Chapter 2: The Anguish

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Knock... Knock... Knock... Knock...

Bosco pocked his head out of the comforter and looked around. He didn't know if he had actually heard a knock on the door or what. He sat up when he indeed heard the sound of someone pounding on his front door. He pushed himself up and walked into the living room. He swung the door open and was about to yell at the person on the other side about the time but saw his partner. Faith was shivering and she had tears in her eyes. She had a scarf wrapped around her neck and her nose was bright red.

"Hey," he said softly and looked around the hallway behind her. "What's wrong? What happened?" He asked as he looked her over.

"Fred's having an affair." She said as a tear ran down her face. "I didn't know where else to go." She finished as she began to cry.

"What? Are you kidding me?" He said in disbelief and grabbed her arm and dragged her into the apartment. Faith covered her face as she continued to cry. He didn't know if he should hug her or not. He just put his hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry Faith."

She laid her head on his chest and closed her eyes. The pictures of that woman on top of her husband, making love to him kept flashing in her mind. Bosco just looked down at her then slowly put his hand on her back.

"Do... you wanna talk about it?" He asked.

"I didn't mean to wake you. I know you're still mad at me but I didn't have enough money to catch a cab out to my parents on the island. You're the closest one who-"

"Faith... stop." He said and put his hand up as he sat down on the couch in front of her. "You're my partner and I'm here for you. Despite what kind of arguments we get into at work." He put his hand on her knee. "Now tell me what happened."

She let out a sigh as she sat on the coffee table. "Well, I got home about a half an hour after I left the Precinct and the whole house was quiet and dark. There were a couple candles lit in the living room though. I thought that Fred had sent the kids to the neighbors so we could get a night alone because he told me that he wanted to do that a long time ago." She took in a deep breath as tears threatened their way down.

"So..." She continued. "I walk into the bedroom and... I find him in bed with some woman!" She shouted and began crying hysterically. "She was in my bed! NAKED! With my husband! And Fred... that son of a bitch! He doesn't even look surprised to see me! He said that he thought I was working a double! Like it was my fault for coming home and finding them!"

"All right... calm down." He said softly and put his hands on her arms. "Why don't you sleep here tonight? You don't need to be wandering around the city."

"I can't stay still... I'm so mad. I am so MAD!" She stood up and screamed.

"Faith... you need to calm down." He said, standing up too.

"I can't calm down Bosco! I can't! My marriage is over! My life is over! Fred is cheating on me!"

"Your life?!" He walked toward her. "Don't you go acting like your life is over just because this son of a bitch cheated on you!"

"Bosco you don't understand." She said, shaking her head. "You're not married and you haven't been in a serious relationship. Fred and the kids are my life."

"A man who cheats on his wife is just as bad if not worse then a man who beats his wife." He said sternly and she looked up at him as he stood over her. Bosco continued to stare at her then shook his head and walked toward the kitchen. "You wanna go back to him! Fine! That's your decision! Just don't expect me to support you!"

"He is my husband Bosco!"

"EXACTLY!" He screamed and she took a step back. "He's your husband! A husband is not supposed to do that to his wife! A husband is supposed to take care of his wife! He is supposed to love her unconditionally! That's all the bullshit that you feed me everyday! Take your own got damn advice Yokas!"

He opened the refrigerator door and grabbed a beer. Faith stood in the living room with her head down. She couldn't stop crying about what happened but Bosco was helping her realize what Fred had done was not Ok. She finally raised her head when Bosco came into the room and shoved a water bottle in her hand along with a box of tissues.

"You're crashing here tonight whether you like it or not." He said as he sat on the couch and took a long sip of his beer. "You try to walk out that door I'll restrain you myself."

Faith stared down at her partner. She was glad that he cared so much but had no idea how much emotion he had over these types of situations. He had never discussed adultery to her. Just topics about men abusing women.

"Thank you Bos." She said softly and he nodded as he stared at the blank television. "I promise... I'll be out of your hair by tomorrow morning."

"I'll still have to see you at work Yokas." He looked up at her and she chuckled a little. He smiled too and took a quick drink of his beer. Bosco looked back up at Faith and she was crying again. He put the bottle down and walked over to his partner and brought her into a hug. He let out a sigh as he thought about what a jerk Fred was. Faith was a tough girl; he had never seen her like this. She was so... broken. "Look... you've had a rough day, why don't you go sleep in my bed tonight?"

"Oh... no... Its bad enough I came here and woke you up."

Bosco looked into her eyes and she gazed right back. "Yokas... go get in my bed." He paused and they both had a small laugh. "That sounded weird..." He cleared his throat. "We're not gonna argue about this. It's my house and I will always win in my house."

She smiled faintly and looked down at the ground. "Thank you Bos. I will have somewhere else to stay by tomorrow."

"Don't worry about it Yokas. We'll see how tonight and tomorrow goes and hey, if you get on my nerves then you can find somewhere else. But you never know." He looked at her face and she was staring at him oddly. "What is it? What's wrong?" He looked down at himself.

"It's just weird ya know?" She paused. "The whole... Yokas thing."

"Oh... sorry, you probably don't wanna be called that right now."

"I guess I'll have to get used to being called Mitchell."

"Mitchell?" He reached in his linen closet for an extra blanket. "You're maiden name is Mitchell? I never would've guessed." He walked over to the couch. "Well, night Faith. If you get up before me just start some coffee and the shower handle is pretty hard to turn on but just use that muscle you have."

"All right Bos." She smiled and walked to the doorway of his bedroom. Faith looked down at his bed and let out a sigh. She looked back at Bosco and he was already on his couch and under the blanket. A feeling of guilt washed over her because she had basically kicked him out of his own bed. "Thank you again Bosco... I really appreciate this."

"Stop thanking me Mitchell." He mumbled from underneath the blanket.

She smiled when he called her by her maiden name and stepped over to the bed to take her shoes off. Faith laid on top of the covers as she was reminded of all the stories Bosco had told her about the women he had slept with. She didn't even want to think what it was like underneath that comforter. As she lied her head down, she began thinking about Fred and his mistress. She wondered how her children were going to take this news. She had to get her own apartment and an attorney. Bosco was right, just because her marriage was over didn't mean her life had to be. She could start over.

All the stress of the events were building up and she felt overwhelmed. Faith put her hands over her face and began crying again.

Bosco couldn't sleep well on that couch anyway and also because of the soft cries coming from his partner in his bedroom. He let out an annoyed sigh as he thought about what a jerk Fred was. He wanted to console her because he remember all those nights that he lied in bed and heard his mother crying from the other room. After a while he didn't hear anymore cries but the sounds of snores coming from his bedroom.


"Dammit... come on." Faith swore as she tried to turn the knob as hard as she could. She was standing in Bosco's bathroom at about nine in the morning. She was only wearing a towel around her body because she was trying to take a shower. She had forgotten about what Bosco had told her the night before about the shower until she was standing in his bathroom naked. She didn't want to ask him because she was too embarrassed.

"Put a little more muscle into it." Bosco's deep voice came from behind her. Faith turned around and held the towel closer to her body as she stared at his face. She backed up to the wall as he reached for the knob and turned it on. "There." He looked over at her and she was biting her lip. "You feel better?"

"Not really." She replied softly and looked down at her towel.

"I'm gonna whip us up some breakfast so hurry up. I need to shower too." He walked out of the bathroom and just before he was about to close the door he said, "Don't worry Faith. You look good."

She stared at him then shook her head as he shut the door. Faith took the towel off and stepped into the shower and let the hot water beat down on her head.

A few minutes later, Faith came out of the shower drying her hair off. She looked in the kitchen and Bosco was making some eggs and bacon. "Coffee's ready if you want some." He said as he put some eggs on a plate and handed it to her.

"Thank you." She said and looked at the plate then sat down.

Bosco saw her uneasy stare and looked down at her plate. "Don't worry about my feelings or anything. If you don't want it don't worry about it."

"No... It's not that. I'm sorry." She said and tossed the towel on the chair next to her. "I just need to talk to the kids today."

"That's gonna kill them." He said and sat across from her and began eating. "When my mom told me that my dad wasn't gonna live with us anymore, I thought I was gonna die."

"I don't know what I'm gonna do. I have to talk to Fred." She said and sprinkled salt on her eggs.

"Talk to him about what?" He asked as he made up his coffee.

"About what he wants to do. With the kids." She answered. "I mean yes he hurt me but they are still OUR kids and we should make that decision together. We should probably tell them what's going on together too."

"You gonna call him?"

She nodded. "Yeah. I need to do so many things."

"Like what?"

"Get an attorney. Get an apartment. Talk to the boss about going on days. Get some money saved up. Get-"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" He said and she looked up at her. "What do you meaning 'talk to the boss about going on days'?" He tilted his head a little. "Why would you wanna work the day shift?"

"So I can get custody of my children." She said matter-of-factly. "What judge is gonna give a mother custody if she's working the three to 11 shift?" Bosco shook his head and took a bite out of his bacon. "What?" She asked and he waved her away. "Bosco... what is wrong with you?"

"I just really can't believe after that little fight last night you wanna just throw our partnership away." He shook his head. "You know... I'm a good partner! I do make some mistakes but dammit I'm a good partner! I always have your back!"

"This isn't about you Bosco!" She shouted and he sat back in his chair. "Will you just get it through your thick skull that not everything is about you! I'm trying to get custody of my children!" She stood up and walked into his bedroom and sat down on his bed.

Bosco sat where he was and looked down at his plate. He let out a sigh and walked back to his bedroom and stood in the doorway and stared down at her. Faith was rubbing her temples and tears were running down her face. "I'm... sorry." He said softly and she glared over at him. "Come on Yok- Faith." He paused and she looked away. "Listen... its just hard to think that you would be riding with someone else and the same with me. I don't wanna ride with someone else... I don't trust anyone else."

"My kids are more important then this though Bosco." She said and stood up. "We'll work something out." She grabbed her clothes. "I need to go over to the apartment and get some things. I think I'm gonna go to my friend Holly's house. I think that would be best."

He let out a sigh and looked down at the ground then nodded. "If that's what you wanna do... go ahead."

She nodded as she stared at him then walked past him and into the bathroom. Bosco ran his hand over his head as he looked at himself in the mirror.


To Be Continued...

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