Faith came out of the station just as Bosco showed up to receive the punch
from Kim. He looked up at her, rubbing his arm and, all she said was, "You
deserved it! You're lucky my gun's locked in my locker or I'd shoot your
ass!"
"For what? What'd I do?" Bosco asked. "Are the kids okay?"
"What did you do?!? You're kidding me, right? And, yes the kids are fine," Kim responded, slapping his arm again.
"Ow! Stop that and tell me!"
"Where the hell have you been all last night and today?" Kim and Faith said in unison.
"I told you! I was out trying to clear my head. I just looked at my phone and saw that it was turned off. When I turned it on, there was like 800 messages from you and the Boss," he said to Kim. "I called the house, but all I got was the machine. I figured you were stuck at work on a call, so I came down to meet you, and I was gonna stop in to see what the Boss wanted," he explained.
"You did NOT tell me you were out 'clearing your head.'" Kim argued back with him.
"I did. There was no answer. I figured you were busy with Johnny and left a message on the machine for you.
"No, you didn't," Kim stated simply.
"Yes, I did," he replied back as Faith stood there watching the exchange.
"Well, then you called the wrong number because there was no message on our machine from you. There's plenty of messages FOR you," Kim said.
Bosco was going through his outgoing calls to find the number he dialed last night when he got out of work. He turned the phone so Kim could see the screen of the phone. "See? 11:37 p.m."
Kim looked at the number displayed and said, "Well, that's really nice that you let whoever lives at 555-3667 know that you wouldn't be home last night. It's too bad that our number is 555-3677."
"What? Shit!" he said. "I'm sorry, Kim."
Kim decided to give up the fight because she was just glad that he was okay. "Are you okay? Faith told me what happened. I hope you don't blame yourself, Bos. I know how good of a cop you are and you both got fooled. It's terrible and it's regrettable, but you're only human. She should have spoken up."
"So, what did the Boss want?" Bosco said to Faith as he hugged Kim.
"You better go talk to him so he doesn't write you up. He asked me what was wrong with you when he got the note saying you were taking a sick day today," Faith said.
"What was he looking for me for? There's also a couple of calls from Internal Affairs on my voice mail," he asked.
"That guy that raped the girl - the Super - was found shot to death in his car last night. Apparently, he told the Detectives about the threat you made to him outside his door last night and when they couldn't find you, they thought you were involved. Turns out that the girl's mother shot him. She's being booked right now," Faith explained.
"Oh, man. They thought I did it?" he said, surprised.
"Well, you know Internal Affairs isn't very objective," Faith said sarcastically. They heard the door to the station open and watched the young rape victim walk down the stairs followed by a uniformed officer.
Faith turned to the girl, "You're going home?" The girl nodded, looking at Bosco with anger. "Okay, you need to call a lawyer for your Mom and try not to worry. Everything will work out. There was a lot of stress and emotions involved. The court will take that into account," Faith said, nodding to the officer to go ahead and take her home.
Bosco stepped forward so that he was face-to-face with the girl. "I'm sorry. I should have handled it differently. I made a mistake and I'm sorry for what happened. I wanted you to know that," he said quietly.
The girl looked at him for a moment and then suddenly slapped him across the face. Kim gasped, but didn't move as Bosco put his hand out to stop her. He felt he deserved it. He watched the girl get in the car and drive off.
"That's gonna leave a mark," Faith said, turning to head home. Bosco turned to walk into the station to talk to the Lieutenant and said only loud enough that Kim heard, "Doesn't everything?"
"For what? What'd I do?" Bosco asked. "Are the kids okay?"
"What did you do?!? You're kidding me, right? And, yes the kids are fine," Kim responded, slapping his arm again.
"Ow! Stop that and tell me!"
"Where the hell have you been all last night and today?" Kim and Faith said in unison.
"I told you! I was out trying to clear my head. I just looked at my phone and saw that it was turned off. When I turned it on, there was like 800 messages from you and the Boss," he said to Kim. "I called the house, but all I got was the machine. I figured you were stuck at work on a call, so I came down to meet you, and I was gonna stop in to see what the Boss wanted," he explained.
"You did NOT tell me you were out 'clearing your head.'" Kim argued back with him.
"I did. There was no answer. I figured you were busy with Johnny and left a message on the machine for you.
"No, you didn't," Kim stated simply.
"Yes, I did," he replied back as Faith stood there watching the exchange.
"Well, then you called the wrong number because there was no message on our machine from you. There's plenty of messages FOR you," Kim said.
Bosco was going through his outgoing calls to find the number he dialed last night when he got out of work. He turned the phone so Kim could see the screen of the phone. "See? 11:37 p.m."
Kim looked at the number displayed and said, "Well, that's really nice that you let whoever lives at 555-3667 know that you wouldn't be home last night. It's too bad that our number is 555-3677."
"What? Shit!" he said. "I'm sorry, Kim."
Kim decided to give up the fight because she was just glad that he was okay. "Are you okay? Faith told me what happened. I hope you don't blame yourself, Bos. I know how good of a cop you are and you both got fooled. It's terrible and it's regrettable, but you're only human. She should have spoken up."
"So, what did the Boss want?" Bosco said to Faith as he hugged Kim.
"You better go talk to him so he doesn't write you up. He asked me what was wrong with you when he got the note saying you were taking a sick day today," Faith said.
"What was he looking for me for? There's also a couple of calls from Internal Affairs on my voice mail," he asked.
"That guy that raped the girl - the Super - was found shot to death in his car last night. Apparently, he told the Detectives about the threat you made to him outside his door last night and when they couldn't find you, they thought you were involved. Turns out that the girl's mother shot him. She's being booked right now," Faith explained.
"Oh, man. They thought I did it?" he said, surprised.
"Well, you know Internal Affairs isn't very objective," Faith said sarcastically. They heard the door to the station open and watched the young rape victim walk down the stairs followed by a uniformed officer.
Faith turned to the girl, "You're going home?" The girl nodded, looking at Bosco with anger. "Okay, you need to call a lawyer for your Mom and try not to worry. Everything will work out. There was a lot of stress and emotions involved. The court will take that into account," Faith said, nodding to the officer to go ahead and take her home.
Bosco stepped forward so that he was face-to-face with the girl. "I'm sorry. I should have handled it differently. I made a mistake and I'm sorry for what happened. I wanted you to know that," he said quietly.
The girl looked at him for a moment and then suddenly slapped him across the face. Kim gasped, but didn't move as Bosco put his hand out to stop her. He felt he deserved it. He watched the girl get in the car and drive off.
"That's gonna leave a mark," Faith said, turning to head home. Bosco turned to walk into the station to talk to the Lieutenant and said only loud enough that Kim heard, "Doesn't everything?"
