CHAPTER EIGHT-Holding It Together
Kelly and Joey Doyle sat in the Boscorelli living room. The kids had long gone to bed and for some reason niether of them felt much like heading that way yet. In less then three months they would have a child of thier own. Kelly wondered some days how Bosco and Seajae did it with three.
"We're going to make it work Kelly." Some days it was like Joey could read her mind.
"I know. Sometimes I just need to here it." She snuggled closer to her husbad. I love you Joey Doyle."
"I love you too baby." He kissed her forhead and closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep.
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Jimmy looked at the plate of spagetti in front of him. He wasn't really hungry. He took a plate just to make the rookie cooking feel better about his first time cooking for the company. Billy and DK sat across from him. He looked around and found it was quiet around him. To quiet. Meals at the house were usaully a fight who could talk the loudest. It seemed Bosco's accident earlier had put the damper on all thier good spirits. Carlos and Alex returned from a call. Both sitting at the table not reaching for the food.
"Having the same kind of day we are?" Jummy asked as he pushed his plate away.
"Tell me something good so the days not a total loss." Alex said looking at the others at the table.
"Kaitlyn got her first tooth." Billy said.
"That's great Billy." Carlos said.
"How's Owen?" Jimmy felt the tension melting. Talking about the kids always put things in a lighter mood?"
"He's great. We should all have dinner. Get to know the little guy. He loves people."
"When are you and Ty going to give Savanha a little brother or sister?" Jimmy asked Alex.
"When Ty can give birth." They all laughed. Dinner started to be passed around and the coversation flowed over about kids and the funny things they did. But it wasn't long before someone had to ask.
"Anyone heard how Bosco is?" Carlos threw out.
"I called a little while ago. He's awake. He's got some swelling around his spinal cord. Doc Miller said it should go down."
"Meaning if the swelling doesn't go down he won't be able to walk?" Alex dropped her fork.
"Bosco will walk agian Alex." Jimmy stood up and put his plate away. "Maurice Boscorelli is the healthiest guy I know." He turned back to his friends. Billy played with his food as did Carlos, Alex, DK and Andy Reno. "Guy's he's gonna walk. I mean he has to." Jimmy was so sure Bosco could make it though this like he did everything else. He really didn't care that the others had doubts. Throwing his plate into the dish washer Jimmy grabbed his coat and headed down stairs.
"Jimmy....where are you going?" Billy yelled down the steps.
"Out. I have my pager." Billy turned back to the table.
"That didn't go well."
"Nothing with Jimmy has gone well lately." Billy gathered up the dishes. "Anyone up for a game of b-ball before the next call?"
"I'm in...." They all answered at once. Billy knew they all needed an outlet. Jimmy wasn't here to lead the troops so he had to take over. Making a phone call he headed downstairs to join the others and hoped that the physical exercise would take the edge off that they all felt.
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Seajae sat at Bosco's bedside. It had been too many hours since he last opened his eyes. Cooper and Ken had been in and out all night. She was going stir crazy. Standing up she stretched. The need for fresh air and a cigarette made it easy to walk out. She glanced back at her sleeping husband. Believing in God the way she did made her pray for him. The fear there was no god scared the hell out of her. Bosco was strong and he had tons of people pulling for him.
"You need some down time Boscorelli." Dan Swertzsky was standing in the hall. It was late. Everyone had headed home hours ago.
"I just need a cigarette and a diet Pepsi."
"I have Tom under a twenty-four hour watch. He won't come with in a hundred yards of here without us knowing."
"He's a cop Dan. He knows somethings up." Seajae started walking down the hall. Dan followed.
"I don't care. He hurt Maddie and he hurt one of my men."
"He was one of your men once to Dan and he is again." Seajae headed down the steps. Dan followed.
"You and Bosco are family......Tom he was family in the past. He hurt Maddie. That makes him something else now." Outside Seajae took a few deep breaths. She took her cigarette's out of her pocket and lit one. Taking a deep breath she looked out into the spring night.
"I want Kelly, Doyle and the kids sent to Mikey's in Albany."
"Why....you know something your not telling me?"
"I know Tom Harrigan is pissed. I know he thinks Bosco ruined his life with Maddie. I know that if he thought my husband was having an affair with his wife, he's going to try his damndest to get to me one way or another."
"There's something your hiding Seajae and I don't like it."
"If I could tell you...I would but it has nothing to do with Tom coming after us." Taking another long drag Seajae leaned agaist the hospital wall. "Just get my family out of here before he decides that thier an easier target. He doesn't know about Mikey." She turned to Dan. "I want Faith, Sully and Ty here in the morning. I want Tom Harrigan out of our lives before he hurts someone else."
"You got whatever you need."
"I need you to stand behind me."
"You know I do."
"I need you to trust me."
"I never doubted you. Ever."
"That's all I needed." Seajae put out her cigarette and opened the door. "Just get my family out of the city. And if you here things.....just remember you trust me." On her way back to Bosco she stopped at the nearest soda machine and got her fix of caffine. She turned to find Bobby Goran behind her.
"I hate when you do that."
"That's why I do it." He smiled.
"What are you doing here so late?"
"I had a case a few.....dozon blocks from here. I wanted to see how your doing."
"I'm ok."
"Your a lousy lier."
"What do you want me to say?"
"You know I can't put words in your mouth."
"I can't......I don't know what I'm feeling. I have a million things running though my head. I want Tom Hannigan's head on a platter and I want to help him at the same time." Opening the soda she took a long drink.
"You'll find the right path. You always do."
"How do you know just when I'm at that point."
"What point?"
"The point that I'm at now. A cross roads. Not knowing which way to go. Your always there to guide me."
"I just tell you things you already know."
"Your a good friend Bobby."
"Your not so bad yourself Seajae." They headed upstairs. Seajae wasn't ready for what was waiting for her. The lights were on in Bosco's room and a try lay on the floor. There was anger in her husband's eyes. Two nurses and Cooper Sinclair were trying to hold him down.
"What the hell is going on here?" They all looked at her.
"Seems your husband woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Bobby wispered behind her.
"He tried to get out of bed and fell."
"Then we tried to help him and he threw a tantrum." Bosco looked at his wife. Eyes wild. Seajae never saw him this angry.
"Bosco what the hell is wrong with you?" She walked to the bed.
"My legs don't work."
"I told you what the doctor said."
"You said it would go away...you said I would walk......"
"Bosco it's only been a few hours." The nurses backed away but Cooper stayed close.
"Your wifes right. Give it a few more hours. If your not feeling anything by then I'll run some more test. Take some more x-rays."
"Bosco......let them do thier job." He looked at Seajea. The anger subsiding.
"I woke up. You were gone. I needed to piss....I tried getting up......" Seajae knew her husband didn't like being weak.
"I'm sorry....I needed to stretch." She went to him and stroked his forhead. "I didn't think you would wake up. I was only gone a few minutes." Bobby and Cooper backed away and let Seajae calm her husband.
"I can't stand being this helpless." He reached for his wifes hand. "You wern't here....I.....I thought...."
"What baby? What did you think?"
"You left. That I couldn't walk so you left." Seajae sat on the bed and held his face in her hands.
"Maurice Boscorelli I would never leave you. Even if you spent the rest of your life right here I would never, ever leave you. Wether you like it or not we're in this together." She kissed his forhead, the tip of his nose and then his lips. "What made you even think that I would ever leave you?"
"I was so scared Seajae. I.....I don't know what the hell's going on with Tommy and.....all I can think of is he thought I was having an affair with Maddie. If he truly believes that he may go after you or our kids. I couldn't live with that."
"We have everything uncontrol Bosco. I'm sending the kids and the Doyles away from here. Somewhere safe that only me and Dan know." She knew he wasn't feeling any better then when she walked in the room a few minutes ago. "Bosco listen to me. I have it under control."
"I trust you." He wispered. "But the feeling I have. What kind of man can I be if....if I never walk again?"
"The same kind of man you are now. A wonderful husband and father. An awsome friend and brother."
"What kind of cop? There's no way......."
"Bosco, we'll work it out. But we don't need to even think about it. You are going to walk again. I know it doesn't seem that way but you will. And if buy some chance you don't, then we'll deal with it just like we deal with everything else." She kissed him agian. "I love you no matter what."
"I don't think I can be as strong as you."
"Then don't. I can be as strong as you need me to be. I can be strong enough for both of us." She took him in her arms and held him. Whatever Tom Herrigan was up to she better figure out what it was before he tore her whole family apart.
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"That son of a bitch." Elliot Stabler thew his coffee cup into the garbage can. He and Olivia Benson stood at the corner near thier precient. Elliot just got off the phone.
"What now?"
"Tom Harrigan. He gave his tail a slip and had disappeared off the face of the earth."
"Does Seajae and Bosco know?"
"Faith, Sully and Ty were on thier way down there."
"What now?"
"Swertzsky is getting the kids and the Doyles out of town."
"Let's hope he's not following them." Elloit sat on the wall and rubbed his face.
"Why don't they just put this guy on a phyc hold and put him away for awhile."
"You met the guy. Does he seem phyco to you?"
"No. He seems too sane. Other then that thing with Nicole Satuarday."
"From what Billy said and what I found out he's smart. He knows the old Bosco but the new one.......I don't think he'll figure him out."
"Well he figured him out enough to get him shot at and hurt." Elliot looked at his partner. "I guess we should really get to work and stop trying to figure out something that's out of out jurisdiction."
"Tom Hannigan is everyone's problem but I guess we need to get back to work. We'll call and check on Bosco at lunch." Olivia thew her cup in the garbage and followed Elliot up the steps to thier office.
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Seajae was running on twenty eight hours without any sleep. She made sure Bosco was sleeping before she headed downstairs to meet her friends and have a much needed cigarette. The nurse came in and told her that they gave him something to help him sleep. Reaching the door she was surprised to see Sasha Monroe outside.
"Hey." Seajae lit her cigarette. "What brings you out this early?" Sasha looked at the ground. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
"Maybe Faith and Sully should tell you. They're on thier way." Seajae took a long drag of her cigarette.
"Why don't you just tell me and forget the middle man."
"Tom Harrigan lost his tail. No one knows where he is." Seajae looked at Sasha.
"Does Joey and Kelly know?"
"Swertzsky was on his way there."
"When did they loose him?"
"Less then a half hour ago. Somewhere near Central Park West." Seajae contiplated heading home and checking on Bosco.
"Go upstairs Sasha....don't let on to Bosco what's going on. I need to talk to my kids. If they just take them without saying good bye they'll be scared."
"Ok.....you do what you have to do. I'll take care of Bosco." Seajae got into her truck and headed home. She hoped Dan hadn't gotten them to leave yet. She needed to see her kids. To hug them one more time before they left for Albany.
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Jimmy watched the blue sedan round the courner for the forth time. Standing in his bedroom window he felt fear clenching his gut. He picked up the phone and dialed Calab and Faith's number. Calab answered on the forth ring.
"McKenzie."
"I think we better circle the wagons."
"Jimmy? Why? What's happing?"
"Tommy's circling the block."
"Where's Kim and the kids?"
"Upstate visiting her mom."
"Get downstairs now....." Jimmy hung up and headed downstairs. He met Calab in the hallway.
"He wouldn't really hurt Bosco or his kids would he?"
"Jimmy I don't know the guy. I just know what Faith told me." Calab used his key to open the Boscorelli's door. Joey was standing by the living room window as Kelly was putting jackets on the kids.
"I can't believe the kahoona's on that bastard."
"He'll run when Swertzsky pulls up."
"I don't know. He's been pretty ballsy." As if on cue Dan Swertzsky's SUV pulled up in front of the building. "You don't think....maybe we should go down there."
"Do you really think Tommy would hurt Dan?" Joey didn't wait for an answer. He opened the gun safe and handed Jimmy a glock.
"You know how to use that don't you bucket boy?" He checked the safty and went to the top of the entertainment center for a clip.
"Better then you most days." Joey smiled.
"Your lucky I like your wife and kids to much to take you out." Joey went to the door with Calab. "I'm trusting you with my family. Don't shoot your foot off Dorherty."
"You know you can trust me Doyle."
"I know. Its Harrigan I don't trust" Joey slid open the door. Joey took right as Calab to left as Jimmy took Kelly and then kids into the girls bedroom.
"I don't like this Doyle."
"Join the club." The two took the steps slowly. "We should of warned Dan."
"Dan will be ok. I don't think Tommy would hurt him." As they made thier way down the steps Joey saw Seajae's truck pull in a spot down the street. "Shit. Seajae just pulled up down the street and Dan's getting out of his car."
"Shits getting deep. Have you seen Harrigan's car?"
"He just passed when Swertzsky pulled up. Depending on traffic it takes about fifteen minutes to circle the block."
"Let's get then to cover and worry about his next round when thier safe." They holstered thier guns and headed out the door. Dan was on his way up the stairs. Seajae was locking up the truck when she turned and saw the three of them standing on the stoop.
"Tom's hanging around." Joey told Swertzsky as the stood waiting for Seajae to catch up to them. It happened in a split second. Seajae was walking tword them. Both Joey and Calab scanning the area. There was a flash of something reflecting to Seajae's left. Before either man could pull thier weapon Tom Harrigan had a gun pointed to her head and his arm wrapped tightly around her picking her feet up off the ground.
"Don't even think about it Doyle." Tom pulled Seajae closer to him. "Hi partner." He wispered. "How's your husband?"
"Shoot the son of a bitch." She looked at Calab and Joey. "I know you can. Just shoot him." Both men took aim. There was no place for them to shoot without harming Seajae.
"Shut up. Bosco ruined my marriage now I'm going to do the same thing to him."
"Don't do it Tom. You harm one hair on my head more then Bosco will be hunting you down." Tom slowly backed up.
"I'm going to make Maurice Boscorelli pay for touching my wife."
"Bosco never touched Maddie before or after your marriage." Tom dragged her further down the street. Seajae wiggled enough so that her badge fell from her waist band. Joey looked into her eyes. She glanced down and he followed her eyes. Tom threw her in his car that was parked a block away and ordered her to drive.
"She dropped her badge....." Joey, Calab and Swertzsky stood and looked down. "She wanted us to know something." Joey picked it up. There was a small pocket behind it. Joey pulled out a card. "Dr Cooper Sinclair. His home and pager numbers."
"Bosco's new doctor." Joey shrugged. Then dialed the home number.
"Sinclair's." A woman answered.
"Cooper please."
"Who's calling?"
"Joey Doyle. I'm Maurice Boscorelli's partner."
"Has something happened to Bosco." The woman sounded paniced.
"No...ah....who is this?"
"Cooper's wife......." Joey put his hand on the reciever.
"Cooper's wife." He removed his hand. "I just need to ask him something."
"He's at the hospital. I can have him paged for you."
"No I have his pager number."
"Doyle is......is Dan Swertzsky with you?"
"Yeah....right here."
"Can I talk to him?"
"Yeah." Joey handed the phone to Swertzsky. "She wants to talk to you."
"Swertzsky."
"Dan...it's......it's Maddie. What's going on. Why is Bosco's partner looking for Cooper."
"Tommy has Seajae...Bosco's wife. She had this number behind her badge. She dropped it before he shoved her in his car and drove off." While Swertzsky talked to Maddie, Joey and Caleb starting making calls and aurthourizing APB's. Caleb hoped Bosco didn't find out about what just happened. It would not only piss him off but it could hinder his recovery.
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Seajae drove as Tommy watched her.
"Where do you want me to go." Seajae knew this wasn't what he had planned when this all started.
"Take the Kennedy."
"They're going to be all over you Tommy." Seajae's hands clenched the wheel.
"I have you. Your my ticket out of here. And if I have to kill you....well so be it."
"You kill me your going to have to run fast. You have no friends here anymore Tommy."
"You can't turn all my old friends agaist me."
"You want to bet." Seajae was sorry to say that it was true. Tommy had no friends here any more. "They'll hunt you down."
"But they won't have thier sweet Seajae to confind in. Or whatever they do with you."
"Bosco never slept with Maddie."
"Maybe...but he wanted to."
"Please Tommy. This can only end badly."
"Well at least it will end." Seajae felt the cold steel of Tommy's gun in her ribs.
"I want to call my kids. I think you should at least let me say good- bye."
"You don't have any right to ask me anything."
"You lost a child Tommy. I know Maddie was pregnant. If she had lived would you be doing this?" Seajae had to press some bottons.
"Maybe. Maybe not. We'll never know." Seajae's phone rang.
"You want me to get that?" Tommy pressed the gun harder agaist her ribs.
"Shut up."
"It might just be for you." Seajae tried to stand strong but things were going down hill fast. The phone kept ringing.
"Answer it." Seajae reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone.
"Boscorelli."
"Let me talk to him." It was Maddie.
"Not an option."
"Seajae I can end this."
"No. I don't think you can." Seajae put the phone in her pocket but didn't turn it off. "Where are we going Tommy?"
"Just drive." Tommy didn't know that with her GPS Bosco insisted she have in her new cell phone she could be found no matter how far he took her. But she wanted to end this now. Taking a sharp left, Tommy slid back across the seat. Without stepping on the break Seajae opened the drivers side door and dove out of the car. Her already damaged shoulders would pay for it but the fear and adrenilin flowoing thought her had pushed her to it. Rolling to the curb she didn't look back to see if Tom stopped or hit anything. She just kept running. The sound of screaching breaks and metal hitting metal didn't even make her look back. Seajae knew if she did she would end up dead.
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It didn't take long for word to get around that Seajae was in danger. The 5-5 was bussling with activity. Everyone was doing thier part to help find her. Back at the hospital Sasha and Cooper were dealing with an irritated Bosco.
"Just tell me where my wife is Monroe."
"I told you. She went to say good bye to the kids before Kelly and Joey took them to....where ever they were taking them."
"Your a lousy lier Monroe."
"That's what my momma always tells me but really Bosco, thats what she told me."
"My wife is an excellent lier. You should take lessons." Bosco still couldn't feel his legs and it was scaring the hell out of him. "Where is she Sasha?" Sasha couldn't lie to Bosco. He's been a good partner and friend these last few weeks.
"Honestly I don't know." It wasn't a lie. She didn't know where Tom Harrigan had taken her. She turned her cell phone off when she got to the hospital. Swertzsky had called her at the nurses station to tell her what had happened.
" Bosco you need rest." Cooper looked at him. "Let me give you something."
"No offence Doc but keep your seditives to yourself. I'm not in any pain. In fact I can't feel anything at all." Bosco knew that Cooper Sinclair or Sasha was resposible for his condition. "Just find me my wife......please" He hadn't totally lost all his manners.
"I'll call Swertzsky and find out where she is." Sasha headed to the door.
"You do that." Bosco looked at Cooper. "Something wrong Doc?"
"Not a thing. Maddie said you were a lousy patiant."
"Yeah well I have a right." Bosco turned and closed his eyes hoping the doctor would leave him alone.
"I'll be back later. " He walked out hoping Seajae was safe and sound. Buy the look on Sasha Monroe's face he knew she wasn't.
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Seajae's lungs burned. It had been a long time since she ran. An even longer time since she ran this hard. She was going to have to start running again. If she got out of this mess. Hearing footsteps she pushed harder.
"You can't hide Seajae." Harrigan was closing in on her. Just as she rounded the next courner a black and white was parked there.
"Thank God." She scanned the area looking for the uniformed officers. The beeping of her phone told her the battery was near dead. Slowing down she turned and found her self with a barrel of a 357 pointed at the back of her head. Aparently Tommy Harrigan still had friends on the force and Seajae had just ran right into them.
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"Where is she Monroe?" They had move Bosco to a private room.
"All I know is she went to say good bye to the kids." Sasha tried to sound positive and upbeat. She sighed when she saw Elliot Stabler come into the room. Sasha was itching to leave the scrutinizing eyes of Maurice Boscorelli.
"Bosco, Sasha."
"Hey Elliot." Sasha got up. "Im going to head to the ladies room." She gave Elliot a knowing look and Elliot nodded.
"Hey buddie." Elliot pulled up a chair.
"Are you going to lie to me too?"
"Nope. Last I heard Seajae was running down Avenue A with Tommy on her tail. There was a black and white in the ally. It seems Harrigan has a few friends on the force." Elliot looked at he friend. "Her phone went dead after that. We're surround the place now."
"Then why the hell are you here?"
"You were making Sasha nervouse."
"I thought she knew better then to let me get to her."
"Guess not." Elliot stood up. "Take it easy on her. I'm going to go pull your wife's ass out of the fire yet again." He looked at Bosco. "I prosmise, I'll bring her back."
"Don't let me down man. I'm not doing so hot right now and I really need her here." Elliot nodded.
"You bet." Elliot walked out of the room hoping he could come though for Bosco.
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"Bosco will kill you if you lay a hand on me."
"Shut up Seajae." The hand cuffs dug into her wrists. She never saw the face of the man who betrayed her for Harrigan. Just felt the but off the gun agaist the base of her skull. Now Tommy Harrigan was standing over her. His gun too close to her head.
"He would never hurt you the way you said. I know he was your friend. He looked up to you. He would never betray you." Seajae began to tremble. She had never been so scared. A phycotic person was one thing but a physcotic come define dangerous. "We can get you some help Tommy." He knelt down and ran the gun down her chest and pulled up her shirt, revealing her tatoo.
"You love him a lot don't you?" His voice was quiet. She didn't answer. He already knew what she would say. "I'm not going to kill you....I'm going to make it so he won't love you any more." He straddled her and got down on his knees. Taking a knife from his back pocket he ran the blade just above her neck line. "I'm going to make you mine......" He slowly ran the knife down her over her breasts.
"The hell with Bosco killing you....I'll do it." Tom sliced her t- shirt from the bottom up.
"Your really in no position to make threats sweetheart." The silence was deafing when the sound of a gun being cocked broke though.
"Better yet let me kill you, you son of a bitch." Elliot Stabler stood over them with his gun at Hannigan's head. "Just give me a reason." Grabbing the back of Tom's shirt he pulled the man off of Seajae, throwing him back harder then he should of but he deserved harder. "Put your hands on your head." Elliot took his hand cuffs off his belt and cuffed Tom Herrigan. Taking his gun and knife and throwing them across the room. Turning he took his jacket off and helped Seajae to her feet and removed the hand cuffs and slid his jacked on her. "You okay?"
"No.....but when the hell am I ever ok." Her head hurt and her body ached.
"Your in one peice. That's all the matters." Elliot hugged her. "I'm going to take you to the hospital and prove to your husband your alive and kicking." She clung to him. Back up arrived and she began to cry. She had been though alot of things. But almost being raped and being totally helpless was beyond her. "It's ok Seajae. Your safe and he's going away for a long time."
"I....I....." Elliot held her close. Seajae's tears fell harder.
"Let's get you out of here." He lead her to the door of the warehouse. "You GPS in your phone lead us right to you. I'm sorry it took us so long." The sun blinded her as Elliot let her to his car. Seajae wasn't sure she wanted to go anywhere. Exspecially the hospital. She couldn't face Bosco. Not after what almost happened. Reaching in her jeans pocket she found her lighter and a half crushed pack of cigarettes. Her hands shook at she lit one. The marks on her wrists made her shiver. Inhaling deeply she laid her head back on the headrest and let the tears fall down her cheeks.
Kelly and Joey Doyle sat in the Boscorelli living room. The kids had long gone to bed and for some reason niether of them felt much like heading that way yet. In less then three months they would have a child of thier own. Kelly wondered some days how Bosco and Seajae did it with three.
"We're going to make it work Kelly." Some days it was like Joey could read her mind.
"I know. Sometimes I just need to here it." She snuggled closer to her husbad. I love you Joey Doyle."
"I love you too baby." He kissed her forhead and closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep.
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Jimmy looked at the plate of spagetti in front of him. He wasn't really hungry. He took a plate just to make the rookie cooking feel better about his first time cooking for the company. Billy and DK sat across from him. He looked around and found it was quiet around him. To quiet. Meals at the house were usaully a fight who could talk the loudest. It seemed Bosco's accident earlier had put the damper on all thier good spirits. Carlos and Alex returned from a call. Both sitting at the table not reaching for the food.
"Having the same kind of day we are?" Jummy asked as he pushed his plate away.
"Tell me something good so the days not a total loss." Alex said looking at the others at the table.
"Kaitlyn got her first tooth." Billy said.
"That's great Billy." Carlos said.
"How's Owen?" Jimmy felt the tension melting. Talking about the kids always put things in a lighter mood?"
"He's great. We should all have dinner. Get to know the little guy. He loves people."
"When are you and Ty going to give Savanha a little brother or sister?" Jimmy asked Alex.
"When Ty can give birth." They all laughed. Dinner started to be passed around and the coversation flowed over about kids and the funny things they did. But it wasn't long before someone had to ask.
"Anyone heard how Bosco is?" Carlos threw out.
"I called a little while ago. He's awake. He's got some swelling around his spinal cord. Doc Miller said it should go down."
"Meaning if the swelling doesn't go down he won't be able to walk?" Alex dropped her fork.
"Bosco will walk agian Alex." Jimmy stood up and put his plate away. "Maurice Boscorelli is the healthiest guy I know." He turned back to his friends. Billy played with his food as did Carlos, Alex, DK and Andy Reno. "Guy's he's gonna walk. I mean he has to." Jimmy was so sure Bosco could make it though this like he did everything else. He really didn't care that the others had doubts. Throwing his plate into the dish washer Jimmy grabbed his coat and headed down stairs.
"Jimmy....where are you going?" Billy yelled down the steps.
"Out. I have my pager." Billy turned back to the table.
"That didn't go well."
"Nothing with Jimmy has gone well lately." Billy gathered up the dishes. "Anyone up for a game of b-ball before the next call?"
"I'm in...." They all answered at once. Billy knew they all needed an outlet. Jimmy wasn't here to lead the troops so he had to take over. Making a phone call he headed downstairs to join the others and hoped that the physical exercise would take the edge off that they all felt.
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Seajae sat at Bosco's bedside. It had been too many hours since he last opened his eyes. Cooper and Ken had been in and out all night. She was going stir crazy. Standing up she stretched. The need for fresh air and a cigarette made it easy to walk out. She glanced back at her sleeping husband. Believing in God the way she did made her pray for him. The fear there was no god scared the hell out of her. Bosco was strong and he had tons of people pulling for him.
"You need some down time Boscorelli." Dan Swertzsky was standing in the hall. It was late. Everyone had headed home hours ago.
"I just need a cigarette and a diet Pepsi."
"I have Tom under a twenty-four hour watch. He won't come with in a hundred yards of here without us knowing."
"He's a cop Dan. He knows somethings up." Seajae started walking down the hall. Dan followed.
"I don't care. He hurt Maddie and he hurt one of my men."
"He was one of your men once to Dan and he is again." Seajae headed down the steps. Dan followed.
"You and Bosco are family......Tom he was family in the past. He hurt Maddie. That makes him something else now." Outside Seajae took a few deep breaths. She took her cigarette's out of her pocket and lit one. Taking a deep breath she looked out into the spring night.
"I want Kelly, Doyle and the kids sent to Mikey's in Albany."
"Why....you know something your not telling me?"
"I know Tom Harrigan is pissed. I know he thinks Bosco ruined his life with Maddie. I know that if he thought my husband was having an affair with his wife, he's going to try his damndest to get to me one way or another."
"There's something your hiding Seajae and I don't like it."
"If I could tell you...I would but it has nothing to do with Tom coming after us." Taking another long drag Seajae leaned agaist the hospital wall. "Just get my family out of here before he decides that thier an easier target. He doesn't know about Mikey." She turned to Dan. "I want Faith, Sully and Ty here in the morning. I want Tom Harrigan out of our lives before he hurts someone else."
"You got whatever you need."
"I need you to stand behind me."
"You know I do."
"I need you to trust me."
"I never doubted you. Ever."
"That's all I needed." Seajae put out her cigarette and opened the door. "Just get my family out of the city. And if you here things.....just remember you trust me." On her way back to Bosco she stopped at the nearest soda machine and got her fix of caffine. She turned to find Bobby Goran behind her.
"I hate when you do that."
"That's why I do it." He smiled.
"What are you doing here so late?"
"I had a case a few.....dozon blocks from here. I wanted to see how your doing."
"I'm ok."
"Your a lousy lier."
"What do you want me to say?"
"You know I can't put words in your mouth."
"I can't......I don't know what I'm feeling. I have a million things running though my head. I want Tom Hannigan's head on a platter and I want to help him at the same time." Opening the soda she took a long drink.
"You'll find the right path. You always do."
"How do you know just when I'm at that point."
"What point?"
"The point that I'm at now. A cross roads. Not knowing which way to go. Your always there to guide me."
"I just tell you things you already know."
"Your a good friend Bobby."
"Your not so bad yourself Seajae." They headed upstairs. Seajae wasn't ready for what was waiting for her. The lights were on in Bosco's room and a try lay on the floor. There was anger in her husband's eyes. Two nurses and Cooper Sinclair were trying to hold him down.
"What the hell is going on here?" They all looked at her.
"Seems your husband woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Bobby wispered behind her.
"He tried to get out of bed and fell."
"Then we tried to help him and he threw a tantrum." Bosco looked at his wife. Eyes wild. Seajae never saw him this angry.
"Bosco what the hell is wrong with you?" She walked to the bed.
"My legs don't work."
"I told you what the doctor said."
"You said it would go away...you said I would walk......"
"Bosco it's only been a few hours." The nurses backed away but Cooper stayed close.
"Your wifes right. Give it a few more hours. If your not feeling anything by then I'll run some more test. Take some more x-rays."
"Bosco......let them do thier job." He looked at Seajea. The anger subsiding.
"I woke up. You were gone. I needed to piss....I tried getting up......" Seajae knew her husband didn't like being weak.
"I'm sorry....I needed to stretch." She went to him and stroked his forhead. "I didn't think you would wake up. I was only gone a few minutes." Bobby and Cooper backed away and let Seajae calm her husband.
"I can't stand being this helpless." He reached for his wifes hand. "You wern't here....I.....I thought...."
"What baby? What did you think?"
"You left. That I couldn't walk so you left." Seajae sat on the bed and held his face in her hands.
"Maurice Boscorelli I would never leave you. Even if you spent the rest of your life right here I would never, ever leave you. Wether you like it or not we're in this together." She kissed his forhead, the tip of his nose and then his lips. "What made you even think that I would ever leave you?"
"I was so scared Seajae. I.....I don't know what the hell's going on with Tommy and.....all I can think of is he thought I was having an affair with Maddie. If he truly believes that he may go after you or our kids. I couldn't live with that."
"We have everything uncontrol Bosco. I'm sending the kids and the Doyles away from here. Somewhere safe that only me and Dan know." She knew he wasn't feeling any better then when she walked in the room a few minutes ago. "Bosco listen to me. I have it under control."
"I trust you." He wispered. "But the feeling I have. What kind of man can I be if....if I never walk again?"
"The same kind of man you are now. A wonderful husband and father. An awsome friend and brother."
"What kind of cop? There's no way......."
"Bosco, we'll work it out. But we don't need to even think about it. You are going to walk again. I know it doesn't seem that way but you will. And if buy some chance you don't, then we'll deal with it just like we deal with everything else." She kissed him agian. "I love you no matter what."
"I don't think I can be as strong as you."
"Then don't. I can be as strong as you need me to be. I can be strong enough for both of us." She took him in her arms and held him. Whatever Tom Herrigan was up to she better figure out what it was before he tore her whole family apart.
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"That son of a bitch." Elliot Stabler thew his coffee cup into the garbage can. He and Olivia Benson stood at the corner near thier precient. Elliot just got off the phone.
"What now?"
"Tom Harrigan. He gave his tail a slip and had disappeared off the face of the earth."
"Does Seajae and Bosco know?"
"Faith, Sully and Ty were on thier way down there."
"What now?"
"Swertzsky is getting the kids and the Doyles out of town."
"Let's hope he's not following them." Elloit sat on the wall and rubbed his face.
"Why don't they just put this guy on a phyc hold and put him away for awhile."
"You met the guy. Does he seem phyco to you?"
"No. He seems too sane. Other then that thing with Nicole Satuarday."
"From what Billy said and what I found out he's smart. He knows the old Bosco but the new one.......I don't think he'll figure him out."
"Well he figured him out enough to get him shot at and hurt." Elliot looked at his partner. "I guess we should really get to work and stop trying to figure out something that's out of out jurisdiction."
"Tom Hannigan is everyone's problem but I guess we need to get back to work. We'll call and check on Bosco at lunch." Olivia thew her cup in the garbage and followed Elliot up the steps to thier office.
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Seajae was running on twenty eight hours without any sleep. She made sure Bosco was sleeping before she headed downstairs to meet her friends and have a much needed cigarette. The nurse came in and told her that they gave him something to help him sleep. Reaching the door she was surprised to see Sasha Monroe outside.
"Hey." Seajae lit her cigarette. "What brings you out this early?" Sasha looked at the ground. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
"Maybe Faith and Sully should tell you. They're on thier way." Seajae took a long drag of her cigarette.
"Why don't you just tell me and forget the middle man."
"Tom Harrigan lost his tail. No one knows where he is." Seajae looked at Sasha.
"Does Joey and Kelly know?"
"Swertzsky was on his way there."
"When did they loose him?"
"Less then a half hour ago. Somewhere near Central Park West." Seajae contiplated heading home and checking on Bosco.
"Go upstairs Sasha....don't let on to Bosco what's going on. I need to talk to my kids. If they just take them without saying good bye they'll be scared."
"Ok.....you do what you have to do. I'll take care of Bosco." Seajae got into her truck and headed home. She hoped Dan hadn't gotten them to leave yet. She needed to see her kids. To hug them one more time before they left for Albany.
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Jimmy watched the blue sedan round the courner for the forth time. Standing in his bedroom window he felt fear clenching his gut. He picked up the phone and dialed Calab and Faith's number. Calab answered on the forth ring.
"McKenzie."
"I think we better circle the wagons."
"Jimmy? Why? What's happing?"
"Tommy's circling the block."
"Where's Kim and the kids?"
"Upstate visiting her mom."
"Get downstairs now....." Jimmy hung up and headed downstairs. He met Calab in the hallway.
"He wouldn't really hurt Bosco or his kids would he?"
"Jimmy I don't know the guy. I just know what Faith told me." Calab used his key to open the Boscorelli's door. Joey was standing by the living room window as Kelly was putting jackets on the kids.
"I can't believe the kahoona's on that bastard."
"He'll run when Swertzsky pulls up."
"I don't know. He's been pretty ballsy." As if on cue Dan Swertzsky's SUV pulled up in front of the building. "You don't think....maybe we should go down there."
"Do you really think Tommy would hurt Dan?" Joey didn't wait for an answer. He opened the gun safe and handed Jimmy a glock.
"You know how to use that don't you bucket boy?" He checked the safty and went to the top of the entertainment center for a clip.
"Better then you most days." Joey smiled.
"Your lucky I like your wife and kids to much to take you out." Joey went to the door with Calab. "I'm trusting you with my family. Don't shoot your foot off Dorherty."
"You know you can trust me Doyle."
"I know. Its Harrigan I don't trust" Joey slid open the door. Joey took right as Calab to left as Jimmy took Kelly and then kids into the girls bedroom.
"I don't like this Doyle."
"Join the club." The two took the steps slowly. "We should of warned Dan."
"Dan will be ok. I don't think Tommy would hurt him." As they made thier way down the steps Joey saw Seajae's truck pull in a spot down the street. "Shit. Seajae just pulled up down the street and Dan's getting out of his car."
"Shits getting deep. Have you seen Harrigan's car?"
"He just passed when Swertzsky pulled up. Depending on traffic it takes about fifteen minutes to circle the block."
"Let's get then to cover and worry about his next round when thier safe." They holstered thier guns and headed out the door. Dan was on his way up the stairs. Seajae was locking up the truck when she turned and saw the three of them standing on the stoop.
"Tom's hanging around." Joey told Swertzsky as the stood waiting for Seajae to catch up to them. It happened in a split second. Seajae was walking tword them. Both Joey and Calab scanning the area. There was a flash of something reflecting to Seajae's left. Before either man could pull thier weapon Tom Harrigan had a gun pointed to her head and his arm wrapped tightly around her picking her feet up off the ground.
"Don't even think about it Doyle." Tom pulled Seajae closer to him. "Hi partner." He wispered. "How's your husband?"
"Shoot the son of a bitch." She looked at Calab and Joey. "I know you can. Just shoot him." Both men took aim. There was no place for them to shoot without harming Seajae.
"Shut up. Bosco ruined my marriage now I'm going to do the same thing to him."
"Don't do it Tom. You harm one hair on my head more then Bosco will be hunting you down." Tom slowly backed up.
"I'm going to make Maurice Boscorelli pay for touching my wife."
"Bosco never touched Maddie before or after your marriage." Tom dragged her further down the street. Seajae wiggled enough so that her badge fell from her waist band. Joey looked into her eyes. She glanced down and he followed her eyes. Tom threw her in his car that was parked a block away and ordered her to drive.
"She dropped her badge....." Joey, Calab and Swertzsky stood and looked down. "She wanted us to know something." Joey picked it up. There was a small pocket behind it. Joey pulled out a card. "Dr Cooper Sinclair. His home and pager numbers."
"Bosco's new doctor." Joey shrugged. Then dialed the home number.
"Sinclair's." A woman answered.
"Cooper please."
"Who's calling?"
"Joey Doyle. I'm Maurice Boscorelli's partner."
"Has something happened to Bosco." The woman sounded paniced.
"No...ah....who is this?"
"Cooper's wife......." Joey put his hand on the reciever.
"Cooper's wife." He removed his hand. "I just need to ask him something."
"He's at the hospital. I can have him paged for you."
"No I have his pager number."
"Doyle is......is Dan Swertzsky with you?"
"Yeah....right here."
"Can I talk to him?"
"Yeah." Joey handed the phone to Swertzsky. "She wants to talk to you."
"Swertzsky."
"Dan...it's......it's Maddie. What's going on. Why is Bosco's partner looking for Cooper."
"Tommy has Seajae...Bosco's wife. She had this number behind her badge. She dropped it before he shoved her in his car and drove off." While Swertzsky talked to Maddie, Joey and Caleb starting making calls and aurthourizing APB's. Caleb hoped Bosco didn't find out about what just happened. It would not only piss him off but it could hinder his recovery.
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Seajae drove as Tommy watched her.
"Where do you want me to go." Seajae knew this wasn't what he had planned when this all started.
"Take the Kennedy."
"They're going to be all over you Tommy." Seajae's hands clenched the wheel.
"I have you. Your my ticket out of here. And if I have to kill you....well so be it."
"You kill me your going to have to run fast. You have no friends here anymore Tommy."
"You can't turn all my old friends agaist me."
"You want to bet." Seajae was sorry to say that it was true. Tommy had no friends here any more. "They'll hunt you down."
"But they won't have thier sweet Seajae to confind in. Or whatever they do with you."
"Bosco never slept with Maddie."
"Maybe...but he wanted to."
"Please Tommy. This can only end badly."
"Well at least it will end." Seajae felt the cold steel of Tommy's gun in her ribs.
"I want to call my kids. I think you should at least let me say good- bye."
"You don't have any right to ask me anything."
"You lost a child Tommy. I know Maddie was pregnant. If she had lived would you be doing this?" Seajae had to press some bottons.
"Maybe. Maybe not. We'll never know." Seajae's phone rang.
"You want me to get that?" Tommy pressed the gun harder agaist her ribs.
"Shut up."
"It might just be for you." Seajae tried to stand strong but things were going down hill fast. The phone kept ringing.
"Answer it." Seajae reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone.
"Boscorelli."
"Let me talk to him." It was Maddie.
"Not an option."
"Seajae I can end this."
"No. I don't think you can." Seajae put the phone in her pocket but didn't turn it off. "Where are we going Tommy?"
"Just drive." Tommy didn't know that with her GPS Bosco insisted she have in her new cell phone she could be found no matter how far he took her. But she wanted to end this now. Taking a sharp left, Tommy slid back across the seat. Without stepping on the break Seajae opened the drivers side door and dove out of the car. Her already damaged shoulders would pay for it but the fear and adrenilin flowoing thought her had pushed her to it. Rolling to the curb she didn't look back to see if Tom stopped or hit anything. She just kept running. The sound of screaching breaks and metal hitting metal didn't even make her look back. Seajae knew if she did she would end up dead.
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It didn't take long for word to get around that Seajae was in danger. The 5-5 was bussling with activity. Everyone was doing thier part to help find her. Back at the hospital Sasha and Cooper were dealing with an irritated Bosco.
"Just tell me where my wife is Monroe."
"I told you. She went to say good bye to the kids before Kelly and Joey took them to....where ever they were taking them."
"Your a lousy lier Monroe."
"That's what my momma always tells me but really Bosco, thats what she told me."
"My wife is an excellent lier. You should take lessons." Bosco still couldn't feel his legs and it was scaring the hell out of him. "Where is she Sasha?" Sasha couldn't lie to Bosco. He's been a good partner and friend these last few weeks.
"Honestly I don't know." It wasn't a lie. She didn't know where Tom Harrigan had taken her. She turned her cell phone off when she got to the hospital. Swertzsky had called her at the nurses station to tell her what had happened.
" Bosco you need rest." Cooper looked at him. "Let me give you something."
"No offence Doc but keep your seditives to yourself. I'm not in any pain. In fact I can't feel anything at all." Bosco knew that Cooper Sinclair or Sasha was resposible for his condition. "Just find me my wife......please" He hadn't totally lost all his manners.
"I'll call Swertzsky and find out where she is." Sasha headed to the door.
"You do that." Bosco looked at Cooper. "Something wrong Doc?"
"Not a thing. Maddie said you were a lousy patiant."
"Yeah well I have a right." Bosco turned and closed his eyes hoping the doctor would leave him alone.
"I'll be back later. " He walked out hoping Seajae was safe and sound. Buy the look on Sasha Monroe's face he knew she wasn't.
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Seajae's lungs burned. It had been a long time since she ran. An even longer time since she ran this hard. She was going to have to start running again. If she got out of this mess. Hearing footsteps she pushed harder.
"You can't hide Seajae." Harrigan was closing in on her. Just as she rounded the next courner a black and white was parked there.
"Thank God." She scanned the area looking for the uniformed officers. The beeping of her phone told her the battery was near dead. Slowing down she turned and found her self with a barrel of a 357 pointed at the back of her head. Aparently Tommy Harrigan still had friends on the force and Seajae had just ran right into them.
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"Where is she Monroe?" They had move Bosco to a private room.
"All I know is she went to say good bye to the kids." Sasha tried to sound positive and upbeat. She sighed when she saw Elliot Stabler come into the room. Sasha was itching to leave the scrutinizing eyes of Maurice Boscorelli.
"Bosco, Sasha."
"Hey Elliot." Sasha got up. "Im going to head to the ladies room." She gave Elliot a knowing look and Elliot nodded.
"Hey buddie." Elliot pulled up a chair.
"Are you going to lie to me too?"
"Nope. Last I heard Seajae was running down Avenue A with Tommy on her tail. There was a black and white in the ally. It seems Harrigan has a few friends on the force." Elliot looked at he friend. "Her phone went dead after that. We're surround the place now."
"Then why the hell are you here?"
"You were making Sasha nervouse."
"I thought she knew better then to let me get to her."
"Guess not." Elliot stood up. "Take it easy on her. I'm going to go pull your wife's ass out of the fire yet again." He looked at Bosco. "I prosmise, I'll bring her back."
"Don't let me down man. I'm not doing so hot right now and I really need her here." Elliot nodded.
"You bet." Elliot walked out of the room hoping he could come though for Bosco.
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"Bosco will kill you if you lay a hand on me."
"Shut up Seajae." The hand cuffs dug into her wrists. She never saw the face of the man who betrayed her for Harrigan. Just felt the but off the gun agaist the base of her skull. Now Tommy Harrigan was standing over her. His gun too close to her head.
"He would never hurt you the way you said. I know he was your friend. He looked up to you. He would never betray you." Seajae began to tremble. She had never been so scared. A phycotic person was one thing but a physcotic come define dangerous. "We can get you some help Tommy." He knelt down and ran the gun down her chest and pulled up her shirt, revealing her tatoo.
"You love him a lot don't you?" His voice was quiet. She didn't answer. He already knew what she would say. "I'm not going to kill you....I'm going to make it so he won't love you any more." He straddled her and got down on his knees. Taking a knife from his back pocket he ran the blade just above her neck line. "I'm going to make you mine......" He slowly ran the knife down her over her breasts.
"The hell with Bosco killing you....I'll do it." Tom sliced her t- shirt from the bottom up.
"Your really in no position to make threats sweetheart." The silence was deafing when the sound of a gun being cocked broke though.
"Better yet let me kill you, you son of a bitch." Elliot Stabler stood over them with his gun at Hannigan's head. "Just give me a reason." Grabbing the back of Tom's shirt he pulled the man off of Seajae, throwing him back harder then he should of but he deserved harder. "Put your hands on your head." Elliot took his hand cuffs off his belt and cuffed Tom Herrigan. Taking his gun and knife and throwing them across the room. Turning he took his jacket off and helped Seajae to her feet and removed the hand cuffs and slid his jacked on her. "You okay?"
"No.....but when the hell am I ever ok." Her head hurt and her body ached.
"Your in one peice. That's all the matters." Elliot hugged her. "I'm going to take you to the hospital and prove to your husband your alive and kicking." She clung to him. Back up arrived and she began to cry. She had been though alot of things. But almost being raped and being totally helpless was beyond her. "It's ok Seajae. Your safe and he's going away for a long time."
"I....I....." Elliot held her close. Seajae's tears fell harder.
"Let's get you out of here." He lead her to the door of the warehouse. "You GPS in your phone lead us right to you. I'm sorry it took us so long." The sun blinded her as Elliot let her to his car. Seajae wasn't sure she wanted to go anywhere. Exspecially the hospital. She couldn't face Bosco. Not after what almost happened. Reaching in her jeans pocket she found her lighter and a half crushed pack of cigarettes. Her hands shook at she lit one. The marks on her wrists made her shiver. Inhaling deeply she laid her head back on the headrest and let the tears fall down her cheeks.