Best of Castle Part 19
Season 5 Episode 10
Alexis returned home, leaving her dorm to be taken care of by her grandmother and father. It seemed she caught Mono and she was miserable.
Kate was in the kitchen having coffee. He came in, "Sorry about this. I know this wasn't what you expected when you asked to stay here while your place was being fumigated. Alexis was supposed to be going to Paris with her mother."
She held up her cup for him to refill, "It's fine."
The door bell buzzed
He still felt bad, "Okay, well...."
Martha cut him off, "I'll get it."
He turned back to Kate, "If you want to stay in a hotel, I would completely understand..."
She interrupted him, "No! I'm not gonna leave you just because your daughter's sick."
Martha called out, "Richard."
He ignored her, "I'm gonna make this up to you in so many ways." She grinned at him, knowing exactly how he was going to do that.
Martha called out again, "Richard!"
He turned and in a drawn out reply said, "What"
Martha pointed to the gorgeous redhead standing in the doorway, "Your ex-wife is here."
Both Rick and Alexis were shocked, he blurted out, "Meredith?"
Alexis called out, "Mom?"
Meredith gave Rick a sexy grin, "Hello, kitten!" She dropped her bag in Martha's hand and entered to loft.
Rick was not happy, "Uh, what are you doing here?"
She was as flighty as ever and ignored him. She moved over to Alexis on the sofa, "Alexis! Oh, my poor baby!"
Alexis tried sitting up, "Aren't you supposed to be in Paris?"
"Not without my daughter. And since you can't go to Paris, I'm bringing Paris to you. French pastries and Funny Face. We can enjoy them as I nurse you back to health.."
Both Kate and Rick stood there in awe of how she took over the loft in a few brief minutes.
Rick came over to her, "Meredith, how..... Why so much luggage?"
She turned to him and glared at him.
He knew exactly what has happening, "Oh!"
Luckily they had a murder and had to leave. On the way there she tore into him, "I cannot believe that your are actually letting your ex-wife stay with you. With us!"
"What was I supposed to do? Stick her in a hotel?"
She replied quickly, "YES! Look, I get her taking care of Alexis, but staying at your place?"
He tried to smooth things out, "Okay, wait, hang on. I turned to you, I said, "Is it all right with you?" And then you said, "Yes!"
"What am I supposed to say? Everyone is looking at me. I'm not meant to be the bad guy in this case, you are. Besides, I gave you the look."
"What look?"
The "look" look! My look. Please don't tell me, after four years, you don't actually know the look?"
He was exhausted from this discussion, "You gotta understand...."
She cut him off, "You know what? I'm not talking about this right now." She arrived at the crime scene, "Good morning, Lanie."
Lanie looked up from the dead body, "Not from the way you sound. What's wrong?"
She stooped down beside Lanie, "Men are clueless."
She shook her head, "Men, or just Castle?" She turned and directed the question to him. "Well, no matter how miserable your day is, it's not as bad as Michelle Twohey's. She took an ice pick to the side of the neck."
Kate knew her, "Michelle Twohey, the divorce lawyer for the rick and famous? Isn't she the one that only represented women?"
Castle added, "And strikes fear in the heart of so many a soon-to-be ex-husband."
Lanie continued,m "There's something else. When I got here, she had a piece of paper in her hand., with a name and an address." She turned and called out, "Ryan!"
He came over, "The name on the paper is R. Garrison. It's a Scarsdale address."
Kevin and Javi went to the family to speak to them and Kate & Rick had an interview with the boyfriend.
Neither of the interviews led to any help.
Castle left the precinct telling Kate that he would take care of the problem with Meredith.
Kate went to see Lanie. She said she had something. When she got there Lanie was all over her, "No Beckett, you have to take care of it. This is Meredith we're talking about, the deep-fried Twinkie that Castle has ex-sex with whenever she rolls into town."
Kate didn't want to hear any of it, "Lanie! Look, I trust him. He's not gonna have sex with her without me being there too. We have an agreement."
"Fine, let's say it isn't about sex. It's about boundaries. Meredith is marking her territory. You can't just let her waltz in and out whenever she pleases."
Kate tried to defend him, "He's in a catch-22. Alexis is sick...."
Lanie cut her off, "Doesn't matter. This is a war, girl. And guess who's losing."
She let out a long sign, "I don't know. Maybe you're right."
Lanie raised her voice, "Maybe I'm right? Of course, I'm right."
"Lanie! I didn't come down here to talk about this. You said that you have something case related."
"Yes. Are you ready for some good news?"
Kate nodded, "That would be nice."
"I processed the victim's clothing and found trace amounts of someone else's blood on her jacket button. I'm running DNA now. I'll call you when I got something."