Chapter 165
Davis took out his cell phone once Rose Boscorelli's cries could no longer be heard. He dialed Sasha's cell phone.
"Monroe."
"Hey Sasha, it's me. Where are you?"
"Just going into the precinct, why?"
"You see Adam 55-3 around anywhere?"
"Yeah. It's parked across the street. Why?"
"When we were leaving before, it wasn't around and Bosco didn't want to wait before he told his mom."
"So Kim doesn't know?"
"No."
"Okay. I can do it."
"You sure? If you want, take someone with you."
"No. If I show up with the Sarge, she's gonna go nuts and think it's Bosco. I'll do it alone."
"Alright."
"Thanks for telling me."
"Yeah. Hey. Good luck."
"Thanks."
Sasha hung her phone up and walked across the street. The garage was quiet and the trucks were there so Sasha figured they were upstairs.
"Can I help you Officer?"
Sasha turned and put her hands up, "I come in peace, Walsh. Need to talk to one of your medics."
"Carlos screw up again," Billy kidded.
"No. I need to talk to Kim."
Billy looked up and his smile faded. "Just you? I always thought they sent the brass for something like this."
"It's not Bosco. He's okay. Well, he's alive. Okay, might be stretching it a bit."
"Stay here." Billy headed up the stairs and a few minutes later came back down with Kim following him.
"Sasha?" Kim looked worried.
"Hey Kim," she said trying to smile. "Uh Billy, can we have a minute?"
"No, it's okay. He can stay."
"Okay," Sasha nodded. "Kim, something happened today. That body you and that new girl found this morning?"
"What about it?"
"It was Michael."
"Michael?" Kim looked confused. Then her mouth opened slightly, "Oh my God. You mean it was Mikey?"
"Yeah," Sasha nodded. "Kim, I'm so sorry."
Kim took half a step back and then faltered a little. Billy steadied her.
"Where's Bosco?" she finally asked.
"He went to tell Rose. He didn't want to wait."
Kim nodded, "I- I need to be there."
"I'll take you," Sasha volunteered.
"Mom. I have to call her and tell her. She's got Amanda and Johnny. Joey's with Jimmy."
"Kim?" Billy put his hands on her shoulders. "Take a deep breath okay? Sasha's gonna take you to see Bosco and you can call Catherine later. I'll call Jimmy for you."
"Thanks Billy."
"You got it kid."
"Bosco?"
Kim was standing in the doorway to Rose's living room when he looked up. She was still in her uniform and her eyes were red rimmed.
He sighed, "Thank God. C'mere will you?"
Kim didn't hesitate in letting Bosco wrap her up in a hug and she returned the gesture. It was a long time before Kim realized that Bosco had fallen asleep in her arms and it would be even longer before Kim's own eyes closed.
"Thought I might find you here," Kim's voice said as she got closer.
"Kim, I-"
"Forget it Boscorelli. I'm not going anywhere so you can just put it out of your head. I took you for better or worse, remember?"
"Vividly."
She stood next to him and followed his gaze. "I heard about, well, a lot today."
"I keep blaming everyone else."
"You did not do this to him, Bosco."
"I should have kept Cruz and that damn lawyer the hell away from him," Bosco said angrily.
"You're not the amazing Kreskin. You couldn't have known what would happen."
"I did know. That's the thing. All the people Cruz was arresting because she was getting the names from Mikey and she wouldn't slow down. I asked her to slow down. And that lawyer? He represents all of them. He knows all of them."
"Faith called my cell as I was leaving the house to come look for you. I don't think the lawyer will be bothering anyone for a while. She made it pretty clear to the other inmates that he was a child abuser."
"So, that leaves Cruz."
"Well, karma's a bitch."
"Karma?" Bosco looked at her skeptically. "You've been talking to Levine again, haven't you?"
"All I'm saying is that what goes around, comes around."
"So, she'll get hers?"
"Yes. She will. I only hope it's in front of a lot of witnesses."
"You and me both."
Kim was quiet for a moment before she spoke again, "You know, your mom's worried about you."
"I'm sorry about this morning Kimmy."
"Don't be. Truth be told, I probably would've done the same thing if the situations were reversed and my old man dared to show up after turning Mel in for money."
"Thanks for that but I'm still sorry I left you alone in the house like that."
"It's okay. I had Mom come get me. Amanda says to tell you that she loves you very much and she can't wait for you to come home because she wants to give you a hug and make you feel better like you do for her when she feels bad about something."
"Got a pretty good daughter, don't we?"
"Yeah, I like to think so. She's a lot like her daddy."
"God, I hope not."
Kim giggled a little. "Come home?"
"Yeah, I think I'd like that," Bosco nodded.
"Good," Kim nodded. "C'mon."
