Chapter 29

Chloe sighed with relief as she saw Darryl and his friend lying motionless on the floor. She now knew that there was a team of men out there and she now knew how to find out who they were. Not only that but the Warden was going to have to go down for this as well. Some people just never learned their lesson and could never do their jobs properly. Chloe could tell that Faith and Sully were both angry with her for coming here without backup and without telling anyone where she was going but at the moment she didn't care. She had been so scared that she was going to never see her little girl again, that she would never hold her baby or kiss her fiancé, Bosco, again. Chloe wanted to make sure that everything was going to be okay, at least for her little girl Ella.

Chloe walked into the station house and walked up to her commanding officer's office and sat down across from him. He was studying her intensely and then he leaned back in his chair and gave her a once over. She knew what he was thinking, he was thinking she was taking this case so personally it was clouding her judgement. He was thinking she wasn't taking proper safety procedures and that she was going to end up getting herself killed right along with any other officer that went to back her up. He was probably also thinking she was out of her mind for not taking better care of herself. Well that was fine, he could think that all he wanted, she didn't care at all.

"Look we now know the names of the others involved in this whole cop killing plot, it won't be long before we find a way to take them all down. We have raided all their local hideouts, the FBI has taken care of the non local ones. We have all their known associates getting constant visits from police on every single day. So at the moment we know how things are going down." Her CO said making it clear that her involvement in this had no ended.

"This all started because of me, because I wouldn't back another cop when he crossed the line. How many cops are going to hate me when this whole thing gets out?" Chloe asked softly.

"Why don't you head back to the hospital and stay there with your fiancé? I am pretty sure he wants to see your face right now, and he might want an explanation as to why he is in there and why his own mother was killed. Considering you are the only one with the personal details of everything that happened that night with Darryl, I think it might be best if you head over there and explain things to him." Her CO said simply.

"Yes sir." Chloe said as she left his office.


Bosco looked up as the door opened and he saw Chloe walk in with a confused and unsure expression on her face. He knew then that something had happened and she was afraid to tell him about it, afraid he would hate her for whatever it was. He had done a lot of things in his life that people could hate him for, he was in no position to judge someone else for something they may have done, let alone the mother of his child and the woman he loved.

"Talk to me." He said simply, knowing she wouldn't have to ask for further explanation of what he meant.

"Tonight, I figured out who might be behind all of this, and why. I went to the warehouse, alone, without telling anyone because I thought I could talk him down but he was there with a friend and he outnumbered me. Luckily Sully and Faith figured out some way to track me and they found me and they took out two suspects and we have names of others, the others are being tracked down and hopefully this might be over soon, hopefully. It's all my fault, this whole thing is my fault." Chloe said with tears in her eyes.

"Tell me baby." Bosco said as he held his hand out for her to take.

Chloe sat on the edge of the bed and held his hand, tears welling in her eyes as she thought she might end up losing the man she loved and the father of her child. Her daughter was put in danger because of her stupidity on this whole situation and she was sure that she was going to get blamed by everyone for what she had thought was the right thing back in the day. "There was a bad situation, an officer was out of line on something and nearly killed someone, there were witnesses galore, a lot of cops and we all decided not to back him up. He was sent to prison and he is the one who dreamt up this plot to kill all these cops, out of revenge for him losing his badge and gun. It was all revenge and it was my fault because I didn't stand up for him back when he trusted me to watch his back and be there to back him up but I knew he was out of line back then and it scared me because I thought if he could do that what if he lost it enough and got me implicated the next time."

Bosco could tell just saying all of this was hurting Chloe dearly and he wanted nothing more than to be there for her and help talk her through all of this but there was nothing he could say to make everything go away. He gently pulled and she laid down on the empty spot of the hospital bed and he pulled her closely, kissing her temple. "It is not your fault that this guy snapped and killed all these cops and innocent people. You did your job as a police officer and no one can fault you for that, don't ever think otherwise." He whispered to her as he held her close.

Chloe heard what he was saying, but she also knew that if Darryl's associates weren't all caught and stopped soon, the body count would rise and she would never be able to let go of the guilt swirling inside of her.