This One's Personal
Chapter 3
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Bosco and Faith had returned to the station after finding Palmer's apartment empty. Faith was filling out some paperwork from an earlier call and Bosco was sitting in the chair alongside the desk staring off into space and fiddling with a pencil.
"Bosco!" Faith called, suddenly jarring Bosco back to the present. "I asked you if you remember which pocket Evans had his drugs stashed in. I need it for the report," she said again.
"Um, his left jacket pocket, I think," he answered her absently.
"What are you thinking about?" she asked him.
He paused for a moment, figuring that Faith knew him so well, she probably already knew. "About Katy and the kids. I just can't believe that something like this could happen to them," he said, making eye contact with Faith.
"Happens all the time, Bos. You know that," she said. "What besides them being related to the Lieu is making this an obsession with you?"
He looked at Faith for a moment. He hadn't told her about the time he'd spent with Katy and her kids. She knew he had ended up going into the delivery room for Stephanice's birth, simply because he couldn't get his hand out of hers during the contractions. Before he knew it, he was in the delivery room, all gowned-up and telling her to breathe through the contractions. He'd never forget that night. It was a beautiful thing. Most of the time he saw kids being born in the streets to parents who were really too young to be having kids of their own, or didn't really want them and discarded them in an alleyway. He thought about the sound of the baby crying when she was born and the look of pure love on Katy's face when they showed the baby to her. He watched her cry because she'd never know her father. He smiled at the thought of her holding her newborn baby and kissing and softly talking to her just seconds after she'd been born. He helped her to count the fingers and toes before the nurse took the baby to measure and weigh her.
"Bos?" Faith said, noticing the smile across his face. "Oh my God. You didn't..." she started, before the smile faded from Bosco's face and he interrupted her sentence.
"NO! I didn't sleep with her," he said, suddenly looking behind him to make sure the boss hadn't heard him. "I just, you know, hung around there a lot and helped her out when she came home with the baby. You know, she already had three other kids and her husband was gone. I don't know, Faith. I just know that when I was in that delivery room and Stephanie was born. Well, it was beautiful. I want that some day, Faith," he confessed to her.
"I know you do, Bos. And you'll have that someday. Who knows, maybe even with Katy," she said, getting an immediate response from Bosco.
"What?!" he exclaimed.
"Bos. I see the look on your face when you talk about her, or the kids, or when they're out on the steps at the house during shift change. Those kids love you, Bos. And, if I didn't know better, I'd think Stephanie thought that you were her Daddy. She certainly thinks of you as her protector. You're the first one she comes to whenever we stop over there," Faith said. "I think it's great, Bosco. I really do," she finished, smiling.
"Yeah, well. I gotta hit the head," Bosco said, suddenly standing up, needing to get away from this conversation. The last thing he needed was someone getting wind of it and it getting back to the Lieutenant. He turned and walked out of the office and down the hallway.
He passed the Lieutenant's office and noticed him sitting in the chair, staring off into the corner of the room. He stopped just past the door and thought for a moment. He thought about that look that he'd gotten from the Lieu during roll call. He knew that the Boss was counting on him to find this scumbag. He backed up and softly knocked on the door.
"Lieu? Can I come in for a second?" Bosco asked.
"Boscorelli. How's the shift going so far? Nice arrest on that Evans kid. The detectives are talking to him and he's turning over people left and right to try to avoid prison time," the Lieutenant said.
"Thank you, Sir," said Bosco. "I'm sorry, Sir. About what happened to Shaun. I'm gonna do everything I can to find this asshole," he promised him.
"I know you are, Bosco. I know that I can count on you to not quit, no matter what. You're like me when I was your age. Your full of yourself and of confidence in your abilities. But, be careful. Being full of yourself can get you in trouble. You have to watch your back. But, that's what I've got Faith with you for - to keep you grounded," the Lieutenant said.
"Yes, Sir. She's certainly has her hands full with me at times," Bosco said, relaxing a little. It had always been so easy for him to talk to the Boss. He'd come to think of him as the father he'd wished he had, and he was sure that the Lieutenant sensed that too. "I'm gonna find him. Tell Katy that for me, will you, Sir?"
"I already told her that, Bosco. Now get back out there," he said, standing up to walk him out of his office. Faith was coming down the hall and they met up in the hallway.
"Sir," Faith said, acknowledging her superior officer.
"Yokas, good job tonight. Now get back out there and be safe," he said and the two officers turned to return to their RMP.
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TBC...
Chapter 3
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Bosco and Faith had returned to the station after finding Palmer's apartment empty. Faith was filling out some paperwork from an earlier call and Bosco was sitting in the chair alongside the desk staring off into space and fiddling with a pencil.
"Bosco!" Faith called, suddenly jarring Bosco back to the present. "I asked you if you remember which pocket Evans had his drugs stashed in. I need it for the report," she said again.
"Um, his left jacket pocket, I think," he answered her absently.
"What are you thinking about?" she asked him.
He paused for a moment, figuring that Faith knew him so well, she probably already knew. "About Katy and the kids. I just can't believe that something like this could happen to them," he said, making eye contact with Faith.
"Happens all the time, Bos. You know that," she said. "What besides them being related to the Lieu is making this an obsession with you?"
He looked at Faith for a moment. He hadn't told her about the time he'd spent with Katy and her kids. She knew he had ended up going into the delivery room for Stephanice's birth, simply because he couldn't get his hand out of hers during the contractions. Before he knew it, he was in the delivery room, all gowned-up and telling her to breathe through the contractions. He'd never forget that night. It was a beautiful thing. Most of the time he saw kids being born in the streets to parents who were really too young to be having kids of their own, or didn't really want them and discarded them in an alleyway. He thought about the sound of the baby crying when she was born and the look of pure love on Katy's face when they showed the baby to her. He watched her cry because she'd never know her father. He smiled at the thought of her holding her newborn baby and kissing and softly talking to her just seconds after she'd been born. He helped her to count the fingers and toes before the nurse took the baby to measure and weigh her.
"Bos?" Faith said, noticing the smile across his face. "Oh my God. You didn't..." she started, before the smile faded from Bosco's face and he interrupted her sentence.
"NO! I didn't sleep with her," he said, suddenly looking behind him to make sure the boss hadn't heard him. "I just, you know, hung around there a lot and helped her out when she came home with the baby. You know, she already had three other kids and her husband was gone. I don't know, Faith. I just know that when I was in that delivery room and Stephanie was born. Well, it was beautiful. I want that some day, Faith," he confessed to her.
"I know you do, Bos. And you'll have that someday. Who knows, maybe even with Katy," she said, getting an immediate response from Bosco.
"What?!" he exclaimed.
"Bos. I see the look on your face when you talk about her, or the kids, or when they're out on the steps at the house during shift change. Those kids love you, Bos. And, if I didn't know better, I'd think Stephanie thought that you were her Daddy. She certainly thinks of you as her protector. You're the first one she comes to whenever we stop over there," Faith said. "I think it's great, Bosco. I really do," she finished, smiling.
"Yeah, well. I gotta hit the head," Bosco said, suddenly standing up, needing to get away from this conversation. The last thing he needed was someone getting wind of it and it getting back to the Lieutenant. He turned and walked out of the office and down the hallway.
He passed the Lieutenant's office and noticed him sitting in the chair, staring off into the corner of the room. He stopped just past the door and thought for a moment. He thought about that look that he'd gotten from the Lieu during roll call. He knew that the Boss was counting on him to find this scumbag. He backed up and softly knocked on the door.
"Lieu? Can I come in for a second?" Bosco asked.
"Boscorelli. How's the shift going so far? Nice arrest on that Evans kid. The detectives are talking to him and he's turning over people left and right to try to avoid prison time," the Lieutenant said.
"Thank you, Sir," said Bosco. "I'm sorry, Sir. About what happened to Shaun. I'm gonna do everything I can to find this asshole," he promised him.
"I know you are, Bosco. I know that I can count on you to not quit, no matter what. You're like me when I was your age. Your full of yourself and of confidence in your abilities. But, be careful. Being full of yourself can get you in trouble. You have to watch your back. But, that's what I've got Faith with you for - to keep you grounded," the Lieutenant said.
"Yes, Sir. She's certainly has her hands full with me at times," Bosco said, relaxing a little. It had always been so easy for him to talk to the Boss. He'd come to think of him as the father he'd wished he had, and he was sure that the Lieutenant sensed that too. "I'm gonna find him. Tell Katy that for me, will you, Sir?"
"I already told her that, Bosco. Now get back out there," he said, standing up to walk him out of his office. Faith was coming down the hall and they met up in the hallway.
"Sir," Faith said, acknowledging her superior officer.
"Yokas, good job tonight. Now get back out there and be safe," he said and the two officers turned to return to their RMP.
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TBC...