BAY CITY FOREVER



This is a work of fan fiction, written by Rochelle Theresa Brown for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit. Characters not invented by me are the sole property of Procter and Gamble Productions.

This work is under copyright.

BAY CITY FOREVER is rated TV-14 for an occasional mild expletive.



EPISODE 28



This episode takes place on the day after the previous one.

SCENE ONE
The scene is the Joe's office at the 2-3. Joe and Josie are inside, talking.)

JOSIE: I can't believe Grant and Commissioner Walters are making me testify against you.

JOE: Well, we should have expected it, knowing Grant as well as we do.

JOSIE: But it isn't right! It just isn't right!

JOE: Josie, I want you to promise me something.

JOSIE: Sure. What is it?

JOE: No matter what you are asked tomorrow, I want you to tell the truth.

JOSIE: Exactly how truthful do you want me to be?

JOE: Just tell the truth, no matter what.

JOSIE: Are you telling me to testify against you?

JOE: No. You've already been ordered to do that. I'm just telling you to tell the truth.

JOSIE: But you are in all this trouble because of me.

JOE: Josie, you've got to stop blaming yourself.

JOSIE: But if I hadn't gone to meet the phone stalker on my own...

JOE: He would have made his accusations against me anyway. And have you noticed something?

JOSIE: What?

JOE: Ever since you arrested him, there haven't been any more of those phone calls.
FADE OUT



SCENE TWO
(The scene shifts to an undisclosed location. Grant is talking with Chip Rayburn.)

CHIP: I would have loved to see the look on Josie Sinclair's face when she got that subpoena.

GRANT: Yes, I think that having her testify against her beloved captain is a nice touch of irony.

CHIP: Things are going even better than we planned when you had me make those phone calls.

GRANT: (smiling) "You don't know where, and you don't know when." Of course, it wasn't necessary for you to post that link.

CHIP: It speeded things up, didn't it?

GRANT: Well, perhaps it did. Calling Josie soon afterwards was good timing.

CHIP: There's just one thing I don't understand. How did you get Josie's phone number?

GRANT: Someone at the phone company owed me a favor.

CHIP: And Josie fell right into our trap.

GRANT: (smugly, rubbing his hands together) She certainly did.
FADE OUT



SCENE THREE

(The scene shifts to Foster Park. Paulina is wheeling Angela Rose in her carriage. Sofia is holding Ryan Gabriel's hand. Dante is skipping back and forth between them.)

SOFIA: Are you sure they promised to meet you here?

DANTE: Yes, Aunt Sofia, I'm sure.

PAULINA: I think I see them now. (A woman appears, pushing a child's wheelchair. As they get closer, we see that they are Rita and Bonnie. Greetings are exchanged. All head for an empty bench. Paulina, Sofia and Rita sit down.)

RYAN GABRIEL: (to Bonnie) Why are you in that chair? (Bonnie doesn't answer.) Why don't you walk? (Bonnie still doesn't answer.)

DANTE: Can I tell him?

(Rita and Bonnie nod "yes.")

PAULINA: (bends down, whispers to Dante) Remember, he is only three years old.

DANTE: (to Ryan Gabriel) Bonnie got hurt real bad a few months ago, and she can't walk any more.

RYAN GABRIEL: (wide-eyed) Never again?

DANTE: (seriously) Never again. But that doesn't matter. She's always going to be my best friend.
FADE OUT




SCENE FOUR
(The scene shifts to THE JASMINE GARDEN. Grant and Cecile are seated at a table, facing each other. They have their food and their tea in front of them.)

GRANT: In just one more week, I should have complete control of the Bay City Police Department.

CECILE: Really?

GRANT: (smugly) Yes. Joe Carlino's hearing begins tomorrow.

CECILE: But how can you be sure that he will lose his shield?

GRANT: Well, of course, nothing is completely guaranteed, but let's just say that I know, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he will be out of a job in a very short time.

CECILE: And how do you know that?

GRANT: Let's just say that I have friends in strategic places.
FADE OUT



SCENE FIVE
(The scene shifts to the squad room at the 2-3. Joe is talking with a group of officers, including Josie, Toni, and Adams.)

JOE: As you know, my hearing begins tomorrow. Now, there is a chance that I will lose my shield.

ADAMS: If they fire you, we walk.

(Other officers nod in agreement.)

JOE: I don't want you to do that. No matter what happens to me, I want you to stay on your jobs and be the best cops you can be.

JOSIE: But

JOE: Listen to me. You are not serving me. You are serving the citizens of Bay City. And if I lose my shield, we all know that Grant and the Commish will be the ones to pick my successor.

TONI: And it will probably be somebody corrupt.

JOE: Exactly. And that is why Bay City will need good cops more than ever. I want people to be able to trust my officers, even if I am no longer your captain. So, do you guys promise that you'll stay on the job, no matter what?

JOSIE: I will.


TONI: So will I.

ADAMS: Me too.

(All make similar promises)

JOE: Look, maybe I won't even lose my shield. Don't forget, Cass is representing me, and he's the best.
FADE OUT



SCENE SIX

(The scene shifts to Foster Park. Rita, Paulina, and Dante are sitting on a bench. Paulina is jiggling Angela Rose's baby carriage. Dante and Bonnie are looking at the picture book, MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS. Sofia is pushing Ryan Gabriel on one of the "baby swings".)

BONNIE: (to Dante) I love this book. The drawings help me when I make models of ducks.

RITA: (to Paulina) Before you know it, you'll be putting Angela Rose on those swings, and Ryan Gabriel will be on the big swings.

BONNIE: I wish I could go on the swings, like I used to before I got hurt.

(A woman comes into view, walks towards bench)

WOMAN: (to Bonnie, in a syrupy, pitying tone of voice) Why, you poor little thing!

DANTE: (angrily) She's not a thing! She's a girl!

WOMAN: Fresh kid.

RITA: He's not fresh; he's right. My daughter is a little girl who just happens to be in a wheelchair.

WOMAN: But she can't run around and play like her little friends, can she?

DANTE: Maybe Bonnie can't walk, but we play together every day.

PAULINA: I have an idea. Why don't we get Sofia and Ryan Gabriel and go feed the ducks?

(Dante and Bonnie start cheering.)
RITA: (thinking) I'd love to push that woman into the pond.
FADE OUT



SCENE SEVEN: CLOSING SCENE
THAT NIGHT
(The scene shifts to Josie and Gary's bedroom.)
JOSIE: I'm not looking forward to tomorrow. I am so not looking forward to tomorrow.

GARY: It's going to be rough for you, testifying against Joe.

JOSIE: Especially since the reason he's been charged with dereliction of duty is because he didn't report me and Toni when we went after Rayburn.

GARY: Who would have thought that would come back to haunt you guys?

JOSIE: And I never found anything I could use to (hesitates) well, you know.

GARY: Blackmail Walters?

JOSIE: I hate the way that sounds, but, yes.

GARY: So there's nothing you can do to stop this.

JOSIE: Don't be too sure.

GARY: What do you mean?

JOSIE: Well, I sent him an e-mail warning him that unless he calls off the hearing, and drops all the charges against Joe, there will be a very ugly rumor on the Internet.

GARY: I don't know about this.

JOSIE: Don't worry, there's no way I can be caught. Nobody even knows that I set up an account on that computer. And as soon as that account serves its purpose, I will close it.

GARY: I'm not sure you should be doing this.

JOSIE: Desperate situations call for desperate measures.
FREEZE FRAME
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