Without A Doubt
Chapter 9
"I will do whenever you want, just don't hurt them." Bosco replied.
"No cops, just come alone, or you will never see your daughter or Faith alive." Jake said, as he gave Bosco the instructions of what to do. Bosco then got off the phone and turned to the detective. "He wants me to meet him with the money in 24 hours."
The detective looked at him. "We are going to get a team to go with you. "
Bosco shake his head. "He said no cops."
"You know that there is no way that you can go alone," Jelly replied.
"I have to." Bosco yelled, as tears fall down his face. "Or my daughter will be dead. I'm not going to let that happen. So I'm going alone."
"Boscorelli…. You will get yourself killed."
"Rather me than my daughter." Sully walked up to Bosco. "I'll come with you. I'll be in plain clothes. He won't know that I'm a cop."
Bosco turned to Sully. "This guy knows what he is doing, I'm sure he knows exactly who you are. You can't come."
"I can't let you go on your own." Sully replied. Jelly looked at them. "You're not in charge of this investigation, I'm the one."
"I don't care who is in charge of this investigation, this is my daughter we are talking about, what do expect me to do? Let you go? Bosco yelled with this anger in his voice. "He will kill her then."
"He could kill her anyhow,"
Sully looked at them both. "How many hours do we have?" he asked Bosco.
"He said that I had until the end of the day to get him the money."
Jelly looked at Bosco. "I know you well enough that you aren't going to listen to anything I have to say. So fine, you can go alone, but we are going to be near by, you will be bugged, so we can help you if you need it."
"I'm going to go and get everything ready." Jelly said, as he and his partner walked out of the apartment. Patricia looked at Sully. "I'm going to leave you two alone. I'm sorry about this, Bosco."
Bosco nodded.
Sully then walked over to Patricia and hugged her. "Thanks for being here." She nodded. "I'll always be here for you, and Bosco," she said, looking at Bosco, looking out the window. "Do you think he's going to be okay?"
"I don't know." Sully said, as he say goodbye to Patricia as she left the apartment. He walked up to Bosco. "You don't have to do this."
"I do," Bosco replied, as he turned around. "That is my daughter that he has. I will do anything for her. I have to save Faith too even if she isn't who she says she is."
Sully looked at Bosco. "You read the file. I'm sorry you had to find out that way."
Bosco nodded. "None of that matters right now."
Bosco walked over to the kitchen and poured himself some coffee. "I heard her voice. I heard my daughter's screaming. Do you know what that is like? She has to be okay, I can't lose her."
Sully walked over to Bosco and placed a hand on his shoulder. "You're not going to lose her. I won't let that happen."
Bosco looked at Sully. "Who is this person? Who would hurt my daughter like this? She is a little girl, she doesn't deserve this."
Sully sighed. "I don't know who is doing this, but I promise you I will do whatever I can to bring her home."
"I know." Bosco replied. "Let's hope that tonight goes well, and she will be coming home with me soon."
Sully looked at Bosco, he knew that there was a chance that tonight wasn't going to go how he wanted it, but he wasn't going to say anything to him. "I hope so."
"Go home. You don't need to stay here with me." Bosco responded, as he walked over to the couch.
"I'm not leaving you, "Sully responded, as he sat down next to Bosco. Bosco looked at Sully. "Go home… I need to be alone."
"That's why I'm staying, Bosco."
Bosco looked at Sully, he knew that he meant well, but he didn't want anybody here. He needed to be alone.
"Sully… go." Bosco said, as he stood up and walked over to the window.
Sully shakes his head, and walked up to his partner and friend. "I know if I leave you, the minute I leave you are going to do your own thing and leave without back up. I can't let you get hurt." Sully replied.
Bosco turned around and looked at Sully. "If I want to go without back up, I will."
"You're not the only one to think about, Bosco. What about me? How would your mom feel to know that I didn't back you up? Does she even know that her granddaughter is missing?" he asked.
"I can't tell her."
"You have to." Sully yelled. "You need as much support that you can get."
Bosco just looked at Sully. "What I need you to leave me alone," Bosco yelled, as he walked into his bedroom, and slammed the door shut.
Sully picked up the phone. "Rose, it's me Sully. I need to talk to you about something."
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When Bosco walked out of the room, Sully was sitting on the couch with Rose. He looked at Sully. "Why did you do that?" he asked.
"Your mom deserves to know." Sully replied. "I'm going to go and talk to the detective and see how they are getting on," he said, as he left the apartment. Bosco paced around the room. "Sully shouldn't have called you."
"My granddaughter has been kidnapped, I deserve to know. Were you going to tell me?" Rose asked, as she walked up to Bosco. He turned around. "I was hoping that I wouldn't have to tell you."
"You can't do this on your own, Maurice." Rose said, as she touched his face. He looked at her sadly. "I didn't tell you because this is my fault, I left my daughter to go off with strangers, and they didn't keep her safe. I ruin everything I touch, first my wife, now my daughter."
"No you don't." Rose said, as she walked over to the photo album, and opened it. "Look here, this is your wedding day. Does it look like you ruin everything you touch. She was so happy that day."
"I was too, but look what happened. My wife got murdered because I couldn't keep her safe, I shouldn't have left that night."
"Did you know that there was a killer out there? Did you see the killer go inside your house, and you did nothing about it?" Rose asked.
"Well no."
"Then it wasn't your fault. Then don't say that you ruin everything that you touch then." Rose said, as she pulled Bosco into a hug. "You're going to find Katie. She is strong like her father."
"I… "Bosco stopped for a moment. " I talked to her on the phone, she was being so brave. She then screamed, if..."
"Stop it, Maurice. Nothing is going to happen to her." He looked at her with tears in her eyes. "I can't lose her, I just can't…"
"You won't."
He then looked at Rose. "It's not just my daughter that he has. He has Faith too. She isn't who I thought she was, but I don't want her hurt."
"What exactly does that mean?" Rose asked. He shakes his head. "It's not important right now." She walked into the kitchen and started to make him something to eat.
"What are you doing?"
"You need to eat."
"I can't eat." Bosco said, as he walked towards the kitchen. Rose looked at her son. "You need to eat, you look exhausted." ahe said, as she put a plate of food on the counter. " Now, eat."
He sighed, as he sat down, and started to eat.
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Later that night,
" You know exactly what you need to do?" Sully told Bosco. "Don't do anything stupid. Call for back- up."
"Why would I want to do that? This is my fight."
Jelly looked at Bosco. "That's not what I want to hear you say. Do you want me to get someone else to do this?"
"He told me to do this; I'm not letting someone else get my daughter killed." Bosco yelled, as he started to walk away and walk towards the alleyway.
Bosco walked to the dumpster and placed the bag of money right next to it. "Where are you? Where's my daughter and Faith?" he yelled. "I did exactly what you wanted me to do, now give them back."
A man walked towards them. "Did you really think he was going to come?" Bosco walked towards him. "My boss told me to tell you that he never said that he was going to give them back. He just wants the money. Bosco run towards the money.
"There's no way in hell that I'm giving the money without my daughter and Faith." The man then laughed at Bosco. "You don't give me the money now. Your daughter will die, or maybe she is already."
"No…. "Bosco yelled. The man then pulled out a gun. "Give it to me now or I'll shoot you."
Bosco pulled out his gun. "Then I will have to shoot you then. Tell me where they are." Bosco shouted, as he picked the gun on the man.
"Officer Boscorelli, put the gun down, and give the money to him." Jelly replied. The man looked at him. "He said no cops. They are all going to die now!" the man yelled, as he pushed Bosco onto the ground, and grabbed the bag and run off.
Bosco run after the man, but the man jumped into his car, and drove off. Bosco walked back to Jelly. "What the hell do you think you are doing? You just got my daughter killed, are you happy about that?"
"You almost got yourself killed." Jelly yelled. "This is my case, not yours." Bosco then stormed off, and walked towards his car. Sully followed him. "Bosco"
Bosco turned around. "Just leave me alone, my daughter is dead now because of Jelly. Are you happy now, I told you no backup and now look what happened." Bosco said, as he got into the car, and drove off.
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Faith tried to untie herself, but he made sure that she wouldn't escape. Katie looked at Faith. "I'm scared."
"I know you are," Faith replied, looking at the little girl sadly. She would do anything it took to keep her safe.
Jake walked into the room. "How are my two captives doing?" he asked, as he walked up to Faith. She looked at him. "Let Katie go."
He laughed in her face. "I already told you that I can't let her go." He then looked at Katie, all tied up. "I didn't want to do this. I didn't want to hurt this girl, but I had to. She is the one thing that Boscorelli would die for, and that is what I'm planning on."
"Don't you think it is a little stupid to explain your plan to me?" Faith replied. Jake laughed. "Where are you going to go?"
He then walked over to Katie, and sat down. "I want my daddy." she cried. Jake looked at her with this evil look on her face, he was about to hit her, when Faith got off the bed, and crawled towards him, and kicked him, making him fall onto the ground, before he could hit her. She then looked at Katie. "I'm not going to let anybody hurt you. I promise you."
"I want my daddy."
Jake grabbed a hold of Faith's hair, and dragged her back towards the cot. "I knew you were going to be trouble, but I never thought that you were going to be like this." he said, as he pulled a needle out of his pocket.
"No," she screamed. She wasn't afraid for herself, she was afraid for Katie. "Don't do this."
He injected something into her arm. "You are misbehaving and I don't like that." he said, as she started to close her eyes..
"No..." Katie screamed. Jake turned to Katie. "Shut up..." he yelled. She looked at him with this afraid look on her face.
Jake then locked and closed the door behind him.
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Later that night,
Patricia was waiting up for Sully when he walked through the door. "Did they find them yet?" he asked. Sully shakes his head. "I didn't want to leave Bosco, but he didn't want me there, but his mom is over there. I will go back in the morning."
Sully then walked into Gwen's room, where she was sleeping soundly. He sat down on the bed. " I don't know what I would do if anything happened to Gwen. She is everything to me. Just like you are." he said, as he turned around and leaned over and kissed Patricia.
"If this ends badly, Patricia, I'm not sure that Bosco is going to be able to handle this, he already lost his wife, he can't lose his daughter too."
"Do you think that it is going to end badly?" Patricia asked, as she sat down on the bed next to him. Sully sighed. "I don't know what to think anymore, I want to believe that everything is going to be okay, but I just don't know." Patricia wrapped her arms around Sully. "Just think positive, that is the best thing we can do right now. I know that you and Bosco are the two best cops I know, you will be able to find her."
"Daddy.." said a tiny voice. Sully looked at his daughter. "Did we wake you up?" he asked. She smiled at him. "I missed you, Daddy." Sully hugged his daughter. "I missed you too. I was just with your Uncle Bosco all day."
"When can we go over there and see Katie?" Gwen asked. Patricia and Sully both looked at each other, unsure what to say.
"Bosco is busy right now, but as soon as he isn't so busy, you can go and see Katie." Patricia replied. Sully lay next to Gwen. "How about I read you a story so you can go back to sleep?"
Gwen nodded. "
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A few days later,
" Maurice."
"April, is that you?" he asked. "Why do I keep on seeing you?
"I'm here to help you, Maurice." April replied, as she moved closer to him.
"I know that our daughter is missing. It's not your fault." April said.
"But it is." Bosco replied.
"That's not what I'm here for." April replied. "I can't stay here long. You need to go to our house; the clue to finding our daughter is there. Go before it is too late."
"April..." But before he could say anymore, she was gone.
"Bosco.." said a voice.
"April."
Bosco turned around and saw Sully standing in front of him. " Bosco, it's me, Sully. Where were you just a minute ago?"
"I was talking to April, she gave me a clue." Sully looked at Bosco with this confused look on his face. "Did you get any sleep last night?"
"I know that you think I'm crazy, but I'm not." Bosco replied. "We need to go to the house where April and I lived in, she said that there is a clue to find Katie there."
"Bosco, you dreamt this," Sully replied.
"I didn't dream it. I was talking with you while I was having breakfast, and then she appeared to me. Are you saying that you don't believe me?"
"I'm just saying that we can't go by a vision you had. It would be a waste of time."
"Or it could be exactly what we need to find Katie and Faith. I'm going to do this without or without you." Sully sighed. "Fine. I'll come with you, but I don't think you are going to find anything."
"Well we will see, won't we?"
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"This is taking too long. I want you to get Bosco to come to me." Jake told Terry. Terry looked at Jake. "I can't kidnap him. He's too strong for me."
"I never said anything about kidnapping him. I had a way to get him to come to me, but I need you to go to Officer Sullivan's house."
"What do you want me to do?"
"This is what I need you to do." Jake said, as he explained to Terry and Rebecca exactly what they needed to do.
"I didn't sign on for this." Rebecca replied. Jake laughed. "I'm in charge of you now, you do what I say."
"Well I'm not doing this." Rebecca said, as she walked towards the door, but before she could open the door, Jake jumped on her, and handcuffed her.
"Terry, help me." Rebecca replied. Terry shakes his head. "I can't... I don't want anybody to know what we did, and we are doing now. I have to do what he says."
"I'm your wife." Rebecca shouted. Jake smiled at Terry. "You can help your wife, but then I will have to go to the police about everything, so what is it, your wife or your life?"
"I'm sorry, Rebecca." Terry cried. Jake then yelled for one of his men to take Rebecca away. She looked at Terry with this scared look on her face. She couldn't believe that he was doing this to her. "I hate you, Terry," she yelled, as Jake's men took Rebecca away from them.
"You made the right choice." Jake replied. He then handed Terry the bag. This has everything you need.
"Don't mess this up."
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" So where is this clue?" Bosco asked, as he was going through everything. Suddenly he saw something didn't make any sense to him. "Sully…"
Sully walked up to him. "Did you find a clue?"
"It's not a clue. It's a folder. It has all these papers in it." As Bosco was reading the files, he was starting to realize what he was reading
"What is it about?" Sully asked, as he walked up to him. Bosco sat down on the chair. "These are articles about a little girl who went missing years ago. Her name was April Thomas."
"But that's not April's name, why would she have that?"
Bosco then explained the reason. "There is so much stuff in here; there are medical records that show that April's parents weren't her. So maybe April decides to investigate to find her real parents, but she wasn't adopted."
Then suddenly a paper dropped and Sully picked it up and he couldn't believe his eyes. "You're not going to believe this, the two suspects in the kidnapping and murder of the nanny of the little kid were none other than April's parents."
"They wouldn't do anything like that."
Suddenly Sully got a flashback. Bosco looked at Sully and could see how pale he was. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"I…. know who took Katie." Bosco looked at Sully. "Sit down, you look like you are going to be sick. Tell me what you are…" but before he could say anything, Sully's cell phone rang. " Hello?"
"Sul…. please come home.. I ne..."
"Patricia…" Suddenly there was another voice on the voice. "You come home right now and bring Bosco with you, or your wife is dead." Then the person hung up the phone. Bosco looked at Sully. "What's wrong?"
"It's Patricia. Someone has her. I know who it is." Sully replied, as tears fall down his cheeks. " It's the same person that took Katie."
"What are you talking about?"
"It's Terry. It took Katie and now he has Patricia." Bosco paced around the room. " Terry.. you mean April's dad. Why would he take Katie?"
"I don't know." Sully yelled. "But Patricia is in trouble, and he says that if I don't bring you, Patricia is dead."
"I'm so sorry, Sully. This is my fault."
"No, it's not." Sully replied, as they headed out of the apartment.
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As Sully and Bosco approached the house, Terry was outside. "It's about time," he said, as they walked into the house. When they got inside, Patricia was tied up to a chair. Bosco grabbed a hold of Terry and pushed him against the wall. "Tell me where they are." he yelled.
"Let me go." Terry yelled. "I didn't kidnap anybody."
"Just April and Katie."
Terry looked at Bosco with this shocked look on his face. "I know exactly what you did to April. How could you?"
"I needed to get her away from her parents, they were bad. Sully looked at Bosco, and realizes that his partner had just got Terry to confess to the crime.
"You bastard." Bosco yelled, as he hit Terry for not just what he did to Katie, but also for April.
"Bosco let him go." Sully yelled. Terry looked at Sully. "Thank you."
"Don't thank me, if my wife wasn't in danger, I would let Bosco hurt you." Terry then kicked Bosco in the stomach making him fall onto the ground. He then jumped on Bosco and grabbed his hands, and handcuffed them together.
He then turned to Sully. "You have to come too." he said, as he grabbed Sully's hand roughly and handcuffed them. He then turned to Patricia.
"I can't decide what to do with you. Should I or I shouldn't I take you?" he said, as he started to pace around the room.
He then looked at her. "I don't think so. You say anything about this, I will kill Gwen, I know where she is." He then pulled some duct tape out of his bag, and put it over her mouth.
"Say goodbye to your husband." he said, as he grabbed a hold of Sully and Bosco and took them out of the house.
About an half an hour later,
Patricia had finally able to get herself untie from the ropes. She then run towards the phone, and dialed a number.
"I want to report a kidnapping. My husband, John Sullivan and his partner Officer Boscorelli were kidnapped from our home."
To be continued.
Preview for next chapter:
Lots of action and angst coming up for Bosco, Sully and Faith.
