Part 4.
5 weeks later.
They were sitting in the RMP, it was a little after 6pm and Officer's Yokas
and Boscorelli were having their first fight. "That was not what I said
Bosco"
"Oh but it was, he cannot have it both ways"
"They are my kids too" she said
"Yeah and he makes you well aware of that dumping them on you, but only
when it's convenient for him"
"He asked me to look after the kids in an emergency situation"
"Since when is a date an emergency" said Bosco
"This is central control, armed robbery of bakery on 35819 W 215th Street,
all units respond over" the radio crackled
Bosco grabbed the receiver violently and said gruffly "Central control this
is 55David, ETA on armed robbery five minutes over"
"We'll finish this later for now just shut up" said Bosco shooting daggers
at his partner.
Arriving at the scene Bosco and Faith jumped out the car and headed in opposite directions surrounding the building. Faith reached the front and hid under the ledge below the bakery window. She drew her gun and pulled closer to the door. Bosco was trying to make his way around to the back entrance of the building but scaffolding, trash and tricky fire escapes were making progress slow.
Faith crept closer to the door as instructed to do so. She was told to shoot if she saw any sign of the armed robber. Above her a window opened silently and arm of the gunman crept out. He waited for Faith to position herself directly in line beneath him and then fired.
Bosco was almost at the back of the store when he heard shots ring out. "Officer down, Officer down" he heard Sully's familiar voice call over the radio. Sully was the only other officer commanded to position themselves around the building apart from Faith, and if Sully was on the radio then...
A bus had just arrived outside and Doc and Kim stepped out as Bosco arrived back on the scene. He began to push through the crowds of people who had surrounded the event calling out Faith's name as he went. Sully was approaching through the crowd on the opposite side and the two officers reached Faith at the same time. Bosco heard her moan and reached down to her as she lay flat on her stomach. Blood trickled into the gutter as Bosco undid Faith's shirt and tried to feel for bullet wounds. The only one he could find was in her left shoulder near her neck and appeared to have stopped bleeding. He gently turned her over as Doc and Kim arrived through the crowd. She had her eyes screwed up but breathing was regular and the cursing sounded like a woman in pain, not a woman about to die. He whispered "I love you" in her ear and let Doc take a look. Faith refused a stretcher and after having the wound dressed walked to the bus. She sat on the back step and surveyed the scene. Sully and Ty were there chatting away as were Doc and Kim plus about twenty officers Bosco didn't know.
He walked purposely over to the crowd and said "Thank God you're alright, I got scared then" said Bosco "Me too but I'm fine Maurice" "But what if you weren't, the last thing I said to you was, was..." Bosco was unable to finish as tears came to his eyes. In front of everyone Faith reached her hand up to the back of Bosco's head and brought his face nearer hers. She gently kissed away his tears and said jokingly "You big cry baby" Bosco smiled and said quietly "I love you". "I love you too" Faith said running her fingers through his hair and then realising there were about twenty five people watching their every move. There was complete silence for a second then officers started to turn to each other and talk about the events of the armed robbery as though the last couple of minutes had not occurred. Only Sully and Ty still looked shocked. "I don't believe it" said Sully. "Some kind of joke" said Ty. "Yeah very funny, you had us fooled" said Sully laughing. "No joke" said Bosco shoving his tongue into his partner's mouth. "That is sick" said Ty "Uh huh, no, this would be sick" said Faith pulling Bosco down onto the bed in the bus and straddling him, her lips never leaving his. Sully and Ty slammed the doors shut and walked away laughing and shaking their heads.
Arriving at the scene Bosco and Faith jumped out the car and headed in opposite directions surrounding the building. Faith reached the front and hid under the ledge below the bakery window. She drew her gun and pulled closer to the door. Bosco was trying to make his way around to the back entrance of the building but scaffolding, trash and tricky fire escapes were making progress slow.
Faith crept closer to the door as instructed to do so. She was told to shoot if she saw any sign of the armed robber. Above her a window opened silently and arm of the gunman crept out. He waited for Faith to position herself directly in line beneath him and then fired.
Bosco was almost at the back of the store when he heard shots ring out. "Officer down, Officer down" he heard Sully's familiar voice call over the radio. Sully was the only other officer commanded to position themselves around the building apart from Faith, and if Sully was on the radio then...
A bus had just arrived outside and Doc and Kim stepped out as Bosco arrived back on the scene. He began to push through the crowds of people who had surrounded the event calling out Faith's name as he went. Sully was approaching through the crowd on the opposite side and the two officers reached Faith at the same time. Bosco heard her moan and reached down to her as she lay flat on her stomach. Blood trickled into the gutter as Bosco undid Faith's shirt and tried to feel for bullet wounds. The only one he could find was in her left shoulder near her neck and appeared to have stopped bleeding. He gently turned her over as Doc and Kim arrived through the crowd. She had her eyes screwed up but breathing was regular and the cursing sounded like a woman in pain, not a woman about to die. He whispered "I love you" in her ear and let Doc take a look. Faith refused a stretcher and after having the wound dressed walked to the bus. She sat on the back step and surveyed the scene. Sully and Ty were there chatting away as were Doc and Kim plus about twenty officers Bosco didn't know.
He walked purposely over to the crowd and said "Thank God you're alright, I got scared then" said Bosco "Me too but I'm fine Maurice" "But what if you weren't, the last thing I said to you was, was..." Bosco was unable to finish as tears came to his eyes. In front of everyone Faith reached her hand up to the back of Bosco's head and brought his face nearer hers. She gently kissed away his tears and said jokingly "You big cry baby" Bosco smiled and said quietly "I love you". "I love you too" Faith said running her fingers through his hair and then realising there were about twenty five people watching their every move. There was complete silence for a second then officers started to turn to each other and talk about the events of the armed robbery as though the last couple of minutes had not occurred. Only Sully and Ty still looked shocked. "I don't believe it" said Sully. "Some kind of joke" said Ty. "Yeah very funny, you had us fooled" said Sully laughing. "No joke" said Bosco shoving his tongue into his partner's mouth. "That is sick" said Ty "Uh huh, no, this would be sick" said Faith pulling Bosco down onto the bed in the bus and straddling him, her lips never leaving his. Sully and Ty slammed the doors shut and walked away laughing and shaking their heads.