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Previously in this story: The officers find out that the suspects they lost, were actually taken by Cruz. When she booked them and took credit for their arrest, Sully got into an argument with her, and threatened to report her. To get even with him, she fabricates a story for the suspects that will get them off the hook and get Sully in trouble.
~Chapter Four~
[The day after the explosion]
Faith, Bosco, Sully and Ty, all get a call telling them to report to the station. The Lieutenant had a talk with the chief and convinced him not to suspended the officers. They are however, all getting a reprimand in their files. They need to report to Lieu and get their guns and badges back.
One by one they arrive in the locker room carrying their manila envelope. Davis is getting dressed as Sully walks in. Davis asks him how he's doing and Sully says sarcastically, "Just great. They're giving Cruz the collar on those guys. But...I'm not loosing a months pay so screw it."
Bosco walks in next, all bouncy and excited. "Good morning boys. I told you Cruz would get us off the hook." He doesn't notice the dirty looks they just gave him. "Where's Faith?"
"Haven't seen her yet." Davis answers as he slams his locker shut.
"Good...I thought I was late."
"You are...as usual." Sully says, then follows Davis out without waiting for a reply.
Bosco hurries to get dressed, peeking over at Faith's locker. She doesn't show, so he heads out to roll call.
After the debriefing, the Lieutenant tells Bosco he will be riding with Cruz. Bosco leans over to Sully and whispers, "Faith won't be in today?"
"How should I know. Maybe they couldn't reach her to tell her she had to report. Or...maybe she's sick..." Adding, "...of riding with you."
The Lieutenant dismisses them with a few words of caution and they all file out of the room. As Sully and Davis head for the equipment cage, they see Faith in the hallway.
"Faith...you're late. Bosco rubbing off on you?" Sully says grinning.
"No...I'm not workin today." As she talks, she is searching beyond him in the hallway, hoping to see Bosco. "Can we talk later...I need to catch Bos."
"Ok...enjoy your day off."
Cruz is walking down the stairs. She sees Faith walking away from Sully, obviously looking for Bosco. She notices that Faith is in her street clothes, and the left side of her mouth curls into a crooked smile. When Bosco finally walks into the hall, Faith calls to him. So Cruz calls him too.
"Boscorelli...hurry up. I'm waiting."
Bosco looks from Faith to Cruz like a kid torn between his mother calling him home and his buddies calling him out to play.
"I'll be right there Sarge." Then he gives Faith an annoyed look as she approaches. "You're late. I'm ridin with Cruz today."
"I got suspended." She says quietly.
"No...they cancelled it. Didn't Lieu call you?"
"Lieu called and told me he needed to speak to me in his office. They got another call about me at the desk. A complaint. That, on top of everything else...he suspended me for a week. And then I gotta do desk duty for another week."
"A complaint about what?"
Before Faith could respond, Cruz yells to Bosco again. "Boscorelli...get your ass out to the car NOW! I'm not waitin all day for you."
"I'm comin!" he yells to her. "I gotta go Faith."
"Bosco...someone called and said that I nearly attacked them yesterday. You know that never happened."
"I know...did you tell Lieu that?"
"Of course I did!" She yells. "He don't believe 'me'...I need you to go talk to him for me."
"I can't right now...I gotta go." He starts to turn away and she grabs him by the arm and stops him.
"Bosco...they are suspending me with no pay. I can't afford this. I need you to tal..."
"I will Faith...but I can't right now...Cruz is..."
"Yah...I know...she's waiting for you." Then she says in a softer tone, "I need your help Bosco...right now." She stares at him for a moment. "Just talk to the Lieutenant...tell him this stuff never happened and that this must be some kind of prank or..."
"Faith...I will...I'll talk to him...as soon as we come back." He walks away from her quickly, and looking back he yells, "I promise."
"Son of a bitch." She says under her breath. "Thanks a lot Bosco."
[Soon afterward]
Bosco is riding in the unmarked car as Cruz drives. She looks over at him and asks, "So what did Yokas want?"
"She just wanted to tell me she wouldn't be in today."
"She came 'in' to tell you she wasn't going to work today?" She scoffs.
"No...something came up after she got here. An emergency." He says, hiding the truth.
"Oh. Well...I hope everything is ok." She says, hiding a grin.
"It will be." He tells her.
His mind drifts back to yesterday. Who could have called in and complained? He tries to remember all the calls they responded to. The old couple...no, that was the day before. There was a fender bender, and then the back up for Sully. Nothing happened that would warrant anyone to be mad enough to call and report them. The whole thing is ridiculous anyway. Even when Faith is mad at him, she is always professional out in public.
He thinks back to the other day when Lieu asked him if she's been short tempered. Now he feels guilty for making light of it. If he had just told Lieu then, how unfounded that was, maybe she wouldn't have gotten suspended. He made fun of her the other day and today he blew her off. She's got to be really pissed at him. He makes a mental note that later he will talk to the Lieutenant and make him understand that this is all a mistake...before she kills him.
Cruz pulls up in front of a pawn shop. Bosco asks "What are we workin on today?"
"Have you ever seen this guy?" She asks, pulling a mug shot out of a file.
"No...who is he?"
"His name is Raphael Ortiz. He has been in Rykers for the past five years. He got paroled a few months ago and we think he's connected to a string of robberies on the upper east end. We got a tip that he is pawning the stuff out this way."
"So we're doin an inventory?" He asks.
"No...we did that yesterday. Came up clean. Today...you're going to be here, so if the guy comes in, you can arrest him."
"So...we're going to stake the place out." He deduces.
"Sort of...you are goin undercover as an employee."
Bosco's first thought is to voice his disapproval, but then he thinks better of it and says nothing. He can't afford to piss her off too.
They go inside, and she notifies the owner that she is placing an undercover cop behind the counter, and reluctantly he agrees. She tells Bosco that she has some other stuff to attend to and she leaves him.
She is not really looking for Raphael Ortiz, it was just an excuse to occupy Bosco so he doesn't interfere with her plans for Sully. She takes a book bag out of the trunk of the car and heads over to Sully's apartment. She picks the lock to his place, and once inside she places the book bag in a closet. It contains a few thousand dollars that she stole last night from a kid that runs numbers for a known bookie.
Her plan has been set in motion. All she needs to do now is wait for the three morons in the holding cell, to tell their lawyers the cover story she gave them. Then Sullivan will never be a thorn in her side again.
[55-Charlie is out on patrol]
"Did you get your report done yesterday?" Davis asks.
"No. I'm gonna do it later."
"Ya better get it done...it was requested by the Chief."
"I know who requested it." Sully says angrily.
"Well...ya want me to drive...so you can do it while ya ride?"
"No! I said I'm doin it later."
"I know. I'm just sayin...you could get it done while..."
"I said NO! I don't want to do it now, and I don't want to talk about it anymore."
"Fine. Does that mean I can't drive?" Sully glares at him. Davis raises his eyebrows and looks away. "Fine."
After a few blocks he says, "Sully...pull over at the corner."
"Why?"
"Some of those meters are expired."
"So!"
"So I'm gonna ticket them." He sees the look Sully is giving him and he adds, "Well ya won't let me drive...I wanna do something. Just pull in there." He says pointing.
Sully pulls the RMP over with a disgusted sigh. The two get out their ticket books and start walking up the street and writing tickets. A few minutes into it, central calls them on the radio and tells them to return to the precinct.
Sully turns his head and speaks into the radio. "What's this about, central?"
"The Lieutenant wants to see you." is the reply.
"55-Charlie...heading home." he responds, then looks nervously at Davis.
"I told ya to do that report."
"Shut up." He growls back.
[At the same time]
Bosco is behind the counter at the pawn shop...not listening...as the owner shows him how to work the cash register. "This is the oldest register I've ever seen...what is it...from the thirties?"
"Pay attention...this is important." The owner says, trying to be patient with him.
"How hard can it be. You push the amount tendered," Bosco says pressing a few keys, "then hit this key to open the drawer." With that, he presses a key that makes a 'cha ching' sound, and the total changes.
"No wait...here it is."
'Cha ching'...the total disappears. "Wait...I got it." He presses another key. 'Cha ching' "Shit." He press another key and it sticks down.
"No no...stop...you're doing it wrong." The owner says, trying to reach over Bosco's shoulder.
Bosco tries pushing a few more keys and they stick too, so he pounds it hard. Another 'cha ching' and the total goes higher. "Shit...this don't work right."
"Stop...you're gonna break it...let me..."
'Cha ching' 'Cha ching' "This piece of shit is broken." 'cha ching'
"It works...you're doing it wrong..."
Bosco punches it hard and the drawer pops open. "There...I fixed it for ya."
The frazzled man tells him, "Just go in the back and wait...I'll call you if any customers come in."
[Back at the house]
Sully and Davis walk into the precinct and walk up to the officer at the desk. "Angie...where's Lieu?"
"Upstairs...and he's in a 'real' bad mood."
"Great." Sully says under his breath. As he heads towards the stairs, Lieu is coming down with a detective. He sees Sully.
"Sullivan...my office...NOW!" Davis starts to follow. "Davis...find Gusler and go back on patrol." He orders.
"Ooooh-kay." Davis says quietly. He taps Sully on the shoulder with his fist and walks away.
They enter Lieu's office and he slams the door. Lieu gathers a stack of papers off his desk and holds them up in the air. "I have here the paper work from yesterdays comedy of errors. Funny thing ...yours is not here."
"I'm sorry Lieu. I didn't get it done yesterday." He says shuffling his feet nervously.
"You didn't get it done? DID WE NOT GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME? Having the Chief of police pull you off duty so that you could write it... That didn't suggest to you, that you should STAY until it was FINISHED?" He hollers.
"I was pretty upset yesterday...I just couldn't think straight. And then there was that trouble with Cruz..."
"Oh right...Cruz...well SHE had time to write a report." He throws a paper on the desk. "Her report is about YOU! About how insubordinate you were to a superior officer."
Sully closes his eyes, lets out a deep breath, and nods his head towards floor. "Lieu...I'm sorry. What can I say? I have no good excuse. If you're gonna suspend me, just..."
"Oh but there's more." Lieu cuts him off abruptly. "Remember the three suspects you lost to Cruz? Well even THEY had time to write statements." His voice gets even louder. "ABOUT YOU!" He throws more papers onto his desk. "And remember the alleged victim slash bomber that you let drive away? Well they say that he offered you money to let him go...and you took it and put it into the trunk of your car."
"What! That's crazy. When would I have time to do that. The guy..."
"Well...lets look in your report and SEE if you had time, shall we? That should clear this all up. Oh wait...YOU DIDN'T WRITE ONE!" He yells. "You have no report to prove you didn't talk to this guy. So let's see what everyone else says you were doing. While Yokas wrestled with Mr. Barkley..." He holds another paper in the air. "Yokas says you were TENDING to the VICTIM." He throws it onto the desk. "Bosco was rolling with Mr. Heath..." He holds another paper up. "His report says...you were TAKING CARE of the BOMBER." He tosses that paper. "And while Davis was chasing Mr. Cain and 'two' of his buddies..." Holding up the last paper, " he says you were ...SEEING TO GUY IN THE TRUCK!" He tosses the paper onto the stack. "Well that certainly clears things up Sullivan."
"Lieu...the guy took off in his truck...I tried to stop him..." He looks from Lieu to the detective. "You don't really believe that he offered me money or that I would even take it if he did. That's nuts. Why would he even have money to offer, for Christ sakes...he was planning to kill himself."
Although his face is still red, the veins in Lieu's neck started to go down as Lieu calms himself. "Well...they checked your RMP and it was clean. They're checking your apartment now. And your bank accounts too, to see if there were any large deposits made. If the story is bogus...you'll still be looking at an investigation by internal affairs and a suspension with out pay for all the other stuff. Give me your badge and your weapon."
"Son of a bitch, they're searching my apartment? Shit, they're gonna destroy it!" He hands over his badge and gun and hurries home, where they have already found the money, and already destroyed the place.
[At the end of the day]
Davis enters the locker-room and finds Bosco changing. "Bos, have you seen Sully? I think he got suspended."
"Suspended? From what I hear, he'll be lucky if they didn't arrest him."
"Yah, Lieu was pretty pissed about that report."
"What report? He's in some real serious trouble." He glances all around the room to see that no one is in ear shot, then grabs Davis by the arm and pulls him closer. Speaking in a soft tone he tells him, "You know those three camouflaged boneheads we caught?"
"Yah, what about 'em?"
"I heard they made a statement implicating Sully in some way, and they searched his place and found somethin."
"Implicating him in what...the bombing?"
"I don't know, that's all I could get out of Cruz."
"That's crazy."
"Well he's upstairs...with a union rep and a lawyer. "
"You gotta be kidding me. What the hell could they have said?"
"I don't know but it may be in the news...there were reporters here and their lawyer was talking to them outside. Lieu has been throwing fits all day. And then the Chief showed up. It looks bad...real bad."
Previously in this story: The officers find out that the suspects they lost, were actually taken by Cruz. When she booked them and took credit for their arrest, Sully got into an argument with her, and threatened to report her. To get even with him, she fabricates a story for the suspects that will get them off the hook and get Sully in trouble.
~Chapter Four~
[The day after the explosion]
Faith, Bosco, Sully and Ty, all get a call telling them to report to the station. The Lieutenant had a talk with the chief and convinced him not to suspended the officers. They are however, all getting a reprimand in their files. They need to report to Lieu and get their guns and badges back.
One by one they arrive in the locker room carrying their manila envelope. Davis is getting dressed as Sully walks in. Davis asks him how he's doing and Sully says sarcastically, "Just great. They're giving Cruz the collar on those guys. But...I'm not loosing a months pay so screw it."
Bosco walks in next, all bouncy and excited. "Good morning boys. I told you Cruz would get us off the hook." He doesn't notice the dirty looks they just gave him. "Where's Faith?"
"Haven't seen her yet." Davis answers as he slams his locker shut.
"Good...I thought I was late."
"You are...as usual." Sully says, then follows Davis out without waiting for a reply.
Bosco hurries to get dressed, peeking over at Faith's locker. She doesn't show, so he heads out to roll call.
After the debriefing, the Lieutenant tells Bosco he will be riding with Cruz. Bosco leans over to Sully and whispers, "Faith won't be in today?"
"How should I know. Maybe they couldn't reach her to tell her she had to report. Or...maybe she's sick..." Adding, "...of riding with you."
The Lieutenant dismisses them with a few words of caution and they all file out of the room. As Sully and Davis head for the equipment cage, they see Faith in the hallway.
"Faith...you're late. Bosco rubbing off on you?" Sully says grinning.
"No...I'm not workin today." As she talks, she is searching beyond him in the hallway, hoping to see Bosco. "Can we talk later...I need to catch Bos."
"Ok...enjoy your day off."
Cruz is walking down the stairs. She sees Faith walking away from Sully, obviously looking for Bosco. She notices that Faith is in her street clothes, and the left side of her mouth curls into a crooked smile. When Bosco finally walks into the hall, Faith calls to him. So Cruz calls him too.
"Boscorelli...hurry up. I'm waiting."
Bosco looks from Faith to Cruz like a kid torn between his mother calling him home and his buddies calling him out to play.
"I'll be right there Sarge." Then he gives Faith an annoyed look as she approaches. "You're late. I'm ridin with Cruz today."
"I got suspended." She says quietly.
"No...they cancelled it. Didn't Lieu call you?"
"Lieu called and told me he needed to speak to me in his office. They got another call about me at the desk. A complaint. That, on top of everything else...he suspended me for a week. And then I gotta do desk duty for another week."
"A complaint about what?"
Before Faith could respond, Cruz yells to Bosco again. "Boscorelli...get your ass out to the car NOW! I'm not waitin all day for you."
"I'm comin!" he yells to her. "I gotta go Faith."
"Bosco...someone called and said that I nearly attacked them yesterday. You know that never happened."
"I know...did you tell Lieu that?"
"Of course I did!" She yells. "He don't believe 'me'...I need you to go talk to him for me."
"I can't right now...I gotta go." He starts to turn away and she grabs him by the arm and stops him.
"Bosco...they are suspending me with no pay. I can't afford this. I need you to tal..."
"I will Faith...but I can't right now...Cruz is..."
"Yah...I know...she's waiting for you." Then she says in a softer tone, "I need your help Bosco...right now." She stares at him for a moment. "Just talk to the Lieutenant...tell him this stuff never happened and that this must be some kind of prank or..."
"Faith...I will...I'll talk to him...as soon as we come back." He walks away from her quickly, and looking back he yells, "I promise."
"Son of a bitch." She says under her breath. "Thanks a lot Bosco."
[Soon afterward]
Bosco is riding in the unmarked car as Cruz drives. She looks over at him and asks, "So what did Yokas want?"
"She just wanted to tell me she wouldn't be in today."
"She came 'in' to tell you she wasn't going to work today?" She scoffs.
"No...something came up after she got here. An emergency." He says, hiding the truth.
"Oh. Well...I hope everything is ok." She says, hiding a grin.
"It will be." He tells her.
His mind drifts back to yesterday. Who could have called in and complained? He tries to remember all the calls they responded to. The old couple...no, that was the day before. There was a fender bender, and then the back up for Sully. Nothing happened that would warrant anyone to be mad enough to call and report them. The whole thing is ridiculous anyway. Even when Faith is mad at him, she is always professional out in public.
He thinks back to the other day when Lieu asked him if she's been short tempered. Now he feels guilty for making light of it. If he had just told Lieu then, how unfounded that was, maybe she wouldn't have gotten suspended. He made fun of her the other day and today he blew her off. She's got to be really pissed at him. He makes a mental note that later he will talk to the Lieutenant and make him understand that this is all a mistake...before she kills him.
Cruz pulls up in front of a pawn shop. Bosco asks "What are we workin on today?"
"Have you ever seen this guy?" She asks, pulling a mug shot out of a file.
"No...who is he?"
"His name is Raphael Ortiz. He has been in Rykers for the past five years. He got paroled a few months ago and we think he's connected to a string of robberies on the upper east end. We got a tip that he is pawning the stuff out this way."
"So we're doin an inventory?" He asks.
"No...we did that yesterday. Came up clean. Today...you're going to be here, so if the guy comes in, you can arrest him."
"So...we're going to stake the place out." He deduces.
"Sort of...you are goin undercover as an employee."
Bosco's first thought is to voice his disapproval, but then he thinks better of it and says nothing. He can't afford to piss her off too.
They go inside, and she notifies the owner that she is placing an undercover cop behind the counter, and reluctantly he agrees. She tells Bosco that she has some other stuff to attend to and she leaves him.
She is not really looking for Raphael Ortiz, it was just an excuse to occupy Bosco so he doesn't interfere with her plans for Sully. She takes a book bag out of the trunk of the car and heads over to Sully's apartment. She picks the lock to his place, and once inside she places the book bag in a closet. It contains a few thousand dollars that she stole last night from a kid that runs numbers for a known bookie.
Her plan has been set in motion. All she needs to do now is wait for the three morons in the holding cell, to tell their lawyers the cover story she gave them. Then Sullivan will never be a thorn in her side again.
[55-Charlie is out on patrol]
"Did you get your report done yesterday?" Davis asks.
"No. I'm gonna do it later."
"Ya better get it done...it was requested by the Chief."
"I know who requested it." Sully says angrily.
"Well...ya want me to drive...so you can do it while ya ride?"
"No! I said I'm doin it later."
"I know. I'm just sayin...you could get it done while..."
"I said NO! I don't want to do it now, and I don't want to talk about it anymore."
"Fine. Does that mean I can't drive?" Sully glares at him. Davis raises his eyebrows and looks away. "Fine."
After a few blocks he says, "Sully...pull over at the corner."
"Why?"
"Some of those meters are expired."
"So!"
"So I'm gonna ticket them." He sees the look Sully is giving him and he adds, "Well ya won't let me drive...I wanna do something. Just pull in there." He says pointing.
Sully pulls the RMP over with a disgusted sigh. The two get out their ticket books and start walking up the street and writing tickets. A few minutes into it, central calls them on the radio and tells them to return to the precinct.
Sully turns his head and speaks into the radio. "What's this about, central?"
"The Lieutenant wants to see you." is the reply.
"55-Charlie...heading home." he responds, then looks nervously at Davis.
"I told ya to do that report."
"Shut up." He growls back.
[At the same time]
Bosco is behind the counter at the pawn shop...not listening...as the owner shows him how to work the cash register. "This is the oldest register I've ever seen...what is it...from the thirties?"
"Pay attention...this is important." The owner says, trying to be patient with him.
"How hard can it be. You push the amount tendered," Bosco says pressing a few keys, "then hit this key to open the drawer." With that, he presses a key that makes a 'cha ching' sound, and the total changes.
"No wait...here it is."
'Cha ching'...the total disappears. "Wait...I got it." He presses another key. 'Cha ching' "Shit." He press another key and it sticks down.
"No no...stop...you're doing it wrong." The owner says, trying to reach over Bosco's shoulder.
Bosco tries pushing a few more keys and they stick too, so he pounds it hard. Another 'cha ching' and the total goes higher. "Shit...this don't work right."
"Stop...you're gonna break it...let me..."
'Cha ching' 'Cha ching' "This piece of shit is broken." 'cha ching'
"It works...you're doing it wrong..."
Bosco punches it hard and the drawer pops open. "There...I fixed it for ya."
The frazzled man tells him, "Just go in the back and wait...I'll call you if any customers come in."
[Back at the house]
Sully and Davis walk into the precinct and walk up to the officer at the desk. "Angie...where's Lieu?"
"Upstairs...and he's in a 'real' bad mood."
"Great." Sully says under his breath. As he heads towards the stairs, Lieu is coming down with a detective. He sees Sully.
"Sullivan...my office...NOW!" Davis starts to follow. "Davis...find Gusler and go back on patrol." He orders.
"Ooooh-kay." Davis says quietly. He taps Sully on the shoulder with his fist and walks away.
They enter Lieu's office and he slams the door. Lieu gathers a stack of papers off his desk and holds them up in the air. "I have here the paper work from yesterdays comedy of errors. Funny thing ...yours is not here."
"I'm sorry Lieu. I didn't get it done yesterday." He says shuffling his feet nervously.
"You didn't get it done? DID WE NOT GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME? Having the Chief of police pull you off duty so that you could write it... That didn't suggest to you, that you should STAY until it was FINISHED?" He hollers.
"I was pretty upset yesterday...I just couldn't think straight. And then there was that trouble with Cruz..."
"Oh right...Cruz...well SHE had time to write a report." He throws a paper on the desk. "Her report is about YOU! About how insubordinate you were to a superior officer."
Sully closes his eyes, lets out a deep breath, and nods his head towards floor. "Lieu...I'm sorry. What can I say? I have no good excuse. If you're gonna suspend me, just..."
"Oh but there's more." Lieu cuts him off abruptly. "Remember the three suspects you lost to Cruz? Well even THEY had time to write statements." His voice gets even louder. "ABOUT YOU!" He throws more papers onto his desk. "And remember the alleged victim slash bomber that you let drive away? Well they say that he offered you money to let him go...and you took it and put it into the trunk of your car."
"What! That's crazy. When would I have time to do that. The guy..."
"Well...lets look in your report and SEE if you had time, shall we? That should clear this all up. Oh wait...YOU DIDN'T WRITE ONE!" He yells. "You have no report to prove you didn't talk to this guy. So let's see what everyone else says you were doing. While Yokas wrestled with Mr. Barkley..." He holds another paper in the air. "Yokas says you were TENDING to the VICTIM." He throws it onto the desk. "Bosco was rolling with Mr. Heath..." He holds another paper up. "His report says...you were TAKING CARE of the BOMBER." He tosses that paper. "And while Davis was chasing Mr. Cain and 'two' of his buddies..." Holding up the last paper, " he says you were ...SEEING TO GUY IN THE TRUCK!" He tosses the paper onto the stack. "Well that certainly clears things up Sullivan."
"Lieu...the guy took off in his truck...I tried to stop him..." He looks from Lieu to the detective. "You don't really believe that he offered me money or that I would even take it if he did. That's nuts. Why would he even have money to offer, for Christ sakes...he was planning to kill himself."
Although his face is still red, the veins in Lieu's neck started to go down as Lieu calms himself. "Well...they checked your RMP and it was clean. They're checking your apartment now. And your bank accounts too, to see if there were any large deposits made. If the story is bogus...you'll still be looking at an investigation by internal affairs and a suspension with out pay for all the other stuff. Give me your badge and your weapon."
"Son of a bitch, they're searching my apartment? Shit, they're gonna destroy it!" He hands over his badge and gun and hurries home, where they have already found the money, and already destroyed the place.
[At the end of the day]
Davis enters the locker-room and finds Bosco changing. "Bos, have you seen Sully? I think he got suspended."
"Suspended? From what I hear, he'll be lucky if they didn't arrest him."
"Yah, Lieu was pretty pissed about that report."
"What report? He's in some real serious trouble." He glances all around the room to see that no one is in ear shot, then grabs Davis by the arm and pulls him closer. Speaking in a soft tone he tells him, "You know those three camouflaged boneheads we caught?"
"Yah, what about 'em?"
"I heard they made a statement implicating Sully in some way, and they searched his place and found somethin."
"Implicating him in what...the bombing?"
"I don't know, that's all I could get out of Cruz."
"That's crazy."
"Well he's upstairs...with a union rep and a lawyer. "
"You gotta be kidding me. What the hell could they have said?"
"I don't know but it may be in the news...there were reporters here and their lawyer was talking to them outside. Lieu has been throwing fits all day. And then the Chief showed up. It looks bad...real bad."