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Previously in this story: Sully and Faith are on a suspension, and they team up together to figure out who set them up. Davis tells Cruz that Sully has information about a shooting, and Cruz plots to get the information from him. She also plots to get even with Davis, after he angers her.
~Chapter Six~
[The next day]
Bosco answers his door to find Cruz standing there.
"Hi." he says smiling.
"Well...what did Sully say? Did he have any information?" She demands.
"Sort of. He says that the hit must have been Buford."
"I figured that...can he prove it? Does he know who Buford is?"
"He has the names of people that work for him...he said he's close to finding his identity. But then all this shit happened and ..."
"Did he give you any names?" She asked impatiently.
"No. But he heard that Buford is coming to town."
"When?"
"He don't know yet."
"Well are you gonna help him get this information?"
"Uh...not exactly. He's got someone else worken it for him. I told you he wouldn't trust me."
"Who's helping him...Davis...that arrogant..." she says scowling.
"Faith." He interjects sourly.
"Yokas!" She looks angry but then she breaks into a Cheshire cat grin. "Your partner... Good. You can get the information from her."
"Yah...except I'm partnered with you, and she's on a suspension."
"So...she'll be back. And then you can work with her...sort of undercover for me." She is speaking to him in a gentler tone now.
Bosco feels really uneasy about that. "I don't know."
"Of course you know. You want ACU don't you?"
"Well...see...I was suppose to do her a favor and...well...I blew her off. I'm sure she's pissed at me. She probably isn't speaking to me."
"So fix it. If you want to work ACU you have to learn to turn a situation around to your advantage. Think quick on your feet. If you can't do that with someone you know...then you'll never be able to do that under cover. Maybe I was wrong about you, maybe you don't have what it takes Boscorelli."
"No...I do. I can do it." She looks him over, like she's summing him up, making him feel belittled. "I'll do it. Just give me some time."
"We'll see then. Your future is riding on this Boscorelli." She turns and walks away.
"Wait...where are you going?" He calls to her, "You wanna get some lunch or something?"
"I'm heading over to the van that's keeping tabs on Sullivan. See if I can get any more info out of him."
"Well how 'bout I come with you. We can pick up something for lunch on the way."
"Ok...why not." She says with a shrug.
[At the same time]
Sullys opens his door to find Davis standing there. "Hey man...how ya been?"
"Ty. I'm glad you're here. I was just about to call you. I need a favor." He tells him, as he motions him into the apartment.
"Sure Sul. What do ya need?"
"Well...before you say yes...you should know...it may be dangerous."
"Well what is it?"
"Actually, it's something I've asked Faith to do for me, and now I'm having second thoughts about letting her do it alone."
"So...you gonna tell me what it is...or what?"
"You know that drug Lord, Buford?"
"I've heard of him...but no one knows who he really is right?"
"Well I was very close to finding out, when all this happened. My informant gave me a name, and this guy can supposedly, lead me to Buford's right hand man. Faith is going to run the name through the computer for me when she gets back to work...to find out where I can find this guy."
"What's the guys name?"
"His name is...ya know what...we should go see Faith. I can fill in the details on the way there."
Davis looks at him quizzically. He knows his partner pretty well...he can tell by the grin he's wearing, that he is up to something. He follows Sully out of the apartment.
[About an hour later]
Cruz pulls up behind a large van the size of a delivery truck. On the outside is printed, 'Meyer and sons, home remodeling and repair.' On the inside, is an elaborate set-up of recording, audio, and playback equipment. The sound system is built right into the cabinets, over a counter top that serves as a desk for the person who is listening through the head phones, to the sounds being recorded from Sully's apartment. The rest of the van is built like a Winnebago, with bench seat-couches and a small fridge.
Cruz walks up to the back, looking around to be sure that no one is watching, and bangs on the doors. She holds her badge up to the window, that has a mirror coating on it so that you can't see in, but the officers inside can see out.
The door opens slightly, and the officer inside says to Cruz, "Yah? What do you want?"
"I wanna come in." She tells him impatiently.
"Why? Who are you?"
"I'm the sergeant that got this unit assigned to me ...this morning. Move out of the way."
"What did you say your name was?" He asks suspiciously.
"Sergeant Cruz. Now get out of..."
The man breaks out into a huge grin. "You're Cruz?" Then he chuckles, and looks over at Bosco. "And then you must be Boscorelli." He says chuckling.
"Yah...is that funny?"
"No...not really." He says, suppressing more laughter. "Come on inside."
They climb in, and the officer tells them his name is Franklin. He introduces his partner with the head set on, as Hack. Then he says to Hack, "This is sergeant Cruz and officer Boscorelli." And lets out a snicker.
Hack lets out a giggle and says, "I've heard of you two."
"Really...why the hell is that funny?" Bosco sneers at them.
Franklin changes the subject. "What can we do for you two?"
"I want to hear the tapes you got from Sullivan's apartment." Both officers give out another chuckle, then suppress it.
"Ok...but...there isn't much there." Franklin says, trying to choke back a grin. He hands a clip board to her. "He's a pretty boring guy. We mostly got him singing and watching old movies." He points to the list on the board. "In this first column, we write down the track number on the tape as soon as he gets a visitor, or if he gets a phone call, which he never answers. That way, we know where to rewind the tape, to play it back. The next column we mark down who the visitor was if we can identify em. The next column we mark down the time that he leaves his place, and the time he returns."
She scans down the sheet and points to an entry that says: 2:20- visitor- outside- off duty cop- Faith-. "This one...I want to hear this."
He takes the board back and reads it. "There is no recording on this entry...she never went into the apartment. They met outside and left together. But later they came back and went inside. I can play that entry for ya." He grins at his partner, who turns away to hide his own grin.
"Then play it." She barks at him.
He pops in the tape cartridge, forwards it to the number on the sheet, then hits play. They listen to a few seconds of silence, then they hear the sound of keys jiggling in the lock.
"Wow...that's a pretty powerful mic." Bosco says.
"Quiet!" Cruz snaps.
The next sound is Faith's familiar voice, expressing her surprise at the damage in the apartment. Next, Sully accuses the detectives of setting him up and declares his innocence. Then the pair start insulting the detectives, Davies with the bad hair-piece, and Newsome who walks like a woman.
Bosco chuckles at the insults, wearing a big smile on his face, but then it slowly fades when Sully mentions how Faith was also set up. He had completely forgotten about her dilemma. She calls him a shit head. He deserves that, he figures.
Then his look turns to shock as she starts talking about him sleeping with Cruz. He peeks at Cruz out of the corner of his eye to get her reaction...which is anger. Franklin and Hack can not contain their laughter now, and Bosco feels his face getting flush, as Faith tells Sully about Bosco getting a sexually transmitted disease from Cruz.
"What the hell is that?" She yells, pounding the off button on the player. "You bad mouthed me to her?"
"No! I never told her any of that. I don't know where she..."
"You got Chlamydia?" She screams. "And you told her 'I' gave it to you? You son-of -a -bitch!"
"No...I don't have it...I had it a long time ago...before we..." He stops himself, looking over at the two officers, who are now in tears with laughter. "She made that stuff up. I don't know why." He pleads to Cruz. "Maritza...I told her that stuff over a year ago... about my old girlfriend Nicole. I don't know why she brought it up now and said it was about you. Unless..." He glances over at the officers again. "Unless she knows we are listening. I swear I never said that stuff to her...not about you."
"Is that possible?" Cruz questions the two men. "Could it be that they know someone's listening?"
"It's possible." Hack says, wiping a tear from his eye. "I don't think so though. I've got a lot of experience with this stuff...and he don't act like a guy who knows he's being spied on."
"How could you tell?" Bosco asks.
"Most people usually just remove the bug or break it after a few days. It makes 'em feel uncomfortable in their own home. But if they 'do' leave it...they refrain from doing the normal goofy things, like singing with the radio. This guys plays guitar and sings...badly...all afternoon. Or they don't talk to their pets...or talk to the TV like this guy does during movies. He even talks to himself all the time. No...I'd have to say...this guy does NOT know."
"It looks to me like your old partner is just really pissed at you." Franklin offers. "Just trashing you for the hell of it."
[At the same time]
Faith answers her door to find Sully and Davis smiling at her. "Hey...hi...what's goen on?" She says, sounding happily surprised.
"Good afternoon...would you like to buy some tickets to the policeman's ball?" Ty says comically.
She grins at him. "I didn't think policemen had balls." She lets out a laugh, as Davis stares at her, dumbfounded.
"Ouch!" Sully says. "He never saw that comen."
"I'm sorry Ty...that was just too easy." she says. "So, what brings you guys here?"
"We stopped by to drag you away from whatever housework you're doin, and take you to lunch." He flicks his thumb towards Ty. "Junior here, is buyin."
"Man...I'm gettin slammed here left and right." Davis says. "I don't think I like hangin with you two."
Sully ignores him and continues, "We're gonna play a little game of cat and mouse. Wanna play?"
"That depends on whether I'm the cat or the mouse." She answers.
"Actually..." Davis informs her, "We're gonna have a little fun with Cruz...at Bosco's expense. You interested?"
"Oh...how could I say no to that."
"Then lets go." Sully says smiling. "We'll fill ya in."
Davis tells Faith about Cruz, rubbing it in that Sully was suspended, so to get even, Davis led her to believe that Sully had information on who put the hit on Chevchenko. And she swallowed it, hook, line, and sinker.
Sully explains further, "Bosco comes visiting, acting all buddy-buddy trying to get information from me about Chevchenko and who may have done the hit. I figured Cruz must have sent him. Without even knowing what Davis did, I led Bosco to believe it was Buford, coz I know Cruz has a hard on for him."
"I told Bosco that I have information but that I had already asked you to help me instead. I know that Bosco is in hot water with you. He even admitted to me that he forgot to talk to Lieu for you, so now he has to get back in your good graces to get the information from you....to give to Cruz. We can really make him squirm."
"Oh...and today in my apartment, I let them over hear me asking Davis to help you get this information. I don't know who is actually listening, but hopefully it will get back to Cruz...so now, all three of us can play."
"So we're gonna torture them, by dangling information in their faces, that we don't really even have." Faith surmises.
"Yah, sound like fun?"
"I'm definitely in." She tells him smiling.
[Back in the police van]
Hack tells Cruz, "Your guy gets a lot of visits from off duty cops." Then he glances at Bosco, not sure of whether or not Bosco wants Cruz to know about his late night visit to Sully.
She skims down the sheet again, and sees the entry: 12:05 -visitor -off duty cop- Bosco.
"Play this one." Cruz says pointing. "This is your conversation with him." She tells Bosco.
Although he went there on her insistence, and said the things she told him to say, he gets a nervous feeling in his stomach. He guesses that this is what Sully will feel, ten fold, if he finds out he was unknowingly being listened to. He's not sure if he said anything to Sully that may come back here today and bite him in the ass. He listens nervously.
They hear a knock. Then Sully grumbles about having to answer it. They listen as Bosco and Sully talk about why he stopped over. Then Sully thanks him and tries to close the door. Bosco starts asking questions about Chevchenko then Sully brings up Cruz.
Bosco glances nervously at her, as Sully says he wouldn't piss on her if she were on fire, and then calls her a bitch. To his surprise, she is smiling. She also has no reaction when Bosco tells Sully that Cruz has been no help for him on ACU and he has no reason to help her. Then Sully tells Bosco that he don't need his help because Faith is helping.
"Is that all you've got on him?" Cruz asks disappointed.
"Well...he had a visit this morning." He grabs a second clipboard. "From a guy he called Ty. But it was a short visit and then they left together."
"Play it." She orders.
Hack checks the tape number and rewinds the tape in the machine that his head set was plugged into. They hear a guitar strum and Sully sing a line, then a knock on the door. Sully keeps singing as he answers the door. He exchanges greetings with Ty and then Sully explains to Ty that he wants him to help Faith do something dangerous.
"Bingo!" Cruz whispers.
She listens intently as they start talking about Buford. Her eyes light up and she leans closer when Ty asks for the guys name. She almost jumps off her seat when Sully says; 'The guys name is..." but then he abruptly stops and decides to go visit Faith instead.
"DAMN IT!" She yells. "Is that it? That's all there is?"
"That's it. They haven't come back yet."
"This is what I need to hear about. If he talks to Ty or Faith again, or if he talks to anyone about Buford or Chevchenko, you call me right away."
[The next day]
Bosco drives over to Faith's apartment, going over in his head what he's going to say to her. He isn't sure how mad she is. If she's not too angry, he'll suck up to her. Apologize. If she is 'real' mad...he'll go to plan B.
He takes a deep breath and knocks on the door.
Faith opens it, takes one look at Bosco, and slams the door in his face.
Looks like plan B...lie his ass off.
"Faith!" He knocks again. "What the hell was that for? Open the door and talk to me." He knocks harder. "Faith...c'mon...open the door. You can't be mad at me. I did what you asked me to do. It's not my fault that the Lieutenant wouldn't listen." He makes a fist and pounds the door hard. "Faith...I can't believe you're blaming me for this. I did what you asked...what more do you want me to do?"
She opens the door. "You talked to Lieu?"
"Of course I did. I promised you I would."
"When?"
"The same day you asked me to. Later on."
She opens the door all the way. "Well what did he say?"
"He...said...that he don't believe it really happened. He don't believe it...but the order came from the chief so there's nothin he can do about it."
She studies him for a minute, knowing damn well he is lying right to her face, then her tone softens. "I'm sorry...I thought you blew me off."
"God Faith...did you really think I'd break my promise to you?"
"I thought...that maybe you didn't want me to come back right away...because you like workin with Cruz so much."
"Nice. You must have a pretty low opinion of me."
She glances away. Her opinion just got lower, but she forces herself to say, "I'm sorry. I just...I thought that you were so wrapped up with Cruz, that you forgot about me."
Bosco can't believe how well this lie is going. She's feeling guilty and apologizing to him. He pushes it a little farther. "Man...you must really think I'm some kind of 'shit head' or somethin."
She glances up at him quickly and her face flushes a little. The way Bosco emphasized the word shit head, she knows he heard her say it to Sully, which means he and Cruz are listening to the bug in Sully's apartment.
"I'm sorry Bos. It's not you...I've been having a hard time. Fred is giving me shit about this suspension...he thinks this is a good enough reason for me to quit. I can't pay the rent or the electric. Con Ed was threatening to shut us off last month, and now I'm not gonna get a paycheck. I had to cancel my cell phone and tell Charlie he had to quit his...oh...never mind...it's not your fault...I know that. I was just looking for someone to take it out on I guess."
"Well...I accept your apology. You'll be back to work next week, right? Things will get better. I miss working with you." He smiles forgivingly.
"Yah...well...I have to do a week of desk duty."
"Yah but that won't be bad. At least you have a little project to work on to make it more interesting."
"What project?"
"That information you're gonna look up for Sully."
"You know about that?" She tries to sound shocked.
"Yah...I went to visit Sul last night. He said he has info on Buford, and that you were gonna help him figure out who he really is. I offered my help too."
"I'm surprised. Sully said that he didn't want anyone else to be involved."
"Right...just you and me. Ya know what...I just had an idea. I didn't think of it last night when I was talking with Sul, but if you give me the info he gave you, I can get started on it tonight."
"Well...I was looking forward to doing it while I worked the desk." She thinks about it for a second. "No...I don't feel right giving the information out. Sully confided in me."
"It's me Faith. Don't you trust me?"
"Yah...of course I do. It's Sully I don't trust. He may get mad. But ya know what...we can just call and tell him that you are gonna get a jump on it. That way I'd feel better. C'mon in while I look up his ph..."
"No...wait...I just remembered...I have a special assignment tonight. I won't have time to get to it. Besides...then you'll be bored on the desk all week. Never mind."
***************
Previously in this story: Sully and Faith are on a suspension, and they team up together to figure out who set them up. Davis tells Cruz that Sully has information about a shooting, and Cruz plots to get the information from him. She also plots to get even with Davis, after he angers her.
~Chapter Six~
[The next day]
Bosco answers his door to find Cruz standing there.
"Hi." he says smiling.
"Well...what did Sully say? Did he have any information?" She demands.
"Sort of. He says that the hit must have been Buford."
"I figured that...can he prove it? Does he know who Buford is?"
"He has the names of people that work for him...he said he's close to finding his identity. But then all this shit happened and ..."
"Did he give you any names?" She asked impatiently.
"No. But he heard that Buford is coming to town."
"When?"
"He don't know yet."
"Well are you gonna help him get this information?"
"Uh...not exactly. He's got someone else worken it for him. I told you he wouldn't trust me."
"Who's helping him...Davis...that arrogant..." she says scowling.
"Faith." He interjects sourly.
"Yokas!" She looks angry but then she breaks into a Cheshire cat grin. "Your partner... Good. You can get the information from her."
"Yah...except I'm partnered with you, and she's on a suspension."
"So...she'll be back. And then you can work with her...sort of undercover for me." She is speaking to him in a gentler tone now.
Bosco feels really uneasy about that. "I don't know."
"Of course you know. You want ACU don't you?"
"Well...see...I was suppose to do her a favor and...well...I blew her off. I'm sure she's pissed at me. She probably isn't speaking to me."
"So fix it. If you want to work ACU you have to learn to turn a situation around to your advantage. Think quick on your feet. If you can't do that with someone you know...then you'll never be able to do that under cover. Maybe I was wrong about you, maybe you don't have what it takes Boscorelli."
"No...I do. I can do it." She looks him over, like she's summing him up, making him feel belittled. "I'll do it. Just give me some time."
"We'll see then. Your future is riding on this Boscorelli." She turns and walks away.
"Wait...where are you going?" He calls to her, "You wanna get some lunch or something?"
"I'm heading over to the van that's keeping tabs on Sullivan. See if I can get any more info out of him."
"Well how 'bout I come with you. We can pick up something for lunch on the way."
"Ok...why not." She says with a shrug.
[At the same time]
Sullys opens his door to find Davis standing there. "Hey man...how ya been?"
"Ty. I'm glad you're here. I was just about to call you. I need a favor." He tells him, as he motions him into the apartment.
"Sure Sul. What do ya need?"
"Well...before you say yes...you should know...it may be dangerous."
"Well what is it?"
"Actually, it's something I've asked Faith to do for me, and now I'm having second thoughts about letting her do it alone."
"So...you gonna tell me what it is...or what?"
"You know that drug Lord, Buford?"
"I've heard of him...but no one knows who he really is right?"
"Well I was very close to finding out, when all this happened. My informant gave me a name, and this guy can supposedly, lead me to Buford's right hand man. Faith is going to run the name through the computer for me when she gets back to work...to find out where I can find this guy."
"What's the guys name?"
"His name is...ya know what...we should go see Faith. I can fill in the details on the way there."
Davis looks at him quizzically. He knows his partner pretty well...he can tell by the grin he's wearing, that he is up to something. He follows Sully out of the apartment.
[About an hour later]
Cruz pulls up behind a large van the size of a delivery truck. On the outside is printed, 'Meyer and sons, home remodeling and repair.' On the inside, is an elaborate set-up of recording, audio, and playback equipment. The sound system is built right into the cabinets, over a counter top that serves as a desk for the person who is listening through the head phones, to the sounds being recorded from Sully's apartment. The rest of the van is built like a Winnebago, with bench seat-couches and a small fridge.
Cruz walks up to the back, looking around to be sure that no one is watching, and bangs on the doors. She holds her badge up to the window, that has a mirror coating on it so that you can't see in, but the officers inside can see out.
The door opens slightly, and the officer inside says to Cruz, "Yah? What do you want?"
"I wanna come in." She tells him impatiently.
"Why? Who are you?"
"I'm the sergeant that got this unit assigned to me ...this morning. Move out of the way."
"What did you say your name was?" He asks suspiciously.
"Sergeant Cruz. Now get out of..."
The man breaks out into a huge grin. "You're Cruz?" Then he chuckles, and looks over at Bosco. "And then you must be Boscorelli." He says chuckling.
"Yah...is that funny?"
"No...not really." He says, suppressing more laughter. "Come on inside."
They climb in, and the officer tells them his name is Franklin. He introduces his partner with the head set on, as Hack. Then he says to Hack, "This is sergeant Cruz and officer Boscorelli." And lets out a snicker.
Hack lets out a giggle and says, "I've heard of you two."
"Really...why the hell is that funny?" Bosco sneers at them.
Franklin changes the subject. "What can we do for you two?"
"I want to hear the tapes you got from Sullivan's apartment." Both officers give out another chuckle, then suppress it.
"Ok...but...there isn't much there." Franklin says, trying to choke back a grin. He hands a clip board to her. "He's a pretty boring guy. We mostly got him singing and watching old movies." He points to the list on the board. "In this first column, we write down the track number on the tape as soon as he gets a visitor, or if he gets a phone call, which he never answers. That way, we know where to rewind the tape, to play it back. The next column we mark down who the visitor was if we can identify em. The next column we mark down the time that he leaves his place, and the time he returns."
She scans down the sheet and points to an entry that says: 2:20- visitor- outside- off duty cop- Faith-. "This one...I want to hear this."
He takes the board back and reads it. "There is no recording on this entry...she never went into the apartment. They met outside and left together. But later they came back and went inside. I can play that entry for ya." He grins at his partner, who turns away to hide his own grin.
"Then play it." She barks at him.
He pops in the tape cartridge, forwards it to the number on the sheet, then hits play. They listen to a few seconds of silence, then they hear the sound of keys jiggling in the lock.
"Wow...that's a pretty powerful mic." Bosco says.
"Quiet!" Cruz snaps.
The next sound is Faith's familiar voice, expressing her surprise at the damage in the apartment. Next, Sully accuses the detectives of setting him up and declares his innocence. Then the pair start insulting the detectives, Davies with the bad hair-piece, and Newsome who walks like a woman.
Bosco chuckles at the insults, wearing a big smile on his face, but then it slowly fades when Sully mentions how Faith was also set up. He had completely forgotten about her dilemma. She calls him a shit head. He deserves that, he figures.
Then his look turns to shock as she starts talking about him sleeping with Cruz. He peeks at Cruz out of the corner of his eye to get her reaction...which is anger. Franklin and Hack can not contain their laughter now, and Bosco feels his face getting flush, as Faith tells Sully about Bosco getting a sexually transmitted disease from Cruz.
"What the hell is that?" She yells, pounding the off button on the player. "You bad mouthed me to her?"
"No! I never told her any of that. I don't know where she..."
"You got Chlamydia?" She screams. "And you told her 'I' gave it to you? You son-of -a -bitch!"
"No...I don't have it...I had it a long time ago...before we..." He stops himself, looking over at the two officers, who are now in tears with laughter. "She made that stuff up. I don't know why." He pleads to Cruz. "Maritza...I told her that stuff over a year ago... about my old girlfriend Nicole. I don't know why she brought it up now and said it was about you. Unless..." He glances over at the officers again. "Unless she knows we are listening. I swear I never said that stuff to her...not about you."
"Is that possible?" Cruz questions the two men. "Could it be that they know someone's listening?"
"It's possible." Hack says, wiping a tear from his eye. "I don't think so though. I've got a lot of experience with this stuff...and he don't act like a guy who knows he's being spied on."
"How could you tell?" Bosco asks.
"Most people usually just remove the bug or break it after a few days. It makes 'em feel uncomfortable in their own home. But if they 'do' leave it...they refrain from doing the normal goofy things, like singing with the radio. This guys plays guitar and sings...badly...all afternoon. Or they don't talk to their pets...or talk to the TV like this guy does during movies. He even talks to himself all the time. No...I'd have to say...this guy does NOT know."
"It looks to me like your old partner is just really pissed at you." Franklin offers. "Just trashing you for the hell of it."
[At the same time]
Faith answers her door to find Sully and Davis smiling at her. "Hey...hi...what's goen on?" She says, sounding happily surprised.
"Good afternoon...would you like to buy some tickets to the policeman's ball?" Ty says comically.
She grins at him. "I didn't think policemen had balls." She lets out a laugh, as Davis stares at her, dumbfounded.
"Ouch!" Sully says. "He never saw that comen."
"I'm sorry Ty...that was just too easy." she says. "So, what brings you guys here?"
"We stopped by to drag you away from whatever housework you're doin, and take you to lunch." He flicks his thumb towards Ty. "Junior here, is buyin."
"Man...I'm gettin slammed here left and right." Davis says. "I don't think I like hangin with you two."
Sully ignores him and continues, "We're gonna play a little game of cat and mouse. Wanna play?"
"That depends on whether I'm the cat or the mouse." She answers.
"Actually..." Davis informs her, "We're gonna have a little fun with Cruz...at Bosco's expense. You interested?"
"Oh...how could I say no to that."
"Then lets go." Sully says smiling. "We'll fill ya in."
Davis tells Faith about Cruz, rubbing it in that Sully was suspended, so to get even, Davis led her to believe that Sully had information on who put the hit on Chevchenko. And she swallowed it, hook, line, and sinker.
Sully explains further, "Bosco comes visiting, acting all buddy-buddy trying to get information from me about Chevchenko and who may have done the hit. I figured Cruz must have sent him. Without even knowing what Davis did, I led Bosco to believe it was Buford, coz I know Cruz has a hard on for him."
"I told Bosco that I have information but that I had already asked you to help me instead. I know that Bosco is in hot water with you. He even admitted to me that he forgot to talk to Lieu for you, so now he has to get back in your good graces to get the information from you....to give to Cruz. We can really make him squirm."
"Oh...and today in my apartment, I let them over hear me asking Davis to help you get this information. I don't know who is actually listening, but hopefully it will get back to Cruz...so now, all three of us can play."
"So we're gonna torture them, by dangling information in their faces, that we don't really even have." Faith surmises.
"Yah, sound like fun?"
"I'm definitely in." She tells him smiling.
[Back in the police van]
Hack tells Cruz, "Your guy gets a lot of visits from off duty cops." Then he glances at Bosco, not sure of whether or not Bosco wants Cruz to know about his late night visit to Sully.
She skims down the sheet again, and sees the entry: 12:05 -visitor -off duty cop- Bosco.
"Play this one." Cruz says pointing. "This is your conversation with him." She tells Bosco.
Although he went there on her insistence, and said the things she told him to say, he gets a nervous feeling in his stomach. He guesses that this is what Sully will feel, ten fold, if he finds out he was unknowingly being listened to. He's not sure if he said anything to Sully that may come back here today and bite him in the ass. He listens nervously.
They hear a knock. Then Sully grumbles about having to answer it. They listen as Bosco and Sully talk about why he stopped over. Then Sully thanks him and tries to close the door. Bosco starts asking questions about Chevchenko then Sully brings up Cruz.
Bosco glances nervously at her, as Sully says he wouldn't piss on her if she were on fire, and then calls her a bitch. To his surprise, she is smiling. She also has no reaction when Bosco tells Sully that Cruz has been no help for him on ACU and he has no reason to help her. Then Sully tells Bosco that he don't need his help because Faith is helping.
"Is that all you've got on him?" Cruz asks disappointed.
"Well...he had a visit this morning." He grabs a second clipboard. "From a guy he called Ty. But it was a short visit and then they left together."
"Play it." She orders.
Hack checks the tape number and rewinds the tape in the machine that his head set was plugged into. They hear a guitar strum and Sully sing a line, then a knock on the door. Sully keeps singing as he answers the door. He exchanges greetings with Ty and then Sully explains to Ty that he wants him to help Faith do something dangerous.
"Bingo!" Cruz whispers.
She listens intently as they start talking about Buford. Her eyes light up and she leans closer when Ty asks for the guys name. She almost jumps off her seat when Sully says; 'The guys name is..." but then he abruptly stops and decides to go visit Faith instead.
"DAMN IT!" She yells. "Is that it? That's all there is?"
"That's it. They haven't come back yet."
"This is what I need to hear about. If he talks to Ty or Faith again, or if he talks to anyone about Buford or Chevchenko, you call me right away."
[The next day]
Bosco drives over to Faith's apartment, going over in his head what he's going to say to her. He isn't sure how mad she is. If she's not too angry, he'll suck up to her. Apologize. If she is 'real' mad...he'll go to plan B.
He takes a deep breath and knocks on the door.
Faith opens it, takes one look at Bosco, and slams the door in his face.
Looks like plan B...lie his ass off.
"Faith!" He knocks again. "What the hell was that for? Open the door and talk to me." He knocks harder. "Faith...c'mon...open the door. You can't be mad at me. I did what you asked me to do. It's not my fault that the Lieutenant wouldn't listen." He makes a fist and pounds the door hard. "Faith...I can't believe you're blaming me for this. I did what you asked...what more do you want me to do?"
She opens the door. "You talked to Lieu?"
"Of course I did. I promised you I would."
"When?"
"The same day you asked me to. Later on."
She opens the door all the way. "Well what did he say?"
"He...said...that he don't believe it really happened. He don't believe it...but the order came from the chief so there's nothin he can do about it."
She studies him for a minute, knowing damn well he is lying right to her face, then her tone softens. "I'm sorry...I thought you blew me off."
"God Faith...did you really think I'd break my promise to you?"
"I thought...that maybe you didn't want me to come back right away...because you like workin with Cruz so much."
"Nice. You must have a pretty low opinion of me."
She glances away. Her opinion just got lower, but she forces herself to say, "I'm sorry. I just...I thought that you were so wrapped up with Cruz, that you forgot about me."
Bosco can't believe how well this lie is going. She's feeling guilty and apologizing to him. He pushes it a little farther. "Man...you must really think I'm some kind of 'shit head' or somethin."
She glances up at him quickly and her face flushes a little. The way Bosco emphasized the word shit head, she knows he heard her say it to Sully, which means he and Cruz are listening to the bug in Sully's apartment.
"I'm sorry Bos. It's not you...I've been having a hard time. Fred is giving me shit about this suspension...he thinks this is a good enough reason for me to quit. I can't pay the rent or the electric. Con Ed was threatening to shut us off last month, and now I'm not gonna get a paycheck. I had to cancel my cell phone and tell Charlie he had to quit his...oh...never mind...it's not your fault...I know that. I was just looking for someone to take it out on I guess."
"Well...I accept your apology. You'll be back to work next week, right? Things will get better. I miss working with you." He smiles forgivingly.
"Yah...well...I have to do a week of desk duty."
"Yah but that won't be bad. At least you have a little project to work on to make it more interesting."
"What project?"
"That information you're gonna look up for Sully."
"You know about that?" She tries to sound shocked.
"Yah...I went to visit Sul last night. He said he has info on Buford, and that you were gonna help him figure out who he really is. I offered my help too."
"I'm surprised. Sully said that he didn't want anyone else to be involved."
"Right...just you and me. Ya know what...I just had an idea. I didn't think of it last night when I was talking with Sul, but if you give me the info he gave you, I can get started on it tonight."
"Well...I was looking forward to doing it while I worked the desk." She thinks about it for a second. "No...I don't feel right giving the information out. Sully confided in me."
"It's me Faith. Don't you trust me?"
"Yah...of course I do. It's Sully I don't trust. He may get mad. But ya know what...we can just call and tell him that you are gonna get a jump on it. That way I'd feel better. C'mon in while I look up his ph..."
"No...wait...I just remembered...I have a special assignment tonight. I won't have time to get to it. Besides...then you'll be bored on the desk all week. Never mind."
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