Chapter 37

"How are you holding up?"

Faith jumped a little when she heard the soft voice of a woman over her shoulder. She was sitting in the dimly lit waiting room with her head in her right hand and her legs crossed over one another. She was wearing a white button up shirt but it her husband's blood on it. Mikey was standing a few feet away from his sister in law on the phone with his mother who was coming back from her vacation with her boyfriend. Aiden and a couple other detectives were sitting around the waiting room waiting to hear the news about Bosco. Faith let out a sigh and gave Mary a smile. "I'm ok."

"Can I get anything for you? Some food? Some tea? You need to eat."

"I know I'm not hungry." She rubbed her stomach and adjusted in her seat when she realized that she was sitting in an uncomfortable position. "Do they know anything?"

"Not yet but I told the doctor to come and find you first when he knew anything about it."

Faith nodded and looked down at her hands. "He's strong I know but... his hands were cold." She said softly.

Mary touched Faith on the shoulder then put her other hand on top of hers. "You know, your husband is one of the strongest people I have ever met." She paused when Faith shook her head. "No I am not kidding. He is one of the strongest people I have ever met. And it's not put on; he's not a glory hog just to be the center of attention. He wants to be the first person there to help people, to do the right thing and do it the right way. Sometimes he gets in trouble for that but I believe in you guys. I believe that you guys will go far..." She slowly nodded her head. "I do, one hundred percent."

She nodded along and wiped a few tears that were strolling down her cheeks. "He's a good man and I know he doesn't mean to get himself into trouble like this but he needs to realize that he has a baby daughter coming soon and he can't be doing stuff like this for long."

"Yeah well that's where he needs to grow up and maybe get a safer job."

"That's the thing his job is safer... compared to ESU or patrol." Faith ran her hand through her hair.

"Well you guys do work for the NYPD; nothing about your job is safe. Someone has a grudge against one of you at some point and time."

"Yeah it does happen but he shouldn't have been in that building... That's what ESU is for..."

Mary rubbed Faith's back as she put her head in her hands. "Everything is going to be all right." She whispered in her ear.

Mikey hung the phone up and stuffed his hands in his jeans as he walked over to his sister in law. "Ma is on her way." He said and rubbed Faith's back as he sat on the chair next to hers.

"Are you Maurice's brother?" Mary asked.

"Yeah, name's Michael. And you are?"

"Mary Proctor." She said and shook his hand. "I've been working with your brother since he was a rookie." She smiled.

"Wow that was decades ago." Mikey said and Faith looked at him and rubbed her eyes with her wrist. "Listen the first thing Mo is gonna ask me when he wakes up is if I got you anything." He said to Faith. "So I'm gonna go down to the cafeteria for a Redbull and something to eat so you better tell me what you want now before I bring you back something that you don't like."

Faith peered over at her brother in law and couldn't help but smile at his little wit. "I'll take a tea and a bagel." She said softly. "Bring cream cheese and a knife. Don't put the cream cheese on it."

He nodded and put his hand on her shoulder as he rose from his chair. "No problem. I'll be back."

Mary watched him walk away then turned to Faith with a puzzled look on her face. "I never heard Bosco mention anything about a brother."

"Yeah well until recently and by recently I mean yesterday, he kind of disowned his brother." She said softly as she watched Mikey disappear into the elevator. "He kind of ran with the wrong crowd since they were teenagers. He experimented with different drugs and Bosco didn't approve of that at all."

"That's too bad. Is that all he did? Just experiment? Or did he sell or anything like that?"

"According to Mikey, no it was the kind of thing that he went to parties and the drugs were there. He never did chemical drugs though." Faith shrugged again and ran her fingers through her hair. "I don't know what to believe but he's been staying with us for a few days and everything has been going great. He works during the day and comes home at the same time every day."

"Well I hope he does good cause that is the last thing you guys need."

"Yeah especially with the last couple years we've had together."

Mary smiled, something caught her eye and she grabbed Faith's arm. The younger woman turned her head and saw her husband's surgeon walking down the hallway with his eyes fixed on her. Faith looked at the nurse then stood up with her arms crossed over her chest as she walked toward him. Mary was right behind her.

"Mrs. Boscorelli." The doctor said with a grin.

"Is he all right?" Faith asked with her hands over her mouth. "Please tell me he's gonna be all right."

"He had a single wound to his abdomen. He was brought in at the perfect time. He is going to need some physical therapy but he's going to fully recover." Faith immediately smiled when she heard his words and wrapped her arms around him as tears fell from her eyes. "I'd be happy to show you to his room." She pulled back and looked up at his eyes as she nodded. Faith followed the doctor down a long hallway and she thought she had been walking forever when they stopped at a door. He slowly opened the door and Faith peered inside and Bosco was there. He was sitting in the hospital bed with a gown on in a reclined position. He had an oxygen mask on, IV in his arm and other wires that she didn't know. Faith followed the doctor to the side of Bosco's bed and she looked at him and her heart began to beat faster. "He's going to be out of it obviously because he just got shot and came out of surgery." He chuckled a little. "We're gonna watch him for about two to three days and see how he responds to medication and physical therapy then we can give you a release date. He looks really good though."

"Yeah he looks better than he did out there." Faith said as she sniffled.

"He's doing great," he looked at Bosco. "All right I have to go do some rounds. If you need anything just have the nurse page me."

"Thank you Dr. Donnelly." She looked over her shoulder as he walked out of the room. Faith let out a sigh as she turned back to her husband. Bosco was lying with his head tilted away from her but she noticed that his eyes were blinking. She stepped around his bed and stood where he was looking toward. Bosco slowly met her gaze and began to slowly blink.

"Hi," he said barely audible.

"Hey," she said softly also and put her hands on his cheeks and planted her lips on his. Faith stood up straight and wiped her tears away.

"Babe... don't I'm all right." He said as he watched her cry.

Faith continued to weep with her hands over her mouth. She looked at her husband and shook her head then looked behind her as she sat down on the chair that was next to his bed. "You didn't look all right out there." She said as she grabbed a tissue and dabbed her eyes.

Bosco's eyes narrowed as he stared at his wife, wiping her tears away. "What do you mean out there? Where were you?"

"I was at the station trying to get information on the arsonist at Mikey's building." She said. "I heard the call come on the radio before I left and rode with Christopher cause I had a feeling you were involved... Like you were the one shot."

"Why the hell did you come to the scene of a shooting Faith?" He asked and started breathing a little heavier.

"Calm down will ya," she stood up and put the oxygen mask over his nose and mouth then stared at the door expecting a doctor or nurse to come in.

"You're... pregnant Faith. You can't... You can't just come out to the scene of a shooting."

"I was armed and nothing happened to me. Besides by the time we got there, patrol had it under control and so did your anti-crime back-up." She shook her head. "Yeah I met your little buddy Sergeant Cruz."

"My little buddy?" He wondered.

"Yeah she said I've only been working with your partner for a couple hours but he's a damn good cop." Faith looked at her husband with an eyebrow raised. "When I corrected her and said that we were married she said that was a shame that she forgot."

Bosco shook his head and put his hand on his chest as he tried to catch his breath. "She's a loose fucking canon. I probably wouldn't have gotten shot if it wasn't for her."

"What do you mean?"

"It doesn't matter."

"Bosco yes it does! If she did something wrong and got you shot then I'm gonna make sure that she gets what she deserves!"

"Drop it Faith... Please, I don't want to talk about it anymore." He put his hand on her belly and looked up at her face.

"She needs you more than anyone on this planet."

"I know... I'm gonna be there for her forever."

"You better not do this to me again." She kissed him again and Bosco put one hand on her cheek and kissed her back.

"I promise." He whispered.

To Be Continued...