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Bosco never understood Cruz. Not even when they were seeing each other. He used to wonder if they could've lasted. But now his feelings for her were cold. She was the reason Mikey was killed. He warned her what would've happened to his brother. But she didn't care about that. All she cared about was getting as many collars as she could.
Bosco didn't even look up when Cruz walked in. He'd been ignoring her since the whole thing with his brother happened. He didn't even notice her standing right next to him. He just pretended he was looking through files.
"Bosco we need to talk. You can't keep ignoring me," Cruz said. Bosco still wouldn't look at her. And whenever he did it was with hate and disgust. She felt bad about Bosco's brother but he wouldn't believe her. And right now she needed him so bad.
"I have nothing to say to you," Bosco retorted. He walked out of the room. He didn't feel like being anywhere near Cruz right now. But something made Bosco turn around and look back. When he did he saw Cruz in tears. What could Cruz be crying about? She had no feelings. Except for herself of course.
Bosco saw Faith come back from the captains office. He wondered what that could be about. He had finally started to talk to Faith again. He shouldn't have taken anything out on Faith. It wasn't her fault Mikey was killed, it was Cruz's.
"Bosco, I need you to get Cruz for me," Faith said. Normally she wouldn't ask Bosco to. She knew he hated Cruz more than anything right now. But she had something she needed to do and the boss wanted to see her.
"Why?" Bosco asked. Why couldn't Faith just get Cruz herself. Faith should know by now that Bosco hates Cruz.
"I have something I need to take care of. Emily called me. I want to make sure she's okay. And the captain wants to talk to her. He doesn't sound happy. She must've screwed up pretty bad," Faith said.
"Sure," Bosco said. He walked upstairs and over to Cruz's desk. She wasn't there. Probably working on getting some one else killed. He was about to leave but something caught his eye. It looked like pamphlets. Bosco walked back over to her desk. They were pamphlets on cancer. Cruz had cancer. Bosco felt like scum for treating Cruz like crap. He kept blaming her for his brothers murder while she was dying herself. He had to talk to her. He had to apologize. He had to see if there was something he could do for her. Bosco looked up and saw Cruz.
"What do you want?" Cruz asked. She looked exhausted.
"The captain wants to see you. And after that you and I need to talk," Bosco said. Cruz was happy that he was finally talking to her. That was until she saw Bosco holding the pamphlets in his hands. Now he knew. He knew she had cancer. How could she have been stupid enough to leave them laying around like that? Cruz walked downstairs. She wondered what the boss could have to talk to her about.
TBC...