Disclaimer: See the first 3 chapters.
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"Cruz!" Sully was outraged. "I knew she was a bitch.but I never thought
she'd stoop this far."
Ty nodded, "She must be pissed about what Bosco did."
"Get Boscorelli on the phone.tell him to get his ass over here. And if Faith could come that would be helpful too."
Ty walked over to the phone, while Mary gave her father a confused look. "Dad? What are you doing?"
Sully looked at his daughter, "I'm getting Faith and Bosco over here so we can set up a course of action."
"Course of action?" Mary raised an eyebrow, "Are we going to war?"
"In a way. Yeah." He looked over at Lillian, "You might want to put on more coffee. This is going to be a long night."
She nodded, "I was just about to say that myself." She turned and headed into the kitchen. ****** Bosco and Faith arrived a half-hour later. Since Ty had been rather cryptic on the phone, neither one of them had a clue what was going on. This, in turn, meant that Bosco was less than pleasant about having changed his plans for the evening. "All right, Sul, this better be good. I have a blonde soon to be model waiting for me back at my apartment."
"Don't be such a jerk, Bosco." Faith slipped off her jacket. "So what's going on?"
"Cruz." Sully motioned for them to take a seat.
Faith shook her head, "Why am I not surprised? What has she done now?"
"Found a way to get revenge on Bosco for not backing her up. And it looks like she's taking all of us with him." He launched into an explanation of the past few hours and what they had found out.
Faith nodded, listening, before asking the obvious question. "So what do we do?"
"Get her back," Bosco answered quickly. "We let her know she's not getting away with this."
"No." Sully looked at him. "If she knows we know.it could be bad. We have to be smart about this."
"Well that automatically rules Bosco out," Ty quipped, giving the other cop.
"Oh very funny."
"I thought so."
"Hey!" Faith interjected before it could get too far. "What are you? My kids? Quit it!" She then turned back to Sully, "You got a plan?"
"I'm working on one."
Lillian emerged from the kitchen, bringing coffee to Bosco and Faith. "May I make a suggestion?"
They all nodded.
"You do nothing.not yet. Mary continues writing her article.but puts a new spin on it. As far as everyone knows, she's doing what she was assigned to do. She'll follow you guys around, she'll look at your files, but she'll also look at Cruz's. It only makes sense to write up the 'brave' individual who came forward. But when the article goes to print it'll be about Cruz. How she hid evidence on those cases, how she was bent on revenge, and how to cover her own ass she framed the four of you. In the meantime, the four of you," she paused to shoot a meaningful glance at Bosco. "Will be on your absolute best behavior. Sound good?"
There were nods all around and a complaint from Bosco as to why everyone felt the need to tell HIM to behave.
Lillian smiled, "Good."
The rest of the night was spent just sitting there talking. Bosco hurried back to his date, but Faith stayed for a while enjoying the chance to talk to someone who wasn't her kids or her husband.
Beginning tomorrow night, they'd put their plan into action.
Ty nodded, "She must be pissed about what Bosco did."
"Get Boscorelli on the phone.tell him to get his ass over here. And if Faith could come that would be helpful too."
Ty walked over to the phone, while Mary gave her father a confused look. "Dad? What are you doing?"
Sully looked at his daughter, "I'm getting Faith and Bosco over here so we can set up a course of action."
"Course of action?" Mary raised an eyebrow, "Are we going to war?"
"In a way. Yeah." He looked over at Lillian, "You might want to put on more coffee. This is going to be a long night."
She nodded, "I was just about to say that myself." She turned and headed into the kitchen. ****** Bosco and Faith arrived a half-hour later. Since Ty had been rather cryptic on the phone, neither one of them had a clue what was going on. This, in turn, meant that Bosco was less than pleasant about having changed his plans for the evening. "All right, Sul, this better be good. I have a blonde soon to be model waiting for me back at my apartment."
"Don't be such a jerk, Bosco." Faith slipped off her jacket. "So what's going on?"
"Cruz." Sully motioned for them to take a seat.
Faith shook her head, "Why am I not surprised? What has she done now?"
"Found a way to get revenge on Bosco for not backing her up. And it looks like she's taking all of us with him." He launched into an explanation of the past few hours and what they had found out.
Faith nodded, listening, before asking the obvious question. "So what do we do?"
"Get her back," Bosco answered quickly. "We let her know she's not getting away with this."
"No." Sully looked at him. "If she knows we know.it could be bad. We have to be smart about this."
"Well that automatically rules Bosco out," Ty quipped, giving the other cop.
"Oh very funny."
"I thought so."
"Hey!" Faith interjected before it could get too far. "What are you? My kids? Quit it!" She then turned back to Sully, "You got a plan?"
"I'm working on one."
Lillian emerged from the kitchen, bringing coffee to Bosco and Faith. "May I make a suggestion?"
They all nodded.
"You do nothing.not yet. Mary continues writing her article.but puts a new spin on it. As far as everyone knows, she's doing what she was assigned to do. She'll follow you guys around, she'll look at your files, but she'll also look at Cruz's. It only makes sense to write up the 'brave' individual who came forward. But when the article goes to print it'll be about Cruz. How she hid evidence on those cases, how she was bent on revenge, and how to cover her own ass she framed the four of you. In the meantime, the four of you," she paused to shoot a meaningful glance at Bosco. "Will be on your absolute best behavior. Sound good?"
There were nods all around and a complaint from Bosco as to why everyone felt the need to tell HIM to behave.
Lillian smiled, "Good."
The rest of the night was spent just sitting there talking. Bosco hurried back to his date, but Faith stayed for a while enjoying the chance to talk to someone who wasn't her kids or her husband.
Beginning tomorrow night, they'd put their plan into action.