Chapter 35

Chloe was shaking as she kept Ella fully covered with her own body, while Bosco ran with his weapon in his hand, in the direction of the shots. He had already used his cell phone to call it in, shouting that he was an off duty officer that was armed and in full foot pursuit of the shooter. Chloe knew that Bosco was in serious danger, even though he was trained to do this and this was part of his job. Chloe didn't want to lose her husband, they had gone to City Hall to tie the knot, and she knew that Ella and the baby inside of her deserved their father to be around and not six feet under. She kept a shaking and crying Ella close as she heard the sirens screeching and she saw the helicopter flying above them.

"Shh… baby. Mommy is right here and mommy won't let anything happen to you." Chloe whispered. She looked up as an officer headed straight for her. "My name is Officer Chloe Boscorelli, my husband, Officer Maurice Boscorelli is the off duty officer in foot pursuit, they ran in that direction." Chloe pointed into the wooded area beside the park.

Chloe watched as a bunch of cops took off in that direction but a few of them stayed behind to check on all the civilians in the park. Chloe was still shaking and so was her toddler, Ella. She couldn't believe someone would actually open fire at a park! Who would risk shooting little kids that were playing? Chloe guessed this person must hate her and Bosco with a passion to take that big of a risk. Everyone knew that if, well when, you got caught if you had hurt or killed a child, you were the main target within the prison system. There is a line that is drawn, and anyone who harms a child would be injured or killed immediately within prison.

"Ma'am, we would like to move you and your daughter to a safer location." A female officer started as she walked over to her.

"My name is not ma'am, it's officer Bosocorelli." Chloe snapped, wanting to put the woman in her place. It was clear that she hated being there and she felt like this was a waste of her time to help these people. "Tell me why you have such an attitude with these poor victims?" Chloe asked, finally standing up straight and placing a shaking Ella on her hip.

"This is not exciting. I became a cop so that I could do adventurist things, not sit around and lead people this way and that." The female officer, whose name tag said her name was M. Mitchell, stated as she rolled her eyes at the crying and screaming children who were clinging to their frightened parents.

"This is part of the job. If you don't like doing this, then you should leave the force, definitely. It's not always about shooting people, chasing people or fighting people. This is all about being there for the civilians and the people who pay taxes and those taxes pay your salary. If you can't act right then don't you dare wear that badge." Chloe snapped at the cop. "Officer Mitchell, the people who become cops are the people who want to make a difference, not the people who are just looking to have a good time."

"Look, ma'am, I don't think it's any of your business." Officer Mitchell said with a smirk on her face as she purposely drew out the ma'am. She didn't know she had just made a big mistake because Chloe had every intention of making sure this woman lost her badge now.

Faith and Sully had been visiting with Davis when they had heard the call over the radio of the officer who was guarding Davis's door. They both knew that it was probably bad news since it was the same park that Bosco and Chloe had said they were taking Ella to that day. They promised Davis they would be back and that they would let him know if anyone was hurt and they took off, heading for the park and for their friends, hoping that no one was badly hurt or worse, killed.

When they pulled up they saw a pale Chloe, holding an even paler Ella in her arms, talking with a female patrol officer who was clearly getting on her nerves. They didn't see Bosco so they knew he had to be involved in trying to find the shooter. They headed straight for Chloe, intent to see if they could help put some color in her face as well as the face of her toddler daughter. As they got closer they could hear the conversation and even they were staring to get mad.

"Problems?" Faith asked as she and Sully inserted themselves into the conversation, things were about to get interesting there.

He was laughing inside, as he watched the cops try and find him. He had been careless, he shouldn't have fired those shots and stuck around to see if they had hit their mark. He had just snapped when he saw the way Bosco was looking at his wife and daughter and the way he rubbed his wife's belly. Even worse, Chloe was happy, she was happy as she rubbed her own belly and hugged her daughter and husband. Every time he had watched the two of them kiss he thought he was going to be sick to his stomach. Now he was standing there and he was wondering what he was going to do to make sure he got away from the men in blue that were searching for him. He knew he was well hidden and that no one could find him where he was, but that didn't mean he could stay there for the whole time. He knew he wouldn't be able to sit in the tree the whole time. He was even luckier that he had managed to block his scent, making it impossible for a police dog to track him.

"I am going to get my revenge, and even if it isn't meant to be today, it will be soon?" He muttered under his breath, wondering just how he was going to do that if he didn't get himself out of this tree. He had a plan and he was sure that when he made Chloe and Bosco pay, it would be heartbreaking for some people while others jumped for joy, he knew he was planning to do the right thing.