This One's Personal
Chapter 12
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Davis and Sully were traveling down 121st, each looking out of their side of the vehicle in silence.
"Do you think this guy's still in the area?" Ty said as he brought his truck through the parking lots of the many motels along the street.
"I don't know, Davis. But, I know they had people in the train and bus stations within a half hour of him snatching Shaun up. I can't really see the guy having the money to fly anywhere after he bought himself a new identity. The detectives checked all his aliases for bank accounts and only found one with about $75 in it," Sully replied.
"Yeah, I just can't believe we haven't found anything yet," he said, as his eyes suddenly fell on an old light green pick-up truck with rust. He continued past the vehicle not wanting to draw attention to anyone that may be watching the vehicle.
"Sul," Davis said looking in the rearview mirror. "We just passed a truck matching the description. I didn't want to stop until we could see if there was someone watching the truck," he told his partner.
"Good thinking. Circle around and let me out. I'll walk by and see if I can see anything inside it," Sully advised Ty.
Ty parked his truck a couple blocks away and told Sully where he'd seen the vehicle. Sully got out, adjusted his off-duty gun on his side so that he was sure it was hidden by his jacket and meandered toward the lot that Ty indicated. He walked across the lot and alongside the truck. He pretended to trip over something and stopped to examine his ankle, leaning a hand on the truck. He glanced in the window and saw a blanket on the seat with firetrucks on it. He remembered that Katy had told them that Shaun was wrapped in the blanket as he was put into Palmer's truck. He glanced around and started to walk away when he was stopped by a voice behind him.
"That your truck?" asked the man gruffly.
"What? No. Why?" Sully asked him. Ty noticed the man approach Sully and got out of his vehicle and started toward him to back-up his partner.
"Cause it's been parked there all night and it don't belong here," informed the man. Sully held up a hand to Davis to tell him that he was fine and to stay back.
"It has?" asked Sully. "Did you see the guy that left it here?"
"Nah. The wife said that a guy got out of it with a little kid. Kid was crying. They walked off down that way she said," the man indicated which direction they had gone.
"A guy is walking with a kid crying in the middle of the night and you didn't think that was unusual?" Sully asked trying not to sound too irritated with the man.
"Look around here, Mister. There ain't too much that isn't unusual around here," the man said, looking around at his surroundings.
"Yeah, I see what you mean," Sully said, reaching in his back pocket. Discreetly showing the man his badge, Sully said, "Look, I'm with the New York City Police Department and we're looking for the little boy that was in this truck. He was kidnapped. If you see this guy anymore, please call us right away. Don't approach him, but call us right away. Will you do that?" Sully asked the man.
"Yes, sir. I can do that. I'm sorry about the little boy, but the wife and me just didn't think anything of it. I hope you find him soon and okay," said the man, walking away to tell his wife what was going on.
Sully walked back over to Ty and told him what was going on. "Call Bosco and let him know what's going on. I'm gonna call the impound and have the truck towed so it looks like it's just getting towed for being parked illegally - you know like the owner of the lot had it towed away," Sully said.
"Good idea," Ty said as he dialed Bosco's number.
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Bosco and Faith were driving along. It was a sunny day and the sun was making Faith sleepy because she wasn't driving. Bosco looked over at her.
"How about if I drop you off at home so you can get some sleep, Faith," he said to his partner. He knew she didn't want to give up, but she needed to get some rest. They both had to work again this afternoon.
"No. I'm fine, Bos. I wanna keep looking," she said, trying to shake the cobwebs from her head.
"Look, if we don't find him today, we're gonna keep ducking calls and looking tonight. So, I need you to help keep me awake tonight, okay? Besides, you haven't seen your kids yet today, right?" Bosco said, trying to reason with her.
Faith thought about Emily and Charlie. The more she thought about Shaun being gone, the more she wanted to go home and hug her own kids. She looked at her watch and saw that they'd be in school anyway. "Nah, the kids are still in school anyway."
"All the more reason to go home and get some rest. You won't have anyone keeping you awake," Bosco said, pulling onto Faith's street before she even realized it. He pulled the car to a stop at the curb and she looked out the window to see her own apartment building.
"Bos," she started only to be interrupted by her partner.
"I'll pick you up at 2:30 for our shift. I'm gonna use your car if that's okay," he said to her.
She took a deep breath and was about to give in when Bosco's phone rang. He grabbed the phone and hit the button. "Boscorelli," he answered into the phone.
Faith listened as his voice got a little excited. "Where?"
"Okay, I'm on the way. Keep away from it. We don't want to scare this jag-.... guy away," he said. Faith smiled at Bosco's attempt not to use his favorite word. He hung up the phone and looked at his partner, noticing the smile on her face.
"What?" he said.
"Nothing. What's up?" Faith said, changing the subject.
"Sully and Davis found the truck. No sign of Shaun or Palmer. They're having the truck towed to impound so the crime scene techs can go over it there," Bosco relayed as he pulled away from the curb and headed toward Sully and Davis.
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TBC...
Chapter 12
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Davis and Sully were traveling down 121st, each looking out of their side of the vehicle in silence.
"Do you think this guy's still in the area?" Ty said as he brought his truck through the parking lots of the many motels along the street.
"I don't know, Davis. But, I know they had people in the train and bus stations within a half hour of him snatching Shaun up. I can't really see the guy having the money to fly anywhere after he bought himself a new identity. The detectives checked all his aliases for bank accounts and only found one with about $75 in it," Sully replied.
"Yeah, I just can't believe we haven't found anything yet," he said, as his eyes suddenly fell on an old light green pick-up truck with rust. He continued past the vehicle not wanting to draw attention to anyone that may be watching the vehicle.
"Sul," Davis said looking in the rearview mirror. "We just passed a truck matching the description. I didn't want to stop until we could see if there was someone watching the truck," he told his partner.
"Good thinking. Circle around and let me out. I'll walk by and see if I can see anything inside it," Sully advised Ty.
Ty parked his truck a couple blocks away and told Sully where he'd seen the vehicle. Sully got out, adjusted his off-duty gun on his side so that he was sure it was hidden by his jacket and meandered toward the lot that Ty indicated. He walked across the lot and alongside the truck. He pretended to trip over something and stopped to examine his ankle, leaning a hand on the truck. He glanced in the window and saw a blanket on the seat with firetrucks on it. He remembered that Katy had told them that Shaun was wrapped in the blanket as he was put into Palmer's truck. He glanced around and started to walk away when he was stopped by a voice behind him.
"That your truck?" asked the man gruffly.
"What? No. Why?" Sully asked him. Ty noticed the man approach Sully and got out of his vehicle and started toward him to back-up his partner.
"Cause it's been parked there all night and it don't belong here," informed the man. Sully held up a hand to Davis to tell him that he was fine and to stay back.
"It has?" asked Sully. "Did you see the guy that left it here?"
"Nah. The wife said that a guy got out of it with a little kid. Kid was crying. They walked off down that way she said," the man indicated which direction they had gone.
"A guy is walking with a kid crying in the middle of the night and you didn't think that was unusual?" Sully asked trying not to sound too irritated with the man.
"Look around here, Mister. There ain't too much that isn't unusual around here," the man said, looking around at his surroundings.
"Yeah, I see what you mean," Sully said, reaching in his back pocket. Discreetly showing the man his badge, Sully said, "Look, I'm with the New York City Police Department and we're looking for the little boy that was in this truck. He was kidnapped. If you see this guy anymore, please call us right away. Don't approach him, but call us right away. Will you do that?" Sully asked the man.
"Yes, sir. I can do that. I'm sorry about the little boy, but the wife and me just didn't think anything of it. I hope you find him soon and okay," said the man, walking away to tell his wife what was going on.
Sully walked back over to Ty and told him what was going on. "Call Bosco and let him know what's going on. I'm gonna call the impound and have the truck towed so it looks like it's just getting towed for being parked illegally - you know like the owner of the lot had it towed away," Sully said.
"Good idea," Ty said as he dialed Bosco's number.
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Bosco and Faith were driving along. It was a sunny day and the sun was making Faith sleepy because she wasn't driving. Bosco looked over at her.
"How about if I drop you off at home so you can get some sleep, Faith," he said to his partner. He knew she didn't want to give up, but she needed to get some rest. They both had to work again this afternoon.
"No. I'm fine, Bos. I wanna keep looking," she said, trying to shake the cobwebs from her head.
"Look, if we don't find him today, we're gonna keep ducking calls and looking tonight. So, I need you to help keep me awake tonight, okay? Besides, you haven't seen your kids yet today, right?" Bosco said, trying to reason with her.
Faith thought about Emily and Charlie. The more she thought about Shaun being gone, the more she wanted to go home and hug her own kids. She looked at her watch and saw that they'd be in school anyway. "Nah, the kids are still in school anyway."
"All the more reason to go home and get some rest. You won't have anyone keeping you awake," Bosco said, pulling onto Faith's street before she even realized it. He pulled the car to a stop at the curb and she looked out the window to see her own apartment building.
"Bos," she started only to be interrupted by her partner.
"I'll pick you up at 2:30 for our shift. I'm gonna use your car if that's okay," he said to her.
She took a deep breath and was about to give in when Bosco's phone rang. He grabbed the phone and hit the button. "Boscorelli," he answered into the phone.
Faith listened as his voice got a little excited. "Where?"
"Okay, I'm on the way. Keep away from it. We don't want to scare this jag-.... guy away," he said. Faith smiled at Bosco's attempt not to use his favorite word. He hung up the phone and looked at his partner, noticing the smile on her face.
"What?" he said.
"Nothing. What's up?" Faith said, changing the subject.
"Sully and Davis found the truck. No sign of Shaun or Palmer. They're having the truck towed to impound so the crime scene techs can go over it there," Bosco relayed as he pulled away from the curb and headed toward Sully and Davis.
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TBC...