The Good and The Bad (A Caskett Story)

Chapter 4

"Nicole Hunter?" Beckett asked as the blonde opened the door.

"Yes?"

"I'm Detective Kate Beckett and this is Richard Castle with the NYPD. We would like to ask you a couple questions," Becket informed the young woman.

"Um, yeah, what's this about?" Nicole opened the door wider for the two to walk in. They sat down in the living room of the small cozy apartment.

"Do you know a Dominic Wild?" Kate started.

"Um, yeah, he was my ex. He tried to kill me. Why?"

"Sorry to interrupt but can I use your bathroom?" Castle asked. Nicole nodded and told him where it was.

"He was murdered this morning, on your street a couple alleys down. Do you know what he was doing here?"

"Um, no. I didn't even know he was out of jail."

"His apartment is all the way on the other side of town. Why would he come here?"

"Like I said, I didn't know he was out of jail."

"Dominic also went by the name John Olsen." Nicole dropped her head to her hands.

"That was my uncles name before he passed. That was a week before Dom went to jail."

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's fine. It happened awhile ago."

"I am sorry but I have to ask where you were between 5-6 this morning."

"Oh, of course. I was out for my run. You can ask my neighbors they always say good things to me before I leave and when I come back."

"One more question and we will be out of your hair."

"Your partner takes a long time to go to the bathroom." Kate looked behind her.

"Yeah, I know. Anyways, you recently bought a 45. Am I correct?" Castle came back and sat down next to Beckett.

"Um, yeah."

"May I ask why?"

"I don't know. To be safe? I just thought I should get one just in case, you know? But it got stolen from my car just yesterday morning."

"Did you file a report?"

"No, I didn't. I didn't want to get into things. Didn't want to start anything."

"That's all I wanted to know. Thank you for your time." The three stood up and shook hands and left.

"What did you get?" Kate asked in the elevator.

"He was definitely staying there."

"Yeah, guess we will have to check out that alibi."

"Find anything else?"

"No. There were condoms in the bathroom and his phone." Her head snapped to him.

"You found his phone?"

"Yup, it was under the bed." He remained looking forward and she waited for him to tell her more.

"And? Did you grab it?" She asked. He looked down at her.

"Did I grab it? Of course I grabbed it! I'm not that dumb!" She smiled at him.

"Can I have it?" She asked. The elevator dinged and the door opened. They walked out of it into the lobby and towards the car.

"And what do I get in return?" He pushed. She rolled her eyes.

"Castle," she warned.

"I'm serious Beckett," he said. She unlocked the car and held out the keys.

"I'll let you drive," she shook them in from of his face. It was tempting for him to grab them but he refused and got in on the passengers side. She rolled her eyes and got in on the other side. "Castle, please."

He looked over at her and smirked. "No Castle, I'm not having sex in the precinct again."

"That's not what I was thinking," he said seductively and looked around in the car.

"Rick, I'm not having sex with you in a car where people can easily just look in the window at us. Plus we already did that once, it was not comfortable, at all."

"No, no, it involves handcuffs and me totally in charge. You can't help or do anything. All me." She squinted her eyes at him.

"Ugh, fine."

"And-"

"Castle," she warned.

"I was going to say you have to give me a nice smooch, right here, right now."

"God, Castle. You're so needy," she chuckled and leaned over the counsel to kiss him. "You good?"

"Will be after tonight," he gave her a dirty grin. She rolled her eyes and started up the car.
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"Alright, Nicole Hunters definitely is hiding something. She says that she didn't even know he was out of jail and her 45 got stolen from her car yesterday morning but Castle found Wild's phone under the bed along with other of his necessities," Beckett informed the other two detectives.

"Yeah, we checked her phone records and she called a number quite a lot the last week." Espo said making his way over to the board.

"Nicole also took out 15 thousand dollars from the bank and recently bought a new phone which was a match to Wild's." Ryan piped in.

"That doesn't make sense. He tries to kill her then they get together again?" Beckett questioned.

"What if Nicole Hunter didn't file that report. What if it was someone else who hated Wild. Like an ex or parent or an old friend. They filed the report making it sound like Nicole did. He goes to jail, Nicole goes to see him everyday, he gets out and she helps him get out of the loop. Helps find him a name after her uncle, gives him money, a home." Castle theorized.

"Okay, then why would he need to buy a place on the opposite side of town?" Beckett asked.

"So whoever filed the report doesn't find out they are together again."

"That actually makes since. Good job Castle." Beckett put her hand up for him to high five it.
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oooo this is fun too write 😏 wait till the end of this ..... It'll get better 😏 *evil laugh*

A/N: Why was I like that ^^^. I am just too funny! Not... At least this is a longer chapter.