Faith was with Bosco till they loaded him on the stretcher. He didn't say
much more just sobbed till the medics arrived on-scene. He had stopped
instantly and starred blankly at the ceiling.
"Want me to come to the ER with you Boz?" Faith asked squeezing his hand tightly not even realizing his hand was cut open in several areas.
Bosco failed to notice too, and let out a sigh saying, "No, I will be fine. Don't you have work or somethin'?"
"I can always call off Bosco, Lieu would understand." Faith added quickly.
Bosco just cleared his throat and said emotionlessly, "Na, that is okay. I will be fine Faith."
"Alright than, I will check up on you after my shift? I mean if you want me to." Faith said rather nervously biting her lip.
"Yeah, okay see you than." Bosco said bluntly.
Faith watched helplessly as they carried Bosco off. Her heart bled for him. She felt so terrible. Why did he always have to shut his emotions out? He was so good at it. Maybe after her shift he would open up to her even more.
~~~~~
Lieu filled the 5-5 in on the death of Cruz and the funeral arrangements. The department was going to give her a private ceremony since she had no known family living.
"Officer Boscorelli was attacked at his apartment last night. We are unaware if it was related to Sergeant Cruz's murder or not. He is being treated at Mercy and has not been questioned yet." Lieu said.
"Officer Yokas - why are you here today?" Lieu questioned changing the subject.
"Well boss I was scheduled to work today." Faith said nonchalantly.
"Well I don't have anyone to pair you up with so you can either take the day off with pay or work desk duty." Lieu said winking at her. "Officers Davis and Sullivan, I have a special assignment for you two today. See me after roll call. Any questions? Eyes and Ears open out there!"
~~~~~
Faith waited patiently for Ty and Sully. As she saw them exiting the room she immediately began questioning them. "So what is your special assignment? Does it involve Bosco?"
"Yeah Faith, we are headed to Mercy to question him now." Sully said as he motioned for Ty to go grap their radios.
"They think Bosco did this?" Faith half-yelled.
"Of coarse not Faith! It certainly isn't a coincidence that Bosco and Cruz were bed buddies and she was found murdered a few blocks from his house either now is it?" Sully said mockingly.
"Want me to come with you?" Faith questioned.
"Faith no, Lieu gave you the day off. Go home and be with your family. Bosco isn't going anywhere, "Sully said.
"Yeah, your right he was beat up pretty bad." Faith said out loud even though it was more of a thought.
"For real? How bad?" Ty said approaching the two.
~~~~~~
Sully and Ty entered Bosco's room.
Bosco was just starring out the window lying in his bed.
"Hey Bosco how ya doin'?" Ty asked feeling a little tense.
Bosco never even looked his way or responded.
Ty and Davis both stepped around the bed in front of Bosco's view out the window. Both were appalled at Bosco's condition. There was not a spot on his face that was not a dark shade of black-and-blue. The hospital gown he was wearing exposed his neck and top region of his chest which were both covered with spotted bruises. His arms were cut up pretty bad, and both his hands were bandaged.
"Damn Bosco who did this to you? Is this related to the beating you received a couple days ago?" Sully asked with more of concern for once.
"What is your condition man?" Ty said stepping into the conversation.
"I'm fine, thanks. Just bruised from head to toe and a few stitches here and there. I have a few more busted ribs but other than that I am just waiting for my tests to come back so I can get the hell out of here."
"Bosco, Cruz is..." Ty began but Bosco interrupted him quickly saying "dead I know already!"
"Do you know who killed her?" Sully asked.
"What is this a damn interrogation? Did Christopher peg me as a suspect?" Bosco said shifting agitated in his bed.
"No, Boz, Lieu sent us here to ask questions, hoping you might know something." Sully said placing his hand on Bosco's shoulder to remain calm.
Bosco just let out a long sigh. The room was silent for a few minutes before he began.
"I don't know. I swear Sully."
"Okay, I believe you can you just tell me what you do know?" Sully asked pulling up a chair.
Bosco started from the beginning and told them about being drunk and waking up in the alley. He didn't even leave out the details of Jasmine being raped and him looking for her. Sully and Ty just listened in silence.
He told them about Cruz stopping by and him passing out. He told them about coming home with unexpected visitors and he even gave clear descriptions. Than the most unexpected thing came from Bosco, tears. Not just one or two, lots of tears. He cried the whole time he told them what Carter had said, about Cruz being killed because of him. How he didn't want to believe it and how helpless he was being injected with some drug paralyzing him.
"You gotta believe me Sul, I didn't know this was gonna happen!" Bosco let out in-between weeps.
Normally Bosco wouldn't show this side to anyone but Faith. She was the only one who didn't judge him, she knew him, the real him. Faith wasn't here and he couldn't hold it in. Not this time.
Ty just felt pity for Bosco. He felt the same after Alex's death, even though they were not together anymore and she wasn't killed because something he directly did. Maybe this wasn't the same. He still shed tears in the privacy of his home. Here loudmouth tough Bosco was letting everything out on the table so to speak, right in front of them. He was losing it.
Sully just thought 'poor guy'. He had his share when his own wife died. He knew what guilt felt like. He never realized how much he cared for Bosco till this moment. Bosco was weak just like the rest of them. He respected Bosco for not being ashamed to let it out, hell it kind of made him proud.
"We are gonna get who did this Boz, I promise you." Ty said getting ready to grasp Bosco's hand as they always did.
Bosco let out a slight smirk amongst his tears while Ty said, "Oh shit, my bad bro!"
~~~~~
The doctor entered Bosco's room with her charts. She nodded at Ty and Sully before saying, "Will you excuse us I need to talk with my patient?"
"Sure thing Doc." Sully said nodding back.
"NO! It is okay I want them to stay!" Bosco said boldly. "I want them to take me home is that okay Doc?"
"Bosco no you are not leaving the hospital yet, besides that you are gonna need protective custody till we sort things out," Sully pleaded.
"Doc you were saying?" Bosco said ignoring Sully.
"I would not recommend you leaving for the next day or so. I would like to monitor you. The drug results came back and your system is now clean. I can't hold you but I wouldn't recommend you leaving."
"GREAT! So can you guys give me a ride home?" Bosco said his eyes lighting up like a kid on Christmas morning.
Sully just sighed deeply and mumbled. "Hurry up Bosco!"
TBC!
"Want me to come to the ER with you Boz?" Faith asked squeezing his hand tightly not even realizing his hand was cut open in several areas.
Bosco failed to notice too, and let out a sigh saying, "No, I will be fine. Don't you have work or somethin'?"
"I can always call off Bosco, Lieu would understand." Faith added quickly.
Bosco just cleared his throat and said emotionlessly, "Na, that is okay. I will be fine Faith."
"Alright than, I will check up on you after my shift? I mean if you want me to." Faith said rather nervously biting her lip.
"Yeah, okay see you than." Bosco said bluntly.
Faith watched helplessly as they carried Bosco off. Her heart bled for him. She felt so terrible. Why did he always have to shut his emotions out? He was so good at it. Maybe after her shift he would open up to her even more.
~~~~~
Lieu filled the 5-5 in on the death of Cruz and the funeral arrangements. The department was going to give her a private ceremony since she had no known family living.
"Officer Boscorelli was attacked at his apartment last night. We are unaware if it was related to Sergeant Cruz's murder or not. He is being treated at Mercy and has not been questioned yet." Lieu said.
"Officer Yokas - why are you here today?" Lieu questioned changing the subject.
"Well boss I was scheduled to work today." Faith said nonchalantly.
"Well I don't have anyone to pair you up with so you can either take the day off with pay or work desk duty." Lieu said winking at her. "Officers Davis and Sullivan, I have a special assignment for you two today. See me after roll call. Any questions? Eyes and Ears open out there!"
~~~~~
Faith waited patiently for Ty and Sully. As she saw them exiting the room she immediately began questioning them. "So what is your special assignment? Does it involve Bosco?"
"Yeah Faith, we are headed to Mercy to question him now." Sully said as he motioned for Ty to go grap their radios.
"They think Bosco did this?" Faith half-yelled.
"Of coarse not Faith! It certainly isn't a coincidence that Bosco and Cruz were bed buddies and she was found murdered a few blocks from his house either now is it?" Sully said mockingly.
"Want me to come with you?" Faith questioned.
"Faith no, Lieu gave you the day off. Go home and be with your family. Bosco isn't going anywhere, "Sully said.
"Yeah, your right he was beat up pretty bad." Faith said out loud even though it was more of a thought.
"For real? How bad?" Ty said approaching the two.
~~~~~~
Sully and Ty entered Bosco's room.
Bosco was just starring out the window lying in his bed.
"Hey Bosco how ya doin'?" Ty asked feeling a little tense.
Bosco never even looked his way or responded.
Ty and Davis both stepped around the bed in front of Bosco's view out the window. Both were appalled at Bosco's condition. There was not a spot on his face that was not a dark shade of black-and-blue. The hospital gown he was wearing exposed his neck and top region of his chest which were both covered with spotted bruises. His arms were cut up pretty bad, and both his hands were bandaged.
"Damn Bosco who did this to you? Is this related to the beating you received a couple days ago?" Sully asked with more of concern for once.
"What is your condition man?" Ty said stepping into the conversation.
"I'm fine, thanks. Just bruised from head to toe and a few stitches here and there. I have a few more busted ribs but other than that I am just waiting for my tests to come back so I can get the hell out of here."
"Bosco, Cruz is..." Ty began but Bosco interrupted him quickly saying "dead I know already!"
"Do you know who killed her?" Sully asked.
"What is this a damn interrogation? Did Christopher peg me as a suspect?" Bosco said shifting agitated in his bed.
"No, Boz, Lieu sent us here to ask questions, hoping you might know something." Sully said placing his hand on Bosco's shoulder to remain calm.
Bosco just let out a long sigh. The room was silent for a few minutes before he began.
"I don't know. I swear Sully."
"Okay, I believe you can you just tell me what you do know?" Sully asked pulling up a chair.
Bosco started from the beginning and told them about being drunk and waking up in the alley. He didn't even leave out the details of Jasmine being raped and him looking for her. Sully and Ty just listened in silence.
He told them about Cruz stopping by and him passing out. He told them about coming home with unexpected visitors and he even gave clear descriptions. Than the most unexpected thing came from Bosco, tears. Not just one or two, lots of tears. He cried the whole time he told them what Carter had said, about Cruz being killed because of him. How he didn't want to believe it and how helpless he was being injected with some drug paralyzing him.
"You gotta believe me Sul, I didn't know this was gonna happen!" Bosco let out in-between weeps.
Normally Bosco wouldn't show this side to anyone but Faith. She was the only one who didn't judge him, she knew him, the real him. Faith wasn't here and he couldn't hold it in. Not this time.
Ty just felt pity for Bosco. He felt the same after Alex's death, even though they were not together anymore and she wasn't killed because something he directly did. Maybe this wasn't the same. He still shed tears in the privacy of his home. Here loudmouth tough Bosco was letting everything out on the table so to speak, right in front of them. He was losing it.
Sully just thought 'poor guy'. He had his share when his own wife died. He knew what guilt felt like. He never realized how much he cared for Bosco till this moment. Bosco was weak just like the rest of them. He respected Bosco for not being ashamed to let it out, hell it kind of made him proud.
"We are gonna get who did this Boz, I promise you." Ty said getting ready to grasp Bosco's hand as they always did.
Bosco let out a slight smirk amongst his tears while Ty said, "Oh shit, my bad bro!"
~~~~~
The doctor entered Bosco's room with her charts. She nodded at Ty and Sully before saying, "Will you excuse us I need to talk with my patient?"
"Sure thing Doc." Sully said nodding back.
"NO! It is okay I want them to stay!" Bosco said boldly. "I want them to take me home is that okay Doc?"
"Bosco no you are not leaving the hospital yet, besides that you are gonna need protective custody till we sort things out," Sully pleaded.
"Doc you were saying?" Bosco said ignoring Sully.
"I would not recommend you leaving for the next day or so. I would like to monitor you. The drug results came back and your system is now clean. I can't hold you but I wouldn't recommend you leaving."
"GREAT! So can you guys give me a ride home?" Bosco said his eyes lighting up like a kid on Christmas morning.
Sully just sighed deeply and mumbled. "Hurry up Bosco!"
TBC!