Catch Me As I Fall

Chapter 10

It has been a few hours and Ty and Faith were still waiting for news on Bosco and Sully. "Why is it taking so long?" Faith asked. She shifted in her seat. "It's a bad sign; I know it is."

Ty placed his head on Faith's shoulder. "You can't think that way."

She looked at him. "Are you telling me that you aren't worried about Sully? Your partner has been in surgery for hours and aren't you wondering why it is taking so long?"

"Of course I am, but what can I do?" Ty replied, as he got up and walked towards the window. As soon as he heard the sound of steps stop, he turned around and saw his mom standing in front of him. "Mom."

"I came as soon as I could. How's John doing?" she asked.

"He's still in surgery; I should have helped him."

His mom wrapped her arms around her son. "You did everything that you could."

She looked at Faith. "I heard about your partner, I'm sorry."

Faith didn't even have the energy to correct and say that Bosco wasn't her partner because he would always be her partner no matter what.

Suddenly a doctor walked up to them. "Officer Sullivan's family?" the female doctor asked.

Ty ran as fast as he could up to the doctor. "I'm his family; is he going to be okay?"

"He's in critical condition." Ty's whole face went white, and nearly collapsed onto the floor, before his mom caught him.

"How bad is it?" Ty's mom asked the doctor.

"He's lost a lot of blood and we won't know how bad it is until he wakes up."

"I bandaged it up; it didn't look that bad." Ty then just stood his head, and walked away from the small cluster of people that had gathered in the waiting room, waiting to hear word of the two officers injured.

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'My friend and partner is in critical condition because I didn't get him help soon enough. If anything happens to him, I don't know what I would do', Ty thought to himself, as he stood outside of the waiting room.

Lately he had been mad at Sully for not telling him the whole story of his father's death, but none of that matter anymore, as long as Sully was okay.

"Ty,"

He turned around to see Lieu standing in front of him.

"How are they?" he asked.

Ty wiped away the tears away from his face. "It's bad, boss, really bad. Sully just got out of surgery and is in critical condition, but Bosco is still in surgery. That's not good news, but I can't really say that to Faith, now can I?"

" If Bosco can survive a shooting, he can survive this."

Ty sighed. "You weren't there; you didn't see what Bosco endured. He wasn't just stabbed again; he was beaten up so bad that he looked like he couldn't hold on any longer. He looked like he wanted to give up; he was in so much pain and there was nothing we could but watch. Do you know what that is like?" Ty said, not realizing how upset he was about this.

"I'm sorry that you all went through that." Lieu replied. "I'm going to need your statement."

Ty looked at Lieu. "There isn't much that I can tell you that you don't know at this point. Have they found Lorenzo?" he asked.

Lieu nodded. "He was found in Bosco's car shot dead. How did that happen?"
He asked.

Ty just looked at Lieu. " Bosco didn't shot Lorenzo if that is what you are thinking. He was in such a bad condition, there is no way that he could have shot Lorenzo."

"I know that. You know that. But."

"But there is going to be an investigation isn't there?" Ty replied. "You have got to be kidding, none of us did. Lorenzo was about to kill Bosco when Sully jumped in front of him, and that is when the gun went off."

"Ty, there might not even be an investigation."

"But there could be one." Ty replied, as another officer came up beside Lieu and handed over a document.

"Lieu, the test just came back. It was positive," an officer said.

Ty looked at Swersky, who was looking at the report he had been handed. "What was positive?"

"It was Bosco's fingerprints on the gun."

"There is no way in hell that Bosco did. Faith, Sully and I can testify that Bosco had nothing to do with this."

Swersky looked at Ty. "You know that's not going to be enough. Just don't worry about it right now; I'll go and deal with it."

Ty just sighed. Could this day get any worse?

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The man was listening to the whole conversation; it worked exactly how he wanted it to. After he and the man got Lorenzo into their car. They walked back to the cottage, and put the gun in Officer's Boscorelli hands, so he would like he killed Lorenzo, not him.

He was going to do what he had to do to make it look like the officer was the one that killed Lorenzo instead. If the mob found out that he killed Lorenzo, he would be better off dead.

He would have preferred that the officer had been the one that had killed Lorenzo at this point.

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" I'm going and you can't stop." Emily said, as she was putting her jacket on.
"You might not care what happens to Bosco, but I do."

"Maybe he will die this time." Fred yelled.

Emily looked at her father with a hateful look on her face. "I hate you," she said, as she slammed the door shut, walking out of the apartment.

As soon as her mom called her and told her about Bosco, she knew that she needed to be there for her mom.

A while later, Emily walked into the hospital and saw her mom in the waiting room. She walked up to her and wrapped her arms around her. "How is he?" she asked.

Faith shook her head. "Not good; not good at all. He just got out of surgery and he's in very critical condition."

"He's going to be okay, mom; he's a fighter."

Faith smiled slightly at her daughter. "That he is."

Suddenly Faith started to feel funny and fell onto the floor. "Mom." Emily yelled. "Someone help me, my mom fainted."

Ty heard Emily yelling and ran up to her. "What happened Emily?" he asked.

She looked at Ty. "She was fine, and then the next minute she fell onto the ground."

Ty walked up to the nurse. "My friend here needs some help. She fainted."
Emily was kneeling next to her mom. "Mom wake up." The nurse moved Emily away from Faith.

"Can you hear me?" the nurse asked, as she shook her.

Faith woke up not long after, looking at the nurse. "What happened?"

"You fainted." Emily replied.

Faith tried to stand up, but she was still feeling a little dizzy. "I'm going to get a doctor to check you out," the nurse said, as she went over and grabbed a wheelchair and helped Faith into it.

"I'm fine, I just fainted. I need to see Bosco."

The nurse shook her head. "Not yet. First you need to get checked out. You were with the two cops that got hurt pretty badly; maybe you hurt yourself."

"No, I'm fine."

Emily looked at her mom. "Please just get yourself checked out."

Faith looked at Emily, letting out a sigh. "Go see Bosco. I'll come by as soon as I can."

Emily nodded, walking away from her mom.

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He looked like nothing was wrong with him. One wouldn't even have known that he had been stabbed. But Ty knew otherwise and knew that he should have stopped Sully from getting stabbed. He shouldn't have stopped him from jumping in front of Bosco and Jeffery.

"I'm sorry, Sully." Ty replied, as he grabbed the chair and sat down.

"T...y..." Sully said, faintly. "B…o...s..."

"We don't know yet how bad he is, Sully." Ty could tell by the look on
Sully's face how worried he was about Bosco and how pale he had become. "You scared me so much."

Suddenly Sully started to close his eyes, and Ty smiled at Sully. "Just rest." he said, as he walked out of the room.

Ty's mom was waiting for him outside.

"How's he doing?" she asked as Ty made his way down the hallway down to her.

"Weak." Ty replied, as he looked through the window. "I just hope that he is going to be okay."

"He will, Ty." Maggie said, as she moved toward him, putting her arm around her son's waist. "I'll come by and see you tomorrow. You should go home and get some rest."

"I can't, mom." Ty said, continuing to look through the window. "I almost lost Sully;
I'm not going to leave his side.

She nodded. "I understand," she said. After quickly gathering her belongings, Maggie made her way down to the waiting room.

Ty walked back into Sully's room, and pulled up a chair near Sully's bed. "I don't think this is over, Sully."

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Faith walked into Bosco's hospital room. Seeing all the machines reminded her of the last time he was in the hospital. She just hope that like last time, he was going to survive this.

"Mom, are you okay?" Emily asked, as she saw Faith standing in the doorway.

"The doctors said that I'm just pretty exhausted, and that I need to rest."

"Then let me take you home."

"I can't, Emily." Faith replied.
Emily nodded. "I understand. You need to be here with Bosco. That is where I'll be, mom." Emily replied, as she put her arms around her mom.

Faith smiled. "Thanks, Emily." Faith found a chair to sit in and let out a huge sigh of relief. She couldn't believe how pale that Bosco looked; she couldn't lose him.

The doctor walked into the room. Faith looked up at the doctor. "Is he going to wake up any time soon?" he asked.

The doctor looked at Faith. "Your friend has been through a lot; his body needs time to heal. I would give it some time."

"Bosco's a fighter." Emily replied.

The doctor nodded. Faith started to feel dizzy again. The doctor looked at Faith. "Are you okay, miss?" he asked.

She looked at the doctor. "I fe…" but before she could say anymore, she collapsed onto the floor.

Emily looked at the doctor. "She fainted half an hour ago; the doctor said that she was just exhausted."

"We will check out your mom again," the doctor said, as he grabbed a hold of Faith and took her out the room.

"Please, don't let anything happen to my mom." Emily cried, as she watched the doctor wheel Faith into the room.

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Half an hour later, the doctor walked out of the room. "Your mom is dehydrated and she has a minor concession. We are going to keep her overnight to keep an eye on her.
She is awake, if you want to see her." Emily nodded, as she walked into the room.

"Mom, what are you doing out of the bed?"

"I need to see Bosco." Faith was pulling on one of the hospital's robes that had been placed nearby.

Emily looked at her mom. "The doctor said that you are pretty dehydrated, and that you had a bump on your head and that you might have a concession. Bosco would want you to rest."

"I'm fine."

The doctor walked into the room. "You're not fine. When was the last time that you had something to drink?"

Faith shrugged her shoulders, as she sat on the edge of the bed. "I don't know; a couple of days?"

The doctor sat down on the bed next to her. "First we are going to get you back in bed and then we are going to put you on fluids. If you feel better after that, then perhaps you can go and see Bosco, but before you do, we have to get you better."

"But…"

"No, buts." The doctor said. "All you cops are the same: you don't want any medical attention."

"The other doctor said that I was just exhausted." Faith replied.

"Well the doctor was wrong." The doctor said.

"So it's true then, that the biggest mob boss was killed today? Your friend Officer Boscorelli was the one that did it. How do you feel about that?" a reporter said, as he walked into Faith's hospital room.

"How did you get into the hospital?" the doctor asked. "Get out of here. My patient needs her rest."

The reporter looked at Faith. " So were you there when Boscorelli took down the mob boss?"

"Get out of this hospital room." The doctor yelled.

"I'll answer any questions you have." Swersky said, as he came up to the reporter.

"I want to talk to Detective Yokas," the reporter replied, trying to move past Swersky, but having a difficult time doing so.

Swersky looked into the camera. "You either talk to me or nobody. You want a story or not?"

The reporter left the room in huff, clearly knowing he wasn't going to get an interview from the detective anytime soon.

Faith looked at Swersky and smiled slightly. Emily looked at the doctor. "My mom is going to be okay, right?"

"Yes she will."

"Could you wait outside for a few minutes?" Emily nodded, walking out of the room shortly after. The doctor looked at Faith. "Does your head hurt?"

"A bit."

The doctor looked at Faith. "Do you know where you got the bump on your head?" he asked.

Faith nodded. "I think I know when." She lay her on the pillow; she didn't want to be here, but there was nothing she could do.

Emily walked back into the room. "I'm going to let you rest, mom."

Faith looked over at Emily. "Please check up on Bosco."

"I already did, mom; twice. He hasn't changed; he's still the same."

"Sully's weak, but I think he is going to be okay," Ty said, as he stood in the doorway. "I heard that you're not doing that good; you should have let the doctor check you out when we got here."

"You didn't either," Faith said.

Ty nodded. "I know that, but I didn't have a bump on my head. You didn't feel well since it happened, but you kept it to yourself because of Bosco and Sully, didn't you?"

"Am I that easy to read?" Faith asked.

Ty chuckled. "I know that you were worried about Bosco, but you should have said something to me or a doctor."

"I'm here now, aren't I?" Faith said, with a laugh.

"Officer Davis…" a reporter yelled, running towards the room.

Ty closed the door, and the blinds.

"Are the reporters going after you too?" Faith asked.

Ty nodded. "They were trying to get into Bosco's room."

"Why?" Faith asked. "I know that Lorenzo is dead, and this is a big story, but why can't they just leave us alone."

Ty stood up and walked over to the window, and sighed.

"What aren't you telling me, Ty?

Ty turned around. " I really shouldn't be telling you this right now. You need your rest."

Faith looked at him with an annoyed look on her face. " Tell me."

" I think he doesn't want to tell you because I'm here. But I'm not a kid anymore."

Ty looked at Faith. "You have to promise me that you will stay in this hospital bed and not try to do something about this."

"You're scaring me now."

"They found Lorenzo's body in Bosco's car; his fingerprints were all over the gun, Faith." Faith's whole face went white. "But we know that he didn't do it. He was in too much pain to do anything."

"We know that."

"But nobody is going to believe you because you are the only witnesses to it, right?"

Emily replied. "I believe you."

Faith smiled at her daughter. "Thanks."

Emily hugged her. " I won't say anything about this, so don't worry." Emily then turned to Ty. " Just don't let anything happened to Bosco. He's a great cop."

"I know he is."

Emily looked through the blinds. "There are still reporters outside your room, mom. But I think it is will be okay for me to go. Just try and get some rest."

"Ty, could you make sure that the reporters don't bug my daughter."

Ty nodded. "Of course I can," he said, as he walked out of the room.

"No questions." Ty yelled to the reporters, as he and Emily walked out of the room.

Faith pulled out her IV and was about to get out of her bed when a nurse walked into the room. "What do you think you are doing?"

"I need to help my partner."

"No, you need to stay here, now I need to do a new IV for you," the nurse said, looking at Faith with this annoyed look on her face.

"He needs me."

"He is going to have to wait because you're not going anywhere, you are going to be staying in this room all night."

Faith sighed, as she laid her head on the pillow. This was not good; not good at all.

"This is the hospital room of the man that killed the biggest mob boss, Officer Boscorelli," the reporter said, as he walked into the room.

Sully, who was right across from Bosco's room, heard the whole thing and knew that he needed to help Bosco. Sully got out of the bed and slowly walked over to Bosco's room.

"Get out of here now!!" Sully yelled, weakly.

The reporter turned around. "Officer Sullivan, what do you have to say about what your co-worker did?"

"Get out of here now!" Sully yelled, as he tried to push the reporter out of the room, but before he could do anything, he collapsed onto the floor " Ahh.." Sully screamed.

The reporter looked at Sully. "How are you feeling about what happened?"

"Get out of this room now, or I'll arrest you." Ty yelled.

The reporter looked at Ty. "I just want to know what happened."

"I said get out now!" Ty yelled, as the reporter walked out of the room.
Ty watched as the reporter walked away and saw Sully on the floor.

"Sully, what are you doing here?" he asked as he moved towards his partner.

"Hurts." Sully yelled, as he grabbed his side.

Ty looked at his partner. "You just got out of surgery. What do you think you were doing?"

"I need a doctor in here." Ty yelled.

The doctor rushed into the room. "What is Officer Sullivan doing out of bed?"

"I was just about to ask him the same thing."

"The reporter mentioned something that didn't happen, I had to help Bosco." The doctor grabbed a hold of Sully and placed him on a gurney near by, and wheeled him into the room.

Ty watched as the doctor were checking Sully out.

"By helping your friend, you just took some of your stitches out. We are going to need to stitch you up again. I don't want you getting out of this bed for the next few days okay? If you do this again, you might open your wound up again and then you would need to go to surgery again. You wouldn't want to do that."

Sully nodded.

"I'll make sure he doesn't get out of bed." The doctor nodded, as he was stitching up Sully.

A while later, the doctor left and Ty grabbed a chair and moved towards Sully's bedside. "I can't believe that you did that. You could have hurt yourself more. You're still healing."

"The reporter said that Bosco killed Lorenzo, but we all know that he didn't."

"Well someone is clearing framing him because Lorenzo was found dead in
Bosco's car, and there were his fingerprints all over the gun."

"So what are we going to do to help him?"

To be continued!!