-adjective tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt. Kate Beckett has a daughter she received at only sixteen, but despite her being a single mom she's managed to become a homicide detective only 9 years later. When Kate meets Richard Castle she doesn't recognize him at first but as he continues to be rather sweet to her and her daughter she can't help finding him becoming a friend. Question is, why does it come so easy for her to talk to him? Why can he draw out her emotions and secrets without ever forcing her? This is an AU story of Caskett where Beckett has a daughter but has never told anyone except her mom of how it happened.