Castle Season 3 Episode 15

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00:00I can't believe you elbowed me in the face, Dave.

00:04It was an accident, Charles.

00:05Come inside.

00:06I'll get you an ice pack.

00:07Vicki!

00:08I've got Charles with me.

00:09Vicki!

00:10Damien.

00:11Vicki?

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00:43Vicki!

00:44I'm just saying, the first Valentine's Day you spend with somebody is important.

00:45Yeah, but Lainey doesn't care about that stuff.

00:46All women care.

00:47Becca, you and Josh, you got big plans for Valentine's Day, right?

00:49Josh is a surgeon.

00:50I'm a cop.

00:51I mean, unlike the event that we have a couple of hours free on Monday night, we might go

00:55to dinner.

00:56See you.

00:57Hey Castle, it's Becca.

00:58Call me when you get a chance.

00:59Call me when you get this.

01:00Ooh, Castle's going to be sorry that he missed this one.

01:02Why?

01:03Rich people, man.

01:04Society murders are always the freakiest.

01:08Call came in about an hour ago.

01:10The owner of the house, Damien Westlake,

01:12says all was well when he left at 5 PM

01:14to meet his neighbor, Charles Utley, for a game of pickup.

01:18When the men returned at 6 PM, Vittoria Westlake was dead.

01:22Murder weapon?

01:25Nail gun.

01:26It's over there.

01:28See?

01:29Told you.

01:31Freaky.

01:32The back door was ajar.

01:34Officers found what appears to be a gang tag

01:36on the rear wall of the building.

01:38The paint's fresh.

01:39I'll reach out to the gang unit,

01:40see if they can ID it for us.

01:41And I'll talk with Mr. Utley.

01:45Westlake's have a dog, so if neighbors heard barking,

01:47we might be able to pinpoint a timeline.

01:49Canvassed, and nobody heard the dog.

01:51The ME tentatively puts time of death

01:53between 4 30 and 6 o'clock.

01:554 30, which means she might have been

01:56dead before the husband left the house.

01:59Where is Mr. Westlake?

02:07Mr. Westlake, I'm Detective Kate.

02:10Castle.

02:13Castle, what are you doing here?

02:16Damien Westlake is an old friend of mine

02:18from boarding school.

02:19He knows about my relationship with the NYPD.

02:21He just called me to give him some support.

02:23Which is when you should have called me to let me know.

02:25I just got here, and I had no idea this would be your case.

02:29Well, now that you do, is there anything you want to tell me

02:31that might be pertinent?

02:32Nothing, I'd never even met Vicky.

02:34But now, at least I can tell Damien

02:36the finest detective in New York City

02:38is working his wife's case.

02:41Everything was fine when she left.

02:44The last thing she said to me was to have a good game.

02:47Mr. Westlake, do you know of anyone that

02:48might have wanted to harm Vicky?

02:50No, everyone loved her.

02:52Someone spray painted your back wall.

02:54Did you notice anyone suspicious

02:56hanging out when you left?

02:58No, Vicky shouldn't even have been here.

03:00She came home early from work with a headache.

03:03Hey, we're going to catch the guy who did this, OK?

03:05I promise.

03:06What did she do for a living?

03:08Interior design.

03:09And you?

03:13Damien's a writer.

03:15Anything I might have read?

03:17No, I've never been published.

03:19How long were the two of you married?

03:20Five years.

03:21And would you characterize your relationship

03:23as happy?

03:24Well, why would you need to ask that?

03:27It's all right, Ricky.

03:29I love my wife very much.

03:32She was my whole world.

03:34Mr. Westlake, I'm sorry, but I'm going

03:35to have to ask you a few questions

03:37about the murder weapon.

03:38OK, why would you need to ask him about the murder weapon?

03:41Castle.

03:43The nail gun, was that yours?

03:45No.

03:46We've been doing some remodeling.

03:48Any tools in the house belong to the workmen.

03:50Did you ever have any?

03:50Were there ever any issues with these workmen?

03:52Yeah, I overheard Vicky on the phone

03:55with someone last Friday evening.

03:57She told me he was fired and he shouldn't come back.

03:59You know his name?

04:00I asked her about it.

04:02She told me it was nothing.

04:03Talk to Amber Patinelli.

04:05Amber works for Vicky.

04:07Look, if you don't mind, I really

04:09need to call Vicky's ex-husband, Simon, and her kids.

04:12I'm sure the press is going to be all over this,

04:14and I don't want them to hear about it on television.

04:16Of course.

04:17Excuse me.

04:23Hey, why are you mad at me?

04:25I'm just looking out for my friend.

04:27You challenged my authority in front of a suspect, Castle.

04:31Since when is Damien a suspect?

04:32Right now, everyone is.

04:33You know that.

04:34That's how I do my job.

04:35I will not have you get in the way of an investigation.

04:37I won't. I won't.

04:39I promise.

04:39But now can we get onto real suspects, like workmen?

04:41Like mystery gang members?

04:43Question away.

04:45Look, I promised Damien we would get the guy that did this.

04:50Let me help you, please.

04:52Yo, Castle.

04:54Hey, you made it.

04:55Yeah.

04:57So I talked with Damien Westlake's friend,

04:59Charles Utley.

05:00He said Damien was distraught when

05:02he found his wife's body.

05:04But he also says that during their normally friendly game,

05:06Damien was unusually tense and aggressive.

05:09So maybe he shoots his wife, then goes shoot some hoops,

05:11injures his friend, brings him inside,

05:13or establishes an alibi.

05:14You know, Vicky Westlake had an argument with one

05:16of her workers on Friday.

05:17A worker who, and I'm just speculating here,

05:19may have some experience with nail guns.

05:21Maybe we should go run check out that lead

05:23before we rush to judgment on an innocent man.

05:25I'm sorry.

05:26Is this you staying out of the way?

05:28This is me simply making a point about remaining objective.

05:31OK.

05:39Excuse me.

05:40Amber Patinelli.

05:42I'm Detective Esposito.

05:43This is Detective Ryan.

05:44We'd like to talk with you about Vicky Westlake.

05:46Of course.

05:47Oh my god, it's just so terrible.

05:49Vicky's husband said that she had a fight with one

05:51of the workmen at her house.

05:52She fired the carpenter, Morris Hasberg.

05:55My god, you don't think that Morris did this?

05:57We're looking at several suspects.

06:01What did Morris do to get fired?

06:02He stole her engagement ring.

06:04Vicky was afraid of getting mugged,

06:05so she didn't wear it much.

06:07Vicky looked for it in her jewelry box last week,

06:09and it was missing.

06:10Jewelry box?

06:11My fiancee never takes her ring off her finger.

06:14Is your fiancee's ring 11 carats?

06:17Morris was hired to make a cabinet for the master bath.

06:19He was the only person in the bedroom.

06:21Vicky told him if he didn't return the ring,

06:23she'd have to call the police.

06:24Morris went crazy.

06:26Crazy how?

06:27He came to the house on Monday morning, and he made a scene.

06:30He said that if she didn't stop telling lies,

06:32bad things would happen.

06:35Morris Hasberg.

06:36It turns out the Westlake's carpenter

06:38learned his trade at Sing Sing.

06:39We did 8 to 10 for armed robbery back in the late 90s.

06:42Witnesses report seeing his truck

06:43in front of the Westlake's townhouse

06:45on the day of the murder.

06:46Do I see two men jumping on a hot workman-related lead?

06:51That sounded a lot dirtier than I wanted it to.

06:54We'll bring him in.

06:55OK.

06:56Oh, actually, those were those.

07:01See?

07:02I told you it wasn't Damien.

07:04I never said it was.

07:05In fact, I would be very happy if Morris was our guy.

07:08You have wrong guy.

07:10Morris, forensics came back on the nail gun.

07:12Your fingerprints are all over the murder weapon.

07:15I must use nail gun for carpenter.

07:18Well, then what was your truck doing parked

07:20on her street on Wednesday?

07:22She say, come see her.

07:24You expect us to believe that Mrs. Westlake invited you back

07:28into her house after you stole her ring and threatened her?

07:31Mrs. Westlake, she find ring.

07:34She called to me and say to come there.

07:37And then she say sorry to accuse.

07:40She cry.

07:41She cry?

07:42She cried?

07:43Is truth?

07:46Hasbro's alibi is truth.

07:48Shut the front door.

07:50CSU inventory the jewelry and the engagement ring is there.

07:54But there were other prints on the weapon.

07:56Partials, but none of them are in the system.

07:59OK, so what's our new theory?

08:01Who's our new suspect?

08:04Come on, not Damien.

08:05Castle, bad guys breaking into houses bring their own weapons.

08:08Dogs bark at strangers.

08:10And over one third of domestic female homicide victims

08:13are murdered by their husbands.

08:15I don't care about statistics.

08:16I am telling you, Damien is not capable of murder.

08:20You know, I could say that about maybe three people

08:22that I've met in my entire life.

08:24What is it about this guy that warrants this unshakable faith

08:27that you have in him?

08:28When I was 14, my mom sent me to Edgewick Academy.

08:32I was homesick.

08:35And I didn't have any friends.

08:36So I wrote about it.

08:38One day, I submitted a story to the literary magazine.

08:41Damien Westlake was the editor.

08:42And he published it.

08:43More than that.

08:45He called me down to his office.

08:47He sat me down, and he said, Ricky,

08:52you have a great talent.

08:58No one had ever said anything like that to me before.

09:01Damien, he encouraged me.

09:03He critiqued me.

09:04He always made me take a little deeper.

09:08Without Damien Westlake, I'm a lawyer.

09:11I'm a grifter.

09:12I'm a rodeo clown.

09:13But I am not a writer.

09:18Without him, I'm not me.

09:22Yo, I ran a standard background check on Damien Westlake.

09:26Turns out Vicky isn't the first family member

09:27that he's lost to violence.

09:29You mean his father?

09:32When Damien was a teenager, he was

09:35When Damien was 19, his father was

09:38killed at the Westlake vacation home in Puerto Rico.

09:41Not killed, Castle.

09:43Murdered.

09:45Now, you didn't tell us.

09:46Tell you what?

09:49How is the tragic death of Damien's father

09:51over two decades ago in any way relevant to this case?

09:54I'll tell you how.

09:57The cops that were investigating that case

10:00named Damien as the prime suspect.

10:05Castle, it's one thing for you to look out for your friend.

10:09It's a completely different story when you

10:11hide vital information from me.

10:14I wasn't hiding it.

10:15I just didn't think it mattered.

10:17You didn't think it mattered that Damien was a suspect

10:20in a previous homicide.

10:21I didn't know he was a suspect.

10:24And since he was never arrested and that case is still

10:26unsolved, I'm guessing those cops have a lot of theories

10:29and know everything about Damien Westlake.

10:31I don't know.

10:32I don't know.

10:33There's a lot of theories and no evidence.

10:35Like another detective I could name right about now.

10:37You know, if this was anybody else,

10:39you'd be asking me why I hadn't already slapped the cuffs on him.

10:42But it isn't anyone else.

10:44And I'm telling you, you are way off base on this one.

10:47What's going on?

10:48Mom and dad are fighting.

10:49Who's winning?

10:50We agreed that you would stay out of my way on this.

10:52Yes, but I did not agree I would stand by

10:54and let you railroad my friend.

10:55Castle, you are too close to this one.

10:57You need to go home now.

11:03Yeah.

11:04Yeah, thanks, Billy.

11:05Call 5-1-1.

11:06Yes, sir.

11:07OK.

11:11Let's get a hold of Philip Westlake's case file.

11:13I want to find out why no arrests were made.

11:15And Vicki Westlake's ex-husband, Simon Campbell,

11:18let's bring him in.

11:18OK.

11:19Let's go.

11:20Let's go.

11:21Let's go.

11:22Let's go.

11:23Let's go.

11:24Let's go.

11:25Let's go.

11:26Let's go.

11:27Let's go.

11:28Let's go.

11:29Let's go.

11:30Let's go.

11:31Let's go.

11:32Go.

11:36Sorry.

11:37I had to get out of there.

11:38I keep thinking I'm gonna hear Vicki's voice.

11:40And I'm gonna come around the corner

11:42and see her curled up on the sofa.

11:44Listen, Damien, I'm sorry.

11:45Something's come up in the investigation.

11:48Your father's murderer, you are a suspect.

11:52Some creep broke into our house, robbed the place,

11:56and shot my father.

11:57The cops decided on day one that it must have been me.

12:00Were you there?

12:01I was at college, 2,000 miles away.

12:05I know you and your father didn't

12:06have the best relationship.

12:09It only got worse after my mother passed away.

12:12And when you died, you inherited everything.

12:17Detective Becker thinks I got away with murder once,

12:20now I've done it again, doesn't she?

12:22Damon, you should have told me.

12:24I'm not a cop, I'm your friend.

12:26That's right, you are.

12:28Remember when you first came to Edgewick?

12:31I remember.

12:32I was the one that told them to give you a chance.

12:35I'm looking for the same chance now.

12:39Mr. Campbell, how did you get along with your ex-wife?

12:43Well, it was hard for a while, I was bitter.

12:45Vicki left me for him, you know?

12:49We had a home, we had two kids going into their teens,

12:52and she fell madly in love with Damian Westlake and left me.

12:54And what did you know about him, about his past?

12:57I know he doesn't work, comes from money, I guess.

13:00Typical spoiled child that grew into a spoiled man.

13:03I know Vicki regretted marrying him.

13:05And why would you say that?

13:06Vicki's business is on the ground floor of our brownstone.

13:09I used to live in the top two floors with the kids.

13:12I would see her every day, you know,

13:13singing a little tune or gazing fondly

13:16at some new bobble he had gotten her.

13:19And lately, there was less singing and more crying.

13:24Monday, she told me she thought she had made a mistake.

13:26We even talked about getting back together.

13:28But you think it's a coincidence that two days later,

13:30she was dead.

13:35Richard, I thought you went to bed hours ago.

13:37Couldn't sleep.

13:39Couldn't sleep because of your fight with Beckett

13:41or because there's a possibility your old friend Damian

13:44may be a double murderer?

13:47Both, and thank you for putting it so bluntly.

13:50Richard, you know, you can get a bit.

13:52Don't say it.

13:54I know what you're thinking, because I'm thinking it, too.

13:57What are the chances Damian's father and wife

14:00are both murdered in home invasions,

14:02but he had nothing to do with them?

14:04So what do you think?

14:06I know if he is guilty, I'll need to be convinced

14:09beyond a reasonable doubt.

14:11I'll need solid evidence, not just

14:14coincidence and speculation.

14:16Have you ever known Beckett to settle for less than that?

14:20No.

14:21Well, I think you should face it, kiddo.

14:22You may owe that woman an apology,

14:26especially if you want to stay on the case.

14:32Oh, no.

14:33Oh.

14:34Duh.

14:37Can I give you a hand with that?

14:39I got it.

14:40You just, you just need a little help.

14:41Castle, I said, I got it, OK?

14:47What are you doing here?

14:49When I told Damian the best detective in New York

14:52was working his wife's case, I meant it.

14:54And I'm, I'm sorry to have doubted you.

14:58If you let me back, I promise I will do

15:00my best to remain objective.

15:04Well, that might be harder than you think.

15:07The Westlakes financial records.

15:09This is their prenuptial agreement,

15:10and it's pretty clear that if they got divorced,

15:12Damian would get nothing.

15:14But with her dead, he inherits $10 million.

15:16Yes, but you're forgetting that Damian is already rich.

15:18The money he got when his father died.

15:20When his father was murdered.

15:21And also, that money is gone.

15:24Last of his cash, Damian spent wooing Vicky.

15:27He showered her with expensive presents,

15:29the engagement ring, a tennis bracelet, diamond earrings.

15:32And by the time they got married,

15:33Damian was taffed out of money.

15:35Vicky was paying for all the bills.

15:37According to Damian's credit card receipts,

15:38he spent her money on good scotch box seats and Cuban cigars.

15:42Meanwhile, most of her charges were for her design business.

15:45Appraisers, a rug place, refinisher.

15:47So?

15:48So maybe Vicky got tired of being his ATM.

15:50Maybe she threatened to cut him off just like his father did.

15:53Kessel, I read the Phillip Westlake case files.

15:56The cops were sure it was him.

15:57Yes, but they were wrong, just like you're wrong now.

16:00I'm sorry, is this you being objective,

16:02or is this you staying out of my way?

16:05This is me saying maybe we could broaden our suspect pool a little bit.

16:09Certainly there's someone else we could be looking at.

16:12I think I might be able to help with that.

16:13The gang unit ID'd the tag on the back wall of the Westlakes.

16:16It's a personal signature.

16:18His name is Omar Lincoln.

16:19Please, please tell me he's a very bad man.

16:22He did two years for assault with a deadly weapon and a B&E in 2007.

16:26Huh?

16:27Call the graffiti squad, they've been tracking this guy.

16:29Got a pop on his location.

16:30All right, let's go get this guy, huh?

16:35Okay, go, I got it.

16:45Yo, Omar!

16:48NYPD, come on down.

16:51So long, detectives.

16:57NYPD! Stop the truck!

17:00Stop! Stop the truck! Stop!

17:04All right, get down.

17:07Yo, if this is about that dead rich lady, I don't know nothing.

17:12All right, come on, let's go.

17:16Okay, I was at the house, yeah.

17:17But I didn't kill her.

17:18Here's what I think happened, Omar.

17:20You were back there tagging the wall.

17:21Mrs. Westlake opens the door and sees you.

17:23You shove her inside and you grab the first weapon you find.

17:26So that she doesn't call the cops and you don't get busted on your call.

17:29No, no.

17:30Look, I tagged the wall.

17:31Right after that, I hit the flower shop on 63rd.

17:33On the season, he pulls a .38.

17:35I get out of there hella fast.

17:37Ask him.

17:38Tell him who says.

17:39Quarter to five about.

17:40You make this vandalism charge go away, I'll tell you fine detectives who did it.

17:48Okay.

17:50Her husband.

17:51Oh, come on.

17:52Castle.

17:55All right, Omar.

17:56Talk to me.

17:57I heard them two fight.

17:58I mean, Breezy had a Park Avenue on.

18:01You're a liar.

18:02You're a thief.

18:03I'm sorry I ever met you.

18:04I want a divorce.

18:05If I was him, I would have killed the two just to shut up.

18:11I mean, don't even write that.

18:15I can't believe you're taking Omar Lincoln at his word.

18:17I'm taking the word of Dan Samuels, who confirms at 4.50 p.m. he was at his flower shop pointing a .38 at Omar Lincoln,

18:23and that Omar ran north, which is in the opposite direction of the Westlakes town hall.

18:27Yes, but maybe he doubled back.

18:28Omar says that he overheard the Westlakes having a knockdown drag out.

18:32That is, she used the D word.

18:33Damien told us that things were fine between them and that the last thing that Vicky said to him was have a good game.

18:38They had a fight.

18:39Married people fight.

18:40Well, then why did Damien lie to us about it?

18:42Maybe he was afraid you'd, I don't know, suspect him of murder?

18:44Or maybe he was afraid that we'd figure out what the fight was about.

18:49These are Damien's credit card charges.

18:51Yeah, we went over those. Cigars, scotch, box seats.

18:54This is a different card.

18:55Took us a while to find it because Damien paid the bill from a pocket account and he kept it a secret from Vicky.

19:01And given the charges, I'm sure he was keeping other secrets.

19:03There's a florist, some jewelry store at the mall, and he rented a playroom at the Verrick Club at least once a week.

19:10What's in a playroom?

19:11Not much more than a bed.

19:15Yes, I'm a member.

19:16So, why would Damien rent a bed when he had a nice big townhouse?

19:22There's got to be a reasonable explanation.

19:24Well, let's go see if we can find it.

19:30Mr. Castle, welcome back. It's been a long time.

19:33Yes, well, I've been working a lot. No time for playing.

19:36We're actually here about another one of your members, Damien Westlake.

19:40Apparently he would come here often, rent a playroom.

19:44I should probably get my supervisor.

19:47Callie, it's okay. You can tell us.

19:49Was Damien meeting someone here?

19:53We're not supposed to get involved with members.

19:56Especially married members.

19:59But Damien, we couldn't help it.

20:02We fell in love.

20:04Did he tell you that he planned on leaving his wife?

20:07Yeah.

20:08Did he tell you about the problems with the money?

20:10No. Mrs. Westlake did.

20:14You spoke to Mrs. Westlake?

20:16She came to the club Wednesday morning.

20:18She said that she had figured it out about Damien and me, and she wanted to warn me.

20:23About what?

20:24Mrs. Westlake said that she was going to leave Damien, and then he wouldn't have any money.

20:28She said he couldn't live without money, so he would find someone else.

20:31A woman who could support him.

20:33And did you tell Damien about the conversation you had with his wife?

20:36And what did he say?

20:38He said he loved me, and that nothing would keep us apart.

20:43Then I heard about Mrs. Westlake on the news.

20:47Did you talk to Damien after you heard about his wife's murder?

20:50Just once.

20:52He said we couldn't see each other for a while, until things calmed down.

20:57He told me that he didn't do it.

21:00But then he said, you know, if the cops asked me, they'd kill me.

21:04Then he said, you know, if the cops asked me, that I should say that we weren't together.

21:09That it could make him look bad.

21:12What am I supposed to think?

21:24Kelly's alibi checks out.

21:28She was at work on Wednesday until 7pm. Uniforms are bringing Damien in now.

21:32Look.

21:34Maybe Damien is a cheater, and a bum, and a bad husband.

21:38Maybe.

21:39But that doesn't make him a killer.

21:41And you keep looking at me like I'm crazy for believing in him, but that's just because you don't know him.

21:47Kessel, neither do you.

21:49The Damien that you think you know doesn't exist.

21:53You made him up, just like you made up Derek Storm.

21:56Just like you made up Nicky Heat.

21:59He's a character in a story that you told yourself when you were a homesick 14-year-old little boy.

22:07Maybe it's time to let him go.

22:17You can watch from observation.

22:19You don't want to be in there for this.

22:30People keep telling me I should hire a lawyer.

22:33They say I'm innocent. I shouldn't need a lawyer.

22:36If you're innocent, Mr. Westlake, why is it every time I turn over a rock in this case, some dirty secret of yours slithers out?

22:44I didn't do this.

22:45That's what you said to the cops in Puerto Rico, too.

22:48Isn't it funny how you keep finding yourself in the same situation, telling the same stories?

22:55I've got a story, too. You want to hear it?

22:57My story is about a handsome little prince who only ever wanted to live well.

23:02So he killed his dad, the king, and he stole all of his gold, and he spent it, and he spent it until it was all gone.

23:11I didn't marry Vicky for her money.

23:14I loved her.

23:15And what about Callie?

23:17That's right, Damien. We talked to her.

23:19She said that you were in love with her and that you told her that you wanted the two of you.

23:25Vicky was leaving you soon. You'd be free to have your happily ever after.

23:30But there's just one problem.

23:32Once again, you were out of gold.

23:35Vicky stood between you and a fortune. We know what happens to people when they do that.

23:41You were the last one to see her alive. You were the only one with motive.

23:46But I didn't kill her!

23:49Damien Westlake, you are under arrest for the murder of Victoria Westlake.

23:53I made a mistake.

23:54You have the right to remain silent.

23:55I didn't do this.

23:56You have the right to an attorney. You cannot afford one.

24:02Alexis, I've been going through all of this.

24:04I'm sorry.

24:05I'm sorry.

24:06I'm sorry.

24:07I'm sorry.

24:08I'm sorry.

24:09I'm sorry.

24:10I'm sorry.

24:11I'm sorry.

24:12I'm sorry.

24:13I'm sorry.

24:14I'm sorry.

24:15I'm sorry.

24:16I'm sorry.

24:17Alexis up and gone already?

24:19Oh, yeah. She went to window shop before her violin lesson.

24:22It's her first Valentine's Day with Ashley and she's feeling the pressure.

24:26Oh, yes.

24:27She wants a gift that says, I love you.

24:30But nothing that says, I love you more than life itself.

24:33Please don't leave me or I may die.

24:35Well, that's why you guys go for the chocolates or the flowers.

24:38I wish the choice I had to make today was so simple.

24:41I realize I have the choice to believe in two terrible things.

24:44Damien is a killer or Beckett's arrested an innocent man.

24:49Just thinking about it is making my head hurt.

24:51Well, then forget your head.

24:53Listen to your heart.

24:55Come on.

25:13Ricky.

25:15I keep thinking back to when I was a senior.

25:18You were off at Harvard.

25:19You'd send me pages you were working on for your novel.

25:21And they were good, Damien.

25:23And you had talent.

25:25Why'd you throw it away?

25:27You were the writer, Ricky.

25:29Not me. I didn't have anything to say.

25:31After I inherited all that money, I just didn't even want to try anymore.

25:34But when I look back on my life, I hope you won't mind if I list you as one of my few accomplishments.

25:41You should have told me about Callie.

25:46I swear to you, I didn't kill my wife.

25:53All right.

25:54Can you think of anything we might have overlooked?

25:56Anything that might speak to your innocence?

25:58I slept in. I went to the gym.

26:01I had lunch in a cafe on the west side.

26:03When I got home, Vicky was already there.

26:05She had been to see Callie.

26:06We fought.

26:07Got it for hours.

26:09She said she wanted a divorce.

26:11Yeah, she showed me an envelope.

26:13Said there were papers inside that her lawyer had drawn up for her to sign.

26:16She was going to end the marriage.

26:19I begged her to reconsider.

26:20And she asked me to leave.

26:22She needed to think.

26:23You said Vicky gave you an envelope?

26:26What'd it look like?

26:29I gotta get back to my route.

26:30Just five minutes, I promise.

26:33Hello, hello.

26:34Castle.

26:35Everyone, this is Blanca.

26:44Yeah, I don't know what...

26:46So, first of all, you were right.

26:50Damien and Vicky did have a fight the night she died.

26:53And she did tell him she wanted a divorce.

26:56As a matter of fact,

26:57she showed him a large manila envelope full of papers from her lawyer

27:00that she was going to sign.

27:02An envelope with legal papers.

27:04There wasn't anything about this in the CSU report.

27:06Exactly. Blanca, please tell them what happened to it.

27:09Then I can go back to my route?

27:10Yes, of course.

27:12I was delivering the mail on Wednesday afternoon.

27:14As I made my way up 69 towards Park,

27:16I passed Mr. Westlake and Mr. Utley.

27:18I said hello, they said hello back.

27:19A couple of minutes later, I get to the Westlake's residence,

27:22the door opens and Mrs. Westlake comes running out

27:24and hands me a large manila envelope.

27:26She said she wanted to make sure it went out in that day's mail.

27:29Wait a minute, so you're positive that you saw Mrs. Westlake after you saw Damien?

27:32Lady, I couldn't be more sure.

27:34Anything else?

27:35No, that's it. Thank you.

27:37Then I'm leaving now.

27:38Of course.

27:39Thank you, Blanca.

27:44So, Vicky was alive after Damien left the house.

27:47He was with Charles Utley until they came back and found her dead.

27:50Which means...

27:52Damien couldn't have killed her.

27:55Got it.

27:56DA's office just kicked Damien Westlake loose,

27:59and they weren't too happy about it either.

28:00Sir, if Westlake didn't kill his wife,

28:02then he hired someone else to do it for him,

28:04just like he did the last time.

28:05Wasn't it you that said that bad guys always bring their own weapons?

28:08Not when they're trying to make it look like a push-in robbery gone wrong.

28:10What about the dog that didn't bark?

28:11He got the dog used to the guy.

28:13Come on.

28:14You just can't get over the fact that Damien was a person of interest in his father's murder.

28:17I won't ignore the fact that there is a pattern here.

28:20People close to this guy seem to die violently.

28:23Or maybe someone is using Damien's tragic past to frame him for Vicky's murder now.

28:27There's another suspect right in front of you that you're not even looking at.

28:30Someone who had motive, means, and opportunity.

28:33And that would be whom, exactly?

28:36Simon Campbell.

28:38Vicky's ex-husband.

28:39Think about it.

28:40Abandoned, cuckolded Simon.

28:42Do we really know this guy?

28:43Do we have any idea what he's capable of?

28:45Well, do we?

28:46All the evidence points to Damien.

28:48Yes, but wouldn't that evidence be less conclusive if Damien didn't have his old murder hanging over his head?

28:52Or better yet, if there was proof that Philip Westlake was killed by a random intruder.

28:56Castle, there isn't any proof.

28:58Not yet there isn't.

29:01Since you can't see through the cloud of suspicion surrounding Damien, I'm going to clear the air.

29:05I'm going to solve Philip Westlake's murder.

29:08Prove my friend didn't do it.

29:09Meanwhile, you can check out Simon Campbell.

29:12I need to go to the DA with something solid.

29:14Can you prove Westlake hired somebody to off his wife?

29:17I just need a couple of days.

29:23So, what's our next move?

29:26If Damien hired someone to kill Vicky, then there's a money trail.

29:29I'll find it.

29:30Meanwhile, you guys look into Simon Campbell.

29:36Darling, your daughter's a genius.

29:39I knew that already.

29:40For Valentine's Day, she bought Ashley a frame, had it engraved true love, and put in a picture of his pet rat, Theodore.

29:48Heartfelt yet humorous. Genius.

29:52What's in the box?

29:53This is Philip Westlake's murder file.

29:56I told Beckett I'm going to solve the case.

29:59Oh, Richard.

30:00You're the one who told me to follow my heart.

30:02Yes, but you know...

30:03Dad, that case is older than me.

30:05This doesn't sound like encouragement.

30:08Then, would you like some help?

30:13Yes, I would.

30:16To hire a gunman, you need cash, and according to everything that we've been through here, Damien didn't have any.

30:22Yeah, well, it's somewhere. We just haven't found it yet.

30:24All the expensive knick-knacks in the house, maybe a Ponda figurine.

30:27Vicky was a designer. She was meticulous. She would have noticed if something went missing, like the engagement ring.

30:35Got something?

30:37Omar Lincoln overheard Vicky call Damien a thief, and when Vicky apologized to Morris Hasberg for accusing him of stealing her engagement ring, she cried.

30:45Maybe she wasn't crying because of Morris. Maybe she was crying because she realized that her husband was stealing from her.

30:52CSU said the ring was accounted for.

30:54Vicky's credit card, wasn't there an appraiser on it?

30:56Yeah. Why?

30:58I think I know how Damien got his money.

31:00It was terrible, what happened to Mrs. Westlake.

31:03She came to see you Tuesday afternoon.

31:05What for?

31:06Well, she wanted her jewelry appraised. I'm afraid I had some bad news for her. The stones were imitation.

31:12I see that quite a bit. People need cash in a hurry, but they don't want to give up their jewelry, so they sell the diamonds and they replace them with high quality silicon carbide.

31:20Was one of the pieces an 11 carat engagement ring?

31:23Yes, the entire basket setting had been replaced. She said that's how she knew something was wrong.

31:29This whole case file is just one long loop leading back to Damien.

31:33Apparently neighbors saw someone loitering outside the Westlake home the night of the murder.

31:40Here's a sketch.

31:45What?

31:46Alexis, I know this guy.

31:59Detective Beckett.

32:01Can we talk for a moment?

32:03Sure.

32:06Have you come to apologize?

32:08No.

32:09At least you're honest.

32:11What can I do for you, detective?

32:13You could show me the diamonds that you stole from Vicki.

32:17I spoke to Wallace Benner, the jeweler on the west side.

32:21He said that he replaced your wife's diamonds with imitation ones.

32:24Over a period of several weeks, he exchanged 26 diamonds worth over 8 million dollars and gave you the real ones.

32:31Doesn't this argue against your theory that I killed my wife?

32:35If I have 8 million dollars, why wouldn't I just leave, be with Callie?

32:40Greed. You used the first diamond as a down payment for the contract killer.

32:44Once Vicki was dead, you'd inherit and double your take.

32:48You really think I'm that cold?

32:50Personally, I have no doubt.

32:54But Richard Castle believes in you and I believe in him.

32:58So show me those diamonds, show me that none of them are missing or I will haul your ass back to jail.

33:21I only changed the diamonds I'd given her.

33:23Those pieces cost me millions of dollars and I knew she'd have no particular attachment to them once we were over.

33:31I've led a careless and wasteful life, detective.

33:37But I'm no killer.

33:3926 diamonds, they're all there.

33:41Detective Salazar?

33:43I'm Richard Castle.

33:45Thank you very much for meeting me.

33:46I'm retired now, sir. You can call me Ray.

33:48All right. So, Ray, what kind of man leaves beautiful Puerto Rico to retire in freezing cold New York?

33:56The kind of man whose beautiful wife is from Long Island.

33:59Understood.

34:00So you said on the phone this was about the fellow from Long Island?

34:03Yes, sir.

34:04The kind of man whose beautiful wife is from Long Island.

34:07Understood.

34:09So you said on the phone this was about the Phillip Westlake case?

34:11That's right.

34:12I really hated leaving the job with that one still unsolved.

34:16Maybe I can help with that.

34:18Did you ever manage to identify the man that neighbors saw outside the Westlake home the night of the murder?

34:23Thought we did. He looked a lot like a local tough named Enrique Molina.

34:27But when we brought Molina in, the neighbors couldn't pick him out of a lineup.

34:30It's because he wasn't Molina.

34:35I'm listening.

34:36Michael Rutherford was a scholarship kid at Edgewick Academy where Damien Westlake and I went to school.

34:41He was smart, but a sociopath. A thief. Kid barely graduated.

34:48Were Rutherford and Westlake friends?

34:50No. As a matter of fact, it was Damien who turned him into the headmaster for stealing.

34:53But they did run in some of the same circles. Sometimes went to the same parties.

34:59What if Michael Rutherford heard about the Westlake vacation home in Puerto Rico?

35:04It was nearly always vacant. Full of treasure.

35:07He could have made a small fortune and gotten revenge on Damien at the same time.

35:14Hey, how'd it go?

35:16Damien Westlake is a thief and a cheater, but he might not be our killer.

35:21You guys, I hate admitting it, but Castle might be right.

35:24We've also been thinking that Castle might be right.

35:27Info's back on Simon Campbell. Vicky's ex-husband is what they like to call overextended.

35:33Campbell's real estate firm took a big hit two years ago and he borrowed heavily to cover costs.

35:38Man needs a cash transfusion stat.

35:40Is Simon in Vicky's will?

35:41He gets the deed to the Brownstone, which is worth over five million.

35:44He's also the executor of their children's estate.

35:46Now, he was at home with the kids at the time of the murder, but he was on the second floor.

35:50So he could have snuck out and been back before anyone noticed.

35:52Which brings us to the Campbell Brownstone and its very sophisticated security system.

35:57It records every door opening, every window.

35:59A friendly ADA got us a warrant and we talked to the alarm company.

36:02At 4.37 p.m. on Wednesday, the front door opens.

36:065.42, it opened again.

36:08Which means someone left before the murder and then returned after.

36:11You know, I'd like to talk to our Mr. Simon Campbell.

36:14Let's do it.

36:15He left before the murder and then returned after.

36:17You know, I'd like to talk to our Mr. Simon Campbell.

36:20Well, we called his place.

36:21He's out all evening on personal business and he's not picking up his cell phone.

36:25Okay, sit on his house.

36:26When he gets back home, bring him in.

36:30So, what did you decide about Laney and Valentine's Day?

36:34Oh, I'm going to plan it safe and show up with a gift.

36:39I found this little jewelry store that sells stuff, you know, that girlfriends like.

36:43Necklaces, charm bracelets.

36:45What about you? What are you going to do?

36:46Oh, Jenny loves chocolate.

36:48Jenny's planning her wedding.

36:51Your girl's on a diet and you're going to give her chocolate?

36:53Hey, hey, hey. It's Simon.

36:57Oh, he's got a little valentine of his own, doesn't he?

37:02Is that Amber Patinelli, Vicki Westlake's employee?

37:05You're sure it's her?

37:07So much for Simon saying that he wanted to reconcile with Vicki.

37:10What does he want us to do?

37:13Thought so. Let's bring them both in.

37:21I was hoping you'd still be here.

37:23I was just about to call you.

37:27I think I know who the killer is.

37:28I think I know who the killer is.

37:36I appreciate you coming in.

37:37Detective, it's very late.

37:39This will be quick.

37:40I didn't realize that the two of you were a couple.

37:42Well, it's very casual.

37:44For a long time we were just friends.

37:46I was a shoulder to cry on after the divorce.

37:49It's only been recently that ...

37:53Any plans for Valentine's Day?

37:55Nothing special, no.

37:56You were hoping to spend it with Vicki, right?

38:00What does that mean?

38:03Simon?

38:04Vicki and I have been talking, that's all.

38:07How is this relevant to anything, Detective?

38:09Did Vicki know about you and Amber?

38:11No. I didn't want her to know.

38:13So it's possible that Vicki innocently confided in her friend Amber,

38:16telling her she was leaving Demon, going back to Simon,

38:18not knowing that he was your Simon now.

38:21Amber, you called for a company car at 4.15 on Wednesday afternoon.

38:25We just talked to the dispatcher.

38:27He says you ordered a sedan and kept it for an hour.

38:30A round trip to the Westlakes and back.

38:34We found a nail gun with fingerprints that we couldn't identify.

38:38If we compared them to yours, do you think we'd find a match?

38:45You didn't go there intending to kill her, did you?

38:47No.

38:50I just wanted to talk.

38:52She could have any man she wanted.

38:55And I begged her to let me have you.

39:01She said no.

39:04I love you so much.

39:06She could never love you the way that I do.

39:16So you're saying that Amber didn't even know about my past?

39:19Wasn't a frame? Just a strange coincidence?

39:23Or a kismet?

39:25Where are you off to?

39:28Barcelona.

39:29I gotta get away.

39:32Thank Detective Beckett for me, will you?

39:34Congratulate her on solving the case.

39:37Well, actually, we solved two cases.

39:41What's this?

39:43That's a sketch of Michael Rutherford.

39:45I found it in your father's murder file.

39:47Michael Rutherford? From school?

39:51I don't understand.

39:53He broke into your house.

39:55He shot your father.

39:58Oh my God.

40:00They found him, Damien. He's been arrested.

40:03After all this time?

40:07Can they even prove that he did it?

40:09There was a cigarette button left at the scene.

40:11Detective Salazar made sure it was preserved. The DNA is a match.

40:17Michael made a deal, Damien.

40:20He confessed.

40:24Wow, this is...

40:27This is pretty overwhelming.

40:30I got a plane to catch, so maybe we should just talk about this later.

40:33Michael told the cops you got in touch with him.

40:36Asked him if he wanted to make a lot of money for one night's work.

40:39You gave him your Rolex and your car as a down payment.

40:42When your inheritance came through, he got half a million dollars.

40:46And a one-way ticket to Los Angeles.

40:49He still has your Rolex.

40:52And a map that you drew.

40:55Of your father's house.

40:58With a path leading straight to his bedroom.

41:00Rick, he's lying. He's lying.

41:02Tell me you didn't do it.

41:04Ricky, I...

41:05Tell me I haven't been believing in you all this time, for nothing.

41:14That's them.

41:17Detective Salazar and some New York detectives.

41:20They're here to take you in.

41:23I told them you'd be a gentleman.

41:36Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

41:39F. Scott Fitzgerald said that.

41:41That must have been Ernest Hemingway, the sad man.

41:44I sure could use a drink, right about now.

41:47Lead the way.

41:52I'm buying.

41:54It's Valentine's Day.

41:56Shouldn't you be in a nice candlelit restaurant?

41:59Wearing a new dress, ordering serpentine.

42:01I've got a couple of hours.

42:03You okay?

42:04Yeah, I'm fine.

42:08Liar.

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