Hide and Seek
Dramawriter
but adults have been known to play it best ...
"Oh Come on Bosco, you're telling me that if some gorgeous woman walked up to you while you were walking down the street and told you that she would marry you, support you and it would be an open marriage. You would turn her down?" Faith asked Bosco after helping immigration bust a couple that had married only to keep her in the country since her work visa had expired.
"No, I wouldn't and that seems to surprise you. You know how I feel about marriage ..." Bosco paused for a moment looking over at her, " It should only be entered into for love, no false pretenses. I've seen bad marriages Faith and I never want to be in one. I want to marry a woman who I love and who loves me, and we would actually get along and not just for the sake of kids we might have." The last part stung Faith, she knew he was referring to her marriage to Fred. They fought every time they spoke, even if voices weren't raised all of the time; for Faith and Fred fighting had become a way of communication for them. Bosco knew it and he had tried to persuade her to leave him but she couldn't or wouldn't he could only guess that she couldn't tear the kids away from their father. Fred loved his kids and they loved him but the question was did Faith still love Fred.
"That was a cheap shot Bosco, my marriage works just fine."
"For who? Fred? Because its certainly doesn't for you." Faith intended to come back with a response but then a dispatchers voice began to squawk over the radio.
"5-5-David come in."
"This is 5-5-David"
"5-5-David, the lieutenant requests your presence at the station immediately. Both you and Boscorelli"
"5-5-David Responding." Faith threw the mic back down on to the seat not bothering to place it back on the radio hook, she refused to look over at Bosco. The both of them felt the tension between them as Bosco took them back to the house. She knew Bosco cared about her and wanted the best for her, but at times she didn't know what to think. They didn't speak again until they reached the station, as they were heading into the building.
"What do you think the Lieutenant wants?" Bosco broke the silence first. Faith's head shot over to him, as if it were the first time she had ever heard his voice and it cut her like a knife.
"How should I know." She snapped at him but immediately regretted it, "I'm sorry, Bos ... I shouldn't have snapped at you." She stopped him in the middle of the hallway,
"How about we just forget about everything that was said and move on. We both know how my marriage is and us fighting over it won't help at all. It's something Fred and I have to deal with. Alright?" Bosco nodded his head in agreement, "Now come on, we have somewhere to be." She smiled at him then looped her arm around his and pulled him toward the Lieutenant's office. They knocked on the door.
"Come In," The door opened and in stepped Faith and Bosco, "Yokas, Boscorelli come in" Faith noticed two men in suits sitting across from the lieutenant, beside them there were two vacant chairs waiting for them. The lieutenant invited them to take a seat.
"Please, take a seat we'll be here for a while. Officer Faith Yokas, Officer Maurice
Boscorelli this is Special Agent David West and Special Agent Michael Tagliari with the FBI. They've come to ask our help in two double-murder cases ... the murders of cops and their wives." The lieutenant reluctantly added.
"How can we help? You're the FBI, we're street cops. Surely you have enough man power to solve the case." Bosco noted.
"We do, but we want this to be authentic as possible and so we want you two go undercover posing as newly married couple on their honey moon at the White Sands resort and hotel just north of St. Petersburg, Florida."
"Florida?" Faith asked in disbelief, what the hell did some people in Florida have to do with them.
"Both couples were killed there, newly weds on their honey moon, the husband was a cop and the wife was to be a homemaker. They just never made it back to their home." Agent West spoke up continuing on with the details of the case, "The first couple, Sean and Taylor Bennett two months ago went to the hotel and never came back. Their plans were to be there a week, but never made it past the second night, each stabbed thirteen times. Sean was an FBI agent working with the New York City field office, that is how we initially got involved in the case. The second couple, Eric and Theresa Montrose, same MO with a few changes. Eric and Theresa never made it past the third night, and he was a New York City detective." Bosco interrupted.
"And you think the next victim will be a New York City Street cop." Bosco clued in.
"This psycho has a thing for killing cops and according to out profiler the killer is moving down the line of succession and the next killing will be on the fourth night of the honey moon. We only have a small window of opportunity, now we want the two of you to be a young couple in love on their honey moon, from the moment you step into the airport to go to Florida you are married and will act that way until we catch the guy. First, we want to know do either of you have a problem with that? Officer Yokas we know you're married so that question mainly falls to you. We don't know how far this will have to go to make it believable to catch this guy. And second, will you even agree to help us?" The two agents looked at them, Faith and Bosco looked at each other, their eyes locked. Would they be able to do this?