Chapter 20
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Alex, Carlos, Ty and Sully were at their favorite Mexican food place on their break. Sully was in the middle of telling Alex and Carlos exactly what had happened to Bosco and how lucky he was that Doc happened to be walking in to check on him for Faith when he coded.
"...then, Bosco's mother and brother came in and boy was she hot," Sully was saying. When we left, Faith and Bosco's mother were ganging up on the nurse about moving Faith in with Bosco whether she needed the ICU bed or not," he said.
"Yeah, well I guess Faith and Mrs. B. won out because when we stopped over today to check in on Bosco, the other patient was gone and Faith was in the bed next to Bosco keeping vigil," Davis finished.
"Well, from what I've heard about Bosco's mother and what I've seen from Faith, Bosco's like a bear cub being protected by two mother bears," Alex said with a smile. "Ain't nothing or no one gonna get past them."
"Well, she sure gave me the once over when I went back with Doc this morning. I brought his car back to him after Jimmy had it last night and he was driving me home and wanted to stop by and see how Bosco was doing," explained Carlos.
"Like I said, mother bear and her cub," Alex said.
Just as they were all throwing in money to pay the bill, the dispatcher came on.
"55-Charlie."
"55-Charlie," responded Ty. "55-Charlie, call the station ASAP for the Lieutenant."
"10-4," he answered. "Wonder what that's all about?" he said aloud, handing his cell phone to Sully to use.
Alex, Ty and Carlos were talking outside by their vehicles when Sully finished with the Lieutenant and handed the phone back to Ty. "Well, here's an interesting little tidbit of information boys and girls," he taunted.
"What?" asked Carlos, his interest peaked.
"Swersky wants us to head over to Mercy and meet Dr. Jamison in the lounge. Apparently, the good doctor has some evidence Swersky wants us to pick up and transport to the lab boys," said Sully.
"What kind of evidence?" asked Davis and Alex at the same time and then looked at each other smiling.
Sully rolled his eyes, "I don't know, Junior. What say we head over there and find out," he said taking the keys out of his pocket and walking around to the driver's side of the RMP.
Ty gave Alex a wink, "Catch you after the shift?"
"Absolutely," she responded, nonchalantly hitting Davis on the butt on his way by. The show of affection did not go unnoticed by Carlos.
"Isn't that assaulting a police officer?" he teased.
"Oh, that's nothing," she teased him right back. "You should see what I do to him after hours."
He laughed and got into the rig.
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Crisafulli heard two of the nurses talking outside of his room and knew that there were detectives on the floor going in and out of Officers Boscorelli's and Yokas's room. He was desperately trying to think of what to do in case they were somehow on to him.
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Bosco was again being asked a million questions about what he remembered from right before he went unconscious. It was difficult for him to breathe and he was having a hard time talking. He looked totally exhausted and Faith was not happy. Angela Boscorelli was even less happy when she was put out of the room by the detectives while they were asking their questions. She did not go quietly, but Faith finally talked her into leaving by telling her that there was no way she was going to leave Bosco's side.
The detective started going at Bosco again and Lt. Swersky was watching Faith's reaction, waiting for her to go ballistic. He didn't particularly care for the detective that was there and was looking forward to Faith going off on him.
"Look!" Faith finally interrupted. "How many times can he say that he didn't see the person clearly?! Do you understand what he's been through? He almost died - TWICE. He can hardly talk because they broke his ribs all over again with the CPR and he said eight times if he said it once, HE DIDN'T GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE GUY!!! Now back off and give him a break!" she finished, fully prepared to get up off the bed and kick the detective's ass if he didn't.
Lieutenant Swersky stepped forward with a smirk on his face. "And, there you have it, Detective. I think Officer Yokas speaks for us all. Why don't you try to interview some of the staff or something and let Officer Boscorelli get some rest," he said, the whole time walking the detective toward the door. When he had gotten him just outside the doorway into the hall, he pulled the sliding door of the room closed and locked it.
The Lieutenant turned back toward his two officers and everyone took a deep breath. Bosco was already fighting to keep his eyes open and Faith was up on her crutches moving toward Bosco. "I think that's enough for tonight," the Lieutenant said quietly.
"What was with that guy?" asked Faith with a look of disgust on her face as she stared at him through the glass door. She made it over to Bosco's bedside and put a hand gently and protectively on his chest. Bosco reached up and rested his hand over hers.
"He's just trying to catch this whacko," explained the Lieutenant, not really wanting to defend him, but understanding it just the same.
Bosco had relaxed enough to fall asleep, but wore a pained look on his face. The nurse tried to open the door to give him his pain medication and was unable because the Lieutenant had locked it. She rapped on the glass with her knuckles and Swersky walked over and unlocked the door. "Sorry," he said simply.
"I don't suppose you could do that to the elevator doors after you move some your people out of here," she replied, obviously annoyed with the activity in her unit.
"Sorry. But, we have a job to do. I'll talk to my people and see if we can get some of these people to work outside of the ICU, away from your patients," he conceded.
"Thanks," the nurse said, somewhat satisfied. She administered the pain medication through Bosco's IV tubing and Faith relaxed a little as she saw the pained look on Bosco's face fade and watched him sleep peacefully.
Lieutenant Swersky saw the way that Faith was looking at Bosco and stepped out in order to give her some time alone with him.
After a few moments, Faith had noticed that there was no one in the room except for her and Bosco. She moved her hand out from under his on his chest and brought it up to the side of his face. He stirred slightly and his eyes fluttered open momentarily.
"It's okay, Bos. I've got your back," she said. She leaned over him and kissed his lips, feeling him weakly respond with his own kiss. And then he was sound asleep, the rhythm of his breathing slow and deep.
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Alex and Carlos were again in the ER and saw that Dr. Jamison was with a patient across the hall from their own.
"Ready?" asked Carlos after he had finished getting the replacement supplies from their last call.
"Yeah, hang on. Jamison's in there and I want to try to find out what's going on," Alex said as they hung around outside the treatment room until Dr. Jamison finally emerged.
"Hey guys," the doctor said with his usual easy smile.
"Hey yourself. What's the big mystery that Sully and Davis had to come over and get from you?" Alex asked.
"Sorry, that's confidential. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you," he said, winking at Alex and starting to walk away toward the lounge.
"Wait," said Carlos. "You can tell us. We won't say anything to anyone," he insisted as they followed him into the lounge.
He looked over his shoulder at the two medics as he grabbed the pot of coffee. He looked back to pour a cup and said, "Let's just say that I might have provided the police with a lead on this hit and run psycho," he said smugly, setting down the pot and reaching for the cream and sugar.
"Okay, okay," Alex finally said, giving up. "But, you have to promise to tell us as soon as you can," she insisted.
"Deal," Jamison replied. "Take it easy guys. Please give me a quiet night tonight."
"We'll see what we can do," Carlos said as they headed back out to work.
Jamison grabbed a napkin to wipe up where he had dripped some coffee. He wadded up the napkin and walking over to the door of the lounge, turned suddenly and shot, watching as the napkin rebounded off the wall and into the wastebasket. "Two points," he said, turning and walking out.
Before the door to the lounge had even closed, Dr. Jamison slowly walked back into the room and over to the pot. He stared at the wall where the paper basketball had rebounded off the bulletin board. What he saw there made his stomach churn. He grabbed the phone on the wall and dialed the number for ICU.
"Lieutenant Swersky," he said as the nurse in the ICU answered the phone.
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TBC. Sorry a little bit shorter than I usually write, but it seemed like a good place to stop. And you know how much I like cliffhangers! ;)
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Alex, Carlos, Ty and Sully were at their favorite Mexican food place on their break. Sully was in the middle of telling Alex and Carlos exactly what had happened to Bosco and how lucky he was that Doc happened to be walking in to check on him for Faith when he coded.
"...then, Bosco's mother and brother came in and boy was she hot," Sully was saying. When we left, Faith and Bosco's mother were ganging up on the nurse about moving Faith in with Bosco whether she needed the ICU bed or not," he said.
"Yeah, well I guess Faith and Mrs. B. won out because when we stopped over today to check in on Bosco, the other patient was gone and Faith was in the bed next to Bosco keeping vigil," Davis finished.
"Well, from what I've heard about Bosco's mother and what I've seen from Faith, Bosco's like a bear cub being protected by two mother bears," Alex said with a smile. "Ain't nothing or no one gonna get past them."
"Well, she sure gave me the once over when I went back with Doc this morning. I brought his car back to him after Jimmy had it last night and he was driving me home and wanted to stop by and see how Bosco was doing," explained Carlos.
"Like I said, mother bear and her cub," Alex said.
Just as they were all throwing in money to pay the bill, the dispatcher came on.
"55-Charlie."
"55-Charlie," responded Ty. "55-Charlie, call the station ASAP for the Lieutenant."
"10-4," he answered. "Wonder what that's all about?" he said aloud, handing his cell phone to Sully to use.
Alex, Ty and Carlos were talking outside by their vehicles when Sully finished with the Lieutenant and handed the phone back to Ty. "Well, here's an interesting little tidbit of information boys and girls," he taunted.
"What?" asked Carlos, his interest peaked.
"Swersky wants us to head over to Mercy and meet Dr. Jamison in the lounge. Apparently, the good doctor has some evidence Swersky wants us to pick up and transport to the lab boys," said Sully.
"What kind of evidence?" asked Davis and Alex at the same time and then looked at each other smiling.
Sully rolled his eyes, "I don't know, Junior. What say we head over there and find out," he said taking the keys out of his pocket and walking around to the driver's side of the RMP.
Ty gave Alex a wink, "Catch you after the shift?"
"Absolutely," she responded, nonchalantly hitting Davis on the butt on his way by. The show of affection did not go unnoticed by Carlos.
"Isn't that assaulting a police officer?" he teased.
"Oh, that's nothing," she teased him right back. "You should see what I do to him after hours."
He laughed and got into the rig.
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Crisafulli heard two of the nurses talking outside of his room and knew that there were detectives on the floor going in and out of Officers Boscorelli's and Yokas's room. He was desperately trying to think of what to do in case they were somehow on to him.
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Bosco was again being asked a million questions about what he remembered from right before he went unconscious. It was difficult for him to breathe and he was having a hard time talking. He looked totally exhausted and Faith was not happy. Angela Boscorelli was even less happy when she was put out of the room by the detectives while they were asking their questions. She did not go quietly, but Faith finally talked her into leaving by telling her that there was no way she was going to leave Bosco's side.
The detective started going at Bosco again and Lt. Swersky was watching Faith's reaction, waiting for her to go ballistic. He didn't particularly care for the detective that was there and was looking forward to Faith going off on him.
"Look!" Faith finally interrupted. "How many times can he say that he didn't see the person clearly?! Do you understand what he's been through? He almost died - TWICE. He can hardly talk because they broke his ribs all over again with the CPR and he said eight times if he said it once, HE DIDN'T GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE GUY!!! Now back off and give him a break!" she finished, fully prepared to get up off the bed and kick the detective's ass if he didn't.
Lieutenant Swersky stepped forward with a smirk on his face. "And, there you have it, Detective. I think Officer Yokas speaks for us all. Why don't you try to interview some of the staff or something and let Officer Boscorelli get some rest," he said, the whole time walking the detective toward the door. When he had gotten him just outside the doorway into the hall, he pulled the sliding door of the room closed and locked it.
The Lieutenant turned back toward his two officers and everyone took a deep breath. Bosco was already fighting to keep his eyes open and Faith was up on her crutches moving toward Bosco. "I think that's enough for tonight," the Lieutenant said quietly.
"What was with that guy?" asked Faith with a look of disgust on her face as she stared at him through the glass door. She made it over to Bosco's bedside and put a hand gently and protectively on his chest. Bosco reached up and rested his hand over hers.
"He's just trying to catch this whacko," explained the Lieutenant, not really wanting to defend him, but understanding it just the same.
Bosco had relaxed enough to fall asleep, but wore a pained look on his face. The nurse tried to open the door to give him his pain medication and was unable because the Lieutenant had locked it. She rapped on the glass with her knuckles and Swersky walked over and unlocked the door. "Sorry," he said simply.
"I don't suppose you could do that to the elevator doors after you move some your people out of here," she replied, obviously annoyed with the activity in her unit.
"Sorry. But, we have a job to do. I'll talk to my people and see if we can get some of these people to work outside of the ICU, away from your patients," he conceded.
"Thanks," the nurse said, somewhat satisfied. She administered the pain medication through Bosco's IV tubing and Faith relaxed a little as she saw the pained look on Bosco's face fade and watched him sleep peacefully.
Lieutenant Swersky saw the way that Faith was looking at Bosco and stepped out in order to give her some time alone with him.
After a few moments, Faith had noticed that there was no one in the room except for her and Bosco. She moved her hand out from under his on his chest and brought it up to the side of his face. He stirred slightly and his eyes fluttered open momentarily.
"It's okay, Bos. I've got your back," she said. She leaned over him and kissed his lips, feeling him weakly respond with his own kiss. And then he was sound asleep, the rhythm of his breathing slow and deep.
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Alex and Carlos were again in the ER and saw that Dr. Jamison was with a patient across the hall from their own.
"Ready?" asked Carlos after he had finished getting the replacement supplies from their last call.
"Yeah, hang on. Jamison's in there and I want to try to find out what's going on," Alex said as they hung around outside the treatment room until Dr. Jamison finally emerged.
"Hey guys," the doctor said with his usual easy smile.
"Hey yourself. What's the big mystery that Sully and Davis had to come over and get from you?" Alex asked.
"Sorry, that's confidential. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you," he said, winking at Alex and starting to walk away toward the lounge.
"Wait," said Carlos. "You can tell us. We won't say anything to anyone," he insisted as they followed him into the lounge.
He looked over his shoulder at the two medics as he grabbed the pot of coffee. He looked back to pour a cup and said, "Let's just say that I might have provided the police with a lead on this hit and run psycho," he said smugly, setting down the pot and reaching for the cream and sugar.
"Okay, okay," Alex finally said, giving up. "But, you have to promise to tell us as soon as you can," she insisted.
"Deal," Jamison replied. "Take it easy guys. Please give me a quiet night tonight."
"We'll see what we can do," Carlos said as they headed back out to work.
Jamison grabbed a napkin to wipe up where he had dripped some coffee. He wadded up the napkin and walking over to the door of the lounge, turned suddenly and shot, watching as the napkin rebounded off the wall and into the wastebasket. "Two points," he said, turning and walking out.
Before the door to the lounge had even closed, Dr. Jamison slowly walked back into the room and over to the pot. He stared at the wall where the paper basketball had rebounded off the bulletin board. What he saw there made his stomach churn. He grabbed the phone on the wall and dialed the number for ICU.
"Lieutenant Swersky," he said as the nurse in the ICU answered the phone.
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TBC. Sorry a little bit shorter than I usually write, but it seemed like a good place to stop. And you know how much I like cliffhangers! ;)