The private jet lands at Martha's Vineyard. Kate is greeted by another man. This time she is picked up by private auto and driven out to almost the end of the island.
The car pulls up to the last driveway on a short cul-de-sac. The driver opens her door and helps her out of the car then he moves quickly to the trunk and retrieves her bag. After closing latch he assists her to the porch where he uses a key and releases the lock to the entry then holds his hand up for her to wait before entering the house
When the door opens he indicates for Beckett to wait for just a moment on the porch. Inside there is another man standing in the foyer who gives a silent nod to the driver. The two men step outside where the original escort turns to Beckett and sets her bag just inside the door
After handing her the key he was carrying he speaks "Mrs. Castle, I am on my way to pick up your husband. We should be back in about thirty minutes and if I don't get another opportunity to tell you, I hope you and Rick enjoy your weekend. I will return Monday to pick you and Mr. Castle up, but for now I need to go get him"
The man smiles at Kate then pulls the door closed as he exits the house
She shakes her head at the events that are happening around her right now. She actually has a slight feeling that she is actually having an affair and the man she is having it with has set up this secret rendezvous with her to keep it a secret from the world. At least keeping the secret from the world part is accurate.
The thoughts about the weekend actually have raised her desires for her husband even more than they already where and having to wait for him is not helping, even though she knows he will be here very soon.
She rolls her bag into the main part of the house where she drops it just behind the couch in the living room. Then she silently walks around the building to take her own personal and private tour.
The house is not as large as their Hamptons house but it is still very roomy. She walks out to the back patio and onto the lawn. He can see the ocean nearby. She can hear the sounds of the waves splashing on the shore and the sounds of the gulls as they fly over the water searching for their next meal
Returning into the house, she takes her bag and pulls it behind her taking it into the bedroom. Once more she finds the space welcoming and comfortable. She walks into the bathroom where there is a private water closet, two separate sinks for him and her and a roomy, large two person shower. She smiles when she sees the glass enclosed space thinking that she will definitely be making use of this several times over the course of this weekend
Returning to the bedroom she sets her bag on the bed and opens the top. She removes the clothes she brought and takes them into the closet and places them on hangers. The next items are her lingerie that she takes to the chest of drawers and puts them away. Finally she takes her cosmetics and sets them on the counter in the bathroom that is obviously made for a woman to use.
She closes the bag and takes it off the bed and slides it into the corner of the room, out of the way.
She walks back to the living room then into the kitchen. Opening the refrigerator she finds it completely stocked with food for them. She takes a bottle of water out and begins to explore more of the house. As she moves from room to room taking in the elegance end beauty of the place.
She can't help but wonder who owns this house. Is it a rental that Castle located just for the weekend? She then wonders it is a time share he owns a part of and never told her about? Maybe it belongs to one of his writing buddies
She moves back toward the front of the building. It is at this moment she hears the sound of a car pulling into the gravel driveway. She looks out the window where a sight appears from the vehicle that makes her heart soar.
Her husband is here. He takes his bag from the trunk then turns and speaks a few words to the man who had driven her and now has brought her husband to her. She notices the two men seem very familiar with one another. They are both laughing and smiling in whatever conversation they are having. Before the driver leaves she sees something that she has never seen Castle do. He and this other man hug in what she know is a sign of very close friendship. A man hug
She watches as he pulls his bag to the front steps and she rushes back to the bedroom to wait for him
She hears the sound of the front door open and then close. The sound of a voice and its tone that she has craved to hear now for several weeks comes thru the house
"Hey, Love. Where are you?"
"In here babe" she responds while not moving from the bedroom.
She now hears the sound of his bag being pulled across the hardwood floors and then he appears at the door.
The smile that spreads across his face is something she is so happy to see
He drops his bag at the door and starts to move toward her when she raises her hand indicating for him to stop
He halts in his forward movement toward his wife "What's wrong"
"The last time we met like this, you made me take off all my clothes"
She walks toward the bedroom door then points him back to the bed. "Move over there!" she firmly says
He seems confused by her actions but he does as she directs
"Now, Mister. Take off YOUR clothes" and as he does, she follows removing hers as well
Once they are both undressed she rushes to him and wraps herself around him like there is no tomorrow for them
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The one thing you can say for Detectives Kevin Ryan and Javier Esposito are they can be determined. Most of the time doing this is exactly what is needed for them to do their job properly.
But sometimes they snoop into things that are just best left alone
Today's activities definitely falls into the realm of something they need to stay away from. Only problem is they are not aware that it would be best for them to not get involved in Castle and Beckett's current relationship.
Esposito is sitting at his desk looking at his screen trying to decide on his next move. He is wanting so bad to dig deeper into the information that Ryan gave him earlier but at the same time he does not want to even consider the possibility that his boss, and long time friend, would cheat on the man that gave her life meaning and brought her out of her shell. The man she has shown total and complete love for. But every bit of information he has backs up Kevin's comment that an affair is most likely the basis for the situation today
Ryan spins around partly in his chair facing toward his partner "Javi, I know this is hard for you. It is hard for me to believe. I thought that they were a forever kind of couple. I defended Castle in…whatever…was happening. But I never thought THIS was the reason. I thought this breakup was something else. Not her having an affair"
Esposito does not even turn around "Just shut up Ryan." The anger in his voice was not directed at his partner but at the situation going on all around them
Fortunately for the sake of these two partners' friendship, the desk phone rings Kevin reaches and picks it up "Detective Ryan" he listens a few minutes then grabs a note pad from his desk "Give me all that again…"
After finishing the call he turns to Esposito "We got a bad on over on LEX. Some type of gang war. A lot of gunfire. Several people down"
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A very satisfied Richard Castle is lying on his back with an equally satisfied wife on his shoulder. He is gently rubbing his hand up and down her spine and she seems to be enjoying his actions. He can almost believe that he can hear her purring
She feels his love for her just circling around them including his show of love by being in this situation with her all the way. Bad guys chasing them. A high ranking government official involved. Bracken was only a puppet. And now he is dead and they are in a house on Martha's Vineyard arranged by a very clandestine man.
She decides it might be a good time to ask some questions. She has always heard that the best way to get a man to talk is when he is naked in bed.
"Castle…can I ask you a question?"
"Of course" he responds without pause
"Who's house is this?"
He only pauses a fraction of a second "The government. It's a safe house"
Her head snaps up and her eyes lock to his "How did you pull off getting us into a government safe house?"
There is a longer pause in his answer "Years ago. In fact many, many years before I met you I did some things…some things that I could not talk about, even with my wife"
He rolls over on his side to face her nose to nose "But I have been able to get clearance to read you into some of it"
She can feel the tenseness in him. He is afraid that this might break them. He has kept this a secret from her and now he has to tell her everything that, up until now, he has been able to keep silent about due to underlying secrets
She looks at his lips then his eyes "Is this related to Sophia Turner?"
"Partly. She was my first CIA contact. After I followed her, I was contacted by the NSA"
She interrupts "The NSA? Are you serious?"
"Yeah. I did some…Um…things for them"
She pops up on her elbow "Have you ever killed anyone?"
"No. At least not that I know of. I may have brought information in that resulted in that, but, No. I never killed anyone"
"Is this where you got weapons training?"
"Yes"
"Just handguns?" she is beginning to wonder what skeletons her husband has buried under the loft
"Not qualified for anything larger than .45 cal. I had no need for the bigger stuff, but I did get to fire a 50 caliber. That was fun"
He hears a little chuckle from his wife "So, I'm married to a spy?"
He leans down to her lips and just before he kisses her "You want to do some cosplay? A little James Bond or would you prefer Matt Helm? I know…Derrick Storm"
She halts him before he connects "What did you do for them?"
"They found out about my speed reading. I was used as an analyst. They had me just go over some reports to make connections on some intelligence information"
"You were just an analyst? No field work?"
"No. Why?"
"The guy at the airport in Jersey. The driver, the guy guarding the house…and I saw you talking to the driver like you two had history"
Her turns and pulls his wife closer "Those guys were a strike team. They were out on a mission and I discovered information that indicated they walking into a trap."
"You saved their lives" Kate is proud of her husband
"Ever since then they felt like they owed me. I was just doing my job"
I always felt like Rick did something in his past that caused the kidnapping and his excellent shooting ability