Bosco stared at his cell phone as it rang over and over knowing exactly who was calling him. Placing the phone next to him on the floor he continued to ignore the ringing, and took out the aspirin from his pocket swallowing a few. Leaning his head back against the wall he closed his eyes, thankful when he heard the ringing stop.
"Damn it." Faith whispered to her self hitting the end button on the phone. Faith picked up her purse and pulled out her cell phone remembering that Sully and Davis were working over time for a few hours for another team.
"Hey" She said after dialing Davis's cell. "Are you guys busy at the moment?"
"Nah, Faith what's up?"
"I can't get a hold of Bosco and he's not home. I think I might know where he is do you think you can swing by and pick me up?" Faith told him.
"Yeah, sure. You're at Bosco's right?"
"Yeah, thanks. Bye" Faith said hanging up the phone and then exiting the apartment. While waiting for them she decided to try Bosco's phone again, but it only rang endlessly again.
Bosco opened his eyes slightly and started to get up when he heard his phone ringing again but paused when he suddenly felt like he couldn't catch his breath. He sat back down on his butt leaning against wall. Bosco squeezed his eyes closed as the burning images of his mom collapsing in his arms after he told her that Mikey was gone….his mom holding on to his father at the funeral and when he first came to the door and then the horrific images of her trapped under the car and lying on a blood covered gurney flashed quickly through his mind.
Davis looked back through the grate between the bullet proof shield behind his seat. "You can't get a hold of him."
Faith closed her phone. "No. Thanks for coming to get me though guys."
"You really think he went to his mom's place?" Sully asked looking at her through the rear view mirror.
"It's the only place I can think of that he'd be." Faith said looking out the window. "They suspended him, took his badge and gun."
"You're kidding." Davis said surprised at the information. "The city suspended him? For how long?"
"Until the trial is over with, and would depend on how the case goes. Swersky told me earlier that Lester is going to motion to have him pulled off the force."
"Damn." Davis said.
Sully pulled the car up to the sidewalk outside of Bosco's mom's place. "Well there's his car." He said flashing his flashlight as he walked around the car. "Seems to be in one piece."
Faith walked around the car once and then looked at the house. "The house is dark and quiet."
"So?" Sully asked walking up next to her.
Faith thought to herself about how she knew that Bosco is afraid of the dark and knew that he doesn't even stay around his apartment without lights on. "Nothing, never mind. Let's just check it out."
Faith opened the door to the house and allowing Sully and Davis to lead since they had flashlights.
"Boz?" Faith called out softly. "You here?"
Davis rounded the corner going into the living area. He flashed his light along the side of the wall to the left of him. Taking a step he ending up kicking something small that rattled, flashing his light at it he watched as the small bottle rolled away. Davis continued moving the light along the floor and stopped when he caught sight of a hand.
"Ah, shit." Davis said falling to his knees next Bosco. "Faith! Sully!"
Faith rounded the corner following his voice and stopped dead in her tracks when she saw him slowly rolling Bosco on his back.
"He's breathing, its shallow though." Davis said after lowering his ear down to Bosco's face to see if he was breathing. Faith looked at Sully when she heard him calling for EMS over the radio and then got down next to his head.
Faith paced the waiting room in the ER while Davis and Sully sat in the chairs nervously waiting for a doctor to tell them what happened and if he was okay. Faith finally stopped pacing when the door opened and a doctor walked in taking a seat close to Sully and Davis.
"He's okay." The doctor started. "He's awake now."
"What's the 'but' part of this?." Faith asked.
"But I am concerned about something though. We took some blood just as precaution and I found a fair amount of a substance that you would know as aspirin or what would be used in a pain killer." The doctor started. "The thing is there wasn't enough in his system for me to be able to admit him and call it an overdose."
"What does that mean?" Faith asked not quite sure of what he was getting at.
"Well that could mean a couple things. Either he is taking them on a regular basis or he passed out before he could finish the job."
"Bosco wouldn't do that." Faith said.
"Well unless he tells us what happened truthfully about whether or not he did it purposely we'll never know." The doctor told her.
"Then why did he pass out?" Davis asked.
"That's the part I don't know, because it could have been the pain killers that he took or it could something else." The doctor said standing up. "Hopefully you guys can talk to him maybe get him to open up some how." The doctor nodded and smiled before leaving the room.
Bosco sat on the edge of the gurney growing impatient waiting for a nurse to come in so he could get out of there. "Come on." He grumble to himself and then decided to pull the IV out himself. Sliding off the edge of the gurney Bosco heard a voice from the door.
"What are you doing Boz?" Faith asked walking in the room while Sully and Davis stood in the door way blocking it.
Bosco looked up for a moment from taking the hospital gown off. "Going home." He said while putting his shirt on and buttoning it up.
Faith followed him from behind when he walked towards the door. "Well for one I don't think you're suppose to yank out that IV yourself and for two we need to talk."
"Move." Bosco said calmly stopping in front of Davis and Sully, but neither of them moved.
"Boz, we have to talk about this." Faith repeated.
Bosco turned to face her. "I'm not sure what happened Faith. All I remember was hearing my phone ring I went to pick it up and I passed out, honestly guys that's all I know." He told them with his best innocent expression on his face.
Faith gave into that and realized that he wasn't going to say anymore about it and walked up to him. "Okay, lets go home then." She told him and placed her hand behind his shoulder guiding him out the door.
Faith unlocked the door to his apartment allowing Bosco to walk in first. Faith locked the door behind her and silently watched as he flicked the light switch on in the hall and continued down to the couch. Faith stood by him watched as he lent his head back on the couch and rubbed his forehead.
"You want some coffee?" Faith asked and watched as Bosco shook his head no for an answer. Faith sat in front of him on the table. "You okay?"
"Just a headache."
"Maybe you should go lay down then." Faith suggested. Bosco agreed with her suggestion and went off to bed for the night.
A loud noise from the kitchen woke Faith from a peaceful sleep. Getting up she walked towards the kitchen to find Bosco crouched down picking up pieces of a plate wearing only a pair of denim jeans. Faith got down in the same position as him to help pick up some of the pieces.
"Morning" Faith told him.
"Uh, sorry. I didn't mean to wake you." Bosco said after standing up and placing the pieces in the garbage and then lent against the counter.
"You okay? It looks like you just got finished running a marathon." Faith said taking notice of his heavy breathing and paleness.
"Yeah, I just can't seem to get rid of this headache." He said then opened one the drawers to dig through hoping that he might find something to help.
"Boz, why don't you go lay down again and I'll bring you some tea." Faith said noticing the obvious distress in his actions.
Bosco slammed the drawer closed and turned to face her. "I don't need tea. I need something to take something that will take away the pain, Faith." He said loudly.
Faith noticed now that he was trembling slightly and remembered what the doctor said yesterday about how his blood tests showed that he was taking painkillers on a regular basis. "Okay. That's fine, if it's really hurting you then how about if I take you down to the hospital so you can get checked out."
Bosco walked out of the kitchen to grab a shirt and put his shoes on. "I don't need a hospital either. I'm just going to out and get something." He said and walked out the door before Faith could object.
Faith picked up his home phone a dialed a number. "Hey its me….yeah he just left….yeah I do, we gotta do something about this before it gets worse….okay see you in a bit."
"Damn it." Faith whispered to her self hitting the end button on the phone. Faith picked up her purse and pulled out her cell phone remembering that Sully and Davis were working over time for a few hours for another team.
"Hey" She said after dialing Davis's cell. "Are you guys busy at the moment?"
"Nah, Faith what's up?"
"I can't get a hold of Bosco and he's not home. I think I might know where he is do you think you can swing by and pick me up?" Faith told him.
"Yeah, sure. You're at Bosco's right?"
"Yeah, thanks. Bye" Faith said hanging up the phone and then exiting the apartment. While waiting for them she decided to try Bosco's phone again, but it only rang endlessly again.
Bosco opened his eyes slightly and started to get up when he heard his phone ringing again but paused when he suddenly felt like he couldn't catch his breath. He sat back down on his butt leaning against wall. Bosco squeezed his eyes closed as the burning images of his mom collapsing in his arms after he told her that Mikey was gone….his mom holding on to his father at the funeral and when he first came to the door and then the horrific images of her trapped under the car and lying on a blood covered gurney flashed quickly through his mind.
Davis looked back through the grate between the bullet proof shield behind his seat. "You can't get a hold of him."
Faith closed her phone. "No. Thanks for coming to get me though guys."
"You really think he went to his mom's place?" Sully asked looking at her through the rear view mirror.
"It's the only place I can think of that he'd be." Faith said looking out the window. "They suspended him, took his badge and gun."
"You're kidding." Davis said surprised at the information. "The city suspended him? For how long?"
"Until the trial is over with, and would depend on how the case goes. Swersky told me earlier that Lester is going to motion to have him pulled off the force."
"Damn." Davis said.
Sully pulled the car up to the sidewalk outside of Bosco's mom's place. "Well there's his car." He said flashing his flashlight as he walked around the car. "Seems to be in one piece."
Faith walked around the car once and then looked at the house. "The house is dark and quiet."
"So?" Sully asked walking up next to her.
Faith thought to herself about how she knew that Bosco is afraid of the dark and knew that he doesn't even stay around his apartment without lights on. "Nothing, never mind. Let's just check it out."
Faith opened the door to the house and allowing Sully and Davis to lead since they had flashlights.
"Boz?" Faith called out softly. "You here?"
Davis rounded the corner going into the living area. He flashed his light along the side of the wall to the left of him. Taking a step he ending up kicking something small that rattled, flashing his light at it he watched as the small bottle rolled away. Davis continued moving the light along the floor and stopped when he caught sight of a hand.
"Ah, shit." Davis said falling to his knees next Bosco. "Faith! Sully!"
Faith rounded the corner following his voice and stopped dead in her tracks when she saw him slowly rolling Bosco on his back.
"He's breathing, its shallow though." Davis said after lowering his ear down to Bosco's face to see if he was breathing. Faith looked at Sully when she heard him calling for EMS over the radio and then got down next to his head.
Faith paced the waiting room in the ER while Davis and Sully sat in the chairs nervously waiting for a doctor to tell them what happened and if he was okay. Faith finally stopped pacing when the door opened and a doctor walked in taking a seat close to Sully and Davis.
"He's okay." The doctor started. "He's awake now."
"What's the 'but' part of this?." Faith asked.
"But I am concerned about something though. We took some blood just as precaution and I found a fair amount of a substance that you would know as aspirin or what would be used in a pain killer." The doctor started. "The thing is there wasn't enough in his system for me to be able to admit him and call it an overdose."
"What does that mean?" Faith asked not quite sure of what he was getting at.
"Well that could mean a couple things. Either he is taking them on a regular basis or he passed out before he could finish the job."
"Bosco wouldn't do that." Faith said.
"Well unless he tells us what happened truthfully about whether or not he did it purposely we'll never know." The doctor told her.
"Then why did he pass out?" Davis asked.
"That's the part I don't know, because it could have been the pain killers that he took or it could something else." The doctor said standing up. "Hopefully you guys can talk to him maybe get him to open up some how." The doctor nodded and smiled before leaving the room.
Bosco sat on the edge of the gurney growing impatient waiting for a nurse to come in so he could get out of there. "Come on." He grumble to himself and then decided to pull the IV out himself. Sliding off the edge of the gurney Bosco heard a voice from the door.
"What are you doing Boz?" Faith asked walking in the room while Sully and Davis stood in the door way blocking it.
Bosco looked up for a moment from taking the hospital gown off. "Going home." He said while putting his shirt on and buttoning it up.
Faith followed him from behind when he walked towards the door. "Well for one I don't think you're suppose to yank out that IV yourself and for two we need to talk."
"Move." Bosco said calmly stopping in front of Davis and Sully, but neither of them moved.
"Boz, we have to talk about this." Faith repeated.
Bosco turned to face her. "I'm not sure what happened Faith. All I remember was hearing my phone ring I went to pick it up and I passed out, honestly guys that's all I know." He told them with his best innocent expression on his face.
Faith gave into that and realized that he wasn't going to say anymore about it and walked up to him. "Okay, lets go home then." She told him and placed her hand behind his shoulder guiding him out the door.
Faith unlocked the door to his apartment allowing Bosco to walk in first. Faith locked the door behind her and silently watched as he flicked the light switch on in the hall and continued down to the couch. Faith stood by him watched as he lent his head back on the couch and rubbed his forehead.
"You want some coffee?" Faith asked and watched as Bosco shook his head no for an answer. Faith sat in front of him on the table. "You okay?"
"Just a headache."
"Maybe you should go lay down then." Faith suggested. Bosco agreed with her suggestion and went off to bed for the night.
A loud noise from the kitchen woke Faith from a peaceful sleep. Getting up she walked towards the kitchen to find Bosco crouched down picking up pieces of a plate wearing only a pair of denim jeans. Faith got down in the same position as him to help pick up some of the pieces.
"Morning" Faith told him.
"Uh, sorry. I didn't mean to wake you." Bosco said after standing up and placing the pieces in the garbage and then lent against the counter.
"You okay? It looks like you just got finished running a marathon." Faith said taking notice of his heavy breathing and paleness.
"Yeah, I just can't seem to get rid of this headache." He said then opened one the drawers to dig through hoping that he might find something to help.
"Boz, why don't you go lay down again and I'll bring you some tea." Faith said noticing the obvious distress in his actions.
Bosco slammed the drawer closed and turned to face her. "I don't need tea. I need something to take something that will take away the pain, Faith." He said loudly.
Faith noticed now that he was trembling slightly and remembered what the doctor said yesterday about how his blood tests showed that he was taking painkillers on a regular basis. "Okay. That's fine, if it's really hurting you then how about if I take you down to the hospital so you can get checked out."
Bosco walked out of the kitchen to grab a shirt and put his shoes on. "I don't need a hospital either. I'm just going to out and get something." He said and walked out the door before Faith could object.
Faith picked up his home phone a dialed a number. "Hey its me….yeah he just left….yeah I do, we gotta do something about this before it gets worse….okay see you in a bit."