"I don't care, Faith. He's getting in deeper and deeper. I can't turn my
back on it anymore," Bosco said in exasperation and he and Faith walked
outside after stopping by to check on his brother in the holding cell.
"It's time somebody stopped looking the other way."
"But, Bos. What're you gonna tell your Mom?" Faith asked. "It'd be different if someone else arrested him, but YOU arrested him, Bos. His own brother arrested him. Are you sure you want that much heat from your family?" Faith tried to reason with him.
"Family?! Family? We're not a family, Faith. We're a bunch of screw-ups that happened to grow up in the same house. Just ask my Dad. He'd be more than happy to tell you how worthless we are," he replied simply.
He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket to call his mother and let her know what was going on. He dialed the number and the phone turned off. "Dammit. It's dead," he said, shoving the phone back in his pocket and stopping. "Do me a favor and let Kim know I'll be out in a minute. I gotta go back inside and call my Ma."
"Alright. Good luck," Faith said, looking across the street to see Kim coming out of the fire station as Bosco walked back into the stationhouse.
"Yeah, I'm loaded with that," he mumbled as he climbed the steps and went through the door.
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"Hey, Faith. Where's my stud?" Kim asked cheerfully as she walked up to Faith.
Faith smiled. She never got tired of hearing the two of them talk to or refer to each other. It was cute. She'd wondered when she and Fred had stopped talking like that to each other and couldn't remember. "He had to make a call and his cell phone was dead. I'll warn you now, he's in a pretty foul mood," Faith said.
"Oh great! What happened?" Kim asked.
"Well, we arrested this drug dealer tonight and of course, you know Bosco. He wanted the next guy up and this guy set up a buy with his supplier. So, we sat and waited in this lot and sure enough the car pulls up. We order the guy out at gunpoint and when he turns around, it's Bosco's brother," she explained.
"Mikey?!" Kim said. "Oh man. Did Bos kick his ass before he let him go?"
"Well, there's the catch. He arrested Mikey, Kim," Faith told her.
"What!? His own brother?" Kim asked in disbelief.
"I tried to stop him, but he wasn't listening. Said it was time to stop looking the other way. He's inside telling Rose now," she said.
"Boy, I don't want to be him when she starts lighting into him," Kim said.
"Yeah, well. He can't say I didn't warn him," Faith said. "He said he'd be out in a couple of minutes. I've gotta get home. Good luck," she said before leaving.
"Yeah, thanks, Faith. Be careful going home," she said, waving to Faith.
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"Hi, Ma," Bosco said into the phone. "It's me."
"Maurice? Are you alright?" Rose asked, looking up at the clock. He didn't normally call her this late unless there was a problem.
"Yeah, Ma. I'm fine," he said, realizing there was no easy way to give her the information. "But, it's Mikey. He's gonna needs some help. He got arrested tonight. For selling drugs, Ma," he said, leaving out the part that HE arrested him.
"What!? Where is he?" Rose asked.
"He's here at the station. He's gonna need a lawyer, Ma. You need to get him a lawyer," Bosco told her.
"Is he okay? Can't you get him out of this, Maurice?" she asked and Bosco could hear how upset she was getting.
"No, Ma. I can't help him this time. He screwed up pretty royally this time. I'll tell him you're coming down, okay?" he asked, hoping that she would just hang up and head down here. He'd have time to get out of here before she got here.
"Yeah. Tell him I'm getting a lawyer and I'll be right down. We'll all talk then," she said, hanging up the phone. He put the phone down and just stared at it for a minute. There was no way he planned on being here when she found out who the arresting officer was.
He stood up and walked toward the front of the building to meet Kim, passing the holding cells on his way. He stopped and looked over at his brother. "I called Ma. She's getting you a lawyer and she's on her way," he said. Mikey shrugged and turned away from Bosco. "You need to give them someone higher up, Mikey," he said as he continued out to Kim.
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Bosco came down the stairs and saw Kim leaning against his car. "Hey," he said quietly.
"Hey yourself," she said, putting her head up to kiss him. "You okay?"
"Faith told you, I guess," he said, leaning down to meet her kiss.
"Yeah, she did. Bosco. Are you sure you did the right thing here? I mean, whatever you decide, I'm behind you one hundred percent, but this is family, Bos. This is gonna change things," Kim said to him as he leaned against the car next to her.
"I know, Kim. But, it's getting worse and worse. I didn't want to do it, but he was giving me attitude, like he knew he was gonna get out of it because it was me. If it weren't me this time, it'd be someone else arresting him later on. And who knows how deep he'd be into it by then. It's time to stop it, Kim," he said, looking over at her.
She nodded and stood up to stand in front of him. She kissed him and gave him a hug. "Let's get home," she said. Catherine was watching the boys at their apartment because Joey had school in the morning and Johnny had been fighting a cold so she didn't want to bring him out this late at night.
"Yeah, I don't want to be here when she finds out I'm the one that arrested him," he said sheepishly.
"You didn't tell her?" Kim asked him.
"You're kiddin' me right? And I'm not answering the phone tonight either," he said, kissing Kim and walking around to climb into the car.
"But, Bos. What're you gonna tell your Mom?" Faith asked. "It'd be different if someone else arrested him, but YOU arrested him, Bos. His own brother arrested him. Are you sure you want that much heat from your family?" Faith tried to reason with him.
"Family?! Family? We're not a family, Faith. We're a bunch of screw-ups that happened to grow up in the same house. Just ask my Dad. He'd be more than happy to tell you how worthless we are," he replied simply.
He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket to call his mother and let her know what was going on. He dialed the number and the phone turned off. "Dammit. It's dead," he said, shoving the phone back in his pocket and stopping. "Do me a favor and let Kim know I'll be out in a minute. I gotta go back inside and call my Ma."
"Alright. Good luck," Faith said, looking across the street to see Kim coming out of the fire station as Bosco walked back into the stationhouse.
"Yeah, I'm loaded with that," he mumbled as he climbed the steps and went through the door.
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"Hey, Faith. Where's my stud?" Kim asked cheerfully as she walked up to Faith.
Faith smiled. She never got tired of hearing the two of them talk to or refer to each other. It was cute. She'd wondered when she and Fred had stopped talking like that to each other and couldn't remember. "He had to make a call and his cell phone was dead. I'll warn you now, he's in a pretty foul mood," Faith said.
"Oh great! What happened?" Kim asked.
"Well, we arrested this drug dealer tonight and of course, you know Bosco. He wanted the next guy up and this guy set up a buy with his supplier. So, we sat and waited in this lot and sure enough the car pulls up. We order the guy out at gunpoint and when he turns around, it's Bosco's brother," she explained.
"Mikey?!" Kim said. "Oh man. Did Bos kick his ass before he let him go?"
"Well, there's the catch. He arrested Mikey, Kim," Faith told her.
"What!? His own brother?" Kim asked in disbelief.
"I tried to stop him, but he wasn't listening. Said it was time to stop looking the other way. He's inside telling Rose now," she said.
"Boy, I don't want to be him when she starts lighting into him," Kim said.
"Yeah, well. He can't say I didn't warn him," Faith said. "He said he'd be out in a couple of minutes. I've gotta get home. Good luck," she said before leaving.
"Yeah, thanks, Faith. Be careful going home," she said, waving to Faith.
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"Hi, Ma," Bosco said into the phone. "It's me."
"Maurice? Are you alright?" Rose asked, looking up at the clock. He didn't normally call her this late unless there was a problem.
"Yeah, Ma. I'm fine," he said, realizing there was no easy way to give her the information. "But, it's Mikey. He's gonna needs some help. He got arrested tonight. For selling drugs, Ma," he said, leaving out the part that HE arrested him.
"What!? Where is he?" Rose asked.
"He's here at the station. He's gonna need a lawyer, Ma. You need to get him a lawyer," Bosco told her.
"Is he okay? Can't you get him out of this, Maurice?" she asked and Bosco could hear how upset she was getting.
"No, Ma. I can't help him this time. He screwed up pretty royally this time. I'll tell him you're coming down, okay?" he asked, hoping that she would just hang up and head down here. He'd have time to get out of here before she got here.
"Yeah. Tell him I'm getting a lawyer and I'll be right down. We'll all talk then," she said, hanging up the phone. He put the phone down and just stared at it for a minute. There was no way he planned on being here when she found out who the arresting officer was.
He stood up and walked toward the front of the building to meet Kim, passing the holding cells on his way. He stopped and looked over at his brother. "I called Ma. She's getting you a lawyer and she's on her way," he said. Mikey shrugged and turned away from Bosco. "You need to give them someone higher up, Mikey," he said as he continued out to Kim.
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Bosco came down the stairs and saw Kim leaning against his car. "Hey," he said quietly.
"Hey yourself," she said, putting her head up to kiss him. "You okay?"
"Faith told you, I guess," he said, leaning down to meet her kiss.
"Yeah, she did. Bosco. Are you sure you did the right thing here? I mean, whatever you decide, I'm behind you one hundred percent, but this is family, Bos. This is gonna change things," Kim said to him as he leaned against the car next to her.
"I know, Kim. But, it's getting worse and worse. I didn't want to do it, but he was giving me attitude, like he knew he was gonna get out of it because it was me. If it weren't me this time, it'd be someone else arresting him later on. And who knows how deep he'd be into it by then. It's time to stop it, Kim," he said, looking over at her.
She nodded and stood up to stand in front of him. She kissed him and gave him a hug. "Let's get home," she said. Catherine was watching the boys at their apartment because Joey had school in the morning and Johnny had been fighting a cold so she didn't want to bring him out this late at night.
"Yeah, I don't want to be here when she finds out I'm the one that arrested him," he said sheepishly.
"You didn't tell her?" Kim asked him.
"You're kiddin' me right? And I'm not answering the phone tonight either," he said, kissing Kim and walking around to climb into the car.
