"Hello?"
"Jennisyn?"
"Hi Sul. What's up?"
"It's your mom."
"What about her?"
There was an uncomfortable silence.
"What happened to her, Sully?"
"She was... She was..."
"She was what Sully?"
By then, I was practicaly screaming and I was getting VERY angry. Tom and Mitch were staring at me.
"Faith was shot, Jen."
I hit end on the phone, grabbed my keys and cell phone.
"What's going on, Jen?"
"I'll tell ya later. I have to go to the hospital right now."
I sped practicaly the whole way to Angel of Mercy. When I walked in the waiting room on the third floor, I saw like all of precinct 55. The Captain and Lieutenant Swersky walked up to me.
"We want to find out what happened, Ms. Boscorelli."
"Well, somebody better tell me what the hell is going on because I wasn't all that informed over the phone."
"It was Fred, Jen."
Fred was my mom's ex-fiance' before she married my dad. Fred has been harassing us ever since with physical assault. Dad was behind me. I saw Fred walk in and so did the rest of the 55. Dad shot me this look that said 'don't do it Jennisyn' but I knew that Fred wasn't going to get away with what he did this time. I grabbed him by his collar and pushed him up against one of the windows. I started throwing punches at him. He kept trying to block his face with his hands but I would just push them back down.
"You son of a bitch!"
By then, I had broke his nose and surely given him at least one black eye. Dad kept trying to pull me off of him but it was impossible. This asshole had done to much to my family and I was going to make him pay for it. Dad finally gave up on trying to pull me and just let me let it out. Fred would try to swing back but I would just punch him twice as hard.
"Well, she surely has the Boscorelli family care. If someone hurts their family, they retaliate."
back with me & fred......
"Why did you shoot her, Fred?"
"She had to pay?"
"For what?"
"For leaving me for that piece of shit that's your father."
"HEY! I ALREADY WANT TO KILL YOU BUT SAYING THAT IS NOT GOING TO HELP YOUR CASE ANY!"
"Do as you want but one day you'll understand and so will your fiance."
"I'm warning you, Fred Yokas! Lay one hand on my family ever again, I will make sure that you never see the light of day again. Got it?"
He didn't answer.
"I asked you a question!"
He still didn't answer. So, I swung at him. I felt one of someone's hands grab the arm that I went to swing with then the person's other arm wrap around my waist and lift me off of Fred. I was kicking and screaming.
"LET GO OF ME!"
I felt the person let go and I dropped to the floor.
"Doing this isn't going to help you any."
It was Mitch. How did he even find out about this? I would find out about that later.
"It's not going to hurt anything either."
"Okay. So, why are you hitting him?"
"He landed my ma in the hospital by shooting her then had enough nerve to come to where she was. Fred Yokas has done enough to my family already and I'm not going to let him get away with anymore of it. I have to protect my family."
"Just let the police take care of it."
"Don't you get it, Mitch? Don't you get it? We ARE the police! We are the New York Police Department!"
I pointed to all of the department in the waiting room who were just watching us with the
'yeah, she's right.' look on their faces. I began to talk in a calmer voice even though the adrenaline was still controling my body. I put a hand on the side of Mitch's face and he layed his hand on top of that.
"Mitch, babe, we are the police. We protect and serve the families in New York City. This time it's my turn to protect and serve my family. Now, I have to do this and I'm sorry if you dont't understand that, but like it or not, it's going to happen.Hey Sul?"
"Yeah?"
"What room is Ma in?"
"14."
"Thanks."
I walked over and went into mom's room.
"Hey Ma."
"Jennisyn, was that you I heard banging around out there?"
"Um....yeah. Fred did this to you ma?"
"Yeah. What did you do to him, Jen?"
"I made him pay for what he's done."
"Jennisyn, you can't keep doing this."
we started screaming and everyone in the waiting room could hear us.
"DOING WHAT? PROTECTING MY FAMILY? THE PEOPLE I LOVE?"
"CHASING AFTER SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN NEVER HAVE."
"OH YEAH? AND WHAT AM I CHASING AFTER?"
"ANSWERS."
"TO WHAT?"
"STUFF THAT HAPPENED IN YOUR CHILDHOOD! JENNISYN, YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ANSWERS SINCE YOU WERE LITTLE. LET IT GO!"
"LET GO OF THE FACT THAT THAT ASSHOLE RAPED ME? HUH?"
"IT WAS HIM?!?"
"YEAH, MOM, IT WAS HIM! DAMN! WHAT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ONE OF THE KIDS, HUH? EMILY OR CHARLIE OR AMELIA? IT HAPPENED TO ME AND IT HAPPENED TO CARLY! I WILL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO THE KIDS!"
I had tears falling down my cheeks.
"Forget it. I'm leaving to go to work."
I walked out of the room. I heard mom yell at my retreating back,
"Jennisyn Boscorelli, get back here!"
I went out to the waiting room.
"Jen,"
"Where are the kids, dad?"
"Over with Sasha."
I walked over to the kids. I kneeled down so I could talk to the kids.
"Why were you and that man fighting?"
"Some stuff that he did to me and mommy a long time ago, Charlie."
I almost slipped and called him Chaz. Chaz is what dad calls Charlie.
"Can you stay with us?"
"I wish I could sweetie."
"Okay. Is daddy still going to be here?"
"Yep."
I went to leave. Mitch started yelling again and I was getting really tired of being yelled at today.
"YOU ACT LIKE THIS IS YOUR HOLE WORLD! LIKE TAKING HIM DOWN IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT BEING IN LOVE WITH ME!"
"Mitch,"
"FORGET IT! I'M OUTTA HERE! MY STUFF WILL BE GONE BY THE TIME YOU GET HOME."
He rushed out. Dad walked up to me.
"If he only knew, dad. If he only knew that he's going to be a father."
"Jennisyn?"
"Hi Sul. What's up?"
"It's your mom."
"What about her?"
There was an uncomfortable silence.
"What happened to her, Sully?"
"She was... She was..."
"She was what Sully?"
By then, I was practicaly screaming and I was getting VERY angry. Tom and Mitch were staring at me.
"Faith was shot, Jen."
I hit end on the phone, grabbed my keys and cell phone.
"What's going on, Jen?"
"I'll tell ya later. I have to go to the hospital right now."
I sped practicaly the whole way to Angel of Mercy. When I walked in the waiting room on the third floor, I saw like all of precinct 55. The Captain and Lieutenant Swersky walked up to me.
"We want to find out what happened, Ms. Boscorelli."
"Well, somebody better tell me what the hell is going on because I wasn't all that informed over the phone."
"It was Fred, Jen."
Fred was my mom's ex-fiance' before she married my dad. Fred has been harassing us ever since with physical assault. Dad was behind me. I saw Fred walk in and so did the rest of the 55. Dad shot me this look that said 'don't do it Jennisyn' but I knew that Fred wasn't going to get away with what he did this time. I grabbed him by his collar and pushed him up against one of the windows. I started throwing punches at him. He kept trying to block his face with his hands but I would just push them back down.
"You son of a bitch!"
By then, I had broke his nose and surely given him at least one black eye. Dad kept trying to pull me off of him but it was impossible. This asshole had done to much to my family and I was going to make him pay for it. Dad finally gave up on trying to pull me and just let me let it out. Fred would try to swing back but I would just punch him twice as hard.
"Well, she surely has the Boscorelli family care. If someone hurts their family, they retaliate."
back with me & fred......
"Why did you shoot her, Fred?"
"She had to pay?"
"For what?"
"For leaving me for that piece of shit that's your father."
"HEY! I ALREADY WANT TO KILL YOU BUT SAYING THAT IS NOT GOING TO HELP YOUR CASE ANY!"
"Do as you want but one day you'll understand and so will your fiance."
"I'm warning you, Fred Yokas! Lay one hand on my family ever again, I will make sure that you never see the light of day again. Got it?"
He didn't answer.
"I asked you a question!"
He still didn't answer. So, I swung at him. I felt one of someone's hands grab the arm that I went to swing with then the person's other arm wrap around my waist and lift me off of Fred. I was kicking and screaming.
"LET GO OF ME!"
I felt the person let go and I dropped to the floor.
"Doing this isn't going to help you any."
It was Mitch. How did he even find out about this? I would find out about that later.
"It's not going to hurt anything either."
"Okay. So, why are you hitting him?"
"He landed my ma in the hospital by shooting her then had enough nerve to come to where she was. Fred Yokas has done enough to my family already and I'm not going to let him get away with anymore of it. I have to protect my family."
"Just let the police take care of it."
"Don't you get it, Mitch? Don't you get it? We ARE the police! We are the New York Police Department!"
I pointed to all of the department in the waiting room who were just watching us with the
'yeah, she's right.' look on their faces. I began to talk in a calmer voice even though the adrenaline was still controling my body. I put a hand on the side of Mitch's face and he layed his hand on top of that.
"Mitch, babe, we are the police. We protect and serve the families in New York City. This time it's my turn to protect and serve my family. Now, I have to do this and I'm sorry if you dont't understand that, but like it or not, it's going to happen.Hey Sul?"
"Yeah?"
"What room is Ma in?"
"14."
"Thanks."
I walked over and went into mom's room.
"Hey Ma."
"Jennisyn, was that you I heard banging around out there?"
"Um....yeah. Fred did this to you ma?"
"Yeah. What did you do to him, Jen?"
"I made him pay for what he's done."
"Jennisyn, you can't keep doing this."
we started screaming and everyone in the waiting room could hear us.
"DOING WHAT? PROTECTING MY FAMILY? THE PEOPLE I LOVE?"
"CHASING AFTER SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN NEVER HAVE."
"OH YEAH? AND WHAT AM I CHASING AFTER?"
"ANSWERS."
"TO WHAT?"
"STUFF THAT HAPPENED IN YOUR CHILDHOOD! JENNISYN, YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ANSWERS SINCE YOU WERE LITTLE. LET IT GO!"
"LET GO OF THE FACT THAT THAT ASSHOLE RAPED ME? HUH?"
"IT WAS HIM?!?"
"YEAH, MOM, IT WAS HIM! DAMN! WHAT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ONE OF THE KIDS, HUH? EMILY OR CHARLIE OR AMELIA? IT HAPPENED TO ME AND IT HAPPENED TO CARLY! I WILL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO THE KIDS!"
I had tears falling down my cheeks.
"Forget it. I'm leaving to go to work."
I walked out of the room. I heard mom yell at my retreating back,
"Jennisyn Boscorelli, get back here!"
I went out to the waiting room.
"Jen,"
"Where are the kids, dad?"
"Over with Sasha."
I walked over to the kids. I kneeled down so I could talk to the kids.
"Why were you and that man fighting?"
"Some stuff that he did to me and mommy a long time ago, Charlie."
I almost slipped and called him Chaz. Chaz is what dad calls Charlie.
"Can you stay with us?"
"I wish I could sweetie."
"Okay. Is daddy still going to be here?"
"Yep."
I went to leave. Mitch started yelling again and I was getting really tired of being yelled at today.
"YOU ACT LIKE THIS IS YOUR HOLE WORLD! LIKE TAKING HIM DOWN IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT BEING IN LOVE WITH ME!"
"Mitch,"
"FORGET IT! I'M OUTTA HERE! MY STUFF WILL BE GONE BY THE TIME YOU GET HOME."
He rushed out. Dad walked up to me.
"If he only knew, dad. If he only knew that he's going to be a father."