The door to the interrogation at the 55th precinct closed quietly as Cruz and Swersky walked into the room.
"Welcome to the 55th precinct "john". Cruz started. "I'm going to let you know this once, you will be a completely confidential informant no one will know you were ever here giving us this information. Although if you do not cooperate we do have a New York City Police Officer hanging on to life by a thread right now in ICU who by the way got shot in your presence and that will be held against you."
"You can't prove I was there."
Cruz looked back at Lieutenant Swersky and smiled. "You see that's where you go wrong. Going up a police officer for a witness is not an easy thing. Now all I want to know is where I can find Donald Mann, you tell me that and I'll let you go, you can walk away like we have never met."
"You don't find Donald Mann; he finds you" He smiled.
Cruz slid the chair out from under the table. "I'm starting to lose my patience with you, where do we find him?!"
"I don't know where to find him, but I do know someone who will."
Swersky stepped up from the wall. "Who?"
The informant shifted in his chair getting more comfortable. "You'll keep me out of it."
"Yes, like I told you as if you were never here." Cruz said calmly.
"Alright, this guy he's been working close with Donald Mann because he owes him a lot of money. He works out of his loft in Soho, been running the ecstasy for the last couple of months out of it. This guy is not very smart either…"
"Enough with the chit chat who the hell is he and give me an address."
"The names is Boscorelli, Anthony. Anthony Boscorelli lives off of …." The informant watched as Cruz left a hurry before he finished. "hey I thought you wanted the address!" He shouted after her.
"Swersky keep him in a holding cell until we get back." Cruz said to him.
"Alright, but hold up this Boscorelli's father right?"
"Yeah, so?"
Swersky looked at her for a minute. "Nothing, just take it easy we don't want to put anymore danger on Bosco than there already is."
Cruz rounded up her team and made her way out.
Faith sat Bosco's side watching as he slept in the dimly lit room only lit by the small light over the head of the bed. Leaning on the side of the bed holding her head up by her hand she caressed the palm of his hand that laid next her with her fingers and keeping her eyes locked on his face. Faith passed the time by thinking of all the great memories she had with Bosco and how much she hoped she'd have more of those days ahead of her. Her thoughts were interrupted by the smell of coffee behind her, Faith turned her head and was greeted with a smile from Sasha who had an extra cup of coffee in her hand.
"Here, it's not like you haven't had enough of it lately though."
Faith let out a soft laugh. "Yeah thanks."
"So how's he doing today?" Sasha said taking seat by the wall.
"There's no change, he hasn't woken up yet today."
Sasha nodded and stole a glance at Bosco standing up to get a better look. Standing by his head she looked down at him. "We are all working hard on this, Boz. We're not giving up." Sasha gave Bosco's hand a squeeze.
Faith smiled at Sasha's comment. "Is there anything new yet on this."
"Ty, is calling the house right now see if there is anything." Sasha said still looking down at Bosco.
A soft knock at the door drew both of their attentions away from Bosco.
"Hey come in." Faith said to Davis
Davis remained where he was looking uneasy. "No…ah…I've got to talk to you guys. It's best that I don't say anything by Bosco incase he can hear us."
Faith looked at him worried with what this was about. "Okay." She walked out of the room and into the hall where she could still keep an eye on Bosco.
"What's going on Ty?" Sasha asked.
"I just spoke to Lieu and their informant gave us Bosco's dad's name as the person who would know how to find Donald Mann." Davis looked at the two of them before continuing. "Cruz went to pick him up a while ago."
Faith let a sigh and paced back to the frame. "Are they sure?" She asked.
"Yeah…" Was all Faith heard when out of the corner of her she saw Bosco moving around slowly in bed.
"Boz?" Faith said as she quickly came to his side taking hold of his that making its way up to the ventilator tube. Faith placed her his forehead. "It's okay Boz, just leave it alone and you'll be fine."
At the sound of Faith's voice he opened his and started to panic a little when becoming more aware of his surroundings and the feeling of the tube down his throat. Bosco looked into Faith's caring eyes that soon narrowed with concern when he squeezed her hand and tried to say something.
"Don't try to talk Boz. I'll page for a nurse, okay." Faith watched Bosco nod his head slightly squeezing his eyes closed keeping his grip on Faith's hand.
Faith smiled and stroked his hair. "You're okay…you're okay." She soothed.
Cruz and her crew stood outside of Anthony Boscorelli's apartment with their guns drawn ready to raid the place. Cruz mouthed her countdown to be sure that no one on the inside heard her. On her count of three her male partner kicked down the door with a loud thud. Rushing into the apartment one by one they canvassed the apartment. A startled Anthony came flying out of the kitchen and was immediately dropped to his knees by police officers.
"Get your hands behind your back now!" Cruz yelled keeping her weapon pointed at him.
"What the hell is going on?!" Anthony yelled while being dragged to his feet.
"Where've you been…huh.?" Cruz asking getting up in his face. "Nice to see you again. Lets go."
Faith stood a couple feet away from Bosco as the doctor and nurses attended to Bosco while removing the ventilator tube from his throat to make sure he would be able to breathe. As the nurse and the doctor left Faith gave them a soft smile and made her way back to Bosco's side when she caught his gaze.
Faith smiled as she sat down with their eyes locked on one another, she took hold of his hand. "You feeling better now?" Faith asked softly.
Bosco nodded "Yeah" he said quietly then drawing in a deep breathe closing his eyes from the stinging pain in his chest.
"Just take it easy, okay." She told him soothingly.
Bosco reopened his eyes and looked at Faith. "What happened?…all I remember…is hitting the ground." He said becoming breathless causing one the monitors to briefly beep out of sequence.
Faith stood up lowered herself on the bed straddling her arms around his torso. "I thought I told you to take it easy."
"Just ask a…question."
Faith smiled at his attempt to be stronger than he really is. Faith looked down at his chest than back up at his face. "You got shot 3 times, once in the abdomen and twice in the chest. The one in the abdomen put a hole in your stomach so you can't eat any solid foods for a while. The two in your chest, one collapsed your lung but the other grazed against the side of your heart leaving some damage that will take longer to heal."
Faith stopped to observe his reaction.
"Any good news?" Bosco asked exhausted.
"The information you got from that driver let us get closer to finding Donald Mann." She told him hoping to cheer the situation. Faith watched as Bosco's eyes drifted closed after her last comment. Smiling down at him she brushed her hand along the side of his face staying where she was sitting for a little while longer until she was sure Bosco had fallen asleep.
Faith walked down to the nurses desk to ask if she could use the phone. She dialed the number to the precinct, after a couple rings the Lieutenant at the desk picked up the phone.
"Hey Lieu its Faith."
"Hi Faith. How is everything going?" Swersky asked happy that Faith had called.
"Good. Bosco's awake now." Faith said while eyeing his room from where she was standing. "I was hoping you could update me on the situation."
"Well Cruz just walked in with Anthony, who by the way is not very happy. We'll see what we can get out of him and I'll let you know."
"Okay, thanks that would be great. Bye." Faith said before hanging up the phone.
"I don't understand why I'm here." Anthony said harshly towards Cruz.
"You don't! Well that's a shame because we have a confidential informant who does know why." Cruz said taking a seat across from her. "How about you stop playing these games with everyone."
"I have no idea what your talking about." He said looking away.
"Well lets see if I can help you with that." Cruz said taking a sip of her coffee. "So how well do you this Donald Mann."
Anthony gave her a silent guilty look but lied. "I don't know any Donald Mann."
Cruz moved in closer to his face. "You're lying I can see it in your face." Cruz sat back in her chair crossing her arms over her chest. "So tell me why didn't you go back to the wake?"
"A car drove into it I couldn't of gone back." He said.
Cruz smiled slyly. "How'd you know a car drove into it if you didn't go back?"
Anthony just looked at her quietly realizing he dug himself into a hole. "Or better yet why didn't you to Mercy to make sure your family was safe. Perhaps you knew those gunmen were going to show up. Your wife's dead and you don't even care."
"First of all she's my ex wife and second I didn't know she was dead." He said becoming more nervous.
"Why didn't you call to find out. Why?" Cruz said looking into his nervous face knowing she was getting somewhere with him. "Did you know or should I say care that your son Maurice got shot 3 times because of this son of a bitch Mann. Yeah he's in the ICU trying not to die right now." Cruz said starting to lose control of her emotions.
Anthony looked down at the table. "I want a lawyer."
"Welcome to the 55th precinct "john". Cruz started. "I'm going to let you know this once, you will be a completely confidential informant no one will know you were ever here giving us this information. Although if you do not cooperate we do have a New York City Police Officer hanging on to life by a thread right now in ICU who by the way got shot in your presence and that will be held against you."
"You can't prove I was there."
Cruz looked back at Lieutenant Swersky and smiled. "You see that's where you go wrong. Going up a police officer for a witness is not an easy thing. Now all I want to know is where I can find Donald Mann, you tell me that and I'll let you go, you can walk away like we have never met."
"You don't find Donald Mann; he finds you" He smiled.
Cruz slid the chair out from under the table. "I'm starting to lose my patience with you, where do we find him?!"
"I don't know where to find him, but I do know someone who will."
Swersky stepped up from the wall. "Who?"
The informant shifted in his chair getting more comfortable. "You'll keep me out of it."
"Yes, like I told you as if you were never here." Cruz said calmly.
"Alright, this guy he's been working close with Donald Mann because he owes him a lot of money. He works out of his loft in Soho, been running the ecstasy for the last couple of months out of it. This guy is not very smart either…"
"Enough with the chit chat who the hell is he and give me an address."
"The names is Boscorelli, Anthony. Anthony Boscorelli lives off of …." The informant watched as Cruz left a hurry before he finished. "hey I thought you wanted the address!" He shouted after her.
"Swersky keep him in a holding cell until we get back." Cruz said to him.
"Alright, but hold up this Boscorelli's father right?"
"Yeah, so?"
Swersky looked at her for a minute. "Nothing, just take it easy we don't want to put anymore danger on Bosco than there already is."
Cruz rounded up her team and made her way out.
Faith sat Bosco's side watching as he slept in the dimly lit room only lit by the small light over the head of the bed. Leaning on the side of the bed holding her head up by her hand she caressed the palm of his hand that laid next her with her fingers and keeping her eyes locked on his face. Faith passed the time by thinking of all the great memories she had with Bosco and how much she hoped she'd have more of those days ahead of her. Her thoughts were interrupted by the smell of coffee behind her, Faith turned her head and was greeted with a smile from Sasha who had an extra cup of coffee in her hand.
"Here, it's not like you haven't had enough of it lately though."
Faith let out a soft laugh. "Yeah thanks."
"So how's he doing today?" Sasha said taking seat by the wall.
"There's no change, he hasn't woken up yet today."
Sasha nodded and stole a glance at Bosco standing up to get a better look. Standing by his head she looked down at him. "We are all working hard on this, Boz. We're not giving up." Sasha gave Bosco's hand a squeeze.
Faith smiled at Sasha's comment. "Is there anything new yet on this."
"Ty, is calling the house right now see if there is anything." Sasha said still looking down at Bosco.
A soft knock at the door drew both of their attentions away from Bosco.
"Hey come in." Faith said to Davis
Davis remained where he was looking uneasy. "No…ah…I've got to talk to you guys. It's best that I don't say anything by Bosco incase he can hear us."
Faith looked at him worried with what this was about. "Okay." She walked out of the room and into the hall where she could still keep an eye on Bosco.
"What's going on Ty?" Sasha asked.
"I just spoke to Lieu and their informant gave us Bosco's dad's name as the person who would know how to find Donald Mann." Davis looked at the two of them before continuing. "Cruz went to pick him up a while ago."
Faith let a sigh and paced back to the frame. "Are they sure?" She asked.
"Yeah…" Was all Faith heard when out of the corner of her she saw Bosco moving around slowly in bed.
"Boz?" Faith said as she quickly came to his side taking hold of his that making its way up to the ventilator tube. Faith placed her his forehead. "It's okay Boz, just leave it alone and you'll be fine."
At the sound of Faith's voice he opened his and started to panic a little when becoming more aware of his surroundings and the feeling of the tube down his throat. Bosco looked into Faith's caring eyes that soon narrowed with concern when he squeezed her hand and tried to say something.
"Don't try to talk Boz. I'll page for a nurse, okay." Faith watched Bosco nod his head slightly squeezing his eyes closed keeping his grip on Faith's hand.
Faith smiled and stroked his hair. "You're okay…you're okay." She soothed.
Cruz and her crew stood outside of Anthony Boscorelli's apartment with their guns drawn ready to raid the place. Cruz mouthed her countdown to be sure that no one on the inside heard her. On her count of three her male partner kicked down the door with a loud thud. Rushing into the apartment one by one they canvassed the apartment. A startled Anthony came flying out of the kitchen and was immediately dropped to his knees by police officers.
"Get your hands behind your back now!" Cruz yelled keeping her weapon pointed at him.
"What the hell is going on?!" Anthony yelled while being dragged to his feet.
"Where've you been…huh.?" Cruz asking getting up in his face. "Nice to see you again. Lets go."
Faith stood a couple feet away from Bosco as the doctor and nurses attended to Bosco while removing the ventilator tube from his throat to make sure he would be able to breathe. As the nurse and the doctor left Faith gave them a soft smile and made her way back to Bosco's side when she caught his gaze.
Faith smiled as she sat down with their eyes locked on one another, she took hold of his hand. "You feeling better now?" Faith asked softly.
Bosco nodded "Yeah" he said quietly then drawing in a deep breathe closing his eyes from the stinging pain in his chest.
"Just take it easy, okay." She told him soothingly.
Bosco reopened his eyes and looked at Faith. "What happened?…all I remember…is hitting the ground." He said becoming breathless causing one the monitors to briefly beep out of sequence.
Faith stood up lowered herself on the bed straddling her arms around his torso. "I thought I told you to take it easy."
"Just ask a…question."
Faith smiled at his attempt to be stronger than he really is. Faith looked down at his chest than back up at his face. "You got shot 3 times, once in the abdomen and twice in the chest. The one in the abdomen put a hole in your stomach so you can't eat any solid foods for a while. The two in your chest, one collapsed your lung but the other grazed against the side of your heart leaving some damage that will take longer to heal."
Faith stopped to observe his reaction.
"Any good news?" Bosco asked exhausted.
"The information you got from that driver let us get closer to finding Donald Mann." She told him hoping to cheer the situation. Faith watched as Bosco's eyes drifted closed after her last comment. Smiling down at him she brushed her hand along the side of his face staying where she was sitting for a little while longer until she was sure Bosco had fallen asleep.
Faith walked down to the nurses desk to ask if she could use the phone. She dialed the number to the precinct, after a couple rings the Lieutenant at the desk picked up the phone.
"Hey Lieu its Faith."
"Hi Faith. How is everything going?" Swersky asked happy that Faith had called.
"Good. Bosco's awake now." Faith said while eyeing his room from where she was standing. "I was hoping you could update me on the situation."
"Well Cruz just walked in with Anthony, who by the way is not very happy. We'll see what we can get out of him and I'll let you know."
"Okay, thanks that would be great. Bye." Faith said before hanging up the phone.
"I don't understand why I'm here." Anthony said harshly towards Cruz.
"You don't! Well that's a shame because we have a confidential informant who does know why." Cruz said taking a seat across from her. "How about you stop playing these games with everyone."
"I have no idea what your talking about." He said looking away.
"Well lets see if I can help you with that." Cruz said taking a sip of her coffee. "So how well do you this Donald Mann."
Anthony gave her a silent guilty look but lied. "I don't know any Donald Mann."
Cruz moved in closer to his face. "You're lying I can see it in your face." Cruz sat back in her chair crossing her arms over her chest. "So tell me why didn't you go back to the wake?"
"A car drove into it I couldn't of gone back." He said.
Cruz smiled slyly. "How'd you know a car drove into it if you didn't go back?"
Anthony just looked at her quietly realizing he dug himself into a hole. "Or better yet why didn't you to Mercy to make sure your family was safe. Perhaps you knew those gunmen were going to show up. Your wife's dead and you don't even care."
"First of all she's my ex wife and second I didn't know she was dead." He said becoming more nervous.
"Why didn't you call to find out. Why?" Cruz said looking into his nervous face knowing she was getting somewhere with him. "Did you know or should I say care that your son Maurice got shot 3 times because of this son of a bitch Mann. Yeah he's in the ICU trying not to die right now." Cruz said starting to lose control of her emotions.
Anthony looked down at the table. "I want a lawyer."