It's All In the Family
By Ceramac24
CHAPTER FIVE
Bosco parked the RMP just outside Tallie's Grocer. He and Faith went around the back and up the stairs to where the front doors of the two apartments were. Ray Tallie lived right next door to Julie. Bosco pounded on the door marked with a 1.
"Police! Open up!"
A few seconds later, the door open slightly, held in place by the metal chain link. Ray Tallie stood, baseball bat in hand, on the other side of the door. "What do you want?"
"Sir, put the bat down." Bosco said. "I'm Officer Boscorelli and this is Officer Yokas. We work down at the 55th Precinct."
"Boscorelli? You must be Julie's cousin," he said, unlinking the chain. "She told me she had a relative on the force. Come on in."
Bosco and Faith entered the apartment. It was a small space, just a living room, a small attached kitchen, and then a narrow hallway that no doubt lead to the bedrooms. He smiled as he recalled Julie's description of her place. "Spacious" was the word that she had used.
"What can I do for you, Officers?" Ray asked, motioning for them to sit down and make themselves comfortable.
"Mr. Tallie--" Bosco started. "Ray, please." Ray interrupted.
"Ok, Ray." Bosco said. "When was the last time that you saw Julie?"
"Um, it was earlier tonight."
"How early?"
"Around 7:15."
"What was she doing?" Faith asked.
"One of my part-timers called in sick and she was helping out until she had to leave." Ray said. He scratched what appeared to be a three-day beard. "She was heading out for coffee at her aunt's house, I think."
"That's it? You didn't see her come back, or anything suspicious when she left?" Bosco asked.
"No."
"You didn't hear a scream or a scuffle or anything?"
"No, I said. What's going on? Is she okay?"
"There is a possibility that she may be missing." Faith said. Bosco shifted in his seat, still not wanting to believe that this was happening.
"Missing?" Ray asked. "You mean, like kidnapped?"
"It's possible." Faith said. "We just want to cover all the angles and make sure that she's okay."
"Well, if you need my help at all, please don't hesitate to ask." Ray said, getting up from his chair to show both officers out. "She's a terrific kid."
"Yeah, apparently that's what everyone thinks." Bosco said, half serious and half joking. Faith gave a look that told him enough was enough. They thanked Ray and promised to call if there were any changes.
"Where to now?" Faith said as they got back into Bosco's car.
"I don't know." Bosco said, resting his head on the steering wheel. "She could be anywhere."
"At least we narrowed down the location of the abduction, broad as it may be." Faith said.
"If you're trying to point out a silver lining about tonight, you're doing a shitty job at it!"
Faith ignored her partner. "I wish there was a way to be in a few places at once and cover all that area, see if anything suspicious turns up."
Suddenly Bosco got an idea. "We might not be able to do it all ourselves, but I know someone who can get us the help we need!" he said, flipping a U-turn and racing back towards the precinct.
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Bosco took the stairs two at a time. If anyone could help him, Cruz could. Faith had disagreed the whole way back, but Bosco didn't want to listen. Cruz would help him, he thought. She was at her desk when he and Faith reached the top of the stairs. "Sarge, I need your help."
"What is it Boscorelli?" she said, not even looking up from her paperwork.
"We need a guy, maybe two or three, to keep a look out at the grocer's over on 7th Street." Bosco said, putting both hands on the front edge of her desk. "You know, ask around if anyone saw anything suspicious tonight. Plus, circle the area around the store and up until the subway station."
She finally looked up. "What's going on?" she asked.
"My cousin, Julie, may be missing."
"How long has she been missing?"
"A couple of hours." Bosco said.
Cruz looked through her drawers until she came to what she was looking for. She handed Bosco a thin Missing Persons file. "Fill these out and bring it back to me when it's been 72 hours." She got up from her desk and started to walk towards the stairs leading to the main floor.
"She may be dead by then!" Bosco said, his voice rising. He threw the file back on her desk.
Cruz turned and gave both officers long, hard stares. She came back over and slapped the paperwork against Bosco's chest. "You come back to me when it reaches 72. Is that understood?"
"Whatever you say, ma'am." Bosco said, his voice dripping with false sincerity.
"Don't f**k around with me Boscorelli. You'll be working graveyard shifts for the rest of your pathetic career!" she said, and stormed out of the room and down the stairs.
"Wow." Faith said.
"Don't even say it, Faith."
"Say what? I told you so?" Faith asked. She surely would never understand Bosco's admiration for their sergeant. "Explain to me why you like working with her better than me."
"I never said that, Faith." Bosco said. "It's just a different experience working in Anti-Crime."
"Comes standard with Hitler and everything!" Faith said, walking down the stairs in front of her partner. "You know, in all my life, I never really imagined that I would actually get to meet Satan."
"Are you done yet?" Bosco asked.
They had reached the front door of the precinct when Faith turned and stopped Bosco. "You're not going to listen to her are you?" she asked.
Bosco didn't even hesitate. "Of course not." he answered, pushing past her and opening the precinct doors. He was going back out to the streets to look for Julie, whether Cruz liked it or not…
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CHAPTER 6 brings Officers Boscorelli and Yokas one step closer in finding out what happened to Julie.
By Ceramac24
CHAPTER FIVE
Bosco parked the RMP just outside Tallie's Grocer. He and Faith went around the back and up the stairs to where the front doors of the two apartments were. Ray Tallie lived right next door to Julie. Bosco pounded on the door marked with a 1.
"Police! Open up!"
A few seconds later, the door open slightly, held in place by the metal chain link. Ray Tallie stood, baseball bat in hand, on the other side of the door. "What do you want?"
"Sir, put the bat down." Bosco said. "I'm Officer Boscorelli and this is Officer Yokas. We work down at the 55th Precinct."
"Boscorelli? You must be Julie's cousin," he said, unlinking the chain. "She told me she had a relative on the force. Come on in."
Bosco and Faith entered the apartment. It was a small space, just a living room, a small attached kitchen, and then a narrow hallway that no doubt lead to the bedrooms. He smiled as he recalled Julie's description of her place. "Spacious" was the word that she had used.
"What can I do for you, Officers?" Ray asked, motioning for them to sit down and make themselves comfortable.
"Mr. Tallie--" Bosco started. "Ray, please." Ray interrupted.
"Ok, Ray." Bosco said. "When was the last time that you saw Julie?"
"Um, it was earlier tonight."
"How early?"
"Around 7:15."
"What was she doing?" Faith asked.
"One of my part-timers called in sick and she was helping out until she had to leave." Ray said. He scratched what appeared to be a three-day beard. "She was heading out for coffee at her aunt's house, I think."
"That's it? You didn't see her come back, or anything suspicious when she left?" Bosco asked.
"No."
"You didn't hear a scream or a scuffle or anything?"
"No, I said. What's going on? Is she okay?"
"There is a possibility that she may be missing." Faith said. Bosco shifted in his seat, still not wanting to believe that this was happening.
"Missing?" Ray asked. "You mean, like kidnapped?"
"It's possible." Faith said. "We just want to cover all the angles and make sure that she's okay."
"Well, if you need my help at all, please don't hesitate to ask." Ray said, getting up from his chair to show both officers out. "She's a terrific kid."
"Yeah, apparently that's what everyone thinks." Bosco said, half serious and half joking. Faith gave a look that told him enough was enough. They thanked Ray and promised to call if there were any changes.
"Where to now?" Faith said as they got back into Bosco's car.
"I don't know." Bosco said, resting his head on the steering wheel. "She could be anywhere."
"At least we narrowed down the location of the abduction, broad as it may be." Faith said.
"If you're trying to point out a silver lining about tonight, you're doing a shitty job at it!"
Faith ignored her partner. "I wish there was a way to be in a few places at once and cover all that area, see if anything suspicious turns up."
Suddenly Bosco got an idea. "We might not be able to do it all ourselves, but I know someone who can get us the help we need!" he said, flipping a U-turn and racing back towards the precinct.
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Bosco took the stairs two at a time. If anyone could help him, Cruz could. Faith had disagreed the whole way back, but Bosco didn't want to listen. Cruz would help him, he thought. She was at her desk when he and Faith reached the top of the stairs. "Sarge, I need your help."
"What is it Boscorelli?" she said, not even looking up from her paperwork.
"We need a guy, maybe two or three, to keep a look out at the grocer's over on 7th Street." Bosco said, putting both hands on the front edge of her desk. "You know, ask around if anyone saw anything suspicious tonight. Plus, circle the area around the store and up until the subway station."
She finally looked up. "What's going on?" she asked.
"My cousin, Julie, may be missing."
"How long has she been missing?"
"A couple of hours." Bosco said.
Cruz looked through her drawers until she came to what she was looking for. She handed Bosco a thin Missing Persons file. "Fill these out and bring it back to me when it's been 72 hours." She got up from her desk and started to walk towards the stairs leading to the main floor.
"She may be dead by then!" Bosco said, his voice rising. He threw the file back on her desk.
Cruz turned and gave both officers long, hard stares. She came back over and slapped the paperwork against Bosco's chest. "You come back to me when it reaches 72. Is that understood?"
"Whatever you say, ma'am." Bosco said, his voice dripping with false sincerity.
"Don't f**k around with me Boscorelli. You'll be working graveyard shifts for the rest of your pathetic career!" she said, and stormed out of the room and down the stairs.
"Wow." Faith said.
"Don't even say it, Faith."
"Say what? I told you so?" Faith asked. She surely would never understand Bosco's admiration for their sergeant. "Explain to me why you like working with her better than me."
"I never said that, Faith." Bosco said. "It's just a different experience working in Anti-Crime."
"Comes standard with Hitler and everything!" Faith said, walking down the stairs in front of her partner. "You know, in all my life, I never really imagined that I would actually get to meet Satan."
"Are you done yet?" Bosco asked.
They had reached the front door of the precinct when Faith turned and stopped Bosco. "You're not going to listen to her are you?" she asked.
Bosco didn't even hesitate. "Of course not." he answered, pushing past her and opening the precinct doors. He was going back out to the streets to look for Julie, whether Cruz liked it or not…
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CHAPTER 6 brings Officers Boscorelli and Yokas one step closer in finding out what happened to Julie.