Promises
Chapter 11
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"Ya know. I really had a good time last night," said an unusually cheerful Bosco.
"Yeah me too," smiled Faith.
"That Johnny guy isn't half bad once you get used to him."
"From what I've seen he's a nice guy. I can tell he and Rylee made a good team."
"Yeah, a lot like us. I mean last night I just kept thinking about how similar we all are."
"Except I'm the level headed one in this partnership, and Johnny was in theirs."
Bosco went on like he hadn't even heard Faith's little dig at him. "Amazing, huh? Almost like we have a twin." Faith looked at Bosco. "Oh and don't go saying Rylee and I look alike because we don't! OK? We don't!"
"Whatever you say." ***** THREE DAYS LATER "Come on Lieu. Please. Let me come back," pleaded O'Neill.
"Two weeks is two weeks," boomed Lieutenant Swersky.
"Come on boss. I'm dying here. Sittin' at home all day. I can't take it. I gotta get back on the job."
"Well you should have thought about that before O'Neill."
"I'm sorry Lieu. It won't happen again I swear."
"You're right it won't happen again or your ass is out of here!"
"Come on Lieu. I'm still going to that anger management class. I just need to get back on the job."
"One more week Rylee. That's final."
"Yes sir," a dejected, defeated Rylee slowly made her way out of the Lieutenant's office.
As the office door closed Swersky shook his head. "I like your spirit kid, but you've got to learn," he said to the empty room.
Bosco came bouncing down the precinct stairs and bumped into an unsuspecting Rylee. "Oh sorry," Bosco looked up. "Hey Ry! What's up? What are you doing here?"
She looked toward Swersky's office. "Tried talking Lieu into letting me come back early."
"What'd he say?"
"No go."
"Damn. Sorry." They stood saying nothing for a moment. "Well I gotta head out. Faith's waitin' outside." ***** "You look perplexed," said Faith as Bosco climbed into their RMP.
"Perplexed?"
"Yeah, you got something on your mind?"
"I saw Rylee inside. She was trying to get Swersky to let her come back early." Bosco started the car.
"And?"
"He didn't budge."
"That's not surprising."
"No, but I don't know. It's just.she seems so.lost. I see it in the way she walks, hear it in her voice, and there's this, this empty look in her eyes." He looked back at Faith. "It's like she's dead inside or something."
"Kinda like she's just going through the motions?"
"Yeah exactly."
"I've seen it before."
"You have? When? With who?"
"With you."
"Me?"
Faith nodded. "You know, after Hobart and all that other crap that happened. It's exactly how you were."
"I was?"
"Yeah. You had a lot weighing on your mind, and you wouldn't let anyone in. I talked to Lieu because I didn't know how to help you."
"Well we've gotta do something for Rylee."
"What do you want to do?"
"Maybe you could talk to Swersky? Pull a few strings?"
"Bosco."
"Come on Faith. Do it for me."
"How do we even know that being suspended is the problem? Maybe it's something else completely."
"It can't hurt though can it?"
"Probably not, but I think you should talk to Swersky."
"Why me?"
"Cause you know her better, and you're the one who sees it."
Bosco thought about it for a minute. "Yeah. All right. But you're going to back me up right?"
"Definitely." ***** Bosco knocked on the door. "Lieu?"
Swersky turned around. "Boscorelli. Yokas. What can I do for you?"
Bosco looked at Faith for reassurance. She nodded. "Can we, uh, talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure. Have a seat." The two officers sat down. "What's on your mind?"
"It's Rylee. I mean Officer O'Neill," replied Bosco.
"What about her?"
"Well. I was wondering if you would consider letting her come back early?"
Swersky's eyes narrowed. "Did O'Neill put you up to this?"
"No sir!"
The Lieutenant looked at Faith who shook her head. "Why do you think I should let her come back early Bosco?"
"This job is her life, and I can see that it's tearing her up inside not being able to come to work. It's like it's destroying her. She's just not the same."
"And you think letting her come back will fix things?"
"Yes sir."
"Have you talked to her to see if something else is bothering her?"
"No."
"Maybe you should try talking to her first," Swersky stated sternly. Bosco nodded, and got up to leave. There was nothing he could do here. "And Bosco."
"Yeah."
"Your partner disobeyed a direct order, and assaulted another officer. It could be a lot worse."
Bosco nodded. "I know," he sighed.
Faith stood up to follow Bosco out of the office. "Faith."
"Yeah Lieu."
"What do you think about this?"
"I don't know really. But Bosco's pretty sure about this, and I have to tell you that when he feels this strongly about something he's usually right." Swersky nodded as Faith left the office.
After talking to Swersky there was only an hour left in their shift so the two officers found an open desk where they sat and put the finishing touches on their paperwork. Faith looked over at Bosco who was sitting next to the desk. "You're awfully quite. Everything OK?"
He turned and leaned on the desk. "I've just been thinking about Rylee." Bosco looked down and fiddled with the papers he had been working on. "You think Lieu's right? You think maybe it's something more than just the suspension?"
Yokas put down her pen. "I don't know Bos."
"She seemed fine the other night."
"That was a few days ago Bosco. A lot can happen in a few days."
Bosco looked at Faith; concern on his face. "You think it's something serious?"
"Why don't you go talk to her when we're done?"
"What would I say?"
"Just ask if she's OK. Talk to her. See what's on her mind."
He nodded. "OK." ***** KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
Rylee jumped off the couch to answer the door. It was almost midnight, so she was pretty sure she knew who was at the door. She opened the door and saw that she was right. "Hey Bosco." She turned to give him room to come in, but he just stood in the hall.
"Hi Ry." He shoved his hands deeper into his pockets, and shifted his weight.
"You, uh, wanna come in?"
"Oh, yeah, sure," he slowly made his way into the apartment.
Rylee could see he was nervous about something. "You OK?"
"Me? Yeah I'm OK." They stood looking at each other. Wondering what the other was thinking.
"So, what brings you by?" Rylee asked as she sat down on the couch.
"I uh, I was uh.Well, I wanted to ask you something."
"Then ask," she smiled.
"Is everything all right with you?"
"What?"
"You know, are you OK?"
"I'm fine."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Well it's just that today when I ran into you at the house you just seemed so down." He went and sat on the other end of the couch. "And then I talked to Lieu to see if you could come back early because you seemed so lost and he told me I should talk to you and see if it was the suspension that was bothering you or if it was something else. So here I am." The words came out quickly.
"Wait. You talked to Swersky about me?!" How could you do that?!"
Bosco shrugged. "I don't know. I guess I was worried."
"Worried about me?! I'm a big girl Bosco I can take care of myself!"
"Ok. Ok. Sorry. Keep your shirt on. All I was trying to do was help my partner. I thought you'd be happy that I tried."
"Well, I'm not." They sat in uneasy silence.
"Maybe I should go," Bosco stood up to leave.
"No. Look I was out of line."
Bosco smiled. "I don't think this anger management class is working."
She chuckled. "Shut up."
"So can I ask you something without you jumping down my throat?"
"I guess."
"Are you really OK? Is it the suspension or something else?"
"Mostly it's the suspension," she sighed. "Without going to work everyday I just have way too much time to sit and think about everything."
"Like what?"
She wasn't sure why, but talking to Bosco was fairly easy. Rylee still didn't like to open up to people, but she knew that Bosco had been through a lot, so in a way she felt he would understand. "Johnny. My family. All the stupid stunts I've pulled. Lets just say I don't think things can get any worse."
"You wanna talk about it?"
Rylee looked at him sitting at the other end of the couch. "No," she said sternly as she changed her mind. Tonight wasn't the night she'd tell him.
"You sure?"
"Don't push it Bosco." ***** "Did you talk to Rylee last night?" asked Faith.
"Yup."
"What's she say?"
"The suspension is her problem. Being at home gives her time to think."
"What? She doesn't like thinking?" joked Faith.
"No. It's just.never mind."
"ALL UNITS OF THE 5-5. BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT SEEN ON JEFFERSON AND 41ST. WEARING GREEN T-SHIRT. CONSIDER ARMED AND DANGEROUS."
"5-5 David on the way," said Faith into the radio as Bosco hit the lights and siren and sped off.
"5-5 Charlie responding," came Davis's voice over the radio.
As Faith and Bosco approached the area they both glanced quickly at the sketch they had received in roll call. Faith looked up in time to see something green duck around the corner. "Take a right Bosco!" They squealed around the corner and saw the suspect running down the street. Yokas grabbed her radio. "Suspect headed west on Jefferson between 41st and 42nd."
Bosco stopped the squad and hopped out. He took off after the man. Faith jumped out of the car. "Bosco! BOSCO!" She hustled around to the driver's seat. "Dammit!" She sped after her partner. "Suspect continuing west on Jefferson. My partner is on foot."
Sully and Davis came to a stop at the intersection in front of the suspect who was too busy looking back at Bosco to notice the RMP. As soon as he turned around he saw the car, and began to slow down. Bosco barreled after him, and tackled him onto the hood of the car. Boscorelli slammed the man's head into the hood drawing blood. "Stupid ass! That'll teach you to run from me!" Bosco cuffed him and dragged him toward 5-5 David.
"You're welcome Bosco," grumbled Sullivan as Davis just chuckled in the background. ***** The phone rang three times before Rylee picked it up. "Yeah."
"May I speak with Rylee O'Neill?"
"This is," Rylee didn't recognize the voice. "This better not be a telemarketer," she thought as she kicked herself for not having Caller ID.
"Rylee this is Hannah McKay."
"I'm sorry. Who?"
"Hannah McKay. I'm a friend of your Aunt Rita."
"Oh hi. What can I do for you?"
"I'm afraid I have some bad news. Rita passed away this afternoon."
"What?! What happened?!"
"She had a massive heart attack. I'm so sorry dear."
Rylee was shocked. She couldn't believe this was happening. Just when she thought life couldn't get any worse, and there couldn't be any more lows.
"Rylee? Are you still there?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm here. How's Trevor?"
"He's pretty upset." There was silence as Hannah hesitated. "Rylee, he's going to have to live with you now." ***** ****** Author's Note::: So, will Dominique Adams reappear in the next chapter? Or maybe the one after that?? You'll have to keep reading to find out!
"Ya know. I really had a good time last night," said an unusually cheerful Bosco.
"Yeah me too," smiled Faith.
"That Johnny guy isn't half bad once you get used to him."
"From what I've seen he's a nice guy. I can tell he and Rylee made a good team."
"Yeah, a lot like us. I mean last night I just kept thinking about how similar we all are."
"Except I'm the level headed one in this partnership, and Johnny was in theirs."
Bosco went on like he hadn't even heard Faith's little dig at him. "Amazing, huh? Almost like we have a twin." Faith looked at Bosco. "Oh and don't go saying Rylee and I look alike because we don't! OK? We don't!"
"Whatever you say." ***** THREE DAYS LATER "Come on Lieu. Please. Let me come back," pleaded O'Neill.
"Two weeks is two weeks," boomed Lieutenant Swersky.
"Come on boss. I'm dying here. Sittin' at home all day. I can't take it. I gotta get back on the job."
"Well you should have thought about that before O'Neill."
"I'm sorry Lieu. It won't happen again I swear."
"You're right it won't happen again or your ass is out of here!"
"Come on Lieu. I'm still going to that anger management class. I just need to get back on the job."
"One more week Rylee. That's final."
"Yes sir," a dejected, defeated Rylee slowly made her way out of the Lieutenant's office.
As the office door closed Swersky shook his head. "I like your spirit kid, but you've got to learn," he said to the empty room.
Bosco came bouncing down the precinct stairs and bumped into an unsuspecting Rylee. "Oh sorry," Bosco looked up. "Hey Ry! What's up? What are you doing here?"
She looked toward Swersky's office. "Tried talking Lieu into letting me come back early."
"What'd he say?"
"No go."
"Damn. Sorry." They stood saying nothing for a moment. "Well I gotta head out. Faith's waitin' outside." ***** "You look perplexed," said Faith as Bosco climbed into their RMP.
"Perplexed?"
"Yeah, you got something on your mind?"
"I saw Rylee inside. She was trying to get Swersky to let her come back early." Bosco started the car.
"And?"
"He didn't budge."
"That's not surprising."
"No, but I don't know. It's just.she seems so.lost. I see it in the way she walks, hear it in her voice, and there's this, this empty look in her eyes." He looked back at Faith. "It's like she's dead inside or something."
"Kinda like she's just going through the motions?"
"Yeah exactly."
"I've seen it before."
"You have? When? With who?"
"With you."
"Me?"
Faith nodded. "You know, after Hobart and all that other crap that happened. It's exactly how you were."
"I was?"
"Yeah. You had a lot weighing on your mind, and you wouldn't let anyone in. I talked to Lieu because I didn't know how to help you."
"Well we've gotta do something for Rylee."
"What do you want to do?"
"Maybe you could talk to Swersky? Pull a few strings?"
"Bosco."
"Come on Faith. Do it for me."
"How do we even know that being suspended is the problem? Maybe it's something else completely."
"It can't hurt though can it?"
"Probably not, but I think you should talk to Swersky."
"Why me?"
"Cause you know her better, and you're the one who sees it."
Bosco thought about it for a minute. "Yeah. All right. But you're going to back me up right?"
"Definitely." ***** Bosco knocked on the door. "Lieu?"
Swersky turned around. "Boscorelli. Yokas. What can I do for you?"
Bosco looked at Faith for reassurance. She nodded. "Can we, uh, talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure. Have a seat." The two officers sat down. "What's on your mind?"
"It's Rylee. I mean Officer O'Neill," replied Bosco.
"What about her?"
"Well. I was wondering if you would consider letting her come back early?"
Swersky's eyes narrowed. "Did O'Neill put you up to this?"
"No sir!"
The Lieutenant looked at Faith who shook her head. "Why do you think I should let her come back early Bosco?"
"This job is her life, and I can see that it's tearing her up inside not being able to come to work. It's like it's destroying her. She's just not the same."
"And you think letting her come back will fix things?"
"Yes sir."
"Have you talked to her to see if something else is bothering her?"
"No."
"Maybe you should try talking to her first," Swersky stated sternly. Bosco nodded, and got up to leave. There was nothing he could do here. "And Bosco."
"Yeah."
"Your partner disobeyed a direct order, and assaulted another officer. It could be a lot worse."
Bosco nodded. "I know," he sighed.
Faith stood up to follow Bosco out of the office. "Faith."
"Yeah Lieu."
"What do you think about this?"
"I don't know really. But Bosco's pretty sure about this, and I have to tell you that when he feels this strongly about something he's usually right." Swersky nodded as Faith left the office.
After talking to Swersky there was only an hour left in their shift so the two officers found an open desk where they sat and put the finishing touches on their paperwork. Faith looked over at Bosco who was sitting next to the desk. "You're awfully quite. Everything OK?"
He turned and leaned on the desk. "I've just been thinking about Rylee." Bosco looked down and fiddled with the papers he had been working on. "You think Lieu's right? You think maybe it's something more than just the suspension?"
Yokas put down her pen. "I don't know Bos."
"She seemed fine the other night."
"That was a few days ago Bosco. A lot can happen in a few days."
Bosco looked at Faith; concern on his face. "You think it's something serious?"
"Why don't you go talk to her when we're done?"
"What would I say?"
"Just ask if she's OK. Talk to her. See what's on her mind."
He nodded. "OK." ***** KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
Rylee jumped off the couch to answer the door. It was almost midnight, so she was pretty sure she knew who was at the door. She opened the door and saw that she was right. "Hey Bosco." She turned to give him room to come in, but he just stood in the hall.
"Hi Ry." He shoved his hands deeper into his pockets, and shifted his weight.
"You, uh, wanna come in?"
"Oh, yeah, sure," he slowly made his way into the apartment.
Rylee could see he was nervous about something. "You OK?"
"Me? Yeah I'm OK." They stood looking at each other. Wondering what the other was thinking.
"So, what brings you by?" Rylee asked as she sat down on the couch.
"I uh, I was uh.Well, I wanted to ask you something."
"Then ask," she smiled.
"Is everything all right with you?"
"What?"
"You know, are you OK?"
"I'm fine."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Well it's just that today when I ran into you at the house you just seemed so down." He went and sat on the other end of the couch. "And then I talked to Lieu to see if you could come back early because you seemed so lost and he told me I should talk to you and see if it was the suspension that was bothering you or if it was something else. So here I am." The words came out quickly.
"Wait. You talked to Swersky about me?!" How could you do that?!"
Bosco shrugged. "I don't know. I guess I was worried."
"Worried about me?! I'm a big girl Bosco I can take care of myself!"
"Ok. Ok. Sorry. Keep your shirt on. All I was trying to do was help my partner. I thought you'd be happy that I tried."
"Well, I'm not." They sat in uneasy silence.
"Maybe I should go," Bosco stood up to leave.
"No. Look I was out of line."
Bosco smiled. "I don't think this anger management class is working."
She chuckled. "Shut up."
"So can I ask you something without you jumping down my throat?"
"I guess."
"Are you really OK? Is it the suspension or something else?"
"Mostly it's the suspension," she sighed. "Without going to work everyday I just have way too much time to sit and think about everything."
"Like what?"
She wasn't sure why, but talking to Bosco was fairly easy. Rylee still didn't like to open up to people, but she knew that Bosco had been through a lot, so in a way she felt he would understand. "Johnny. My family. All the stupid stunts I've pulled. Lets just say I don't think things can get any worse."
"You wanna talk about it?"
Rylee looked at him sitting at the other end of the couch. "No," she said sternly as she changed her mind. Tonight wasn't the night she'd tell him.
"You sure?"
"Don't push it Bosco." ***** "Did you talk to Rylee last night?" asked Faith.
"Yup."
"What's she say?"
"The suspension is her problem. Being at home gives her time to think."
"What? She doesn't like thinking?" joked Faith.
"No. It's just.never mind."
"ALL UNITS OF THE 5-5. BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT SEEN ON JEFFERSON AND 41ST. WEARING GREEN T-SHIRT. CONSIDER ARMED AND DANGEROUS."
"5-5 David on the way," said Faith into the radio as Bosco hit the lights and siren and sped off.
"5-5 Charlie responding," came Davis's voice over the radio.
As Faith and Bosco approached the area they both glanced quickly at the sketch they had received in roll call. Faith looked up in time to see something green duck around the corner. "Take a right Bosco!" They squealed around the corner and saw the suspect running down the street. Yokas grabbed her radio. "Suspect headed west on Jefferson between 41st and 42nd."
Bosco stopped the squad and hopped out. He took off after the man. Faith jumped out of the car. "Bosco! BOSCO!" She hustled around to the driver's seat. "Dammit!" She sped after her partner. "Suspect continuing west on Jefferson. My partner is on foot."
Sully and Davis came to a stop at the intersection in front of the suspect who was too busy looking back at Bosco to notice the RMP. As soon as he turned around he saw the car, and began to slow down. Bosco barreled after him, and tackled him onto the hood of the car. Boscorelli slammed the man's head into the hood drawing blood. "Stupid ass! That'll teach you to run from me!" Bosco cuffed him and dragged him toward 5-5 David.
"You're welcome Bosco," grumbled Sullivan as Davis just chuckled in the background. ***** The phone rang three times before Rylee picked it up. "Yeah."
"May I speak with Rylee O'Neill?"
"This is," Rylee didn't recognize the voice. "This better not be a telemarketer," she thought as she kicked herself for not having Caller ID.
"Rylee this is Hannah McKay."
"I'm sorry. Who?"
"Hannah McKay. I'm a friend of your Aunt Rita."
"Oh hi. What can I do for you?"
"I'm afraid I have some bad news. Rita passed away this afternoon."
"What?! What happened?!"
"She had a massive heart attack. I'm so sorry dear."
Rylee was shocked. She couldn't believe this was happening. Just when she thought life couldn't get any worse, and there couldn't be any more lows.
"Rylee? Are you still there?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm here. How's Trevor?"
"He's pretty upset." There was silence as Hannah hesitated. "Rylee, he's going to have to live with you now." ***** ****** Author's Note::: So, will Dominique Adams reappear in the next chapter? Or maybe the one after that?? You'll have to keep reading to find out!