Need to Sleep
Chapter 21
It was 245 PM and Faith was sitting in the locker room getting ready for roll call which was in a few minutes, and wondering why Bosco chose to be late to work almost every day.
She knew that it was getting close to the call and he would probably come rushing in at 255 like he usually did, busting ass to get ready and sneaking into the back of the roll call room.
She smiled to herself...hmmmm...these little Bosco things that made him who he was...
Even though she rarely admitted it, Faith couldn't have been more content with Bosco and all of his daily habits.
At 305 though, there was still no sign of Bosco, and as Faith looked around the room she began to get a very uneasy feeling.
He was late to roll call a lot, sure, usually only a few minutes after three, but rarely this late and Faith did not like it.
She knew that he wasn't feeling well at all and remembering what Doc had said to her yesterday about really watching him, started to get really anxious that something bad had happened to her partner.
As roll call broke up, Faith went up to the Lieutenant and ask if he knew where Bosco was.
"Hey Lieu, did Bosco call in? Am I riding with someone else today?" she said, hoping that he was going to relieve her now fast growing worry over her partner.
"No, Faith, he hasn't called in, We were just about to ask you that question, if you had heard from him."
"I know he has a habit of being late Faith, but this is a little uncalled for," Lieu said, sounding a little annoyed, but not really because he knew that Bosco wouldn't miss roll call completely unless he had a really good reason.
"Yea Lieu, I haven't heard from him either. I mean I know that he was not feeling well yesterday, and I just thought that maybe he had taken a sick day." Faith replied, not wanting to let on just how sick Bosco was yesterday.
"OK Well, until your partner decides to show up, you are gonna ride with Davis, Sully can go solo, you'd better run out there and catch up with them to let them know."
"OK Lieu, I will find out where he is, I will call him in a minute" Faith said, eager to get to the bottom of this situation at hand.
As Faith walked out to get Ty, she grabbed her cell phone out of her pocket and dialed Bosco's number.
It rang and rang until finally the answering machine came on, so she left a message," Bosco its Faith, if you are there, pick up please..." No answer so she hung up and figured she would call his cell phone after she caught up to Ty and Sully.
"Hey Ty, Sully, wait up," she called after them as they were about to head out the door.
"Listen, Lieu wants me to ride with you today Davis, Bosco is MIA right now and he says that until we find him you are gonna be with me and Sul you are gonna ride alone."
Sully sighed, "Bosco is MIA? He probably got lost at some girl he went home with's house and couldn't find the way to work," he chuckled, always eager to bounce Bosco.
"Well, whatever Sully, Davis you are still with me," Faith snapped back at him, slightly pissed because she knew that no matter what girl Bosco had ever picked up, it would not stop him from getting to work the next day.
As they walked back to exchange radios, Ty couldn't help but notice how quiet Faith was being and sensed that there was a bigger beast involved here.
"Hey Faith, is something going on with Bosco? Do you know why he is not here today?" he asked her, not wanting to pry into her business too much though and risk getting on her bad side all day.
"Faith sighed, and as they headed outside she started to tell Ty all about the events of the last few days.
"Damn" was all that Ty could think of to say as Faith told him about Bosco being sick, how Doc and Kim tried to help him, and the perp with the knife, and how Bosco passed out at that call.
And as she was telling ty all of this, the bad thoughts kept building and building inside of her that something really bad had happened to Bosco.
Faith could not take it anymore, she flipped open her cell phone and called Bosco's number again...still no answer.
She tried his cell phone too but that just clicked right into voicemail.
The stress and sick feeling Faith had now in the pit of her stomach were going to kill her if she had to think about this all day, so Faith quickly decided that they needed to go to Bosco's apartment to see if he happened to be there.
She called it into the station, letting Lieu know what they were doing, and as she had expected, that was no problem at all.
As they pulled up to Bosco's apartment building, Faith saw his car parked on the street and gasped, "Oh no that cant be good," she said to Ty, "his car is still here, if he was gonna go anywhere, he would take his car."
They got out of the RMP and made their way up the steps to the front door of Bosco's building, Faith reaching into her pockets for the key.
A long time ago, when Faith and Fred had been having marital problems, Bosco had given her a key, 'just in case,' he said, she ever needed it, and as she went to open the lock, she smiled at Ty, "Just in case, you know...," she said and he nodded.
Faith was actually relieved that the key still worked, and as they made their way up the stairs, she silently prayed that maybe Bosco was simply so tired he had overslept, and forgotten to turn the alarm on.
Ty and Faith reached his apartment finally and Faith thought that she should try knocking first, in case he was home and she was about to walk in on something inappropriate.
After knocking four times to no reply, she put the key into the door and turned the handle.
It was eerily quiet and somewhat dark inside, and as Faith and Ty stepped into the living room, Faith gave Ty a frown that read trouble, and they both on instinct put their hands on their guns as they made their way into the kitchen area.
"Bosco? Boz are you here?" Faith called out to him, but she got no reply.
She was about to turn and go down the hallway when Ty called her into the kitchen, "Faith I think you should come and look at this," he said, and as she walked towards him, her mouth fell open.
There on the floor of the kitchen was a pool of dried up blood, that looked like it had been smeared.
Faith's mouth fell open, and she instantly turned around and started to head to his bedroom, "Oh my God, Oh My God," she kept saying over and over as Ty followed her down to Bosco's bedroom.
As she opened the door to Bosco's bedroom, Faith immediately knew that something was wrong.
She couldn't see him, but she could feel the heat radiating from the room, and saw what she assumed to be Bosco all tangled up in the comforter in a heap.
"Bosco, Oh my God, Bosco?" she cried out to him, as she ran over to the bed and pulled off the covers.
It wasn't easy, because he was all wrapped up in them, but when Faith finally did get them off him, the room fell silent as Ty and Faith both looked at the battered bruised and practically lifeless body of Maurice Boscorelli before them.
Chapter 21
It was 245 PM and Faith was sitting in the locker room getting ready for roll call which was in a few minutes, and wondering why Bosco chose to be late to work almost every day.
She knew that it was getting close to the call and he would probably come rushing in at 255 like he usually did, busting ass to get ready and sneaking into the back of the roll call room.
She smiled to herself...hmmmm...these little Bosco things that made him who he was...
Even though she rarely admitted it, Faith couldn't have been more content with Bosco and all of his daily habits.
At 305 though, there was still no sign of Bosco, and as Faith looked around the room she began to get a very uneasy feeling.
He was late to roll call a lot, sure, usually only a few minutes after three, but rarely this late and Faith did not like it.
She knew that he wasn't feeling well at all and remembering what Doc had said to her yesterday about really watching him, started to get really anxious that something bad had happened to her partner.
As roll call broke up, Faith went up to the Lieutenant and ask if he knew where Bosco was.
"Hey Lieu, did Bosco call in? Am I riding with someone else today?" she said, hoping that he was going to relieve her now fast growing worry over her partner.
"No, Faith, he hasn't called in, We were just about to ask you that question, if you had heard from him."
"I know he has a habit of being late Faith, but this is a little uncalled for," Lieu said, sounding a little annoyed, but not really because he knew that Bosco wouldn't miss roll call completely unless he had a really good reason.
"Yea Lieu, I haven't heard from him either. I mean I know that he was not feeling well yesterday, and I just thought that maybe he had taken a sick day." Faith replied, not wanting to let on just how sick Bosco was yesterday.
"OK Well, until your partner decides to show up, you are gonna ride with Davis, Sully can go solo, you'd better run out there and catch up with them to let them know."
"OK Lieu, I will find out where he is, I will call him in a minute" Faith said, eager to get to the bottom of this situation at hand.
As Faith walked out to get Ty, she grabbed her cell phone out of her pocket and dialed Bosco's number.
It rang and rang until finally the answering machine came on, so she left a message," Bosco its Faith, if you are there, pick up please..." No answer so she hung up and figured she would call his cell phone after she caught up to Ty and Sully.
"Hey Ty, Sully, wait up," she called after them as they were about to head out the door.
"Listen, Lieu wants me to ride with you today Davis, Bosco is MIA right now and he says that until we find him you are gonna be with me and Sul you are gonna ride alone."
Sully sighed, "Bosco is MIA? He probably got lost at some girl he went home with's house and couldn't find the way to work," he chuckled, always eager to bounce Bosco.
"Well, whatever Sully, Davis you are still with me," Faith snapped back at him, slightly pissed because she knew that no matter what girl Bosco had ever picked up, it would not stop him from getting to work the next day.
As they walked back to exchange radios, Ty couldn't help but notice how quiet Faith was being and sensed that there was a bigger beast involved here.
"Hey Faith, is something going on with Bosco? Do you know why he is not here today?" he asked her, not wanting to pry into her business too much though and risk getting on her bad side all day.
"Faith sighed, and as they headed outside she started to tell Ty all about the events of the last few days.
"Damn" was all that Ty could think of to say as Faith told him about Bosco being sick, how Doc and Kim tried to help him, and the perp with the knife, and how Bosco passed out at that call.
And as she was telling ty all of this, the bad thoughts kept building and building inside of her that something really bad had happened to Bosco.
Faith could not take it anymore, she flipped open her cell phone and called Bosco's number again...still no answer.
She tried his cell phone too but that just clicked right into voicemail.
The stress and sick feeling Faith had now in the pit of her stomach were going to kill her if she had to think about this all day, so Faith quickly decided that they needed to go to Bosco's apartment to see if he happened to be there.
She called it into the station, letting Lieu know what they were doing, and as she had expected, that was no problem at all.
As they pulled up to Bosco's apartment building, Faith saw his car parked on the street and gasped, "Oh no that cant be good," she said to Ty, "his car is still here, if he was gonna go anywhere, he would take his car."
They got out of the RMP and made their way up the steps to the front door of Bosco's building, Faith reaching into her pockets for the key.
A long time ago, when Faith and Fred had been having marital problems, Bosco had given her a key, 'just in case,' he said, she ever needed it, and as she went to open the lock, she smiled at Ty, "Just in case, you know...," she said and he nodded.
Faith was actually relieved that the key still worked, and as they made their way up the stairs, she silently prayed that maybe Bosco was simply so tired he had overslept, and forgotten to turn the alarm on.
Ty and Faith reached his apartment finally and Faith thought that she should try knocking first, in case he was home and she was about to walk in on something inappropriate.
After knocking four times to no reply, she put the key into the door and turned the handle.
It was eerily quiet and somewhat dark inside, and as Faith and Ty stepped into the living room, Faith gave Ty a frown that read trouble, and they both on instinct put their hands on their guns as they made their way into the kitchen area.
"Bosco? Boz are you here?" Faith called out to him, but she got no reply.
She was about to turn and go down the hallway when Ty called her into the kitchen, "Faith I think you should come and look at this," he said, and as she walked towards him, her mouth fell open.
There on the floor of the kitchen was a pool of dried up blood, that looked like it had been smeared.
Faith's mouth fell open, and she instantly turned around and started to head to his bedroom, "Oh my God, Oh My God," she kept saying over and over as Ty followed her down to Bosco's bedroom.
As she opened the door to Bosco's bedroom, Faith immediately knew that something was wrong.
She couldn't see him, but she could feel the heat radiating from the room, and saw what she assumed to be Bosco all tangled up in the comforter in a heap.
"Bosco, Oh my God, Bosco?" she cried out to him, as she ran over to the bed and pulled off the covers.
It wasn't easy, because he was all wrapped up in them, but when Faith finally did get them off him, the room fell silent as Ty and Faith both looked at the battered bruised and practically lifeless body of Maurice Boscorelli before them.