BECKETT: I wish I could feel that way. I wish I could feel a sense of victory. So what would Nikki Heat do after a bad day?
CASTLE: She’d go home, pour a stiff drink, run a hot bath, read a good book.
BECKETT: Too bad I don’t have a good book to read.
CASTLE: I’d let you have Heat Wave but my publisher doesn’t want any copies leaking out.
BECKETT: Why’d you let that Cosmo reporter read it then?
CASTLE: Well that’s for publicity reasons you know. You want the press to have a little taste of— Wait. Is that why you’ve been so upset? Because I let her read it before you?
BECKETT: I’m the inspiration. I should be reading it before a reporter does.
CASTLE: Why didn’t you just say so?
BECKETT: Why didn’t you just give it to me?
CASTLE: Why didn’t you ask?
BECKETT: Why didn’t it occur to you?
CASTLE: You’ll have it by tomorrow.
BECKETT: Good.
CASTLE: Good.Castle, 2x03 Inventing the Girl
