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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."