't expect me to answer immediately. Understood?"
"So dispatch will have a way to contact you?"
"Yes. But please don't" She actually has more worries happening "Look guys. I am having a weekend spa getaway. Just my trying to deal with some things happening in my life right now, so please respect this. OK?"
Esposito answers first as he always defends her "Got it boss. We will take care of everything here. See you on Tuesday and have fun" he turns back to the files on his desk and goes back to work
She exits the floor and heads down to the garage to get her cruiser and head over to the airport where Castle arranged her to have a private plane take her to their planned destination
Within minutes of her departure from the precinct the elevator doors opens and off walks Richard Castle carrying a bundle of roses and what looks like a box of candy. He proudly marches toward the captain's office but as he turns the corner he sees the door is closed, the lights arte off and there is no one there. He turns back to the bull pen and the two other detectives.
When he arrives at Ryan's desk he comments "Have you seen Beckett?" he points at her door "the office is empty"
Esposito answers first "She left for the weekend. She said she is going on a spa retreat and for us to not bother her"
"But…I…uh…" Castle is holding the gifts he brought "Our anniversary is this weekend and I wanted to give these to her"
Javier Esposito stands up into Castle's face "You should have thought about that before you went out and banged some tramp on the street"
"Javi…man easy. I told you I have not been…"
Before Castle can finish his statement the fiery Hispanic detective is in his face "I think it is time you left this station and you need to find some other woman to cheat on like what you have done to that woman in there" he points toward the captain's office "The woman who loved you more than anything"
He pauses for effect "Do we understand each other?"
Castle seems to have taken Esposito's words to heart "Yeah. I get it" Castle drops the flowers and candy on top of Ryan's desk "you two might be able to use these" he turns and walks back out of the station
Once the elevator doors close Javier Esposito turns back to his partner "I hope he tries one more time to stick his nose in here. He may be bigger than me, but you know what they say…the bigger they are the harder they fall"
Ryan stays quiet for just a few moments then he speaks "Javi, there is something you need to know, follow me" and Ryan walks toward the privacy of the small conference room
Once inside the room and the door is closed, Ryan glances out to the bull pen to make sure there will be no interruption, then looks at his partner "Javi, Beckett is having an affair"
Someone could have just hit Esposito in the head with a hammer and he would not have noticed it. When he finally recovers from the statement of his partner "What do you mean, she is having an affair? And who told you that anyway, and what proof do you have?"
Ryan is still looking out to the floor "you remember the other day when Beckett went out on that shots fired call with Karposwky?"
"Yeah! The one that was a movie shoot?"
"Yes. That one. When you and I came back she was still out but we did not know where she was. I went into her office and saw a phone sitting on the desk…"
"You looked At Beckett's phone?"
"I didn't know it was her phone. It was a plain burner phone. Not department issue so I thought it might be evidence or something"
"OK so you looked at it. What does that prove?"
"There was a message between the owner of the phone and a guy named Chase planning on a weekend getaway for this weekend"
"So. That could still have been a suspect's phone"
"When she came back she seemed worried that the phone was still on the desk. She looked around then slipped the phone into her pocket"
Esposito looks out to the almost empty floor "And now Beckett is gone for the weekend…"
Ryan finishes the thought "And she did not want to talk about where she was going this weekend…"
Javi's thoughts drift to what he does not want to admit "And she insisted we leave her alone"
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Just before she leaves her apartment, she takes out her department issue cell phone and sets up forwarding to send any messages to her burner phone. That way if the guys try to text her, it will appear to go thru but it will only forward to her burner phone. Then she turns off her department cell making its GPS inoperative. If the guys do try to track her it will only lead them to the street outside her apartment and not to the Teterborough Airport in Jersey where she is driving. But if she absolutely must contact them, she can turn it on and respond.
When she arrives in New Jersey she has pulled into the parking space designated and got out and locked her car. Moving to the trunk she opens the latch and pulls out her bag. It is not too large. Just large enough for three changes of clothes, an extra pair of shoes and extra underwear.
She deliberately packed only one night gown. The one she took the first time they went to the Hamptons together. Like before no one knew about them and now she is keeping the fact she is meeting Castle for a guilty liaison just like then but her plans do not include her wearing the night gown. But she calls it her emergency fire apparel. If the building burns she has something to cover up with as she escapes the burning building.
After she closes the trunk she spots her contact. She has been told to look for a man wearing a Texas Ranger Baseball cap but a NY Yankees shirt
She steps beside the man. No words are spoken. He takes her bag and rolls it to a waiting small passenger jet. He loads it on the plane helps her on board then closes the door
Kate smiles at the man "Thank you"
"Anything you and Rick need, I am glad to help with. I owe him big time"
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After their shift ends both Ryan and Esposito do not even attempt to get up. They finally turn in their chairs and face one another
Esposito speaks first "I might have misjudged Castle and his motives"
"Javi we both seem to be wrong in this, but if Castle did go pick up a hooker on 7th avenue"
"He was pretty adamant that the last woman he went to bed with was Kate"
"Yeah he was" Ryan responds
Both men sit quiet then Esposito finally makes a suggestion "Let's ping Beckett's phone and see where she is?"
Ryan is having a small pang of guilt over looking at her phone "May be we should just let her private life stay private"
"Kevin, this whole split thing happening with her and Rick is affecting work. Let's just see if we can find where she is"
Ryan turns to his computer and issues a ping request for Beckett's phone
Kevin is not happy with the response "She turned the GPS off but it last answered it was still at her apartment
I do have to say that reading the blogs about the most recent episodes are not helping me write this but I will try my best
I stopped watching after 8x04