TITLE: One heart beat for every lost day.
AUTHOR: faith_in_Faith
E-MAIL: faith_in_Faith@hotmail.com
DISCLAIMER: Don't own, just borrow to play with. (
RATING: PG-13
SPOILERS: Up and including season four but this starts BEFORE "he said, she said"
AUTHORS NOTE: THANKS Carina, Jenny and wine_into_water for correcting this for me and for encoring me all the time without you there would be no more chapters ( and BIG THANKS to Patty and Bee who's kind words gave me the courage to continue this ( and to you that still reading: I hope you all will enjoy, please R&R.
CHAPTER SIX
Sully and Davis walked through the door to the café. Bosco immediately stood up and said in an eager voice:
"Spit it out Sullivan! Were is he?"
He could feel his whole body tense, and he was so angry that he hardly could stop himself from taking it out on Sully. To Bosco it felt like forever before he answered. Sully looked at Bosco and sighed: This is going to be a mess, he thought.
"I talked to a friend of mine at the 32nd precinct and he said that Thomas Lewis had another partner before the one he has now. His name is George Carter and he was known as a really bad cop that liked to beat up his arrests whether it was necessary or not. It was also well known that in his opinion, God's only reason to put women on this earth was to give men pleasure, and that a man have every right to do what's necessary to keep his woman in line.
"This is all very interesting Sullivan, " Bosco said sarcastically. "It makes me really happy to know that the force has more than one asshole who likes to beat up his wife, but how is this helping me to get the bastard that beat up Anna!" He almost shouted the last part.
Faith put a hand on his shoulder and said:
" Bosco, calm down."
Sully just ignored the comment and continued:
" A year ago he was accused of taking bribes, but there was not enough evidence to convict him. He was forced to retire though, and my friend thinks Thomas might hide there."
"Do you have the address?" Faith asked.
"Yes."
"Then what the hell are we waiting for? Let's go!" Bosco said impatiently as he run out through the door.
"BOSCO WAIT! Faith shouted after him. " You don't even know were to go!"
"He's gonna kill him," Sully said.
"Let's go and make sure he doesn't." Faith said as she turned around and ran after Bosco.
Anna slowly opened her eyes and tried to figure out were she was and why she was feeling so weak and dizzy. It was really difficult to focus and as she tried to move she felt pain all over. The pain made her remember and fear filled here, then her vision cleared and she could take in her surroundings. She recognized all the familiar hospital stuff and calmed down a bit.
Even if Thomas was here he couldn't hurt her in front of the hospital staff, at least she hoped so. In that moment a familiar figure appeared in her room. Steven saw that she was awake and hurried to her side.
"Hey there beautiful, nice to see your eyes again," he said softly and took her hand as he smiled at her.
Anna tried to answer, but she couldn't, actually she couldn't even smile, something was wrong with her mouth. She couldn't open it! Anna started to panic. Steven saw the panic in her eyes and said:
"Don't you worry, he brook your jaw. They had to fixate it to help it heal. You can talk again in a couple of weeks or so. They give you something to write on in the meantime, " he smiled at her again.
Anna looked at him. He looked tired and sad and she felt guilty. It was all her fault. She should have told him what was going on long ago, then none of this would have happened and he wouldn't have had to suffer because of her.
"Do you remember what happened?" he asked and squeezed her hand carefully.
She nodded slightly, and her head immediately started to pound. She ignored it though; because suddenly she remembered something else and she really couldn't believe that her memory served her right. It had to be a dream, hadn't it?
Bosco had been there! At least that was what she thought she remembered. He was there and he promised her to make her hell go away! Was it true, or had she only been dreaming? She had to ask Steven. He had to know, but how was she going to do that? She couldn't talk! She started to feel desperate.
Steven saw that she was starting to get upset and heard the heart monitor starting to beat faster. He had an idea of what this was about so he said:
"Calm down Anna! It wasn't just a dream. Bosco WAS there. He's a cop now and he and his partner took the call. He sent you to the hospital and took care of the boys, and made sure they were safe until I could come and get them. He's out chasing Thomas right now, and I'm sure he's gonna catch him and give him what he deserves."
Anna just looked at him and felt tears forming in her eyes. It wasn't a dream! Bosco really was back, and he was making bad things better, just as he used to! Suddenly she felt afraid. What if Steven had told him to go a way? What if he didn't come back again! What if he only did his job and didn't care about her for real?
Once again Steven sensed what was going on in Anna's head and he smiled at her as he said:
"Don't worry. I was nice to him and the boys adore him. They talk about him all the time. He'll be back to see you when his shift is over, if not sooner. He's been her to see you twice already, but you weren't awake."
Anna felt so happy, safe and blessed. He was back. God had finally answered her prayers. He was going to save her once again, there was noting to be afraid of anymore. She squeezed Stevens's hand and he smiled to her once more and said:
"Try to get some rest, you'll see him again soon."
Anna closed her eyes, her heart filled with happiness and let her mind drift back to the first time she met him- the first time he rescued her.. ***************
She was twelve years old and her parents had recently died in a traffic accident. Steven, who was eight years older than her, had been the one to take care of her. He lived in a different area than their parents, so she had to change schools when she moved to live with him.
The hell started almost right away. One of her legs was shorter than the other but she had an insertion to put in her shoe to make them even, so usually no one could tell, but one day when she told her gym teacher why she was excused from gym class, one of the girls overheard it and the harassments started immediately.
The day after, all the other children called her names and no one wanted to be with her. It was as if they thought they could catch it from her, like it was contagious or something. When she was about to leave school that afternoon some of the boys started pushing her around and then took her shoe and removed the inlay and threw it a way. Anna started to cry, but in that moment someone very angry showed up and punched the boy who held her right in the face and shouted to her:
"RUN!"
"I CAN'T!" she shouted back.
"JUST GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" he shouted as he continued to fight with the other boys.
She remembered how she tried to move as fast as she could. It was difficult with the limp she had without the shoe, but no one was following her, and she had started to calm down when she heard someone shout:
"HEY, WAIT UP!"
She stopped and turned around and saw the boy who had rescued her, running towards her. She stayed were she was, waiting for him to catch up. As he reached her he held out her shoe and said out of breath:
"Here."
She reached out and took it without a word. She put it on and took a couple of steps, but without the inlay the limp remained, and she felt tears forming in her eyes again.
"Are you OK?"
"Yeah," she answered as she tried to suppress a sob as she looked down at the ground.
"Does it hurt?" he asked, and she could hear the concern in his voice. She had to smile through her tears.
"No I'm not hurt, just incorrect," she said and lifted her head to look at him. She saw him blush slightly.
"Sorry," he murmured embarrassed and looked down at his feet.
"It's OK, at least you care," she said quietly.
He lifted his head to look at her and Anna looked back. He was rather short with brown hair, and she suddenly realised that he was one of her classmates. She had never talked to him though, because he was always looking angry and always sitting by himself.
She saw that he had some cuts and bruises on his face. He also had a black eye, but that one was already there this morning, she knew that for sure. He was still bleeding a little from his nose, so Anna put her hand in her pocket and took out her handkerchief and handed it to him.
"Thanks," he said as he wiped his nose and suddenly their eyes locked, and Anna found herself looking into the most beautiful dark blue eyes she'd ever seen, and from that moment she was completely lost.
"Thank you", she said, "for rescuing me."
He shrugged. "No big deal."
They looked at each other in silence for a while and then Anna said:
"So this is how you get yourself your black eyes?"
"Some of them, yeah."
He looked at her, and Anna saw something in his eyes that made her heart break for him. She saw loneliness and sadness as if no one in the whole world cared for him, or loved him for that matter. In that moment Anna knew that this was what she had to do, her job from now on was to care for this boy. Unconditionally.
"See you tomorrow?" he suddenly asked in a tone of voice that told her he was unsure about the answer. Lets start right away Anna thought. She smiled at him and said:
"Sounds good to me." Their eyes met once again and he said in a very serious voice:
"Why don't you wait for me here and we go together, that way they'll leave you alone."
"Thanks," she said and smiled, feeling happy for the first time in weeks.
He just nodded and turned to leave.
"Wait, I don't even know your name," she called after him.
He turned around and for the first time he smiled. It was the most beautiful smile Anna had ever seen. Then he said:
"I'm Maurice Boscorelli."
"I'm Anna Brown," she smiled back at him.
"OK Anna, see you tomorrow then." He smiled again.
"Yeah, tomorrow" she said as she watched him leave.
In the hospital bed Anna smiled happily inside as she thought about Bosco's smile and then she fell asleep again.
"For heaven sake Bosco slow down, we can't arrest him if you get us both killed," Faith said and took hold of the dashboard, as Bosco turned around a corner in a really high speed.
Bosco didn't answer. He just continued to drive. His face was pale and his jaws tightly clenched together and Faith knew he was way beyond anger. He was furious. Sully's right, she thought, he's gonna kill him.
Suddenly 55-Charlie come to stop in front of an apartment building and Bosco hit the breaks hard, coursing Faith to almost hit her head in the windshield.
"Jesus!" she said.
"Sorry," Bosco murmured.
They got out of the car and joined Sully and Davis.
"Come on let's go inside," Bosco said impatiently, glaring at Sully.
"Calm down Boscorelli", Sully said. " We're doing this my way, nice and calm."
"Like hell we do!"
"Do you want me to lock you in the car?"
"You just try!"
"Come on guys," Davis said. "Let's get the bad guy instead of arguing with each other."
Sully sighed. "OK, but try to keep him in line Yokas!" Faith just nodded.
They all went up the stairs and Sully knocked on the door, a rather big. Bold man opened the door.
"Yeah?"
"Were is he?" Bosco said in a demanding voice.
The man raised his eyebrows and said:
"Who?"
Before anyone could react, Bosco took a step forward, grabbed the man by his collar and pined him up against the wall.
"Don't you play games with me, because than you're gonna be sorry," he said between his teeth.
"Bosco calm down," Faith said in a demanding voice as she grabbed him by his arms, trying to get him to let go of the man. Finally he did and they both glared at each other.
"Sorry about that," Sully said. "We're looking for Thomas Lewis, is he here?"
"What for?"
"We have reasons to believe that he has beaten up his wife pretty bad."
Bosco opened his mouth to say something. "Bosco" Faith said in a warning tone and he closed it again.
"Says who?" the man asked.
"Their boys," Sully said starting to get angry with the man himself.
"Since when does the police care about what some kids fantasizing about?" the man said and laughed.
Again, Bosco lost it, but this time Davis was prepared and took hold of him before he could reach the man.
"Since they find their mother almost beaten to death on the kitchen floor, " Faith said, anger in her voice.
"Now tell us is if he's here or not, otherwise I might let him have it his way with you, and believe me you're gonna regret it." Sully said in a treating voice as he pointed at Bosco.
The man looked at them for a few seconds, and then he said:
"What happened to the respect for a fellow officer?"
"We only show it to people who deserve it, " Sully said. "For the last time is he here or not!"
"Yeah, he is."
In that moment Bosco broke free from Davis' grip and pushed his way through the door and run in to the apartment. The other followed close behind. When they reached the living room they saw Bosco nailing a man up against the wall as he punched him in the face.
"Do you enjoy this jag off?" he shouted as he punched him again.
"Bosco, stop it," Faith said in a pleading voice, knowing that he probably didn't even hear her.
Davis took a step forward to get Bosco away Thomas, but Sully held him back. "Leave him, he needs to do it and the asshole deserves it."
Bosco held Thomas against the wall, took his nightstick out of his belt and said as he narrowed his eyes:
"So you like to beat her with a baseball bat, huh? Well let's see how you like this!"
Then he started to beat Thomas with it over and over again. After a couple of times Faith had enough and tried to pull him away, but she wasn't strong enough. Davis and Sully helped her and finally they were able to pull him away from Thomas.
"55-Charlie to central we need a bus at this location." Ty said in this radio.
"It's on its way, 55-Charlie."
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!" Bosco yelled and tried to pull away from Sully.
"No Bosco," Sully said in a very soft tone of voice. "He's not worth your career, believe me. You've got your revenge, now calm down." Bosco continued to struggle against Sully.
Faith put a hand on his shoulder and said softly:
"It's over now Bos, come on, let's get out of here. Let Sully and Ty take care about the rest."
Bosco finally calmed down and Sully let go of him.
"Come on Bos, " Faith said and took him by the arm.
He shook her off and walked over to Tomas. He looked at the frightened man on the floor one more time, and then he spit him in the face and turned to leave without a word.
"I'm gonna make a complaint about this." George Carter said.
"Be my guest." Sully said.
AUTHOR: faith_in_Faith
E-MAIL: faith_in_Faith@hotmail.com
DISCLAIMER: Don't own, just borrow to play with. (
RATING: PG-13
SPOILERS: Up and including season four but this starts BEFORE "he said, she said"
AUTHORS NOTE: THANKS Carina, Jenny and wine_into_water for correcting this for me and for encoring me all the time without you there would be no more chapters ( and BIG THANKS to Patty and Bee who's kind words gave me the courage to continue this ( and to you that still reading: I hope you all will enjoy, please R&R.
CHAPTER SIX
Sully and Davis walked through the door to the café. Bosco immediately stood up and said in an eager voice:
"Spit it out Sullivan! Were is he?"
He could feel his whole body tense, and he was so angry that he hardly could stop himself from taking it out on Sully. To Bosco it felt like forever before he answered. Sully looked at Bosco and sighed: This is going to be a mess, he thought.
"I talked to a friend of mine at the 32nd precinct and he said that Thomas Lewis had another partner before the one he has now. His name is George Carter and he was known as a really bad cop that liked to beat up his arrests whether it was necessary or not. It was also well known that in his opinion, God's only reason to put women on this earth was to give men pleasure, and that a man have every right to do what's necessary to keep his woman in line.
"This is all very interesting Sullivan, " Bosco said sarcastically. "It makes me really happy to know that the force has more than one asshole who likes to beat up his wife, but how is this helping me to get the bastard that beat up Anna!" He almost shouted the last part.
Faith put a hand on his shoulder and said:
" Bosco, calm down."
Sully just ignored the comment and continued:
" A year ago he was accused of taking bribes, but there was not enough evidence to convict him. He was forced to retire though, and my friend thinks Thomas might hide there."
"Do you have the address?" Faith asked.
"Yes."
"Then what the hell are we waiting for? Let's go!" Bosco said impatiently as he run out through the door.
"BOSCO WAIT! Faith shouted after him. " You don't even know were to go!"
"He's gonna kill him," Sully said.
"Let's go and make sure he doesn't." Faith said as she turned around and ran after Bosco.
Anna slowly opened her eyes and tried to figure out were she was and why she was feeling so weak and dizzy. It was really difficult to focus and as she tried to move she felt pain all over. The pain made her remember and fear filled here, then her vision cleared and she could take in her surroundings. She recognized all the familiar hospital stuff and calmed down a bit.
Even if Thomas was here he couldn't hurt her in front of the hospital staff, at least she hoped so. In that moment a familiar figure appeared in her room. Steven saw that she was awake and hurried to her side.
"Hey there beautiful, nice to see your eyes again," he said softly and took her hand as he smiled at her.
Anna tried to answer, but she couldn't, actually she couldn't even smile, something was wrong with her mouth. She couldn't open it! Anna started to panic. Steven saw the panic in her eyes and said:
"Don't you worry, he brook your jaw. They had to fixate it to help it heal. You can talk again in a couple of weeks or so. They give you something to write on in the meantime, " he smiled at her again.
Anna looked at him. He looked tired and sad and she felt guilty. It was all her fault. She should have told him what was going on long ago, then none of this would have happened and he wouldn't have had to suffer because of her.
"Do you remember what happened?" he asked and squeezed her hand carefully.
She nodded slightly, and her head immediately started to pound. She ignored it though; because suddenly she remembered something else and she really couldn't believe that her memory served her right. It had to be a dream, hadn't it?
Bosco had been there! At least that was what she thought she remembered. He was there and he promised her to make her hell go away! Was it true, or had she only been dreaming? She had to ask Steven. He had to know, but how was she going to do that? She couldn't talk! She started to feel desperate.
Steven saw that she was starting to get upset and heard the heart monitor starting to beat faster. He had an idea of what this was about so he said:
"Calm down Anna! It wasn't just a dream. Bosco WAS there. He's a cop now and he and his partner took the call. He sent you to the hospital and took care of the boys, and made sure they were safe until I could come and get them. He's out chasing Thomas right now, and I'm sure he's gonna catch him and give him what he deserves."
Anna just looked at him and felt tears forming in her eyes. It wasn't a dream! Bosco really was back, and he was making bad things better, just as he used to! Suddenly she felt afraid. What if Steven had told him to go a way? What if he didn't come back again! What if he only did his job and didn't care about her for real?
Once again Steven sensed what was going on in Anna's head and he smiled at her as he said:
"Don't worry. I was nice to him and the boys adore him. They talk about him all the time. He'll be back to see you when his shift is over, if not sooner. He's been her to see you twice already, but you weren't awake."
Anna felt so happy, safe and blessed. He was back. God had finally answered her prayers. He was going to save her once again, there was noting to be afraid of anymore. She squeezed Stevens's hand and he smiled to her once more and said:
"Try to get some rest, you'll see him again soon."
Anna closed her eyes, her heart filled with happiness and let her mind drift back to the first time she met him- the first time he rescued her.. ***************
She was twelve years old and her parents had recently died in a traffic accident. Steven, who was eight years older than her, had been the one to take care of her. He lived in a different area than their parents, so she had to change schools when she moved to live with him.
The hell started almost right away. One of her legs was shorter than the other but she had an insertion to put in her shoe to make them even, so usually no one could tell, but one day when she told her gym teacher why she was excused from gym class, one of the girls overheard it and the harassments started immediately.
The day after, all the other children called her names and no one wanted to be with her. It was as if they thought they could catch it from her, like it was contagious or something. When she was about to leave school that afternoon some of the boys started pushing her around and then took her shoe and removed the inlay and threw it a way. Anna started to cry, but in that moment someone very angry showed up and punched the boy who held her right in the face and shouted to her:
"RUN!"
"I CAN'T!" she shouted back.
"JUST GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" he shouted as he continued to fight with the other boys.
She remembered how she tried to move as fast as she could. It was difficult with the limp she had without the shoe, but no one was following her, and she had started to calm down when she heard someone shout:
"HEY, WAIT UP!"
She stopped and turned around and saw the boy who had rescued her, running towards her. She stayed were she was, waiting for him to catch up. As he reached her he held out her shoe and said out of breath:
"Here."
She reached out and took it without a word. She put it on and took a couple of steps, but without the inlay the limp remained, and she felt tears forming in her eyes again.
"Are you OK?"
"Yeah," she answered as she tried to suppress a sob as she looked down at the ground.
"Does it hurt?" he asked, and she could hear the concern in his voice. She had to smile through her tears.
"No I'm not hurt, just incorrect," she said and lifted her head to look at him. She saw him blush slightly.
"Sorry," he murmured embarrassed and looked down at his feet.
"It's OK, at least you care," she said quietly.
He lifted his head to look at her and Anna looked back. He was rather short with brown hair, and she suddenly realised that he was one of her classmates. She had never talked to him though, because he was always looking angry and always sitting by himself.
She saw that he had some cuts and bruises on his face. He also had a black eye, but that one was already there this morning, she knew that for sure. He was still bleeding a little from his nose, so Anna put her hand in her pocket and took out her handkerchief and handed it to him.
"Thanks," he said as he wiped his nose and suddenly their eyes locked, and Anna found herself looking into the most beautiful dark blue eyes she'd ever seen, and from that moment she was completely lost.
"Thank you", she said, "for rescuing me."
He shrugged. "No big deal."
They looked at each other in silence for a while and then Anna said:
"So this is how you get yourself your black eyes?"
"Some of them, yeah."
He looked at her, and Anna saw something in his eyes that made her heart break for him. She saw loneliness and sadness as if no one in the whole world cared for him, or loved him for that matter. In that moment Anna knew that this was what she had to do, her job from now on was to care for this boy. Unconditionally.
"See you tomorrow?" he suddenly asked in a tone of voice that told her he was unsure about the answer. Lets start right away Anna thought. She smiled at him and said:
"Sounds good to me." Their eyes met once again and he said in a very serious voice:
"Why don't you wait for me here and we go together, that way they'll leave you alone."
"Thanks," she said and smiled, feeling happy for the first time in weeks.
He just nodded and turned to leave.
"Wait, I don't even know your name," she called after him.
He turned around and for the first time he smiled. It was the most beautiful smile Anna had ever seen. Then he said:
"I'm Maurice Boscorelli."
"I'm Anna Brown," she smiled back at him.
"OK Anna, see you tomorrow then." He smiled again.
"Yeah, tomorrow" she said as she watched him leave.
In the hospital bed Anna smiled happily inside as she thought about Bosco's smile and then she fell asleep again.
"For heaven sake Bosco slow down, we can't arrest him if you get us both killed," Faith said and took hold of the dashboard, as Bosco turned around a corner in a really high speed.
Bosco didn't answer. He just continued to drive. His face was pale and his jaws tightly clenched together and Faith knew he was way beyond anger. He was furious. Sully's right, she thought, he's gonna kill him.
Suddenly 55-Charlie come to stop in front of an apartment building and Bosco hit the breaks hard, coursing Faith to almost hit her head in the windshield.
"Jesus!" she said.
"Sorry," Bosco murmured.
They got out of the car and joined Sully and Davis.
"Come on let's go inside," Bosco said impatiently, glaring at Sully.
"Calm down Boscorelli", Sully said. " We're doing this my way, nice and calm."
"Like hell we do!"
"Do you want me to lock you in the car?"
"You just try!"
"Come on guys," Davis said. "Let's get the bad guy instead of arguing with each other."
Sully sighed. "OK, but try to keep him in line Yokas!" Faith just nodded.
They all went up the stairs and Sully knocked on the door, a rather big. Bold man opened the door.
"Yeah?"
"Were is he?" Bosco said in a demanding voice.
The man raised his eyebrows and said:
"Who?"
Before anyone could react, Bosco took a step forward, grabbed the man by his collar and pined him up against the wall.
"Don't you play games with me, because than you're gonna be sorry," he said between his teeth.
"Bosco calm down," Faith said in a demanding voice as she grabbed him by his arms, trying to get him to let go of the man. Finally he did and they both glared at each other.
"Sorry about that," Sully said. "We're looking for Thomas Lewis, is he here?"
"What for?"
"We have reasons to believe that he has beaten up his wife pretty bad."
Bosco opened his mouth to say something. "Bosco" Faith said in a warning tone and he closed it again.
"Says who?" the man asked.
"Their boys," Sully said starting to get angry with the man himself.
"Since when does the police care about what some kids fantasizing about?" the man said and laughed.
Again, Bosco lost it, but this time Davis was prepared and took hold of him before he could reach the man.
"Since they find their mother almost beaten to death on the kitchen floor, " Faith said, anger in her voice.
"Now tell us is if he's here or not, otherwise I might let him have it his way with you, and believe me you're gonna regret it." Sully said in a treating voice as he pointed at Bosco.
The man looked at them for a few seconds, and then he said:
"What happened to the respect for a fellow officer?"
"We only show it to people who deserve it, " Sully said. "For the last time is he here or not!"
"Yeah, he is."
In that moment Bosco broke free from Davis' grip and pushed his way through the door and run in to the apartment. The other followed close behind. When they reached the living room they saw Bosco nailing a man up against the wall as he punched him in the face.
"Do you enjoy this jag off?" he shouted as he punched him again.
"Bosco, stop it," Faith said in a pleading voice, knowing that he probably didn't even hear her.
Davis took a step forward to get Bosco away Thomas, but Sully held him back. "Leave him, he needs to do it and the asshole deserves it."
Bosco held Thomas against the wall, took his nightstick out of his belt and said as he narrowed his eyes:
"So you like to beat her with a baseball bat, huh? Well let's see how you like this!"
Then he started to beat Thomas with it over and over again. After a couple of times Faith had enough and tried to pull him away, but she wasn't strong enough. Davis and Sully helped her and finally they were able to pull him away from Thomas.
"55-Charlie to central we need a bus at this location." Ty said in this radio.
"It's on its way, 55-Charlie."
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!" Bosco yelled and tried to pull away from Sully.
"No Bosco," Sully said in a very soft tone of voice. "He's not worth your career, believe me. You've got your revenge, now calm down." Bosco continued to struggle against Sully.
Faith put a hand on his shoulder and said softly:
"It's over now Bos, come on, let's get out of here. Let Sully and Ty take care about the rest."
Bosco finally calmed down and Sully let go of him.
"Come on Bos, " Faith said and took him by the arm.
He shook her off and walked over to Tomas. He looked at the frightened man on the floor one more time, and then he spit him in the face and turned to leave without a word.
"I'm gonna make a complaint about this." George Carter said.
"Be my guest." Sully said.