Author Note: Hey guys! I know its been some what of a late update, (misses the bricks being thrown at her head) Forgive me! But I've actually been busy, surprising I actually found a life…but then it escaped me again (cries). Hope everybody had great Thanksgiving, and gearing up for Christmas, I know I am! So this chapter is a bit longer then ones I've been lately doing, and actually were almost done with this story! Only one more chapter or another and its done, yes you heard correctly!
Love to hear from you, and hope you all still loving this story. Thanks for those sticking with me, and you will soon find out who the mysterious bad guy! MAH AHAHAHaH
But here you go, and once again thanks to Jessie (Rebel Jess) for listening to me scream and throw a fit! Yes, I had a writer's block and she had to hear about it every night, for a while now ;) so thanks for putting up with me!
Chapter 11 –The Roads That Intertwine Together
Faith pounded on the door in front of her, making the entire hallway echo as she tried to get the attention of the occupant inside. Anybody in the vicinity probably would think her to be some pissed off spouse, for as much noise as she was making for you would have to be legally deaf not to hear her. She also had no intention of leaving until, Cruz opened up that door. Out of 100, 99 there was a chance Cruz was in her apartment, because Faith was betting on that Cruz wouldn't go anywhere. From what she always heard about the Sgt., she lived and breathed that Precinct, so what else was there for her to do?
The door suddenly opened, but stopped short for the chain was still on as Cruz peered through, looking at Faith up and down, little surprised to see Faith Yokas standing at her door. But it didn't show as she then spoke, questioning Faith's presence.
"How did you know where I lived?"
"Remember Detective, I track people down."
"Well Detective, there is no reason for you to be here, so I suggest you leave."
Faith heard the icy tone in Cruz's voice, and that she was all ready annoyed with her being there, but unsure why. Seeing that Cruz was about to shut the door on her, Faith put her foot in between the door and the frame, making it so Cruz couldn't shut her very own door.
Cruz glared down at Faith's foot that was preventing her from closing the door entirely. She just couldn't understand Faith Yokas, what more did this woman want from her? It didn't help either that she was in a foul mood with what happened at the Precinct earlier. One minute she's flying high, knowing Bosco is safe in a hospital in a nice warm bed and not have a gunshot to the head and thrown in one of the rivers that surrounded New York City, then before she knows it, the floor had been taken out from under her.
If there was one thing Cruz hated more then anything, was to be caught unaware, and that is what happened to her when she came into Swersky's office and the I.A.B., Danny Mathews produced a tape. Words couldn't even begin to form in her throat, when she watched as the tape showed her looking around, coming up to car handing some stuff off and the car pulling away. In that bag that she gave, was specific stuff that was asked of her to get, in order to save Boscorelli's life.
The I.A.B then threatened her, making accusations of what it could be in the bag, and that they had more on her then they realize. She tried numerous times to try and talk to Swersky alone, but with the I.A.B being there, it couldn't be done. So keeping silence on what she was doing, they decided to suspend her until further notice.
Then on top of it all, she has Faith Yokas banging on her door, God only knows for what and all Cruz wanted was to be left alone. But now Faith was being hell bent on keeping her at the door and Cruz just knew, the woman had some questions for her.
"Remove your foot, now." Clenching her teeth as she spoke.
"No, not till you answer some questions first."
"I don't have to answer any of your questions." Cruz replied, very annoyed, wondering now how much force it would take to kick Faith's shoe out from the door and slam the door in her face.
Faith completely ignored the tone in Cruz's voice. It was rather actually easy, for Faith was just as hard headed and wouldn't back down and take no for an answer. Not even missing a beat, Faith then jumped into her questions,
"Why did you get suspended?"
"That's none of your damn business."
Letting out a sigh and rolled her eyes, frustrated at this woman for not answering her and avoiding her questions and being nothing but rude to her, it was like they were back to square one.
"Come on Cruz can't you see it? Don't you find this a little too convenient? If we just put our heads together…"
Cruz cut her off, "No, there is no us. We're through. We found Bosco that is what we set out to do and we did it. Want more from me, take a number!"
Faith could feel the heat rising up again, wanting more then anything but to strangle this woman. She wanted to talk to Cruz about the note, maybe get some idea about what to do next, and Cruz wouldn't even answer some simple questions. It seemed who ever was going after Bosco, was going after them all now and being in the dark about certain things would be their demise if they didn't come together, and fast.
Realizing she wasn't going to win with the Sgt., and just tired of all the bickering and fighting that been going on, she finally let her foot out of the door.
"You know, I can finally see why Bosco stopped having sex with you." Not wanting to hear any more Faith turned and walked away, leaving Cruz to stand there. Faith was actual amazed Cruz didn't have comeback because a few seconds later she heard the door slam hard, as Faith made her way towards the stairs.
Danny Mathews walked out of the Precinct of the 55th and towards his car that was parked a few feet away. Unlocking his car and then getting in, he didn't take much time to get out of there, not really wanting to stick around.
A smile came to his face as he replayed in his mind the events that transpired in Lt. Swersky's office. The look on Sgt. Cruz's face when he told her all the information he had on her, and what he would do to her. He made it sound like he was going to crucify her right there in front of the Precinct, and it was nothing short of having great sex when he saw the realization come over her features.
His cell phone went off, making his thoughts scatter as he reached into his pocket and the other hand steadying the wheel as he pulled it out. Looking at the screen, he then hit the icon to receive the call.
"Yeah?"
"It's time, you know the plan see that it gets done."
The other line went dead. He then quickly went through his phone book, hit send as he reached his work number.
"Yeah this is Danny Mathews, I won't be in today, yeah sudden case of the flu."
Danny then changed his direction in which he was going, knowing he'd have to get some things before the plan could be set in motion.
"No, I don't want food. I want the doctor so I can get the hell out of here!"
Bosco was getting a little more then annoyed with the nurses running around and not listening to his wishes. All he wanted was his doctor but instead they were trying to feed him, or trying to make him more comfortable, which as far as Bosco was concerned there is not getting comfortable in the hospital.
"The doctor will be here shortly, why don't you eat while you wait?"
"How about no." Bosco replied quickly back. He was content on being a pain and giving them hell, for he felt they were on a mission to give him so much, why not give them a little payback?
"Giving them trouble I presume?"
Bosco glanced up at the added voice. He saw Faith, and spoke volume with his eyes, which clearly stated 'get me out of here, right NOW!'
The nurse finally giving up on Bosco, walked out of the room, but Bosco couldn't help but shout one last thing at her retreating back, "Hey, I might get hungry later, what if I need you?"
Bosco shrugged his shoulders, "Hope I don't get hungry anytime soon, have a feeling she won't be back." He watched as Faith came and sat down next to his bed.
"Better watch it Boz, nurses have weapons and there called needles."
"The only one that could scare me with a needle is Procter." Bosco wasn't sure what that woman had against him, but anytime Procter heard Bosco needed a shot, she was there in a heartbeat. Bosco leaned back into his bed as he then glanced down at his feet, trying to decide what he should do to pass the time. Really he was waiting for Faith to start the conversation, he didn't have much to say or talk about.
Faith though was studying Bosco, seeing the many bruises that decorated his face. 'How close we came to losing him.' The good thing though was his pale skin had been replaced with color again. All and all Bosco was looking pretty good, although most of his injuries he had been given could be easily hidden under clothing.
So much harm had been done to him, all because of somebody that had it out for them. But who? God did it plague her mind. Who would want to do this to them, come after them with such malice and hate. Faith then not wanting to think about it anymore, decided to bring up a something, and wanting to see what Bosco would say.
"Cruz got suspended."
Bosco turned his head and looked over at Faith. He was a bit confused at the sudden topic on Cruz. As far as he was concerned he never wanted to deal with that woman ever again in his lifetime. It seemed whenever his life was going to hell, she would just make it 10 times worse. So his natural reaction was, shrugged the shoulders and a comment of non interest,
"Probably deserved it."
Faith then felt like a moron, she had completely forgot that Bosco had no idea that Cruz helped in his recovery. But how would he know? He had no idea it was Cruz who got the note in the first place that was tipped off to his disappearance. Just seemed everything was happening to quickly for any of them to comprehend what was going on, and put it all out and try and put the pieces together before something else happened to them.
Faith also was debating on telling Bosco about the note she found in her apartment. She was concerned on how much it would upset him, and what could he do from a hospital room, he had no control over it right now and that would only piss him off even more. There was so much to ask him, but it seemed like whenever she would get on the topic or found a good way to approach it, somebody would interrupted them.
"I hear your giving my nurses some hell Boscorelli."
Both Faith and Bosco looked up to see the doctor standing in the doorway and walking towards the bed, with a chart in hand.
"It wouldn't be me, if I didn't." Bosco replied. Bosco was more eager as to what the doctor would say about him going home, and he was pretty sure the odds were in his favor. He didn't know if he could stay one more night in the hospital without going completely nuts.
"Now I know you want to leave," the doctor starting out, making Bosco shift in his bed, ready to throw the blankets off and get up and leave, which immediately the doctor picked up on. "and I would like you to stay another night, but I know you'll go anyways without my consent, am I correct?"
This question brought a nod from Bosco; everybody knew the only way to keep Boscorelli there was to tie him down.
"So I will leave you some home instructions, but I also want you come back so I can check up on that knee in a couple days, deal?"
"Sounds good to me."
"Okay, then give me a few moments and I'll be back." The doctor left them alone again. Bosco then remembered what he wanted to tell Faith and had completely forgotten. He would try and remind himself and then other things would preoccupy his mind but he finally was able to tell her.
"Stay away from Logan Weller, till I get my hands on that…" Bosco shook his head, just thinking what he was going to do to him when he got his hands on him. Bosco looked over at Faith and saw she was uneasy and shifting in her chair.
"What?"
"He's the one that tipped us off to where you were located."
Bosco just stared at Faith at first thinking she was some how joking with him. He didn't think Logan would be the one to give his location up, when it was him that helped with Bosco's kidnapping. Bosco shaking his head, "So let me get this straight, Logan, the one that kidnapped me, was the one that told you where I was at?"
Faith nodded her head, and then looked down with a soft smile, "Well if it makes you feel any better, I punched him after he told us what he did."
Faith watched as Bosco's eyes lightened up and a grin slowly emerged on his lips. "You decked him? To bad I wasn't there to witness that." Bosco wasn't sure why Logan told Faith what his plan was or that he just had a guilty conscious. He just knew one thing, if he ever saw Logan again, he'd kill him.
"Do you remember the other guys?" Faith knowing there was more then just Logan, for he talked about the guys that would walk the perimeter.
"It wasn't anybody I recognized, besides Logan. I don't know who did this to me, sorry." Bosco knew that Faith was trying to get answers out of him, hoping they could have a lead and track the people that did this. Get them before they went after Bosco, or anybody else again. Faith was also hoping that one of the guys's reveled who was the one that was orchestrating it, the actual leader.
"Will think of something Bosco, we always do."
Martiza Cruz would not stop pacing after the encounter with Faith Yokas. Her mind was going a mile a minute trying to decide what she wanted to do. The odds of Danny showing up with a tape that had to do with the men that kidnapped Bosco was a little more then weird. Something just did not feel right about this and it was driving Cruz up a wall that she had been suspended.
But what could she do? It seemed every door that was available before were now being shut, and as she scrambled to find an escape she felt nothing but her opportunity growing smaller by the second. Then Cruz stopped and turned and looked at her phone. An idea began to form into a plan of action, and what she could do instead of just standing around and doing nothing. Reaching over she dialed a number quickly and waited for the other person to pick up.
"Hello?"
"Hey this is Sgt. Cruz," Cruz stopped as the other one on the line began to ask her questions when she announced herself. Trying to get information as to why she had gotten suspended, and wanting to know when she would be back.
"Look another time I'll explain, I'm calling in a favor….I need you to get the number of Logan Weller."
A slight pause followed, making Cruz wonder if she would have to call somebody else. But her man came through for her, and said okay just to wait a few minutes. Hanging up the phone she then began her pacing again as she went over the idea in her head. She wanted to talk to Logan a little more, go over everything, see if some how she missed some information. The cronies had to call back, it was just a matter of a fact when you have a crooked cop you always use them to the fullest and dump them when there no use to you anymore. It was worth a shot, one Cruz was willing to make, besides she'd rather do this then sit around and do nothing at all.
As Cruz went to her window and looked down at the people passing by on the sidewalk, her mind just kept going back to the case. How much she wish she could take a step back and look at it with a set of new eyes, then maybe she could shake the bad feeling. That something was up, and she was just too deep to catch all the signs.
Her cell phone rang causing her mind to scramble away from her thoughts as she then answered. She quickly jotted the number down quickly. "Thanks I owe you one." She then ended the conversation.
Looking at the number she then dialed then pressed send, and then put the cell to hear ear as she then cleared her throat. It wasn't long before Logan answered the phone.
"Logan, this is Cruz we need to talk."
Logan was walking up the steps of the 55th, when he had answered his phone. He never expected to hear Cruz's voice on the other end. Stopping he then went back down the steps, and away from any prying ears.
"That's nice Cruz, but I'm about to go to work and sorry that comes first."
"I don't care, say you forgot something, make something up….it will only take a few minutes of your time. Just meet me on the corner near the Precinct by the train." She then hung up the phone not giving Logan the opportunity to tell her no. She then got her keys, put her off duty gun under her jacket and then left her apartment. As she made her way towards the subway, she failed to notice some one was following her in particular, watching her like a predator does before they attack.
As Bosco was carefully placing his crutches in the cab then easing in, he looked up at Faith who was going to get the door for him.
"You think Logan is working today?"
Faith glanced down with a concerned look as she then bit her lip. What should she tell Bosco? Lie, because all she kept picturing was Bosco taking his gun out and blowing Logan's head off, and smiling about it afterwards.
So instead of actually giving her former partner an actual answer she shrugged her shoulders and shutting Bosco's door as he stared up at her through the window. She then came around and got in beside him, closing her door and the cab pulled away from the hospital.
"Well if you don't mind, I'd like to stop by and see?"
"Why?" Faith now confused as to why Bosco would want to speak to that man. What could be the reason behind it?
"Because, I've been thinking, and I have some questions for him that I feel need to be answered."
After an awkward silence fell upon the cab, and the only thing could be heard was the driver humming an Arabic song, Faith replied. "If you want to Boz."
Bosco then leaned forward and knocked on the plastic barrier, "Can you take us to the nearest subway."
(20 minutes later)
Faith slowly walked down the stairs as Bosco used his one hand to hold the railing, and the other he held his crutches. Faith insisted on taking his crutches, but Bosco felt she was babying him again. He knew he could do it on his own, and what was he going to do when she wasn't there? Call her up and tell her he needed her to carry his crutches while he walks up the steps.
As he finally made it to the last step he glanced down the street, hating how far the Precinct looked from where he stood. But by doing this, he saw a person leaning against the corner of the building, looking around then coming back and resting their head on the bricks.
This wasn't just some normal person, it was the last person Bosco would expect to see, and that was Sgt. Martiza Cruz.
"What the hell is she doing?"
Faith didn't have a hard time locating the individual that Bosco was talking about. They both looked at one another and being on the same page they both made their way towards Cruz. When Cruz saw them coming, Bosco could see the very unhappy glare she was giving them.
"What now Yokas, stalking me?"
"Oh yeah, I have nothing better to do then follow you all around New York City."
Bosco's eyes traveled up, as though by doing this he'd get some kind of help from God himself. Lightening would come down and kill him right there on the spot, it definitely be better then to listen to the two women spat at one another.
"Look its not always about you," Bosco finally broke in, and directing his attention at Cruz, "Were going to the Precinct, you know its down the block." Bosco said sarcastically.
Cruz who been staring at Faith with hatred, she then turned and looked at Bosco. "Is that why all those Police cars are down there, I'd never imagine."
"Funny that you're also suspended yet hanging around." Bosco replied back.
Cruz shot Faith a glare and then looked at Bosco. "I don't have time for this, for either one of you." Cruz looked around the corner again, seeing if Logan was coming but didn't see him. "I'm meeting somebody and I don't want you here."
"Funny how you think you can still order us around after all this time." Faith said. Faith never thought she could despise somebody so much as she did Cruz. The woman drove Faith up a wall, every time she was even near Cruz. Giving up on trying to get through with the woman that it wasn't over that they still had a threat over their heads Faith just shook her head. "Fine, but least I tried warning you, come on Bosco."
Cruz still looking around the corner, and Faith glaring at her, nobody saw the gun that been pointed right at Bosco's head, all they heard was the gun being cocked back. Slowly they turned around as I.A.B. Danny Mathews held a gun to Boscorelli's head, with his forearm around Bosco's neck.
"Nobody is going anywhere."
Bosco recognized that voice but couldn't place it, and didn't help that he couldn't see the person that was behind him. The man had come from out of know where put his forearm around his throat and then Bosco felt the cold barrel of a 9 mm being pressed to his temple. Bosco wasn't sure how the man was able to sneak up on them, the only thing Bosco could think was that they were so involved with their argument they didn't even notice the danger from behind.
"We're gonna take a little ride."
He then took his gun away from Bosco's head just for a second to wave it towards the SUV that was just an inch away from being on the curb. Faith and Cruz didn't hesitate as the gun was once again put back to Bosco's head. Two men were waiting for them as they got into the SUV. One was sitting in the driver's seat, the other one sitting on the left side, blocking the door.
When everybody was in, Danny looked around the street to see that nobody was even in the area, or so he thought. He climbed into the SUV's passenger side, and slammed the door shut. The car peeled away, taking three New York finest with them.
TBC….
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