Chapter 4
"Faith, what happens if she doesn't want anything to do with me? I mean, she's my sister. I want to go home and tell my mother that I found her baby. I don't know what I'm going to do." Bosco said.
"Bos, don't worry, she'll come around. Just leave her be for now." Faith reassured her partner.
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"Hey, sweetie, how was your day?" Ashley's adoptive mom, Mrs. Smith, asked Ashley when she walked through the door.
"Terrible." Ashley replied, flopping into a kitchen chair.
"Oh? What happened that made it so terrible?" Mrs. Smith asked.
"Well, Amy and I witnessed a fight. The cops were called and two police officers came and questioned us about the fight. Then after school, Officer Boscorelli and Officer Yokas, the two cops, came looking for me. They took me to the coffee shop by my school where Officer Boscorelli showed me a picture." Ashley explained.
"A picture?" Mrs. Smith asked.
"Yeah, and the weird thing is, is that its my baby picture. He came up with some story on how I am his baby sister and how I was abducted from a daycare. Crazy isn't it, Mom?" Ashley said.
Mrs. Smith turned white. "He told you that?"
"Yup. But it's not true…so I'm not even going to think about him again." Ashley said with a little laugh.
Mrs. Smith turned away. "How could this have happened?" She thought to herself.
"Mom….are you ok? Don't worry…its not true so what's the big deal?" Ashley said.
Mrs. Smith turned to Ashley. She still had not regained her colour and was still white as a ghost. She had nothing to say, in fear that she may reveal more than she should. Ashley looked at her and noticed the fear in her eyes.
"Oh my god!…" Ashley said, while getting up. "It is true!"
"Honey…." Mrs. Smith started to speak.
"NO….it is true…..all the things Officer Boscorelli was telling me is TRUE???!!! You and dad abducted me? Stole me away from my family?!" Ashley begin to yell, trying to sort out all the confusion that she felt.
"Yes. Your father and I so desperately wanted a baby. I worked in the daycare. I looked after you, and I faked a call to the daycare. I posed as Mrs. Boscorelli. I told them that she wanted me to bring you to her. And they fell for it. Your dad and I changed your name and began a life as a family." Mrs. Smith explained.
"Oh my god. You are pathetic. Both of you. Making someone else suffer for your own gain? Weren't you the one who told me that if you can prevent someone else from suffering, you should do everything in your power to help them? All lies……my whole life has been one big lie." Ashley said, tears running down her face.
"No it hasn't. You are still our daughter." Mrs. Smith said.
"STOP IT!!! I'm not your daughter! I never was and never will be." Ashley said while running to the door.
"Where are you going?" Mrs. Smith called.
"None of your business!!!" Ashley yelled back.
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"Central to 55-David, requesting you come to the station."
"What now?" Bosco said sarcastically. Faith and Bosco already had to handle 2 domestics, a drunk and a guy who was threatening to jump off a building.
When Bosco and Faith got to the station, Bosco parked the car and got out. Faith and Bosco climbed the short amount of stairs and walked into the station.
"What's up?" Bosco asked when he and Faith approached the counter.
"Officer Boscorelli…" Bosco heard a voice call.
Bosco turned around, and there stood Ashley.
"Faith, what happens if she doesn't want anything to do with me? I mean, she's my sister. I want to go home and tell my mother that I found her baby. I don't know what I'm going to do." Bosco said.
"Bos, don't worry, she'll come around. Just leave her be for now." Faith reassured her partner.
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"Hey, sweetie, how was your day?" Ashley's adoptive mom, Mrs. Smith, asked Ashley when she walked through the door.
"Terrible." Ashley replied, flopping into a kitchen chair.
"Oh? What happened that made it so terrible?" Mrs. Smith asked.
"Well, Amy and I witnessed a fight. The cops were called and two police officers came and questioned us about the fight. Then after school, Officer Boscorelli and Officer Yokas, the two cops, came looking for me. They took me to the coffee shop by my school where Officer Boscorelli showed me a picture." Ashley explained.
"A picture?" Mrs. Smith asked.
"Yeah, and the weird thing is, is that its my baby picture. He came up with some story on how I am his baby sister and how I was abducted from a daycare. Crazy isn't it, Mom?" Ashley said.
Mrs. Smith turned white. "He told you that?"
"Yup. But it's not true…so I'm not even going to think about him again." Ashley said with a little laugh.
Mrs. Smith turned away. "How could this have happened?" She thought to herself.
"Mom….are you ok? Don't worry…its not true so what's the big deal?" Ashley said.
Mrs. Smith turned to Ashley. She still had not regained her colour and was still white as a ghost. She had nothing to say, in fear that she may reveal more than she should. Ashley looked at her and noticed the fear in her eyes.
"Oh my god!…" Ashley said, while getting up. "It is true!"
"Honey…." Mrs. Smith started to speak.
"NO….it is true…..all the things Officer Boscorelli was telling me is TRUE???!!! You and dad abducted me? Stole me away from my family?!" Ashley begin to yell, trying to sort out all the confusion that she felt.
"Yes. Your father and I so desperately wanted a baby. I worked in the daycare. I looked after you, and I faked a call to the daycare. I posed as Mrs. Boscorelli. I told them that she wanted me to bring you to her. And they fell for it. Your dad and I changed your name and began a life as a family." Mrs. Smith explained.
"Oh my god. You are pathetic. Both of you. Making someone else suffer for your own gain? Weren't you the one who told me that if you can prevent someone else from suffering, you should do everything in your power to help them? All lies……my whole life has been one big lie." Ashley said, tears running down her face.
"No it hasn't. You are still our daughter." Mrs. Smith said.
"STOP IT!!! I'm not your daughter! I never was and never will be." Ashley said while running to the door.
"Where are you going?" Mrs. Smith called.
"None of your business!!!" Ashley yelled back.
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"Central to 55-David, requesting you come to the station."
"What now?" Bosco said sarcastically. Faith and Bosco already had to handle 2 domestics, a drunk and a guy who was threatening to jump off a building.
When Bosco and Faith got to the station, Bosco parked the car and got out. Faith and Bosco climbed the short amount of stairs and walked into the station.
"What's up?" Bosco asked when he and Faith approached the counter.
"Officer Boscorelli…" Bosco heard a voice call.
Bosco turned around, and there stood Ashley.