Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters I just use them.
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Bosco sat alone in a small cell, he was given an orange jump suit that he had to put on.
"Boscorelli, you have a visitor." Bosco head shot up at the sound of the guard's voice.
"Who is it?" Bosco asked hoping it was Faith, he needed her right now.
"Says her name is Faith." answered the guard. Bosco stood up and put his hands behind his back allowing the guard to hand cuff him. He was lead down a small, narrow hallway into the visiting room.
"Sit here." The guard demanded pointing to a small cell that looked kind of like a cage, it hand the number 11 on it. "When your time is up you will stick your hands through this square so you may be hand cuffed, do you understand?" The guard asked.
Bosco just nodded and sat in the chair.
"Bosco?" Faith asked through the small opening in the cage that separated them. "We're going to get you out."
"Faith, I don't even know anyone by the name of James McCoy." Bosco whispered.
"Bosco 2 nights ago, where were you around 1:30 in the morning?" Faith asked.
"Why?" Bosco questioned.
"Because that's when the murder happened, if you were with someone, or if someone can testify that they saw you around that time then you have an alibi." Faith explained.
Bosco face broke into a smile " I was with Alex, she asked if I wanted to get a drink with her, so I took her to ma's bar."
"Where?" Faith asked.
"In ma's bar." Bosco said "But ma wasn't working, it was this new guy I think he said his name was Garry."
"Okay I'll go and talk to Alex and the bar tender." Faith said. "Were going to get you out."
"I know." Bosco smiled. Faith wiped tears out of her eyes. "Sully and Davis said they'd help too."
Bosco smiled again and informed the guard he was done.
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Faith entered Bosco's mom's bar with Sully and Davis.
"Hey Faith, what can I do for you?" Rose Boscorelli asked. "Where's Maurice?"
Faith swallowed hard 'She doesn't know yet?'
"Umm…Bosco was arrested." Faith answered.
"What?" Rose said in disbelief.
"We are going to get him out," Faith assured "We need to talk to Garry the new bartender."
"He isn't working today." Rose explained "He should be back tonight."
"Do you know anyway we could get in touch with him sooner?" Sully asked
"No Sorry." Rose mumbled. "Where is my son?"
"I'll take you if you'd like?" Faith offered. Rose nodded.
"Jake, I need you to take over tonight." Rose yelled over to Jake in the back of the bar.
"Okay." He answered while serving a group of customers.
Faith said goodbye to Sully and Davis and drove Rose to the jail.
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"Boscorelli, you have another visitor." The guard informed again.
Bosco stood up, and walked down the hall with the guard after being handcuffed. He was placed in the same visiting cage as before.
"Maurice?" His mom cried.
"Ma?" Bosco whispered.
"I'm here, Faith told me everything." Rose replied "Do you need anything, I talked to Faith and she told me you needed some stuff."
"Thanks ma." He thanked.
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"Hey doc." Faith greeted.
"Faith, what are you doing here?" Doc questioned. "And where's your partner in crime?"
Faith gave a week smile. "Is Alex around?"
"Nope she has the next thee days off." Doc explained.
"Could you give me here home address it's really important." Faith asked.
"Kim will know it." Doc answered "She is upstairs if you'd like to go ask her."
"Thanks." Faith said as she headed up stairs. "Kim?"
"Over here." Kim said while shutting her magazine.
"Could you give me Alex's address I need to talk to her." Faith asked.
"Yeah." Kim picked herself up off the bed and went over to her locker, She ripped off a piece of paper and quickly scribbled something down.
"Here." Kim handed Faith the paper.
Faith thanked Kim before she turned and quickly made her way down the stairs.
She waved bye to everyone before continuing on her way to Alex's apartment.
She pulled out her cell phone and called Sully and Davis.
"Hey Sully, I'm heading over to Alex's apartment do you think you could swing by Rose's bar and talk to Garry he should be there by now." Faith asked. "Yeah, thanks."
Faith hung up her phone and pulled into the parking lot.
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Davis and Sully entered Rose's bar "Excuse me?" Davis interrupted. "Are you Garry?"
"Yes?" He answered nervously. "Can I help you?"
"We were wondering of you'd seen this man around 1:30 yesterday morning." Sully held up Bosco's picture.
"umm…nope sorry can say that I did." Garry answered.
"Are you sure he was with this girl." Davis said opening his wallet and showing him a picture of Alex and him from when they were going out.
"I remember her but not him, I'm sorry." Garry quickly said. There was a long moment of silence "Okay, thanks anyway." Sully said before he and Davis headed out of the bar.
"He saw Alex but not Bosco." Ty repeated.
"Something isn't right."
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Faith stepped off the elevator into the 5th floor hall wall. She followed the numbers on the door until she reached Alex's. She was about to knock on the door when she saw that it was already open. She stepped in "Alex?" she yelled. She received no answer.
'She probably just went out.' Faith assured herself before heading back down the hall.
Faith jumped at the sound of a phone ringing. "Hello?" She asked into her cell phone.
"Hey Sully, what'd he say...What do you mean…Bosco said he talked to him…Yeah…Well he'd have to have seen him if he was taking the drink orders… Okay…Yeah just a second let me get back to my car and I'll tell you" Faith was about to open the door when she noticed a small envelope taped to the back of the door. It read "TOO LATE" Faith also noticed the chain on Alex's door was broken.
"Yeah I'm still here." Faith mumbled while reading the note.
'Boscorelli doesn't have an alibi anymore.' Was what the note read.
"Sully." Faith swallowed hard "I think something has happened to Alex, meet me at the jail now." Faith hung up her phone and raced down to her car.
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"What's going on?" Davis asked worried.
"Alex's chain on her door was broken and I found this." Faith handed Davis the note.
After studying the note for a minute Ty handed it to Sully.
"I'm going to go and see Bosco, I need you two to go talk to Leu and tell him what's happened get investigators over there see if they find anything." Faith explained "I'll call you later." Everyone agreed and hurried off to do what they were told.
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Faith and Bosco sat at a cage number 7 this time.
"I have an arraignment tomorrow." Bosco announced.
"Really?" Faith asked. Bosco nodded in reply. "I have to go and talk to Sully, when your done with the detectives I'll try and visit."
"Okay." Bosco said sadly.
"Bye." Faith waved as she left. Bosco waved to her and put his hands through the small square and allowed the guard to handcuff him.
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Alex slowly adjusted her sitting position to try and get ride of the crap in her arms, which were securely fastened behind her back.
She struggled with the rope for a while but soon gave up.
"What the hell do you want from me?" Alex yelled at the man sitting on the sofa watching what looked to be a football game.
"Shut up." The man ordered loudly.
"Not until you tell me what the hell you want." Alex yelled again not backing down.
The man picked himself up off the couch and headed into the kitchen, he opened a cupboard drawer and slammed it shut. He made his way over to Alex, with a roll of duct tape in his left hand.
"You can thank your good old friend Boscorelli, he the one that got you in this mess." The man sneered firmly placing a piece of duct tape over her mouth. "It's not like you'll ever get that chance, He has no alibi to where he was the night my brother was murdered, he is as good as gone." The man laughed and headed back over to finish watching the game.
'Murder, Bosco's in jail for murder.' Alex said trying to make sense of what he'd just said.
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The next day Bosco was taken down to the courtroom, he was told that his lawyer would meet him there.
About 10 minutes later Bosco arrived at the courthouse and was taken inside.
"Mr. Boscorelli you may take a seat until you are called to the stand." The judge said while he reviewed his case, after a few minutes of reading over last minute paper work that was handed in Bosco was called to the stand.
"Mr. Boscorelli, the state is charging you with murder of James McCoy." The judge explained. "They have evidence that proved you were at the scene of the crime." Bosco waited patiently for his chance to speak.
"Your lawyer tells me that you were with a young lady named Alex Taylor." The judge said checking his sheet again. "She is missing right now, so you have nobody to testify on your behave is that right?"
Bosco nodded.
"You'll have to speak up." The judge informed.
"Yes." Bosco repeated.
"Okay, do you have anything to say." The judge asked "Your lawyer is here to let you know if you are telling to much."
Bosco nodded in his lawyers direction and cleared his throat. Faith had made sure he had one of the best lawyers in New York City.
"May I ask one thing?" Bosco looked at the judge. The judge nodded in approval.
"What evidence does the state have against me?" Bosco whispered.
"They found your finger prints on a broken bottle which was used to kill James McCoy." The judge answered. "They also have a witness who is willing to testify."
'A witness.' Bosco mined screamed. 'How the hell can they have a witness if I wasn't even there.'
"And since the person you were with isn't here, you have a great chance of losing." The judge continued.
"I wasn't there." Bosco said trying to chock back his tears. He usually didn't get emotional but then again he'd never be in jail for murder before either. I guess there's a first time for everything isn't there.
"We are here to listen to your side of what happened, so tell us." The judge whispered looking at Bosco.
"That night I went out for a drink with Alex Taylor." Bosco started.
"Is she your girlfriend?" a man wearing a navy, blue suit asked. Bosco assumed he was the one trying to lock him up.
"No she is not my girlfriend she is just a friend." Bosco answer, trying to maintain his anger.
The judge glared at the man and asked Bosco to continue.
"We were in the bar until really late, we talked most of the time, she was upset about a call she'd received early on that day." Bosco paused. "She's a paramedic." The judge nodded and Bosco continued.
"Anyway I was with her from when we got off work till about 2:15 the next morning, I drove her home and headed back to my apartment to get some sleep."
"Okay, I need to speak with your lawyer and you." The judge said pointing to the man in the navy suit. "And I'll come back and finish talking to you okay?" The judge asked, receiving a nod from Bosco.
The judge and the two man went into the back room leaving Bosco alone with two guards, who stood at the door the entire time.
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"I believe him." The judge announced as soon as he was sure Bosco couldn't hear.
"What?" The prosecutor practically yelled.
"I don't know what it is about this guy, but I believe him." The judge repeated. Bosco lawyer smiled, it was always a good thing when the judge believed that the victim was innocent.
"Do you think there is a chance that this man could have been framed?" The judge asked Bosco's lawyer.
"I think there is more then a small chance, but so far we have nothing." The lawyer replied "Without Alex Taylor we have nothing."
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Bosco's lawyer informed Bosco that he might have a chance at winning his case; the judge believed that Bosco was innocent.
Now Bosco was back in his cell waiting, it felt like that's all he ever did know was wait. It had been a couple days since Faith last visited him, at first he thought maybe something bad had happened but then he came to the conclusion that she just didn't want to see him anymore.
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"Faith?" Fred asked as he entered their living room. Faith's head shot up.
"Fred what are you doing up it's o late." Faith asked.
"I should ask you the same thing but the answer would probably have something to do with Boscorelli." Fred replied meanly.
"Fred, give it up." Faith said getting angry. "He needs my help."
"Yeah, well he's not the only person that's needs you, have you forgotten about your kid?" Fred asked.
"Fred I told them what was going on they understand." Faith said between clenched teeth.
"Whatever, I'm going back to bed." Fred turned around and stormed down the hall he came through.
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It was another 3 days before Faith finally came to visit.
"Mr. Boscorelli, you have a visitor." The guard announced. Bosco looked at the guard.
"Who is it?" he asked.
"Faith." The guard answered.
"I don't want to see her." Bosco said lying back down on his bed.
"Okay." The guard answered locking Bosco's door back up and heading down the hall to inform Faith.
Bosco knew he was being selfish but he was mad at her, he was mad that she hadn't come to see him sooner.
"What the hell am I doing?" Bosco asked himself out loud.
He jumped out of bed. "Hey." He hollered down the hall. "Hey I changed my mind I want to see her."
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Faith sat in cage like cubical and waited for Bosco to appear in front of her like he has many times before. She needed to see him, talk to him make sure he was alright, just like she did when he was sick or just didn't show up for work.
"I'm sorry but Mr. Boscorelli doesn't want any visitors at this time." The guard said, causing Faith to frown.
"Did you tell him it was Faith?" Faith questioned.
"Yes, he said he didn't want to talk to you or anyone else I'm sorry." The guard said before walking out of the visiting area leaving Faith. Faith stood up and wiped the tears of her face, which just started to stream down. 'Bosco doesn't want to see me.' Faith cried to herself.
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"What's the problem a guard Bosco didn't recognize asked.
"I changed my mind I want to visit with faith." Bosco said out of breath from screaming for the past 5 minutes.
"I'm sorry but she left, she was pretty upset too." The guard replied before heading back down the hall to his post.
'upset.' Bosco thought to himself. 'what the hell have I done.' Bosco quickly grabbed the note pad Faith had given him and began to write her a note. When he finished he asked the guard if he could mail it to the address on the top of the paper. The guard agreed and went off to do it.
'Faith I'm so sorry.' Bosco thought whishing he'd just get over his stubbornness and gone to see her.
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"Boscorelli, you got a visitor." Bosco jumped up he thought was so glad Faith came back to visit himher was handcuffed like many times before and lead to the visiting room.
"Fai- " Bosco paused when he saw who it really was. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"What a father can't come visit is son in jail." He mocked.
"Not you." Bosco yelled. "What the hell do you want?"
"All these years, you thought you were better then everyone, better then your brother and I, well guess what." Michael Boscorelli laughed "Your no better then us, you never were, everyone was waiting for you temper to get out of hand, it was only a matte of time till you would have turned into me."
"I am not you, and I will NEVER be anything like you." Bosco slammed his hands down on the desk in front of him.
He told the guard he was finished and waited for him to handcuff him.
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It had been a week since Faith had gone and seen Bosco, Fred was glad she was finally paying a little more attention to her kids but she was still looking over files. If he could he'd burn them all, but he knew they belonged to the police department. He collected the mail off the counter and quickly scanned over it all. He was about to throw it back on the counter when he noticed a familiar name. Boscorelli. He ripped open the letter and read what was in it.
It read:
Dear Faith
I am so sorry, I didn't mean to make you upset I was just mad I should have come and seen you, I mean you took time out of your day to come and see me, and for what to be turned down. I'm so sorry I need to see you, I need to talk to you. Please forgive me and come see me when you get this message.
Love your best friend Bosco
XOXOXOXOX
'Awww isn't that sweet.' Fred thought ' I finally got her to stop seeing that bastard, you think I'm just going to give her this so she can go back to mothering you Boscorelli, well guess what I'm not so tough luck.' Fred laughed as he hide the letter in the back of the junk drawer on the counter. 'She'll never find it in there.' Fred thought as he slammed the drawer shut.