Disclaimer: I own nothing but the shirt on my back and the voices in my
head.
NOTE: Just another Seajae and Bosco story. Hope you like it.
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PAST THE POINT
Chapter 2 Susan's Tears
One Week Later
The plane took off from Kennedy on schedual. If all went right Susie would be home with her aunt by noon. Seajae wasn't sure she wanted to do it this way but Bosco needed closure in this case. She had gone back though the file of six and a half years ago. Bosco had nearly beaten the man to death that had kidnapped the litter girl that sat beside her. It was a side of her husband she had only seen on paper. It didn't scare her but yet she was fearful of what he once was.
"You okay?" Bosco took her hand.
"Yeah. I hate take off." She griped his hand.
"I know." He pulled out an evelope. "Maybe this can take your mind off of things." She opened the envelope and found a pair of tickets.
"You kidding." She smiled. Two tickets for a football game on Sunday. "Packers/Bears. Bosco how did you get your hands on these?"
"I got my ways. I thought since we were heading for Chicago anyway." Seajeae hugged him.
"We're suppose to be working."
"Just today. Then we have three days to ourselves."
"Your crazy you know that?"
"Yeah. But if I wasn't I wouln't of married you." He kissed her. "Stop worring about the kids." He saw the wrinkle in her brow. Bosco knew she was worried Hope would wreck havok over Kelly and Joey while they were away.
"I will. I just don't want Hope to think we abandon her."
"Hope is two months old. If you feed her and change her thats all she wants." Susie looked at the two people sitting next to her. She tapped Bosco on the soulder. "Yeah sweety what is it?"
"How much longer till we get to see my aunt Susan?" Bosco checked his watch. About three hours honey." He looked at the girl. She was small for her age. Bosco could see Susan's eyes in Susie. Those eyes had haunted him for a long time.
"Two hours on the plane and a little while in a taxi and we'll be there."
"Do you think she'll remember me?"
"Honey your aunt Susan could never forget you." Bosco hugged the girl. "Just wait till she's seen how big you gotten." The rest of the flight the three talked about Chicago and all the things Bosco and Seajae should see on their mini vacation.
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"You want me to go in and find her?" Seajae looked at her husband. "I don't know what she looks like."
"Just ask around someone will know who she is or if she's working." Seajae looked at Bosco with his little boy pout.
"You ow me Boscorelli." They walked into the hospital. People were everywhere. Seajae thought Mercy on a Friday night was a zoo. She stopped the first nurse she saw. "Im looking for Susan Lewis."
"She's around here somewhere. Try the lounge." Seajae looked around and found the dodctor's lounge and went in. A doctor lay on an old beat up couch reading a news paper.
"I'm looking for Dr. Lewis."
"Ahh I think she's here. At least I didn't think I saw her leave." Seajae smiled. They weren't going to make this easy.
"Thanks." She walked out of the lounge and toward the admitting desk. She saw a blond woman coming toward her. "Susan Lewis." The woman looked at her.
"I'm Susan Lewis." Sejae smiled.
"Detective Boscorelli, New York police department."
"Boscorelli? Are you any relation to Maurice Boscorelli?"
"My husband. Actually that's why I'm here. He has something for you and he wanted to deliver it in person." Seajae turned and found Bosco in the crowded wiating area.
"What could he possibly have for...." The people parted and Susan saw the girl. Bosco had both hands on her shoulder and was leaning down talking to her. "Oh my God." Susan looked at the girl. "Susie." She wispered. After all this time. She looked at Seajae and then at Bosco.
"Merry Christmas Susan." Susie ran to her aunt and threw herself into her arms. Bosco smiled and held back the tears. Seajae was right. This one was personal. This is where little Susie needed to be. Seajae came and stood next to her husband and put her arm around him.
"You done good Boscorelli. Now I know why you needed to do this in person."
"She's home." Susan looked up at the two people standing infront of her.
"How can I ever thank you."
"This one is on the house Dr. Lewis." Seajae patted Susie's hair. Susan stood up and hugged her neice some more. "Hey Susie why don't you and I go grab a soda for Bosco and your aunt."
"Can I aunt Susan. Seajae's a police officer and I'll be safe with her."
"Okay sweety." Susan watched her niece follow Seajae down the hall. "God she's gotten big."
"Six years will do that to a person. Susan we need to talk."
"Why. What happened to her. Was she...." Bosco put his hand up. Susan stopped talking.
"Cleo was found in her apartment. Susan she was murdered,"
"Oh dear God. I was so happy to see Susie. I forgot about Cleo."
"Susie was hinding in the closet. We're pretty sure she saw it happen. My wife pulled some strings to bring her back here. But if she remebers any more she may have to come back for a trial."
"Bosco she's twelve."
"She witnessed her mother's murder. If she needs to come back we'll protect her. Right now we have no leads so chances are we may never need her back."
"Where's Cleo?"
"Seajae got them to realease the body to her. All you have to do is call a mortuary to pick her up from the airport." Susan crossed her arms over her chest and watched Susie with Seajae Boscorelli.
"She's good with her."
"Yeah. She loves kids."
"You have any of your own?"
"Three." Susan looked at Bosco.
"I never in a million years would of thought you'd get married let alone have three kids."
"Thanks." He smiled. "I've grown up a little."
"Yes you have."
"I haven't broken a nose since that day." He looked at his wife. "I leave that to her."
"So did you find out if Susie had been going to school?"
"As far as we know yes. She's smart and tallented. Even after everything she seems well ajusted. It took us a week to get the autherization and stuff and she stayed with us. I wouldn't let them put her in a shelter of foster care."
"Thank you Bosco. You and your wife went above and beyond what you had to do." Seajae came up with Susie in tow.
"I'm glad you have her back. This is where she needs to be."
"Do you need us to take her until your shift is over?" Seajae looked around thinking that this was no place for a little girl to be hanging out.
"I'm off in twenty minutes. There's a cafe across the street. The food won't kill you."
"Well that's a plus." They laughed. "We'll meet you there." Susan gave Susie one last hug.
"I'll be over in a little bit."
"Okay." The Boscorelli's and Susie walked to the diner across the street and Susan went back to work. It all had worked out. Seajae looked at Bosco. It was days like this that Seajae could believe in happily ever after. Seajae smiled. Happily ever after and her never really went together. And when it did there was something else out there just waiting to mess it up. But that was their lives. Seajae and Bosco wouldn't have it anyother way.
NOTE: Just another Seajae and Bosco story. Hope you like it.
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PAST THE POINT
Chapter 2 Susan's Tears
One Week Later
The plane took off from Kennedy on schedual. If all went right Susie would be home with her aunt by noon. Seajae wasn't sure she wanted to do it this way but Bosco needed closure in this case. She had gone back though the file of six and a half years ago. Bosco had nearly beaten the man to death that had kidnapped the litter girl that sat beside her. It was a side of her husband she had only seen on paper. It didn't scare her but yet she was fearful of what he once was.
"You okay?" Bosco took her hand.
"Yeah. I hate take off." She griped his hand.
"I know." He pulled out an evelope. "Maybe this can take your mind off of things." She opened the envelope and found a pair of tickets.
"You kidding." She smiled. Two tickets for a football game on Sunday. "Packers/Bears. Bosco how did you get your hands on these?"
"I got my ways. I thought since we were heading for Chicago anyway." Seajeae hugged him.
"We're suppose to be working."
"Just today. Then we have three days to ourselves."
"Your crazy you know that?"
"Yeah. But if I wasn't I wouln't of married you." He kissed her. "Stop worring about the kids." He saw the wrinkle in her brow. Bosco knew she was worried Hope would wreck havok over Kelly and Joey while they were away.
"I will. I just don't want Hope to think we abandon her."
"Hope is two months old. If you feed her and change her thats all she wants." Susie looked at the two people sitting next to her. She tapped Bosco on the soulder. "Yeah sweety what is it?"
"How much longer till we get to see my aunt Susan?" Bosco checked his watch. About three hours honey." He looked at the girl. She was small for her age. Bosco could see Susan's eyes in Susie. Those eyes had haunted him for a long time.
"Two hours on the plane and a little while in a taxi and we'll be there."
"Do you think she'll remember me?"
"Honey your aunt Susan could never forget you." Bosco hugged the girl. "Just wait till she's seen how big you gotten." The rest of the flight the three talked about Chicago and all the things Bosco and Seajae should see on their mini vacation.
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"You want me to go in and find her?" Seajae looked at her husband. "I don't know what she looks like."
"Just ask around someone will know who she is or if she's working." Seajae looked at Bosco with his little boy pout.
"You ow me Boscorelli." They walked into the hospital. People were everywhere. Seajae thought Mercy on a Friday night was a zoo. She stopped the first nurse she saw. "Im looking for Susan Lewis."
"She's around here somewhere. Try the lounge." Seajae looked around and found the dodctor's lounge and went in. A doctor lay on an old beat up couch reading a news paper.
"I'm looking for Dr. Lewis."
"Ahh I think she's here. At least I didn't think I saw her leave." Seajae smiled. They weren't going to make this easy.
"Thanks." She walked out of the lounge and toward the admitting desk. She saw a blond woman coming toward her. "Susan Lewis." The woman looked at her.
"I'm Susan Lewis." Sejae smiled.
"Detective Boscorelli, New York police department."
"Boscorelli? Are you any relation to Maurice Boscorelli?"
"My husband. Actually that's why I'm here. He has something for you and he wanted to deliver it in person." Seajae turned and found Bosco in the crowded wiating area.
"What could he possibly have for...." The people parted and Susan saw the girl. Bosco had both hands on her shoulder and was leaning down talking to her. "Oh my God." Susan looked at the girl. "Susie." She wispered. After all this time. She looked at Seajae and then at Bosco.
"Merry Christmas Susan." Susie ran to her aunt and threw herself into her arms. Bosco smiled and held back the tears. Seajae was right. This one was personal. This is where little Susie needed to be. Seajae came and stood next to her husband and put her arm around him.
"You done good Boscorelli. Now I know why you needed to do this in person."
"She's home." Susan looked up at the two people standing infront of her.
"How can I ever thank you."
"This one is on the house Dr. Lewis." Seajae patted Susie's hair. Susan stood up and hugged her neice some more. "Hey Susie why don't you and I go grab a soda for Bosco and your aunt."
"Can I aunt Susan. Seajae's a police officer and I'll be safe with her."
"Okay sweety." Susan watched her niece follow Seajae down the hall. "God she's gotten big."
"Six years will do that to a person. Susan we need to talk."
"Why. What happened to her. Was she...." Bosco put his hand up. Susan stopped talking.
"Cleo was found in her apartment. Susan she was murdered,"
"Oh dear God. I was so happy to see Susie. I forgot about Cleo."
"Susie was hinding in the closet. We're pretty sure she saw it happen. My wife pulled some strings to bring her back here. But if she remebers any more she may have to come back for a trial."
"Bosco she's twelve."
"She witnessed her mother's murder. If she needs to come back we'll protect her. Right now we have no leads so chances are we may never need her back."
"Where's Cleo?"
"Seajae got them to realease the body to her. All you have to do is call a mortuary to pick her up from the airport." Susan crossed her arms over her chest and watched Susie with Seajae Boscorelli.
"She's good with her."
"Yeah. She loves kids."
"You have any of your own?"
"Three." Susan looked at Bosco.
"I never in a million years would of thought you'd get married let alone have three kids."
"Thanks." He smiled. "I've grown up a little."
"Yes you have."
"I haven't broken a nose since that day." He looked at his wife. "I leave that to her."
"So did you find out if Susie had been going to school?"
"As far as we know yes. She's smart and tallented. Even after everything she seems well ajusted. It took us a week to get the autherization and stuff and she stayed with us. I wouldn't let them put her in a shelter of foster care."
"Thank you Bosco. You and your wife went above and beyond what you had to do." Seajae came up with Susie in tow.
"I'm glad you have her back. This is where she needs to be."
"Do you need us to take her until your shift is over?" Seajae looked around thinking that this was no place for a little girl to be hanging out.
"I'm off in twenty minutes. There's a cafe across the street. The food won't kill you."
"Well that's a plus." They laughed. "We'll meet you there." Susan gave Susie one last hug.
"I'll be over in a little bit."
"Okay." The Boscorelli's and Susie walked to the diner across the street and Susan went back to work. It all had worked out. Seajae looked at Bosco. It was days like this that Seajae could believe in happily ever after. Seajae smiled. Happily ever after and her never really went together. And when it did there was something else out there just waiting to mess it up. But that was their lives. Seajae and Bosco wouldn't have it anyother way.