"We need all the details "Beckett tells the two youth "You have to give us every small detail. One man is dead and a man is suspected of killing his partner so if you know something you need to tell us"
Robin responds first "A friend of ours, Roger Yancy was with his girlfriend at the lighthouse parking lot the other night when he decided to just go up and fire off a glo stick…"
Brett adds"…but she told him not to and that they had not done anything and she wasn't going to do anything because her dad would be angry and didn't want anyone to think she would do that"
Robin continues "But Roger thought it would be funny to do that and he went up the tower"
"Did she follow him?" Beckett asks
"No" Brett answers "but she waited in the car"
"She said after just a minute another man showed up and went inside. She looked up to the window and saw the stick light up then it dropped to the floor" Robin adds
"Then Roger came running out, jumped in the car and they left in a hurry"
Castel asks first "Did Roger push the man off the platform?"
"NO! NO!" Robin responds "Roger said the man scared him and he dropped the stick and ran as fast as he could back down to the car and they took off"
Beckett asks "What is the name of the girl?"
"Mandy…Many Phillips…she works at the party store. That is where all the sticks come from" Robin answers
This answer catches both Castle and Beckett "OK" Kate starts up "Write down the names and addresses of this couple and anyone else you know who went parking"
Brett and Robin write down the names and addresses of the couple. Kate tells them to not say anything to anyone about this conversation and the twins leave the house
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Castle and Beckett have returned to town and are headed to the police station but decide to stop at the local coffee shop to get a cup and quietly discuss the case.
Once inside Castle orders two drinks. One for him and one for Kate. When the order is ready he picks up the drink cups and begins to move toward the table to join his wife.
As he nears their table he hears a voice from his past. A voice that catches him a little off guard
"Rick?"
Castle turns at the sound and Kate's eyes flash toward the voice she also recognizes, Only…
Neither Rick nor Kate recognize the person speaking. She is a relatively tall woman. About the same height at Kate. Slender build, light brown hair, fair complexion. Slender figure
Then, it finally strikes Castle who the voice belongs to, but the body is not the same
It is Joy Mason
BUT
No bleached blond hair
No fake boobs
No deep tanned body
Just her natural self modestly dressed
"JOY? Joy Mason?" Castle is shocked
"Hi Rick, Hello Kate"
Gone is the squeaky voice. The flirty actions. The body exposing attire. The bimbo persona
"UH, Hi?" Beckett chokes out "how are you?"
"I am doing extremely well. And you?"
Almost at a total loss for words or something to say, Rick and Kate are left virtually speechless at the total and complete transformation in the woman Kate finally says something "You…you look really good"
"And you two look great yourselves"
"Thanks" Rick responds "What are you…? Uh" What are you doing here?"
He is actually asking why she is in a coffee shop when the woman he formerly knew only frequented the local bars and clubs or someone's boat at the marina .This is the same woman who once chased Castle around the harbor exposing all her assets to public view. Now she is standing here modestly dressed and having an intelligent conversation
"I came by to get my usual morning caffeine fix before heading out to my job"
Again knowing her usual job was picking up sugar daddies to take care of her high priced personal life style, Rick wonders "What are you doing now? I mean you mentioned a job?"
"Yeah, I am a writer now"
Kate almost chokes out "A writer? I mean like Castle? You write novels?"
"Oh No…nothing so wonderful as his books. And by the way, I did finally read all of them and they were great" she looks at Kate "He is so lucky to have found you, to be his inspiration for Nikki Heat. His love for you is in every word he puts in his stories of her"
"Well thank you" Kate is trying to figure out what is happening here
"Anyway, I am writing a travel piece for the Vacation magazines. I am syndicated now. But I mostly write for visitors to Long Island…you know? The best places to eat. The best Bed and Breakfast places. Stories like that"
Castle now wonders if he might have read any of her pieces "I don't think…I think I might have seen your stories but I did not see your name on any pieces"
"You probably would not recognize me. I write under the pseudonym…Island Girl"
A knowing look appears on Kate's face "I have read some of your work. It is great: Kate looks over to her husband "She has done some really nice tales about the point"
"Thank you Kate…that means a lot to me coming from you"
Now Castle and Beckett are more confused about the new woman standing before them. A person that was last seen bleached blond, bimbo, FAKE boobs and wearing almost no clothing and what she did have on would be so tight no one knew how she could even walk.
Now, standing in front of Rick and Kate is an intelligent woman nicely dressed with a natural look
"Joy, I had no idea that it was you writing those articles" Beckett responds
"No Kate! I really need to thank you"
Beckett looks over to her husband for support "For what? What did I do?"
"Kate you took him off the market" She throws a thumb in Castle's direction
"Me marrying Castle is responsible for the change we see in you?"
"Not the marrying part but all that came before. That man loved you from affair for a long time and no matter what I did to get his attention he already belonged to you"
Kates face flushes briefly then Joy continues "He was not interested in my assets but he was totally into yours"
Kate, once again, looks at her husband who is pretending to ignore the woman's compliments
"What assets…er things are you talking about?"
"Kate, when I tried to show Richard a lot of my body, and at the time I had a lot to show, he was only interested you. Your heart…and you mind. You are extraordinary, Kate. Don't ever forget that and that was the most important part of you"
Kates blush appears once more
"As I realized I was the talk of the town, and not in a good way I knew things had to change, so I decided if I really wanted the things you have, I needed to make a change in my lifestyle. I do have a decent IQ but I used my body instead. I had the fake boobs removed, I let my hair grow out to its normal color and stopped spending 16 hours a day in the sun"
"Not to mention writing a nice travel piece" Rick remarks
"And I finally met a nice man who cares for this end of the island as much as I do. He is the president of the local visitor's bureau and we are moving toward a lifetime together…and Kate, you are responsible"
Kate looks at her husband and smiles at what was just said then Joy adds. "I also write a few local interest stories for the paper here…in fact I just put a piece about you two"
"US?" Castle asks
"Yeah. I write a local interest column and you two and your beautiful children shopping in town were included in the latest"
"That was you who wrote that story about us? Kate asks
"Yes it was…" Joy's face changes to worry "is that OK?" she seems concerned that Beckett might not have liked what was said
"Joy that was a sweet thing you wrote about us" Kate responds
"I write how I see it and I liked what I saw on you two"
Beckett gets a thought "Joy. There was a story about glowing lights in the lighthouse. Was that one of your stories as well?"
Joy laughs a moment "You read that? Yeah I needed to fill a couple of column inches and that was an older story I resurrected"
"What do you mean OLDER?" Castle asks
"We have had these things happening around here for some time. But it got really weird lately"
"What do you mean?" Kate asks
"Years before the light would get turned off then the glow then it was turned back on before the park rangers had time to respond. I think the kids today are just doing it differently than their parents"
"What do you mean? Parents?"
"The 'deal' in the lighthouse started many years ago. Then the kids did something using semaphore flags and now the teenagers are going back to glo sticks"
"We believe this started with the parents of the teenagers of today.
Kate and Rick look at each other when Kate speaks up "So any parents would know the significance of the lights and might know what their children were up to?"
Joy is beginning to see where Beckett and Castle are going with their theory building
"That sound like a possibility" Joy responds
Kate decides to see if Joy has information "Do you know the names of the families that were here years before and have teenagers now?"
"I can find out. Do you want me to help with that?"
Rick responds "That would be good"
A smile opens on the woman "I will be honored to help you two. Let me go to the paper and do some research and I will get back to you" Joy Mason stands and rushes out the door
Castle then turns back toward his wifeand smiles "It seems my wife can do about anything and without even trying"
Kate blushes at his remark
Beckett's phone rings bringing the conversation back to the case at hand. Called ID says Fallon
"Beckett" Kate answers 'Yes Agent Fallon, we have new information about the…"
She is interrupted by Fallon beginning to give Beckett the current information. She turns on the speaker
"We located Zack at a motel in Sag Harbor and you will never guess who he was with?"
Castle answers "His wife?"
"Yeah and they said they have been together since the first day when his partner's body was found. It seems that Lance Walker had arranged a little second honeymoon for Zack and his wife as a surprise. Lance was trying to help Zack's marriage"
Beckett asks "Are you sure that Lance was not having an affair anyway?"
Fallon seems to hate responding to the question "It seems that Lance and Zack's wife are siblings. She was devastated by the news"
"So what a casual observer saw was actually a brother trying to help his sister?"
"We were not aware that there was a family relationship." Fallon admits "So now we are back to square one"
Rick and Kate look at each other and smile. Kate responds "Maybe not…"
I love to bring players back and mess with your minds