Finally A Family - Part 7

Everyone in the living room of the apartment froze as they heard the gunshot ring out. Faith ran toward the door, followed closely by Sully, Davis and Jack Warner. They listened for a moment but heard nothing.

"Bosco!," Faith yelled. "What's going on in there?"

There was a long agonizing moment before Bosco finally responded. "It's okay Faith, I'm okay. Just back away and let me take care of this."

"Better listen to him, Officer," yelled Feraday. "Or those could be the last words you hear from your partner!"

They backed away from the door, but not too far. Faith grabbed her radio and contacted the Lieutenant. "55-David to Central. Patch me through to the Lieutenant."

"55-David, go ahead," came the reply from Central. "Lieutenant, we have shots fired inside the bedroom at this location. We have been in contact with our officer through the door and have been advised that the situation is still under control. We are standing by," relayed Faith.

"10-4, 55-David," Lieutenant Swersky said. "Continue surveillance. I am five minutes out. Proper units have been mobilized and are in route also."

"10-4, Lieu," answered Faith. "C'mon Bosco. Let's get this wrapped up before the circus starts," thought Faith out loud to her friends. They all nodded agreement.

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Jenny was visibly shaking, not knowing what to do. She didn't know where the bullet went. She didn't see any holes in the wall. She tried again to break loose, but she felt the barrel of the gun against her temple and heard Feraday growl in her ear, "You move again you Bitch and it'll be the last thing you do."

"Jenny, everything is going to be okay. You just need to keep looking at me and calm down. You trust me, right Jen?" asked Bosco trying to keep Jenny calm and not further agitate Feraday.

"I'm sorry, Seth. I won't move another step without telling you," said Bosco in a calming voice. "But I gotta tell you.. I need to sit down because this really hurts," he said as he slowly sat on the edge of the bed.

Jenny looked him over and saw the slow trickle of blood coming down from under Bosco's sleeve and running down his hand. She gasped, a look of horror on her face and her eyes moved up his arm and saw the wound in his shoulder.

"I guess you're not as tough as you would let everyone else believe, eh Officer Boscorelli?" Feraday said with a grin on his face. "Officer Boscorelli. I still can't believe it. The NYPD must have been really hard up for help to let you join the force," he said, trying to get a rise out of the Officer.

"Yeah, well you see, I had two choices back in the day Feraday. Just like you. Only I chose the right way. You could have been okay too, if you had just listened and taken the advice that a very wise man tried to offer you. But, you were too busy being the high and mighty Seth Feraday - too good to be there with the rest of us. It's lucky you made it out of there alive," Bosco lectured. He stopped when he realized that he was just making Feraday more angry.

"We'll see who gets the last word now, won't we Boscorelli," an angry Seth replied to Bosco. He brought Jenny back over to the bed, ordering Bosco to move to the other side of the room. Bosco slowly got up from the bed, leaving a puddle of blood on the floor alongside the bed. He walked over to the other side of the room and sat down wondering what was next. He watched as Feraday held the gun pointed in his direction and began to fondle Jenny right there in front of him.

Jenny was too ashamed and couldn't look at Bosco. She thought that he would blame her for not being more careful while she was at the store. She began to silently cry, angering Feraday again.

"Leave her alone Seth. Your problem is with me. Just give her a blanket and leave her alone," Bosco said as he leaned forward in the chair, his arm dangling alongside his foot.

"What's the matter, Boscorelli? Are you having a hard time with that wound? Losing too much blood? Such a pity. I wanted you to be conscious to see what I was going to do to your girlfriend here," he taunted.

"Hey Jenny," Bosco said, turning his attention to her. "Do you remember all those stories I always told you about work?"

She didn't look at Bosco, but shook her head yes. "What's going on here?" Feraday yelled. "You're here to talk to me - not her!" he said slapping the girl again. It took all of Bosco's willpower not to charge Feraday.

"Look, if you're going to kill us, you can at least give us a chance to say a few things before you do it," reasoned Bosco.

Without waiting for a response from Feraday, Bosco continued, "Do you remember the one story that you really liked? The one about the bank robber - the one where that guy came into the bank just as the robber was leaving? Remember, he grabbed that poor guy and held onto him?"

Jenny just nodded, still not looking Bosco in the eye. "Do you remember what that guy's name was?" he asked her, trying to see if she really remembered.

"I, uh, I think it was Barron or something like that," she said finally looking at Bosco with a puzzled look on her face.

"Oh yeah, that's it," he said looking into the young woman's eyes, hoping she knew where he was going with this. He was starting to go into shock from his wound. He could feel himself beginning to sweat and get weaker from the blood loss. "Do you remember how that ended Jenny? 'Cause I'm not sure I do," he said starting to sit forward in the chair a little, hoping the movement he was making would distract Feraday from what he was saying.

"Where do you think you're going Boscorelli?" Seth said angrily, pointing the gun back at Bosco.

"Nowhere, I'm just gonna move to the floor 'cause I really don't feel that great," he said as he slid down off the chair. He hoped that Jenny remembered what happened in the story about the bank robber. He was counting on it as he quickly reached for his ankle and grabbed the gun he had put there before entering the bedroom. At the same time that Bosco reached for the gun, Jenny pulled away from Feraday who was distracted by Bosco's sudden movement.

Bosco pulled the gun from his boot and aimed it at Feraday and fired at the same time Feraday pulled the trigger of the gun pointed at Bosco.

~~~~~~~~ Outside the bedroom, Lieutenant Swersky was just coming through the front door and Faith, Ty and Sully were heading out to talk to him when they heard two shots ring out.

The Lieutenant grabbed his radio and called for ESU to enter the apartment and take control of the bedroom.

The Officers pulled their weapons and headed down the hallway to help their friend.

"Bosco!" yelled Faith as they reached the door. There was no response. All they could hear was a quiet sobbing on the other side of the door.

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As the smoke cleared from the two shots that were fired, Jenny looked over at Bosco. "That's my girl," Bosco said as he slumped, unconscious on the floor. At the same time, Feraday slowly dropped off the side of the bed with a sickening thump on the floor. Jenny was trying to untie herself as she crawled over to Bosco to see if he was okay as she heard the bedroom door splinter and heard the sound of numerous people entering the room. She was frozen, she couldn't take her eyes off the man that put himself in a position of danger to save her. "Bosco!" she screamed as the commotion around her increased.

Jenny suddenly felt a blanket being wrapped around her and she was gently lifted up off the floor and helped out of the room. She couldn't take her eyes off of a motionless Bosco, her tears openly flowing now.

She heard Ty's gentle voice alongside her saying, "It's okay Miss. Everything is over now. I'm gonna take you to your Dad and then the ambulance is going to take you to the hospital to get checked out and have those cuts and bruises looked at." Jenny let herself be ushered out the door, but couldn't take her eyes off of Bosco's lifeless body until she heard her father's voice and felt his touch. At that, she totally collapsed and clung to her father.

TBC..

Well, sorry about another cliffhanger - not really (LOL). Hope you are enjoying this.