TITLE: One heart beat for every lost day.
AUTHOR: faith_in_Faith
E-MAIL: faith_in_Faith@hotmail.com
DISCLAIMER: Owe nothing, jut borrow to play with.
RATING: PG-13
SPOILER: Up to and including season four bur this one starts before " she said, he said"
AUTHORS NOTE: THANKS to wine_into_water for your help and encouragement and to Jenny and Carina for correcting it, you're the best! To all of you that still reading this here is chapter seven. PLEASE R&R!!!!
CHAPTER SEVEN
Faith glanced over at Bosco in the passenger seat. He hadn't said a word since they left the apartment, not a single word. He just sat there, his face deadly pale, staring out the window. She doubted he actually saw something though, because his eyes were empty, like he wasn't there at all. She didn't dare to ask if he was OK, because she knew he'd probably get mad with her for nagging him, but she needed to hear his voice soon, because she began to think that he'd lost it completely.
"Bos?" she tried, her voice soft.
No answer.
"Bos?" she tried a little louder this time. Nothing.
"Bosco!"
"Huh?" he turned his head to look at her, his eyes still empty and his face expressionless.
"It's almost dinner time, how about we stop for something to eat?" she asked, hoping for him to snap out of his almost comatose state.
He looked at her; his eyes suddenly filled with a lot of emotions that she couldn't fully read and said in a quiet voice:
" I've meant to ask, can we go to the hospital at our dinner break, to check on Anna?" he looked down at his hands.
"Sure! No problem! Do you want to go right away?" she asked, happy that he was with her in the real world again.
He attempted to smile at her and said: "That would be great."
"OK," she answered as she turned around and started to drive towards the hospital.
Faith parked the RMP outside the hospital and turned to look at Bosco. He didn't move.
"Do you want me to come?" she asked carefully, hoping he wouldn't be offended by the offer.
"If you want to," he said, trying to sound like he didn't care, but she could tell from the desperate look in his eyes that he didn't want to be alone this time.
"I'd like to," she said and smiled at him.
"OK."
They both got out of the car and headed towards the entrance.
When Bosco walked towards Anna's room he saw that Steven was in the room and he stopped dead in his tracks. Oh no!, he thought. He had really hoped that Steven wouldn't be there, but he was.
Now what? Bosco thought to himself. What was he supposed to say to a man whose second biggest wish in life was to kill him? He felt Faith's hand on his shoulder and as if she could read his mind she said:
"You caught him, remember. He has to like that."
Bosco nodded, more to himself than to Faith. Yeah he has to like that, he thought.
Steven had spotted Bosco through the window and made his way over to him.
"Anything?" he asked.
"Yeah, he's behind bars now."
"So did you give him what he deserved?" All the suppressed anger had made Stevens face turn red.
"I kind of beat the crap out of him with my nightstick," Bosco said, looking down at his feet, not sure if Steven was going to like that answer, after all he's a priest, but on the other hand he did say he wanted him dead.
"Sounds good enough for me, thanks," Steven said looking at him with grateful eyes.
"No big deal, it's my job, and I wanted to do it anyway." Bosco said and looked at his shoes again.
Steven smiled and said:
"Why don't you go in and see her? She's awake and she's been waiting for you."
"She's remembering?"
Steven smiled again. "Oh yes she does! She has a hard time believing it though."
Bosco looked at him again and then he said:
"How are the boys?"
"They're fine, but they keep asking for you, maybe you can come by tomorrow morning?"
"Yeah, I can do that if that's OK with you?" Bosco looked at him unsure if Seven wanted him to come or not.
"I wouldn't have asked you if I didn't want you to come. People around me seem to have a bad judgement when it comes to you, so I guess I really don't have a choice." He smiled again.
Bosco could see from the corner of his eyes that Faith smiled too.
"Um, see you tomorrow then," he said, unsure about what to think.
Steven nodded and smiled again.
"Now get out of here and go and see her."
Bosco turned and looked at Faith.
"I'll wait here," she said and gave him a reassuring smile. He nodded and entered Anna's room.
As he approached her bed he felt a knot forming in his stomach. He was incredibly nervous about this, after all he didn't know if she would be happy to see him. She might just want to see him to tell him what a jerk he was. Then he remembered that she couldn't talk and for a moment he was almost happy about it. He went to the chair beside her bed and sat down.
Anna had been watching his arrival and could tell from his body language that he was nervous about seeing her again. Well so was she, so then it's the same for both of us, she though to herself.
"Hi," he says, almost shyly, offering her a very small smile.
Anna looks at him, and sees all the fear and uncertainness in his eyes. She can see that the hunted look from the last time she saw him is still there, and she wants to cry for him. Why can't anyone in this whole world make that look go away? she thinks sadly.
She looks at him and hopes that he can see in her eyes all the love she feels. She wishes so hard she could smile at him and tell him how much she loves him. She wants to tell him that he doesn't have to be afraid, that everything that happened twelve years ago doesn't matter anymore, that she's forgiven him a long time ago. After all, she had known "the rules of the game." She took a chance on him and it didn't work out, but he'd never promised her it would. Not the last time anyway. She prays that God shall let Bosco sense all her love and that he'll feel that he's forgiven.
She reaches up and carefully touches his cheek with her unharmed hand. She needs to feel him. She needs to reassure herself that he's real.
Bosco takes her hand and holds it tightly against his cheek. Anna didn't have to worry. He loves her enough to read the love and forgiveness in her eyes and he's very happy that he's sitting down, because he can feel his whole body go weak when the enormous guilt he's been feeling all these years becomes more bearable.
"Anna I.I'm so sorry for everything, I'm so sorry." his voice is failing him and he swallows hard, and closes his eyes tightly to stop the stupid tears he feels forming there, from slipping down his cheeks.
Still holding her hand against his cheek he reaches out and caresses her hair, her beautiful hair. He's always loved her hair. It's long, brown and curly and he loves it.
"You don't have to worry, I got the bastard. He's in jail now, he can't hurt you anymore," he says and looks her in the eyes, feeling nothing but pure love.
He hasn't felt this way in years, twelve years, to be more precise, and it scares the hell out of him, but still he wants the feeling to last forever. He can see tears forming in Anna's eyes and moves his hand to her cheek.
"Hey;" he says gently, "no tears remember?"
Anna smiles inside and blinks away her tears, she feels relieved. He's the same, all the same, just a little bit older, but so is she. He still loves her; she knows that, although he hasn't said it. She can see it in his eyes and that's enough for her. He never said it very often back then either.
She's safe now, she knows that too. Once again he's rescued her, once again she's safe because he's around.
Faith had been looking at them through the window and she's almost speechless.
Your friend, I don't think so Bosco, more the love of your life, she thinks and smiles.
She can tell that he's so totally in love with this woman that it almost scares her. She really hopes that she's a good person, because someone that Bosco loves that much, sure as hell has enough power to destroy him completely.
" Central to 55-David, report back to the house." The radio at Faith's shoulder cracked to life.
" 55-David to central, we're on our way, " Faith said in the radio and then she tapped on the window to Anna's room to try to get Bosco's attention. He didn't notice it and she reluctantly made her way into the room. She took a few steps inside and said:
" Bosco, I'm sorry to interrupt but we have to go. They want us back at the house."
Bosco jerked up his head and turned to look at her as he said: "What the hell for? "
Faith shrugged; " I don't know." Bosco sighed heavily, looked at Anna again and said:
"I'm sorry Anna. I have to go, but I'll be back after my shift, OK?"
Anna had heard the female voice and she understood that this was Bosco's partner and she wanted to see her. She wanted to know what she looked like and most of all she wanted to see what kind of person she was.
Anna had learned over the years that a person's eyes always are the mirror of the person's soul, and she wanted to see the soul of the person who was responsible for Bosco's life and well being outside. She knew how dangerous police work was, and finding out that he was a police officer had given her one more reason to worry about him, and she wanted to see just how much she had to worry.
She looked at Bosco and pointed her unharmed arm at Faith.
"Do you want to meet my partner?" He asked in surprise.
Anna nodded slightly. Bosco waved to Faith to come closer so that Anna should be able to see her and said:
"Anna, this is Faith Yokas, my partner."
"Faith, this is Anna."
The two women looked at each other, both wondering if they could trust the other one to take care of the man they both cared so much for, and both liked what they saw.
Anna looked at Faith and saw that she didn't have to worry. The woman in front of her was a good person, and most important of all, she cared a lot about Bosco. She could tell by the way she looked at him, and her tone of voice when she once again told him that they had to go.
Faith looked into Anna's beautiful blue eyes and saw nothing but pure love and happiness that Bosco was back with her, and she knew that this woman would never do anything to hurt Bosco on purpose. Whatever went wrong twelve years ago didn't have to do with anything that she had done, she was pretty sure about that.
"Hi, nice to meet you," she said and smiled at Anna. She could see the smile in the other woman's eyes and turned to look at Bosco again.
"I'm sorry Bos, but we really have to go."
He sighed, and looked Anna in the eyes: " I'll be back in a couple of hours. I'll promise. You just go to sleep, OK?" He bent over and kissed her carefully at the cheek.
Oh Bosco, you never learn, do you? Anna thought. She knew all to well that he couldn't promise a thing like that. He could be shot in an hour and never come back. Promising things he couldn't keep really was one of his specialities.
Faith looked down at Anna and to her own surprise she saw the same fear in the other woman's eyes that she felt every time Bosco rushed into some dangerous situation without thinking, just ten times worse. Poor woman, she thought. At least I don't love him that way; to be honest she didn't wanted to think about how terrible it would be to feel that kind of worry. It was bad enough to be his partner.
She bent over and whispered as quietly as she could so Bosco wouldn't hear:
"Don't worry, I'll look after him for you."
She saw the gratefulness in Anna's eyes and smiled again.
"You're welcome!"
"What the hell was that all about?" Bosco said and looked at Faith, confusion and uncertainness written all over his face.
"What was what about?" Faith said and tried to pretend that she didn't understand what Bosco was talking about.
"Come on Faith, you know what I mean! What did you whisper to Anna, and why?" he said impatiently.
"Girls talk, you wouldn't understand," she said and couldn't help but smile.
He looked at her as she had grown a second head, and said in disbelief:
"Girls talk? You can't be serious, for heavens sake Faith she CAN'T talk!"
"What did she said to you?" Faith said innocently.
"She said. " He started to say, without thinking and when he realised that she had him trapped, he just sighed and murmured, "That's different."
Faith just smiled.
"So you really have no idea about what the house wanted?" he asked eager to change the subject.
"Nope."
They drove the rest of the way in silence.
"Hi Sully," Faith said as she spotted him at the desk. "Do you know what's up?"
"It's about the arrest we made," he said grimly.
Faith's eyes widened. "Thomas Lewis?"
Sully nodded. "Lieu wanna know why he ended up so badly beaten. Carter made a complaint too."
"Shit," she said. So Bos's in trouble now, huh?"
"Not necessarily," Sully said. "Not if he's smart. Where is he anyway?"
"He went to the washroom. He's kind of whipped, if you know what I mean."
"I bet," Sully said simply.
In that moment the door to the lieutenant's office opened and Davis came out followed by Swersky who said:
"Where's Boscorelli? I want to see him right away!"
"He's cleaning up sir, I'll go and get him," Faith said quickly.
"Good," the lieutenant nodded.
Bosco sat at on the bench in front of his locker, his head in his hands. He felt physically and emotionally drained. Seeing the love and forgiveness in Anna's eyes together with the lack of sleep had almost driven him over the edge. He felt sick again and he knew it was because he hadn't been getting enough sleep, not to mention he'd barely eaten the whole day. He thanked God that his shift was almost over, because he needed to see Anna again. He needed to get away from Faith's inquiring eyes and he needed to sleep, if he should be able to see Samuel and Adam again tomorrow.
Faith entered the locker room and saw him sitting there. She felt sorry for him; this was really starting to take its toll of him. She walked over and sat down at the bench beside him.
"You're OK?" she said with concern in her voice.
He shook his head.
"I feel sick," he said, thankful that he had a physical problem to feed her so that she got off his case about the emotional stuff.
"Again?" she said sounding worried, "maybe you need to go home."
He shrugged. "Maybe."
" Lieu wants to talk to you."
"About what?"
"The Lewis arrest."
"Great," he murmured quietly.
She looked him right in the eyes and said seriously:
"Sully said that you had nothing to worry about if you're smart about it."
"What did he mean by that?" Bosco said and looked at her bewildered.
"I'm not sure, but Lieu has already talked to both him and Davis," Faith said and smiled at him, " maybe they've figured out a way to control the damage."
He stood up and sighed. "Well, let's get it over with," he said and left the room.
Bosco knocked at the door to Swersky's office.
"Come in," Swerski said.
"You wanted to see me sir?"
"Have a seat Boscorelli."
Bosco sat down in the chair opposite Swersky, thankful that he could sit down, because he felt completely exhausted.
"Did you beat up officer Thomas Lewis at his arrest today?" Swerski said, calmly leaving Bosco without a clue about whether he was in trouble or not.
"Yeah," he answered simply, remembering what Faith had said.
"Sully said that he offered violent resistance and that he punched you, and that you're only defended yourself, is that the truth?"
Bosco looked at him, stunned. SULLY covering for HIM, that's something new!
"Yeah I guess so."
"Then why don't you have any injuries?"
Bosco swallowed hard. Think Boscorelli think, he thought to himself.
"He punched me in the stomach and I got my nightstick out really quick so I guess I did the most damage," he said, silently praying that Sully hadn't said something completely different.
"Ok," Swerski said. "I'll talk to Faith too, but as far as I can see there's nothing wrong with this arrest, but try not to beat the suspect that bad next time," he said sarcastically.
"Yes sir." Bosco said and grinned.
"Now get out of here and tell Faith I want to see her."
"Yes sir," Bosco said and left the office, still smiling.
AUTHOR: faith_in_Faith
E-MAIL: faith_in_Faith@hotmail.com
DISCLAIMER: Owe nothing, jut borrow to play with.
RATING: PG-13
SPOILER: Up to and including season four bur this one starts before " she said, he said"
AUTHORS NOTE: THANKS to wine_into_water for your help and encouragement and to Jenny and Carina for correcting it, you're the best! To all of you that still reading this here is chapter seven. PLEASE R&R!!!!
CHAPTER SEVEN
Faith glanced over at Bosco in the passenger seat. He hadn't said a word since they left the apartment, not a single word. He just sat there, his face deadly pale, staring out the window. She doubted he actually saw something though, because his eyes were empty, like he wasn't there at all. She didn't dare to ask if he was OK, because she knew he'd probably get mad with her for nagging him, but she needed to hear his voice soon, because she began to think that he'd lost it completely.
"Bos?" she tried, her voice soft.
No answer.
"Bos?" she tried a little louder this time. Nothing.
"Bosco!"
"Huh?" he turned his head to look at her, his eyes still empty and his face expressionless.
"It's almost dinner time, how about we stop for something to eat?" she asked, hoping for him to snap out of his almost comatose state.
He looked at her; his eyes suddenly filled with a lot of emotions that she couldn't fully read and said in a quiet voice:
" I've meant to ask, can we go to the hospital at our dinner break, to check on Anna?" he looked down at his hands.
"Sure! No problem! Do you want to go right away?" she asked, happy that he was with her in the real world again.
He attempted to smile at her and said: "That would be great."
"OK," she answered as she turned around and started to drive towards the hospital.
Faith parked the RMP outside the hospital and turned to look at Bosco. He didn't move.
"Do you want me to come?" she asked carefully, hoping he wouldn't be offended by the offer.
"If you want to," he said, trying to sound like he didn't care, but she could tell from the desperate look in his eyes that he didn't want to be alone this time.
"I'd like to," she said and smiled at him.
"OK."
They both got out of the car and headed towards the entrance.
When Bosco walked towards Anna's room he saw that Steven was in the room and he stopped dead in his tracks. Oh no!, he thought. He had really hoped that Steven wouldn't be there, but he was.
Now what? Bosco thought to himself. What was he supposed to say to a man whose second biggest wish in life was to kill him? He felt Faith's hand on his shoulder and as if she could read his mind she said:
"You caught him, remember. He has to like that."
Bosco nodded, more to himself than to Faith. Yeah he has to like that, he thought.
Steven had spotted Bosco through the window and made his way over to him.
"Anything?" he asked.
"Yeah, he's behind bars now."
"So did you give him what he deserved?" All the suppressed anger had made Stevens face turn red.
"I kind of beat the crap out of him with my nightstick," Bosco said, looking down at his feet, not sure if Steven was going to like that answer, after all he's a priest, but on the other hand he did say he wanted him dead.
"Sounds good enough for me, thanks," Steven said looking at him with grateful eyes.
"No big deal, it's my job, and I wanted to do it anyway." Bosco said and looked at his shoes again.
Steven smiled and said:
"Why don't you go in and see her? She's awake and she's been waiting for you."
"She's remembering?"
Steven smiled again. "Oh yes she does! She has a hard time believing it though."
Bosco looked at him again and then he said:
"How are the boys?"
"They're fine, but they keep asking for you, maybe you can come by tomorrow morning?"
"Yeah, I can do that if that's OK with you?" Bosco looked at him unsure if Seven wanted him to come or not.
"I wouldn't have asked you if I didn't want you to come. People around me seem to have a bad judgement when it comes to you, so I guess I really don't have a choice." He smiled again.
Bosco could see from the corner of his eyes that Faith smiled too.
"Um, see you tomorrow then," he said, unsure about what to think.
Steven nodded and smiled again.
"Now get out of here and go and see her."
Bosco turned and looked at Faith.
"I'll wait here," she said and gave him a reassuring smile. He nodded and entered Anna's room.
As he approached her bed he felt a knot forming in his stomach. He was incredibly nervous about this, after all he didn't know if she would be happy to see him. She might just want to see him to tell him what a jerk he was. Then he remembered that she couldn't talk and for a moment he was almost happy about it. He went to the chair beside her bed and sat down.
Anna had been watching his arrival and could tell from his body language that he was nervous about seeing her again. Well so was she, so then it's the same for both of us, she though to herself.
"Hi," he says, almost shyly, offering her a very small smile.
Anna looks at him, and sees all the fear and uncertainness in his eyes. She can see that the hunted look from the last time she saw him is still there, and she wants to cry for him. Why can't anyone in this whole world make that look go away? she thinks sadly.
She looks at him and hopes that he can see in her eyes all the love she feels. She wishes so hard she could smile at him and tell him how much she loves him. She wants to tell him that he doesn't have to be afraid, that everything that happened twelve years ago doesn't matter anymore, that she's forgiven him a long time ago. After all, she had known "the rules of the game." She took a chance on him and it didn't work out, but he'd never promised her it would. Not the last time anyway. She prays that God shall let Bosco sense all her love and that he'll feel that he's forgiven.
She reaches up and carefully touches his cheek with her unharmed hand. She needs to feel him. She needs to reassure herself that he's real.
Bosco takes her hand and holds it tightly against his cheek. Anna didn't have to worry. He loves her enough to read the love and forgiveness in her eyes and he's very happy that he's sitting down, because he can feel his whole body go weak when the enormous guilt he's been feeling all these years becomes more bearable.
"Anna I.I'm so sorry for everything, I'm so sorry." his voice is failing him and he swallows hard, and closes his eyes tightly to stop the stupid tears he feels forming there, from slipping down his cheeks.
Still holding her hand against his cheek he reaches out and caresses her hair, her beautiful hair. He's always loved her hair. It's long, brown and curly and he loves it.
"You don't have to worry, I got the bastard. He's in jail now, he can't hurt you anymore," he says and looks her in the eyes, feeling nothing but pure love.
He hasn't felt this way in years, twelve years, to be more precise, and it scares the hell out of him, but still he wants the feeling to last forever. He can see tears forming in Anna's eyes and moves his hand to her cheek.
"Hey;" he says gently, "no tears remember?"
Anna smiles inside and blinks away her tears, she feels relieved. He's the same, all the same, just a little bit older, but so is she. He still loves her; she knows that, although he hasn't said it. She can see it in his eyes and that's enough for her. He never said it very often back then either.
She's safe now, she knows that too. Once again he's rescued her, once again she's safe because he's around.
Faith had been looking at them through the window and she's almost speechless.
Your friend, I don't think so Bosco, more the love of your life, she thinks and smiles.
She can tell that he's so totally in love with this woman that it almost scares her. She really hopes that she's a good person, because someone that Bosco loves that much, sure as hell has enough power to destroy him completely.
" Central to 55-David, report back to the house." The radio at Faith's shoulder cracked to life.
" 55-David to central, we're on our way, " Faith said in the radio and then she tapped on the window to Anna's room to try to get Bosco's attention. He didn't notice it and she reluctantly made her way into the room. She took a few steps inside and said:
" Bosco, I'm sorry to interrupt but we have to go. They want us back at the house."
Bosco jerked up his head and turned to look at her as he said: "What the hell for? "
Faith shrugged; " I don't know." Bosco sighed heavily, looked at Anna again and said:
"I'm sorry Anna. I have to go, but I'll be back after my shift, OK?"
Anna had heard the female voice and she understood that this was Bosco's partner and she wanted to see her. She wanted to know what she looked like and most of all she wanted to see what kind of person she was.
Anna had learned over the years that a person's eyes always are the mirror of the person's soul, and she wanted to see the soul of the person who was responsible for Bosco's life and well being outside. She knew how dangerous police work was, and finding out that he was a police officer had given her one more reason to worry about him, and she wanted to see just how much she had to worry.
She looked at Bosco and pointed her unharmed arm at Faith.
"Do you want to meet my partner?" He asked in surprise.
Anna nodded slightly. Bosco waved to Faith to come closer so that Anna should be able to see her and said:
"Anna, this is Faith Yokas, my partner."
"Faith, this is Anna."
The two women looked at each other, both wondering if they could trust the other one to take care of the man they both cared so much for, and both liked what they saw.
Anna looked at Faith and saw that she didn't have to worry. The woman in front of her was a good person, and most important of all, she cared a lot about Bosco. She could tell by the way she looked at him, and her tone of voice when she once again told him that they had to go.
Faith looked into Anna's beautiful blue eyes and saw nothing but pure love and happiness that Bosco was back with her, and she knew that this woman would never do anything to hurt Bosco on purpose. Whatever went wrong twelve years ago didn't have to do with anything that she had done, she was pretty sure about that.
"Hi, nice to meet you," she said and smiled at Anna. She could see the smile in the other woman's eyes and turned to look at Bosco again.
"I'm sorry Bos, but we really have to go."
He sighed, and looked Anna in the eyes: " I'll be back in a couple of hours. I'll promise. You just go to sleep, OK?" He bent over and kissed her carefully at the cheek.
Oh Bosco, you never learn, do you? Anna thought. She knew all to well that he couldn't promise a thing like that. He could be shot in an hour and never come back. Promising things he couldn't keep really was one of his specialities.
Faith looked down at Anna and to her own surprise she saw the same fear in the other woman's eyes that she felt every time Bosco rushed into some dangerous situation without thinking, just ten times worse. Poor woman, she thought. At least I don't love him that way; to be honest she didn't wanted to think about how terrible it would be to feel that kind of worry. It was bad enough to be his partner.
She bent over and whispered as quietly as she could so Bosco wouldn't hear:
"Don't worry, I'll look after him for you."
She saw the gratefulness in Anna's eyes and smiled again.
"You're welcome!"
"What the hell was that all about?" Bosco said and looked at Faith, confusion and uncertainness written all over his face.
"What was what about?" Faith said and tried to pretend that she didn't understand what Bosco was talking about.
"Come on Faith, you know what I mean! What did you whisper to Anna, and why?" he said impatiently.
"Girls talk, you wouldn't understand," she said and couldn't help but smile.
He looked at her as she had grown a second head, and said in disbelief:
"Girls talk? You can't be serious, for heavens sake Faith she CAN'T talk!"
"What did she said to you?" Faith said innocently.
"She said. " He started to say, without thinking and when he realised that she had him trapped, he just sighed and murmured, "That's different."
Faith just smiled.
"So you really have no idea about what the house wanted?" he asked eager to change the subject.
"Nope."
They drove the rest of the way in silence.
"Hi Sully," Faith said as she spotted him at the desk. "Do you know what's up?"
"It's about the arrest we made," he said grimly.
Faith's eyes widened. "Thomas Lewis?"
Sully nodded. "Lieu wanna know why he ended up so badly beaten. Carter made a complaint too."
"Shit," she said. So Bos's in trouble now, huh?"
"Not necessarily," Sully said. "Not if he's smart. Where is he anyway?"
"He went to the washroom. He's kind of whipped, if you know what I mean."
"I bet," Sully said simply.
In that moment the door to the lieutenant's office opened and Davis came out followed by Swersky who said:
"Where's Boscorelli? I want to see him right away!"
"He's cleaning up sir, I'll go and get him," Faith said quickly.
"Good," the lieutenant nodded.
Bosco sat at on the bench in front of his locker, his head in his hands. He felt physically and emotionally drained. Seeing the love and forgiveness in Anna's eyes together with the lack of sleep had almost driven him over the edge. He felt sick again and he knew it was because he hadn't been getting enough sleep, not to mention he'd barely eaten the whole day. He thanked God that his shift was almost over, because he needed to see Anna again. He needed to get away from Faith's inquiring eyes and he needed to sleep, if he should be able to see Samuel and Adam again tomorrow.
Faith entered the locker room and saw him sitting there. She felt sorry for him; this was really starting to take its toll of him. She walked over and sat down at the bench beside him.
"You're OK?" she said with concern in her voice.
He shook his head.
"I feel sick," he said, thankful that he had a physical problem to feed her so that she got off his case about the emotional stuff.
"Again?" she said sounding worried, "maybe you need to go home."
He shrugged. "Maybe."
" Lieu wants to talk to you."
"About what?"
"The Lewis arrest."
"Great," he murmured quietly.
She looked him right in the eyes and said seriously:
"Sully said that you had nothing to worry about if you're smart about it."
"What did he mean by that?" Bosco said and looked at her bewildered.
"I'm not sure, but Lieu has already talked to both him and Davis," Faith said and smiled at him, " maybe they've figured out a way to control the damage."
He stood up and sighed. "Well, let's get it over with," he said and left the room.
Bosco knocked at the door to Swersky's office.
"Come in," Swerski said.
"You wanted to see me sir?"
"Have a seat Boscorelli."
Bosco sat down in the chair opposite Swersky, thankful that he could sit down, because he felt completely exhausted.
"Did you beat up officer Thomas Lewis at his arrest today?" Swerski said, calmly leaving Bosco without a clue about whether he was in trouble or not.
"Yeah," he answered simply, remembering what Faith had said.
"Sully said that he offered violent resistance and that he punched you, and that you're only defended yourself, is that the truth?"
Bosco looked at him, stunned. SULLY covering for HIM, that's something new!
"Yeah I guess so."
"Then why don't you have any injuries?"
Bosco swallowed hard. Think Boscorelli think, he thought to himself.
"He punched me in the stomach and I got my nightstick out really quick so I guess I did the most damage," he said, silently praying that Sully hadn't said something completely different.
"Ok," Swerski said. "I'll talk to Faith too, but as far as I can see there's nothing wrong with this arrest, but try not to beat the suspect that bad next time," he said sarcastically.
"Yes sir." Bosco said and grinned.
"Now get out of here and tell Faith I want to see her."
"Yes sir," Bosco said and left the office, still smiling.