Back to the NYPD 8- A Race Against Time
Thanks to Lovinbosco2 (Teresa) for going over this for me.
Thanks to everyone that has read, and is reading this story. Thanks also, to all of those who left reviews. Your kind comments are the kind of things that make me want me to keep writing this story thanks everyone.
Well enough of that lets get to it shall we?
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Bosco is still crying on Faith's shoulder. All she can do is hold him and let this pass. Faith is also crying. Ty and Sully have gone to the kitchen and are starting to get some arrangements ready for Bosco. They have called the house to let the Boss know that Bosco is back and that he knows about his mother.
He still can't believe that this is happening. Finally he lets go of Faith, taking a seat on the couch.
"Faith how did she die?" he asks with a quiver in his voice.
"We don't have to talk about that now Bosco." Faith says, as she starts to rub his back.
He jumps up and snaps at her.
"Yes Faith, we do have to talk about that now! You tell me. You tell me how she died. What, was she tortured? You tell me FAITH!" Bosco screams.
This startles Faith a little. She's never seen Bosco this upset before. He's taking this a lot worse than she thought he would, but she doesn't blame him. He just lost the last of his family, now he has no one.
"You tell me Faith." He says again as he breaks down once more.
Faith again holds Bosco while he cries into her chest.
"What am I gonna do Faith? Huh? What am I gonna do? I don't have anything now. My life is worthless I have no family, nothing. I am a pathetic human being." He's sobbing even harder now.
"Don't say that Bos, you have me. You will always have me. I'm your family. I will always be here when ever you need me you here me? I will never let go, never." Faith says as she kisses his forehead.
Bosco grasps on tighter to Faith as she just rocks him back and forth until he finally falls asleep. She picks up his legs and puts them up on the couch, then covers him with a blanket and goes into the kitchen.
Sully and Ty are still there. They tell Faith that they've made some arrangements for a visitation, but have not set a date yet. They wanted to let Bosco be the one to do that.
"Thanks guys." Faith says.
"I think I am just gonna spend the night here. You guys can go." She says as she gives Ty and Sul a warm, tired smile.
They both give Faith a hug as they're leaving, and tell her they'll come back and pick her up for work tomorrow. They say their goodbyes, then Faith goes back in to sit with Bosco for the rest of the night.
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Faith wakes, but when she does, she is now the one lying on the couch covered with the blanket. She looks around the living room, but doesn't find Bos anywhere. She gets up and walks into his old room, but he's not in there either. She finally walks in to the kitchen. Bosco is sitting at the table. He's got this blank look on his face, like all of the life has been drained from him.
He looks as though he hasn't slept at all. He also has about a dozen empty beer bottles in front of him.
"Hey." Faith says as she joins him at the table, but Bosco says nothing, he just continues staring.
Faith starts to clean up and puts on a pot of coffee for them both. The coffee takes about ten minutes or so to brew. During which time not one word has been spoken between the two. She fixes their coffee the way they both like it and hands Bosco his.
"I am just going to go grab a shower Bos. Yell if you need me, okay?"
She puts her hand on his shoulder and hesitates before going just in case. In all their time of knowing each other, she knows when he's upset to let him come to her. Pushing him to talk at this point would be useless. They pass a silent look at each other knowing and understanding as they always have.
Bosco just sits at the table. He doesn't bother touching his coffee, as he hears the shower turn on. He gets up staggering a little, and dumps his coffee down the sink, then goes to the fridge after another beer.
As he opens it the doorbell rings. He sits back down at the table and doesn't move a muscle. The doorbell rings once more, and he still doesn't move. Finally the two at the door come in. It's Sully and Ty.
"Bosco man, how you doing?" Ty asks as he walks into the kitchen. Bosco still says nothing.
Ty and Sully just sit with him at the table. He reeks of beer, and doesn't look as though he's slept a wink.
Faith comes down the stairs ready for work. "Ready to go?" Sully asks.
"Yeah, just give me a second alright?" she says while taking a quick glance back at Bosco. "I'll meet you in the car guys." She nods as Sully and Ty head out to the car.
"Bosco, I'm heading off to work." She tells him softly. "I'll come and check on you on my dinner break. You'll call me on my cell if you need anything?"
When he doesn't reply, she leans down and kisses his cheek. Not so much as even a blink or flinch from Bosco. She wonders if she should leave him at all as she heads out the door and gets into the car.
"I am really worried about him guys. This could drive him over the edge." Faith says as she turns her head and looks out the window to hide the tears that are falling down her face.
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It's been about 6 hours since Faith left for work. She's called several times to check up on him. He's picked up the phone, but hasn't said anything. Bosco yet again opens another beer. He's sitting at the table again, having lost count of how many beers he's gone through. He's sitting there now with his service piece beside him.
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Faith is about 5 minutes from Bosco's house. She decides to call one more time just to let him know that she's on her way.
She dials the number and gets two rings before the line goes dead.
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He hears the phone ring again for what seems like the millionth time. He gets up grabbing his gun and walks over to the phone, unloading four rounds into it. He picks up the remains of it and tosses it across the room. He staggers back to the kitchen and sees the empty bottles on the table. He laughs scornfully in disgust as he unloads three more rounds, making all the bottles on the table shatter to smithereens. He pulls out the clip seeing that it's empty.
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Faith turns on her RMP lights so that she can get to his house quicker. There was a gnawing feeling in the pit of her stomach as her anxiety increased. She calls Sully and Ty, telling them to meet her at Bosco's house right away, she feels like there's something wrong.
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When Ty and Sully get the call from Faith, they close there ticket books and jump in 55 Charlie. They take off sirens blaring trying to get to Bosco's house as quick as possible.
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Bosco looks at the mess as he drops his empty clip on the floor. He pulls back the chamber and notices that there is still a bullet there. He cocks it and knows now that it's loaded. He brings it up to his mouth, but he doesn't like the taste so he removes it and presses his gun up against his temple. He presses it harder and harder, but can't bring him self to do it. Then he thinks of one more spot to press the gun. He puts the gun under his chin, and closes his eyes. Mikey's face flashes through his mind, his mothers face is next, and than he sees Faiths.
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Faith pulls up to the house and runs frantically up the steps. As she does she hears a bang, a loud popping noise. She knows exactly what she just heard. She heard one gun shot. Only one.
She runs into his house and sees Bosco lying on the floor, gun in his hand.
"BOSCO!" she screams!
