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Notes: I hope your not board with this. Something so simple turned out to be a little more complicated.
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Chapter Nine: Walking Wounded
Seajae laid in bed that night waiting for Bosco to come home. She missed her bed and her apartment and her life the way it used to be. She watched her babies sleeping on the matress on the floor. They were so sweet and so innocent. It hurt to have to hide from the world. Seajae heard the door open and Bosco came in.
"Hi." He wispered.
"Hi." Seajae sat up. "Did you find anything?"
"Nothing solid. But I got a list of the employee's that got trasferred, quit or fired six months ago." He sat on the bed and looked at the kids. "They been good?"
"As good as they can be cooped up in here all day."
"We're moving you guys to Jimmy's dad's cabin tomorrow." Bosco looked at his wife's tiered eyes. "You going to make it thought this baby?"
"I just can't take this waiting around. Are you going to stay with us?"
"Yeah. I can't live one night without you." He smiled. Seajae curled up next to him and closed her eyes.
"I just want it all to go away and for things to be happy and normal." Tears fell from her eyes. "I just want my life back." She snuggled closer to her husband and fell into a fitfull sleep.
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The scream woke Bosco up with a start. Seajae lay next to him, sobbing.
"Seajae! Wake up baby. It's just a dream."
"He's dead. I killed him. Oh god he's dead." Her eyes were shut tight her voice full of pain. "Bosco he's gone. I'm safe. Jimmmy...Jimmy, the fire so hot. Bosco, Jimmy..."
"Jimmy's fine honey. I talked to him before I left work. He was going home. Home to be with Kim and the kids." Seajae was shaking hard.
"No. Don't go. The fire. Jimmy...stop. Bosco make him stop." Her eyes were clenched closed. The kids stirred and Angela came in the room.
"You want me to take them Maurice?"
"Yeah ma, please." She picked up Mac and Angel followed her grandmother out of the room.
"Jimmy...Bosco help Jimmy."
"Honey I'm fine. Jimmy's fine." He took Seajae into his arms. She fought him. "I'll call Jimmy." Bosco looked at the clock. It was three a.m. Doherty was going to love him.
"Fire. Bosco he's dead. I killed him. Jimmy, help Jimmy." Seajae was sobbing. The phone rang twice before Jimmy answered.
"This better be good!"
"Jimmy, It's Bosco. Seajae's had a dream or something. She's freaking out."
"Do you need me there?"
"Seajae, Jimmy's fine baby. Here. Talk to him." She shook her head viliontly.
"No. NO! NO! Jimmy... Bosco he's dead and now he wants Jimmy."
"Who wants Jimmy. Seajae."
"You want me to come over?" Jimmy sounded worried about Seajae.
"Could you. Hell man I don't know whats going on."
"I'll be there in fifteen." Bosco hung up the phone. Seajae had seemed to calm down but her eyes were still closed and her fist clenched tight.
"Seajae."
"It's all wrong." Seajae wispered. "Make it stop Bosco. Make it right."
"Make what right baby?"
"Just make it stop. I can't do it all. I can't save them all." She let go and her fist relaxed and she opened her eyes. They were as cold and empty as soft brown eyes can be. She looked at her husband then turned away. Tears streaming down her face.
"Save who?" Bosco wispered. Who did she feel she couldn't save. Was it Jimmy or something more that haunted her dreams. Bosco wrapped his arms around her. "We'll save them together Seajae. Whoever they are." Sobs racked her body and Bosco felt helpless. Tomorrow they would head up north and battle the demons together.
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Bosco answered the door when Jimmy knocked. The kids had gone to bed with their grandmother and Seajae had closed her eyes and seemed to be sleepping.
"Hey." Bosco opened the door wide enough and let his friend in.
"Hey. Thanks for coming man. I so don't know what to do."
"Was it a dream?"
"I don't know what the hell it was. Jimmy she was shaking and screaming and saying things and.....I didn't know what to do."
"I want to help Bosco. Anything you need, just ask."
"Thanks Jimmy. Right now I just don't know." They went to the bedroom door. Seajae was in a fitful sleep. "Short of giving her something to sleep I don't what we can do."
"Does she remember the dreams in the morning?"
"No." Jimmy looked at his freind. Bosco looked so tierd and scared. Seajae was his world. A world that she had made better for him. It pained him to see his friend at his wits end over this.
"Go to bed. I'll be here if you need me Bosco."
"Who'd ever thought we'd need each other?"
"Seajae knew. She always knows how to make it though. And make things right. She'll do both. I have all the faith in the world."
"Thanks Jimmy. Your getting pretty good at making things right yourself."
"She got me thought the toughest times in my life Bosco. I want to return the favor at least once." Jimmy looked at Seajae one last time. "You've been though a lot. You all deserve to be happy."
"Thanks man. Mom and the kids are in her room. Kim know your sticking around?"
"I told her not to expect me till morning. If I'm not home by eight or so she'll come looking for me." Bosco smiled.
"Goodnight Jimmy. And thanks again."
"Anytime Bosco." Jimmy went to the couch and Bosco laid next to his wife and hoped rest of the night was quieter.
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"NO!" Bosco rached over to pull Seajae close and hold her so she wouldn't hurt herself. "Stop it. Jimmy!" The door shot open and Jimmy came in.
"Seajae, I'm here. I'm safe."
"No. The fire. The flames. There's too many to save. Jimmy don't go back in. Damn it your not God. Bosco no! Not you too . I can't loose you too." Sobs racked her body. "I won't be able to save you. I'm not strong enough. Not anymore. No more. I can't take it."
"Seajae Marie Boscorelli wake up!" Bosco shook her. He was running out of things to do.
"I wish I could. It's all a bad dream. Don't make me go back. I can't save them."
"Who Seajae? Who can't you save."
"Myself. I can't hold on. Bosco....Jimmy don't let Bosco come back in. I need to save them. Just don't let him back in." She was crying and clinging to Jimmy. "Don't let him die too."
"I won't. I'll keep you both safe. I won't let anything happen to either of you." She sobbed and fell into Bosco's arms. It was the only place that she was truly safe. Bosco ran his hand up and down her back. Bosco looked at Jimmy, fear and concern in his eyes.
"What I'm I going to do Jimmy?"
"Call in the big guns." Jimmy picked up the phone and put a call in to Bobby Goren. If anyone could help Seajae, it was him.
Notes: I hope your not board with this. Something so simple turned out to be a little more complicated.
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Chapter Nine: Walking Wounded
Seajae laid in bed that night waiting for Bosco to come home. She missed her bed and her apartment and her life the way it used to be. She watched her babies sleeping on the matress on the floor. They were so sweet and so innocent. It hurt to have to hide from the world. Seajae heard the door open and Bosco came in.
"Hi." He wispered.
"Hi." Seajae sat up. "Did you find anything?"
"Nothing solid. But I got a list of the employee's that got trasferred, quit or fired six months ago." He sat on the bed and looked at the kids. "They been good?"
"As good as they can be cooped up in here all day."
"We're moving you guys to Jimmy's dad's cabin tomorrow." Bosco looked at his wife's tiered eyes. "You going to make it thought this baby?"
"I just can't take this waiting around. Are you going to stay with us?"
"Yeah. I can't live one night without you." He smiled. Seajae curled up next to him and closed her eyes.
"I just want it all to go away and for things to be happy and normal." Tears fell from her eyes. "I just want my life back." She snuggled closer to her husband and fell into a fitfull sleep.
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The scream woke Bosco up with a start. Seajae lay next to him, sobbing.
"Seajae! Wake up baby. It's just a dream."
"He's dead. I killed him. Oh god he's dead." Her eyes were shut tight her voice full of pain. "Bosco he's gone. I'm safe. Jimmmy...Jimmy, the fire so hot. Bosco, Jimmy..."
"Jimmy's fine honey. I talked to him before I left work. He was going home. Home to be with Kim and the kids." Seajae was shaking hard.
"No. Don't go. The fire. Jimmy...stop. Bosco make him stop." Her eyes were clenched closed. The kids stirred and Angela came in the room.
"You want me to take them Maurice?"
"Yeah ma, please." She picked up Mac and Angel followed her grandmother out of the room.
"Jimmy...Bosco help Jimmy."
"Honey I'm fine. Jimmy's fine." He took Seajae into his arms. She fought him. "I'll call Jimmy." Bosco looked at the clock. It was three a.m. Doherty was going to love him.
"Fire. Bosco he's dead. I killed him. Jimmy, help Jimmy." Seajae was sobbing. The phone rang twice before Jimmy answered.
"This better be good!"
"Jimmy, It's Bosco. Seajae's had a dream or something. She's freaking out."
"Do you need me there?"
"Seajae, Jimmy's fine baby. Here. Talk to him." She shook her head viliontly.
"No. NO! NO! Jimmy... Bosco he's dead and now he wants Jimmy."
"Who wants Jimmy. Seajae."
"You want me to come over?" Jimmy sounded worried about Seajae.
"Could you. Hell man I don't know whats going on."
"I'll be there in fifteen." Bosco hung up the phone. Seajae had seemed to calm down but her eyes were still closed and her fist clenched tight.
"Seajae."
"It's all wrong." Seajae wispered. "Make it stop Bosco. Make it right."
"Make what right baby?"
"Just make it stop. I can't do it all. I can't save them all." She let go and her fist relaxed and she opened her eyes. They were as cold and empty as soft brown eyes can be. She looked at her husband then turned away. Tears streaming down her face.
"Save who?" Bosco wispered. Who did she feel she couldn't save. Was it Jimmy or something more that haunted her dreams. Bosco wrapped his arms around her. "We'll save them together Seajae. Whoever they are." Sobs racked her body and Bosco felt helpless. Tomorrow they would head up north and battle the demons together.
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Bosco answered the door when Jimmy knocked. The kids had gone to bed with their grandmother and Seajae had closed her eyes and seemed to be sleepping.
"Hey." Bosco opened the door wide enough and let his friend in.
"Hey. Thanks for coming man. I so don't know what to do."
"Was it a dream?"
"I don't know what the hell it was. Jimmy she was shaking and screaming and saying things and.....I didn't know what to do."
"I want to help Bosco. Anything you need, just ask."
"Thanks Jimmy. Right now I just don't know." They went to the bedroom door. Seajae was in a fitful sleep. "Short of giving her something to sleep I don't what we can do."
"Does she remember the dreams in the morning?"
"No." Jimmy looked at his freind. Bosco looked so tierd and scared. Seajae was his world. A world that she had made better for him. It pained him to see his friend at his wits end over this.
"Go to bed. I'll be here if you need me Bosco."
"Who'd ever thought we'd need each other?"
"Seajae knew. She always knows how to make it though. And make things right. She'll do both. I have all the faith in the world."
"Thanks Jimmy. Your getting pretty good at making things right yourself."
"She got me thought the toughest times in my life Bosco. I want to return the favor at least once." Jimmy looked at Seajae one last time. "You've been though a lot. You all deserve to be happy."
"Thanks man. Mom and the kids are in her room. Kim know your sticking around?"
"I told her not to expect me till morning. If I'm not home by eight or so she'll come looking for me." Bosco smiled.
"Goodnight Jimmy. And thanks again."
"Anytime Bosco." Jimmy went to the couch and Bosco laid next to his wife and hoped rest of the night was quieter.
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"NO!" Bosco rached over to pull Seajae close and hold her so she wouldn't hurt herself. "Stop it. Jimmy!" The door shot open and Jimmy came in.
"Seajae, I'm here. I'm safe."
"No. The fire. The flames. There's too many to save. Jimmy don't go back in. Damn it your not God. Bosco no! Not you too . I can't loose you too." Sobs racked her body. "I won't be able to save you. I'm not strong enough. Not anymore. No more. I can't take it."
"Seajae Marie Boscorelli wake up!" Bosco shook her. He was running out of things to do.
"I wish I could. It's all a bad dream. Don't make me go back. I can't save them."
"Who Seajae? Who can't you save."
"Myself. I can't hold on. Bosco....Jimmy don't let Bosco come back in. I need to save them. Just don't let him back in." She was crying and clinging to Jimmy. "Don't let him die too."
"I won't. I'll keep you both safe. I won't let anything happen to either of you." She sobbed and fell into Bosco's arms. It was the only place that she was truly safe. Bosco ran his hand up and down her back. Bosco looked at Jimmy, fear and concern in his eyes.
"What I'm I going to do Jimmy?"
"Call in the big guns." Jimmy picked up the phone and put a call in to Bobby Goren. If anyone could help Seajae, it was him.