I was suffering from temporary writer's block, but you should have more consistent updates now! I feel like these first couple chapters have been done by many writers so hopefully once I get these out of the way, I will be able to get more "original" content out to you. I'm going to pump out as many chapters as I can in the next few days.

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The team made their way back to their respective cars to return to the precinct. Throughout the car ride, Castle was continually checking over each piece of information in his head. Making a revelation, Castle turned towards Beckett and pondered aloud, "I don't think Vincent is our killer."

"What do you mean he isn't our killer?" Kate asked while shooting an incredulous look at her husband in the passenger seat. "All the evidence points to Vincent as our killer."

"Well for one, the rose petals in the Tisdale murder were grandiflora, not hybrid teas."

"Seriously Rick?" Kate asked, while giving him a look that said 'are you crazy?'

"Stop looking at me like that and let me explain." Kate nodded her head in agreement, signaling Rick to continue with his theory. "The dress for the last murder was the wrong color. Someone as obsessive as Vincent would have never gotten any details incorrect, his disorder wouldn't have allowed it. Someone who knew about his condition must have set him up! They were able to use Vincent's fixation on me to get away with murder. We aren't looking for a serial killer, we are looking for a plain old fashioned murderer, someone who has motive."

Taking in all the information Rick had just unloaded on her, Kate began to ponder his theory. The missing or incorrect details, the copious amount of evidence that was all too easy to find, and the fact of the Tisdale fortune. Piecing everything together, Kate turned to Rick with wide eyes. He knew she had finally caught on.

"If all of that is true, only one of the murders was the true cause while the others were just to incriminate Vincent," Beckett said while trying to figure out who the intended target was.

"It has to be the Tisdale murder. Who would inherit Mr. Tisdale's fortune when he died?" Castle questioned, hoping to piece this whole thing together.

"Alison would…" Beckett started.

"… but with her out of the way…" Castle continued.

Beckett abruptly stopped the car, quickly pulling over to the side of the road. Beckett whipped out her phone and quickly dialed Esposito. "Espo! I need units at Harrison Tisdale's place, make sure he doesn't leave." After hanging up with Espositio, Kate restarted her car and headed towards Harrison's apartment.

"Babe, I need you to stay in the car," stated Beckett in her no-nonsense voice.

"But Kate…" Rick began to whine, "what if…"

Kate quickly cut him off. "Rick. I don't need anything happening to you. Please just stay here."

Crossing his arms over his chest with hunched shoulders and a pout, Rick whined, "Fine. But I get to be there for the interrogation."

"I'll consider it." Kate surveyed the area making sure no one was observing them when she quickly leaned across the console and gave him a short, chaste kiss. Pulling back, Kate quickly masked herself as Detective Beckett again. For good measure, Kate gave him one last look, trying her best to stress the importance of her next words: "Stay. In. The. Car."

Rick closed his eyes and surged forward, giving his wife one last kiss before she went inside Harrison's apartment building. During their kiss, Kate quickly cuffed him to the car, ensuring his compliance and safety. Once the cuffs were in place, Kate hastily exited the vehicle, making sure Rick couldn't get a hold on her.

"Hey!" Rick yelled while pulling on the cuffs.

"Just a precaution," Kate smirked as she turned around to head inside Harrison's apartment.

Once Rick saw Kate enter the building, and made sure she wasn't going to be coming back, Rick opened his wallet, grabbed his spare set of handcuff keys, and unlocked his hand. Just after removing the cuffs, Rick watched Harrison as he fled down the fire escape. Rick made sure to grab the handcuffs as he quickly jumped out of the car and began chasing Harrison, Beckett on both of their heels.

After running a few blocks, Harrison quickly turned down an alley doing his best in avoiding the police. Harrison realized his mistake when he saw the dead end of the alley. Harrison waited for Rick to enter the alley, and he grabbed him while pointing the gun at Rick.

Beckett turned into the alley and made her way past a few trucks, trying to find her husband and their suspect. Coming upon the end of the alley, the scene in front of her made Kate's heart stop.

"Rick!" Kate yelled in anguish. The perp had a gun pushed into Rick's side while he held onto Rick in a death grip.

"Stay back!" The perp yelled as Kate stepped forward. "Stay back!"

Tisdale shoved the gun harder against Rick's side causing him to cry out, "Easy, easy dude."

Beckett made another step, causing Harrison to scream again, "Don't move!"

Finally collecting herself again, Kate was able to speak while she took another tentative step forward, "Let him go, Harrison! Just let him go!"

Seeing Beckett approaching, Harrison began to back up, making sure Rick was still acting as his human shield, "Come on!" Harrison hastily ordered, pulling Rick with him.

"Rick!" Kate cried out in anguish, "You okay?" Kate watched in fear as Harrison jabbed the gun into Rick's side again.

"Yeah. But let me tell you, psycho here really needs a breath mint," Rick joked, trying desperately to ease the tension of the situation. He could tell his wife was on the brink of an all-out panic attack due to his current position.

"Shut up!" Harrison barked.

"Rick, you really aren't helping," Kate cried out desperately, attempting to end her husband's torments.

Trying to get out of the situation, Rick began to harass Harrison, hoping the perp would let him go. "Why didn't you just ask your dad for the money?"

"You know what I think? I think you did ask. I think you asked and he said 'no'. I think he always said no. A self-made man like that, I bet he thought you were weak for asking." Rick snarled while trying to squirm out of his captor's tight grasp.

Angrily, Harrison bellowed, "He's the one who was weak! I was trying to make something with my life and all he cared about was her!"

Finally, the entire story clicked in Castle's head. "That's why you killed her. It wasn't just for the money. You wanted to punish him before he died, take away the only thing he loved." Rick chuckled to himself as he pondered aloud, "That's actually a pretty good story."

"Who are you?" Harrison asked, confusion laced in his words.

Again, Kate tried to grab a handle on the situation, doing everything in her powers to make sure Rick was safe, "Harrison, let him go! It's all over!"

Shoving the gun into Rick's side yet again, Harrison cried out, "It's not over! It's not over! Drop the gun or I swear to God, I'll ki-…"

Castle swiftly threw his elbow into Harrison's nose, while quickly grabbing the gun with his other hand, making sure it was no longer aimed at himself or Kate. Rick stepped out of Harrison's embrace as Harrison fell to the ground, clutching his now broken, bloody nose.

Turning to Kate with a huge grin, "Tell me you saw that!" Rick happily exclaimed to Kate, who was making her way to Harrison.

She rolled her eyes at her husband while roughly forcing Harrison's hands behind his back. With a knee in his lower back and a hand holding Harrison's wrists together, Kate stuck out her other hand in Rick's direction, huffing with exertion, "Can I see the cuffs, please?"

Realizing he still hand the cuffs, Rick quickly handed them over to Kate with a small smile, "Yeah, sure. Here."

After Beckett cuffed Harrison, she stood up quickly, yanking Harrison to his feet with no care towards his comfort. Beckett shoved Harrison ahead of her, walking both of them towards a cruiser, Castle walking closely behind them.

Once Harrison was in the back of a cruiser headed towards the precinct, Castle and Beckett began walking back to her charger. When they were back at Beckett's charger, and out of the rest of the officers' view, Kate pulled Rick into a bone crushing hug. Rick hastily responded, wrapping his arms around his wife as he buried his face in her hair.

"Don't ever do that again. You hear me?" Kate breathed out, greif laced in her voice.

Rick pulled back from Kate to get a look at her. Her eyes were swollen from crying and tears continually ran down her face. She was breathing in quick, short breaths, almost gasping for air through her tears. Rick quickly wiped away her tears and gathered her face in his hands, cupping her cheeks. He leaned forward placing his forehead on hers while gently rubbing their noses together.

Kate wrapped her hands around his bulky frame, pulling him into her. She closed her eyes, desperately trying to memorize this moment.

"Kate, look at me."

Kate's eyes fluttered open to his deep blue eyes staring back at her with all the love in the world.

"I'm sorry," Rick said softly, "Honestly, I was fine."

Kate opened her mouth to rebuff his statement but before she could breathe a word, Rick pulled her face towards his, placing a gentle kiss on her lips to shush her.

"Harrison had the safety on the whole time."

With that, Kate broke down again. Even though her husband had essentially been safe through the entire ordeal, it was all too real for her. Seeing him with a gun pointed to his side was too much for her to handle. A life without him flashed before her eyes with every second Harrison held Rick.

Having to tell their sweet daughter that Daddy would never be coming home. Telling Martha her son died because of her. Never being able to expand their family like she desperately wanted. Seeing Alexis graduate without Rick by her side. Alexis walking down the aisle without her father, no one to give her away at her wedding. A life that wasn't worth living.

Rick pulled Kate closer to him, wrapping his entire body around her, engulfing her in love and comfort and him. With this movement, Kate knew everything was okay. Her husband was alive, her daughter wouldn't have to live without a father, and she was there to love him another day.

Kate looked up at Rick through hooded eyes and pulled him down for a passionate kiss, one that proved that he was alive and well, here with her.

When the kiss was over, Kate leaned her forehead against his again, both of her hands clasped tightly around his.

"Let's go to the precinct so I can finish my paperwork. When I'm done we can head back to your mother's to retrieve Alexis and take her out for dinner," Kate breathed out.

Pulling away from the embrace, Rick responded with a large smile on his face, "Date night with my two favorite girls, perfect."

With that, the duo got in Kate's charger and made their way to the precinct.