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Chapter 5:Not necessarily No one
Cruz woke up to the sound of her own voice screaming.She was sweating, but relieved to find
that it had only been a nightmare. It had been horrible. He had come back to get her, to rape her
again. She wanted to cry but wouldn't let herself; she had already cried enough, she needed to
get over this. She glanced at the clock and jumped out of bed, 1:30! How could she have stayed
in bed that long? She hurriedly got dressed and hastened to fix her hair then raced out the door to
drive to work. When she got to work it was 2:45 so she ran into the precinct. Lieu greeted her and
said "Hey Cruz, I want you out with Boscorelli today k?"Cruz nodded and went to quickly get
changed. Bosco came in just as she was doing up her jacket "Hey, so we're working together?"
Cruz gave a tiny smile "I guess so, but you better hurry up, roll call in 2 minutes, I'll see you out
there" Ten minutes later Bosco came down. Cruz gave him a look "What took you so long?"
Bosco shrugged "I dunno" Cruz rolled her eyes but didn't say anything. Bosco went and grabbed
the radios and they headed out to the car. As soon as they got in the radio cracked to life "5 5
David we have a domestic disturbance at 55 and lex" Cruz picked it up "10-4 central 55 and Lex"
Bosco turned on the sirens and raced there. When they got there Cruz pulled out her gun as they
went up to the house. She stood on one side of the door and Bosco stood on the other. One two
three Cruz mouthed, they burst through the door but no one was there. "Let's check upstairs"
Cruz nodded, work was one place where she could forget about "it" and just concentrate on
something else. She followed him up and open the door to the bedroom.Cruz stared disgustedly
down at the body in front of her, a woman beaten to death. She picked up her radio "Central this
is 55 David we have a DOA and need a coroner at 55 and Lex" When they came Cruz helped
them with the body and Bosco drove them to Mercy, so they could make sure that she was dead.
When they arrived they brought the body into one of the rooms for inspection. When they came
out the doctor said "She was beaten to death but only after she was raped, you may need that for
the file or paperwork, so far that's all we've found, but you can leave, we'll take it from here and
call you if anything else shows up" Cruz froze What if that had been me, I should've fought
harder, what if he had beaten me to death? Would it matter, no one cares anyways Cruz paled
and her knees went weak, she felt as though she was going to faint or throw up. Bosco noticed
"Thanks Doc, uh we're going to go now" He quickly took her by the arm so she could lean on him
and guided her to the lounge area. He sat her down and her body slumped against the chair "Hey
Cruz? You ok?" Cruz shook her head "No but I don't want to talk about it. She stood up abruptly
and went out to the car. Bosco came out a few minutes later and sat in the front seat. He started
to drive and Cruz looked up "Bosco?...where are we going?" Bosco didn't look at her "You're not
going back to work, I called Lieu and said you were sick and that I was taking you home" Cruz let
out a huffy breath "What? Why would you do that!" Bosco finally looked at her "Well, obviously
something is wrong; you're in no condition to go back to work." Cruz glared at him, but couldn't
help but agree with him, so she kept her mouth shut. When they got there, Bosco helped Cruz up
to her apartment and followed her in "So, you going to tell me what's wrong? Or will I have to
guess" Cruz glared at him again but her stare broke as she lowered her eyes "what…me?" Bosco
strained to hear her "What was that?" Cruz looked up but didn't meet his gaze "I said, what if that
had been me? What if I had been murdered too? No one would care, I have no one, absolutely
no one " She stared down again and tears dripped down her face into her hands. She felt
someone sit down next to her and then Bosco put his arms around her, rocking her slowly and
saying "Shhh… it's ok," he paused then said "You have me, you'll always have me, that will never
change."
