"Desperate Measures"
Summary: Angst/Drama
Disclaimer: I do not own any Third Watch characters except for Meghan Boscorelli
Chapter 7
Craig and Meghan are walking towards the restaurant at the hotel. Craig has his hand around Meghan's right upper arm.
"You will act like there is nothing wrong. You hear me." He instructs her.
Meghan can only nod. What else can she do? Craig has already threatened to kill her whole family. She has to obey him.
"If your brother or any of his fellow police officers happens to find us, you will tell them that you have changed your mind and that you decided to go home with me. You better make it convincing too. Do you understand me?" He tells her.
Meghan nods again.
"I said, do you understand me?" He asks her while squeezing her arm a little tighter.
"I understand." Meghan replies.
They walk up to the hostess podium at the restaurant. The hostess sees them when they walk up. She thinks to herself that the woman looks really upset. She doesn't like the feeling she gets from the man.
"Do you have a reservation?" She asks.
"It should be under Phillips." Craig tells her.
The hostess looks at her lists and finds their name.
"Party of two under Phillips. Right this way."
She leads them into the restaurant and towards their table. Meanwhile, Sully and Monroe are at LaGuardia Airport standing outside the main gate. Sully is on his cell phone to Bosco.
"Hey, Bosco. It's Sully. Monroe and I are at LaGuardia. There is a private jet here that is owned by a Craig Phillips. It's scheduled to leave this evening around 9:00pm."
Bosco is sitting in the passenger's seat of a unmarked patrol car. Faith is driving. Bosco looks at his watch.
"Sully, it's a little after 5 o'clock now. That doesn't leave us much time to find Meghan. See if you can have the airport hold the departure. Tell them that the owner of that plane is under suspicion for abducting his wife. Let me know what happens." He tells Sully.
"If we can't find her, we'll know where she is around 9:00pm. We can always confront this guy here at the airport." Sully tells Bosco.
"I want to find her before then. They could always slip away before we get a chance to find her. I don't want to wait until the last minute. Besides, we would have to deal with the Port Authority then. I don't want any other agency involved. The more agencies involved the better the chance of one of them screwing up. This is personal. I want to get this son of a bitch myself. No one messes with my family." Bosco informs Sully.
Sully looks at Monroe.
"Okay, Bosco. We'll see what we can do."
Sully closes his phone.
"What did he say?" Monroe asks Sully.
"He wants us to see if we can have the airport hold the departure since this guy is wanted for kidnapping."
"Kidnapping is a federal offense. The FBI will insists on being involved." Monroe tells Sully.
"I think Bosco wants to do this on his own. He doesn't want any other agency involved. There would be too great a chance for someone to screw up."
Faith stops at a red light and looks at Bosco.
"Bos, don't you think we should ask for help? The more people involved, the greater the chance of finding Meghan." She asks Bosco.
"I'm not taking any chances. You've seen what happens when the FBI gets involved. They have no regard for bystanders. I want to get this guy myself. That bastard has been asking for this since the day he married Meghan."
The light turns green and Faith continues to drive.