This One's Personal
Chapter 10
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Bosco, Faith, Sully and Ty had patrolled the entire night with no sign of James Oliver's pale green, rusty, 1982 Ford pick-up. Katy had called Bosco twice during the night. She hadn't remembered any more details, she just had to feel like she was doing something.
Faith and Bosco rode in silence when his phone rang again. He looked at the number display on the dial, recognizing it as Katy's house. He took a deep breath, not knowing what to tell her and answered the phone.
"Hey Katy," he said into the phone. "What's up?" he asked her quietly as Faith looked straight ahead out of the window. She had seen the toll this was taking on Bosco, how exhausted he was. It wasn't just physical exhaustion, he was mentally fatigued by all this. She tried not to, but what else could she do - he was sitting right next to her in a car so she heard his end of the conversation.
"No, nothing yet. But I'm not stopping until I find him Katy," he said with conviction.
"I know. How are the others?" he asked. He was worried about Michael. He had mentioned to him before how his grandfather had told him he was the man of the house and he had to take care of his mother. Bosco knew it was just something that grownups say. No one expected Michael to take care of anything, but Michael had taken it to heart. He knew from the way Michael talked about his Mom and his brothers and sister.
"That's good. They shouldn't worry about it. They're kids - they should be sleeping and eating and playing. I'm sorry, Katy," Bosco said sadly.
"I know, but I just feel like I..." he was interrupted. "Is that Michael?" he asked, hearing a voice in the background. "Let me talk to him," he asked, waiting for Katy to hand him the phone.
"What're you doing up, Little Man?" he asked him, trying to put some lightness in his voice.
"I know, Mikey. But, I'm on it. You need to get some rest and help your Mom take care of Matt and Stephanie," he said, trying to coax him into going back to sleep. "Promise me that you'll try, okay?" he said, waiting for a response. Faith looked over at Bosco and saw a tear form in his eye.
"No Mikey. You did everything right. This is in no way your fault. No one knew that this would happen. Do you understand?" he asked, practically pleading for him to understand. Bosco needed to know that he didn't blame himself. He was doing enough of that for both of them.
He must have calmed down again, because Faith heard Bosco quietly say, "Alright. Then, you'll get some more sleep, right? That's good. I'll feel better knowing that you're taking care of things there. Thanks for helping me out Michael. Put your Mom back on, okay? I won't, I promise," he said, waiting for Katy to come back on the phone.
"Hey," he said to her again. "No, it's okay. Really. You can call me anytime, no matter what. Okay?" he said with sincerity. Faith heard him chuckle a little. "I know. I keep trying to tell her," he said with a smile.
"Okay. Try to get some rest. I'll stop by when my shift is over before I head out again. No. No one's leaving. Everyone's staying until we find this jag-off," he said, and later followed up with a grimace and a roll of his eyes.
"I know you don't like that word. I'm sorry. No, I won't say it around the kids. Now get some rest, okay? Your Dad still there?" he asked her. "Good. Okay, I'll see you in a little bit. What?"
He cleared his throat and stuttered slightly, "Um, well uh, thanks," he said finally. "Me too, I think," he admitted, blushing slightly. But, luckily, it was still dark and Faith couldn't see it.
"Um, yes. I'd like to discuss that further when all this is cleared up. Okay, bye." He said, hanging up the phone and putting it back in his vest pocket. He stole a glance at Faith and swore to himself as he saw the smirk on her face. She knew exactly what they were talking about.
"Keep trying to tell her what?" Faith asked, knowing that they must have been talking about Stephanie.
Bosco smiled, "Stephanie keeps calling me Dada." He laughed again thinking about it, "I just tell her no, Bosco. Then she smiles and giggles or something'," he said.
They continued to patrol their precinct while the sun came up. "Just another sunny day," Bosco commented as he squinted at the sunlight coming through the windshield.
"We'll, find him, Bos," Faith assured him. "Let's head in. They'll want the car for the next shift. We'll split up and use our cars to keep looking - they'll be less noticed if he is still around," she said. Bosco nodded his head in agreement as he headed the car back to the station.
They saw Sully and Davis already changed and waiting outside the house for them. Bosco parked the car and he and Faith grabbed their personal belongings out and headed toward Ty and Sully.
"We're gonna head north," Ty said.
Bosco nodded and said, "Okay, we'll head south. I just gotta check on Katy first," he said, heading into the station to change.
"Is he gonna be okay?" asked Sully, watching Bosco walk into the station his shoulders hunched in defeat and exhaustion.
"Yeah, as soon as we bring Shaun home," Faith said.
"Then, let's do it," said Ty as they headed over to Sully's car and Faith turned to walk into the station to change.
"Yeah, let's do it," Faith said to herself.
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TBC...
Chapter 10
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Bosco, Faith, Sully and Ty had patrolled the entire night with no sign of James Oliver's pale green, rusty, 1982 Ford pick-up. Katy had called Bosco twice during the night. She hadn't remembered any more details, she just had to feel like she was doing something.
Faith and Bosco rode in silence when his phone rang again. He looked at the number display on the dial, recognizing it as Katy's house. He took a deep breath, not knowing what to tell her and answered the phone.
"Hey Katy," he said into the phone. "What's up?" he asked her quietly as Faith looked straight ahead out of the window. She had seen the toll this was taking on Bosco, how exhausted he was. It wasn't just physical exhaustion, he was mentally fatigued by all this. She tried not to, but what else could she do - he was sitting right next to her in a car so she heard his end of the conversation.
"No, nothing yet. But I'm not stopping until I find him Katy," he said with conviction.
"I know. How are the others?" he asked. He was worried about Michael. He had mentioned to him before how his grandfather had told him he was the man of the house and he had to take care of his mother. Bosco knew it was just something that grownups say. No one expected Michael to take care of anything, but Michael had taken it to heart. He knew from the way Michael talked about his Mom and his brothers and sister.
"That's good. They shouldn't worry about it. They're kids - they should be sleeping and eating and playing. I'm sorry, Katy," Bosco said sadly.
"I know, but I just feel like I..." he was interrupted. "Is that Michael?" he asked, hearing a voice in the background. "Let me talk to him," he asked, waiting for Katy to hand him the phone.
"What're you doing up, Little Man?" he asked him, trying to put some lightness in his voice.
"I know, Mikey. But, I'm on it. You need to get some rest and help your Mom take care of Matt and Stephanie," he said, trying to coax him into going back to sleep. "Promise me that you'll try, okay?" he said, waiting for a response. Faith looked over at Bosco and saw a tear form in his eye.
"No Mikey. You did everything right. This is in no way your fault. No one knew that this would happen. Do you understand?" he asked, practically pleading for him to understand. Bosco needed to know that he didn't blame himself. He was doing enough of that for both of them.
He must have calmed down again, because Faith heard Bosco quietly say, "Alright. Then, you'll get some more sleep, right? That's good. I'll feel better knowing that you're taking care of things there. Thanks for helping me out Michael. Put your Mom back on, okay? I won't, I promise," he said, waiting for Katy to come back on the phone.
"Hey," he said to her again. "No, it's okay. Really. You can call me anytime, no matter what. Okay?" he said with sincerity. Faith heard him chuckle a little. "I know. I keep trying to tell her," he said with a smile.
"Okay. Try to get some rest. I'll stop by when my shift is over before I head out again. No. No one's leaving. Everyone's staying until we find this jag-off," he said, and later followed up with a grimace and a roll of his eyes.
"I know you don't like that word. I'm sorry. No, I won't say it around the kids. Now get some rest, okay? Your Dad still there?" he asked her. "Good. Okay, I'll see you in a little bit. What?"
He cleared his throat and stuttered slightly, "Um, well uh, thanks," he said finally. "Me too, I think," he admitted, blushing slightly. But, luckily, it was still dark and Faith couldn't see it.
"Um, yes. I'd like to discuss that further when all this is cleared up. Okay, bye." He said, hanging up the phone and putting it back in his vest pocket. He stole a glance at Faith and swore to himself as he saw the smirk on her face. She knew exactly what they were talking about.
"Keep trying to tell her what?" Faith asked, knowing that they must have been talking about Stephanie.
Bosco smiled, "Stephanie keeps calling me Dada." He laughed again thinking about it, "I just tell her no, Bosco. Then she smiles and giggles or something'," he said.
They continued to patrol their precinct while the sun came up. "Just another sunny day," Bosco commented as he squinted at the sunlight coming through the windshield.
"We'll, find him, Bos," Faith assured him. "Let's head in. They'll want the car for the next shift. We'll split up and use our cars to keep looking - they'll be less noticed if he is still around," she said. Bosco nodded his head in agreement as he headed the car back to the station.
They saw Sully and Davis already changed and waiting outside the house for them. Bosco parked the car and he and Faith grabbed their personal belongings out and headed toward Ty and Sully.
"We're gonna head north," Ty said.
Bosco nodded and said, "Okay, we'll head south. I just gotta check on Katy first," he said, heading into the station to change.
"Is he gonna be okay?" asked Sully, watching Bosco walk into the station his shoulders hunched in defeat and exhaustion.
"Yeah, as soon as we bring Shaun home," Faith said.
"Then, let's do it," said Ty as they headed over to Sully's car and Faith turned to walk into the station to change.
"Yeah, let's do it," Faith said to herself.
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TBC...