It seemed like the sound of the door closing echoed around in Bosco's ears for an hour or more. In reality, he'd only stood there for a few minutes this morning as Faith had told him that she was through with him. She had her own problems - couldn't take on any more of his. It had stung just as bad as if she'd slapped him in the face.

"How'd I let this get so far?" he asked himself as he turned and walked down the stairs of the Precinct and outside toward their undercover car.

He ran over the day's events in his mind. He never should have gone by Cruz's apartment yesterday - Kim would kill him if she found out. But, he had to find out for himself if Cruz was really as bad as she was starting to appear. He had to see what was in that notebook, but he was pretty sure she wouldn't just leave it sitting out in plain sight. He knew she didn't have it in her locker or her desk at work because he'd looked there when no one was around.

She answered the door, dripping wet with a towel around her as she peeked through the open crack in the door. She was pretty surprised to see Bosco at her door and that sick smile that formed on her face told him he should just leave right then. But, he came to find the notebook - maybe talk to her about it. She let him in and stood there, letting the towel drop a little. She took a step toward him, but he held up a hand and backed up. She stopped and just looked at him for a moment, trying to figure out why he was there. She told him to sit down while she went in to get dressed. He looked around a little and finally found the notebook stuffed in the back of a drawer. He hadn't seen much of it, because he heard the hair dryer turn off and she came out of her room. He was sure that him standing in front of the drawer didn't escape her because he saw her quickly glance behind him at it.

They talked awkwardly for a few minutes, and she never let him get to the topic that he wanted to. Finally, it was time for work and he offered to drive her to work. They talked a little about the case and what next steps to take. Bosco brought up Aaron Noble. "Something wrong about him," he told her.

"Of course there is. He's a junkie," Cruz had told him. "But, we need him," she finished matter-of-factly. Bosco looked at her as they pulled up to the station.

"How do you know that?" he asked, never noticing any sign of it.

"I've seen his kind before," was all she would say. They walked into the House and then things went from bad to worse. The whole thing with Noble shooting that Disciple; Cruz's description of Stevie and telling her Detective friend that HE was the one that'd seen Stevie. She caught his look and knew how mad he was. But he told her exactly how he felt after they'd left the shooting scene. He noticed Faith watching him. She could always tell when he was in trouble "Why didn't I listen to her?" he said to himself, the anger rising again.

And then, later, when they actually found this Stevie guy that Cruz had made up. What were the odds of that happening? Unless Cruz knew who the guy was and wanted him found so that Bosco could be in it as deep as she was. He couldn't talk to Kim about this. She wouldn't understand and she'd get frantic with worry. Kim was worried enough that he hadn't been able to sleep the last few nights. He was short-tempered with the kids and that made him angry with himself. So, he went to talk to Faith and she'd shut him out.

"Now what?" he asked himself as they drove to the location for Buford's that Noble had given him. He thought back to that conversation in Noble's hotel room and it struck him suddenly. The woman on the balcony - it was Alex! He'd forgotten all about Kim telling him that Alex was starting to see someone she'd met during a call. Why didn't he recognize her then? "Because you were hung up on your own problems," he answered himself. He'd have to remember to warn Alex somehow about him.

His thoughts were interrupted as he stood alongside the doorway across from Cruz. "On my count," she had said. And then, they went in.