"That looks serious," Richard Castle commented as he leant across to look into Montgomery's office, Ryan and Esposito doing the same in complete silence. "What do you think it's about?" the writer immediately questioned, watching as the older man continued to talk on the phone, any earlier smile about it being his daughter's birthday disappearing and instead being replaced with concern and anger.

"How are we supposed to know? We're not lip readers Castle," Esposito declared, the three men immediately falling silent when Montgomery put the phone down and turned to face them, the two detective's and writer immediately turning away to at least try and look like they weren't staring at their Captain. Hearing the door open, they quickly turned again to find Montgomery walking towards them before resting against an empty desk. One of their detective's had retired and they were still searching for a replacement so the desk was basically a seat for whenever Montgomery came out to discuss a case with them. "Sir," Esposito said as he nodded and sighed.

"What's the case sir?" Ryan asked.

"Johanna Beckett," he immediately stated as shock covered the detective's face while confusion covered the writers. Johanna Beckett? Who was Johanna Beckett and why did it affect the three of them so much?

"Who's Johanna Beckett?" Rick immediately asked, knowing that he needed to catch up.

"She was a lawyer, a pretty impressive one apparently," Esposito explained as Rick nodded slowly. "Twelve years ago she was murdered in an alleyway and it was put down to gang violence, no one caught the bastard," he explained as Rick remained silent, taking in all the information.

"I still don't see why this makes everyone pull those faces," Rick admitted as Ryan shook his head at the writer. The case hadn't come up while the writer had been shadowing him so he didn't know anything, he didn't know how disgusting this case was. How horrifying and destructive it had been to the whole Beckett family.

"There's a daughter as well, Katherine Beckett," Ryan stated as Rick nodded, still listening. "She was with her mom the night she was killed. She was home from college and had gone to work with her mom for the day and they were on their way to meet her father at a local restaurant but they never turned up," he explained.

"And what happened to her?" Rick questioned.

"She was put into a coma, she's been in a coma for twelve years," Esposito blurted out as everyone fell silent. "She was nineteen years old, watched her mother die and then they smacked her around the head with something and she's been in a coma for twelve years," he declared before standing up and walking towards the break room.

"Did he know them or something?" Rick questioned as Kevin shook his head.

"He spent a lot of time at the hospital with Kate and with the husband, Jim Beckett. He watched as his alcoholism got worse and he's been there when Jim's been arrested occasionally. He would take him home" Ryan explained as Rick nodded. "She was a clever girl, a bit rebellious at times but her parents adored her and she was at college studying law. She wanted to be just like her mother and twelve years of her life have been destroyed. She's going to wake up one day and she'll have lost both of her parents because her mother's dead and her father is just killing himself slowly," he explained as Rick sighed, taking in all the information. This case clearly meant a lot to everyone and now he wanted to help, wanted to get some justice for the dead woman and her daughter who had lost twelve years of her life.

"Why are we looking into it again?" Rick immediately questioned, glancing up at Montgomery who was staring down at his wedding ring before he glanced across, waiting until Esposito re-joined them with a coffee in his hands.

"Katherine Beckett woke up this morning and I want you to go and question her, see whether she remembers anything about that night or who attacked them," he explained before standing and walking back into his office, leaving the three men to pull on their jackets and disappear out of the precinct to the hospital.

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"I don't want you to push her," the doctor explained as he stood with them, his arms crossed across her body. "She's only just woken up, she's confused and she doesn't remember the event. She doesn't know that her mother's dead and I don't want you to tell her until she's feeling better," he declared as the detective's remained silent. They weren't supposed to do that. They needed to get as much information from her in an attempt to solve the case, to get the justice for her mother.

"Can we at least talk to her?" Esposito asked as the doctor nodded, leading the three men towards the room before he opened the door slowly and smiled at the brunette who was lying in the bed in complete silence.

"Kate, these people want to talk to you about what happened," he explained before walking off, leaving them alone in the room.

"Hello Kate, I'm Detective Esposito and this is Detective Ryan," Esposito introduced as Kate stared at her, not knowing what else to say. "Can we ask you some questions about the accident?" he asked as she bit into her lip, staring at them in silence as Rick stepped forward. "And this is Richard Castle, he's shadowing us," Esposito explained as Kate stared at him in confusion.

"Where's my mom?" Kate asked quietly as Rick fell silent and moved to sit in the seat beside the bed while she continued to stare at him. "Where are my mom and my dad? Why aren't they here?" she questioned as they all stared at her, noticing the tears in her eyes as she bit into her lip.

"They'll be here soon," Ryan immediately stated, trying to stick to what the doctor had told them to do. "Miss Beckett can you tell us anything about what happened the night you were attacked?" he asked as she shook her head.

"I don't remember anything about that night," she said simply before she shut her eyes. "I remember waking up in the morning and going to work with my mom, she was stressing because she was working on this huge case and was running late and then I don't remember anything else," she explained before groaning. "I just want my mom and my dad please."

"We'll try and get your dad here soon Kate," Rick said quietly, watching her as she bit into her lip and stared at him again.

"If you remember anything Miss Beckett do call us," Esposito declared as he wrote down his number and placed it on the table beside her bed. "We'll leave you to rest," he stated before he and Ryan moved towards the door. "Castle," he stated as Rick moved to stand up, stopping when Kate took hold of his hand tightly.

"Can you stay please?" she whispered as he nodded and sat back down, glancing across at the two detectives who quickly nodded and moved out of the room. "Please stay until my parents get here," she almost begged as he smiled at her, not knowing what to her as she shut her eyes. "I really want my mom."

"I know," he whispered, hating the fact that soon this woman who probably still believed she was a vulnerable nineteen year old was going to learn that everyone was lying to her and her mother was dead.

What do you think? Please review, I love hearing from you and I promise I will still be updating my other stories as well as this one.

I kind of based this on Stana's character in ER and have been thinking about this story for a long time and decided to just write it and see what you think about it. Hopefully, if you like it, they'll be another chapter up soon. This chapter just kind of sets up the story and gets us ready for the main drama and well, please please please review.