Okay so maybe mornings aren't so bad. Yeah I know, I said I hate mornings
but that was before.before one hell of a wake up kiss. See, my opinion of
mornings before that day...lets just say I hadn't considered what a morning
would be like if I was to wake up with my partner beside me, the two of us
naked in bed after a night of making love.
Things like that can change the way a guy sees things. What I was seeing at that moment looked pretty damn good. I could get used to this.
The way Faith smiled at me meant one thing. Our night of making love was turning into a morning of making love. The woman was determined to kill me. What a way to go huh? I could just see my death certificate. Cause of death: excessive sex.
At some point we made it to the bathroom, of course that led to sex in the shower. Mind you, I wasn't complaining. Did I mention how I'd been living a life of celibacy? Yeah well, the way I saw it, I had a lot of time to make up for.and Faith and I made up a lot of lost ground in those twelve hours. We debated calling in sick but I think the bosses would have been a little suspicious if both of us called in. I doubt they'd have a clue that Faith and I were lovers but they'd wonder all the same. As much as the idea intrigued me, I didn't want to deal with the after effects. Besides I 'd never passed up an opportunity to discuss my sex life with Faith and today was going to be a long conversation. For once, she might even join me..
We made in into work. Yeah I was actually on time and in a good mood. I didn't even sleep through roll call although I did daydream a little.
Ty jumped on the opportunity to question my mood. He was sure it involved a woman. I told him that maybe he was right and his face brightened. He looked over at Faith who simply shrugged her shoulders. On our way downstairs, she warned both him and Sully that if either of them did anything to spoil my good mood, they'd be answering to her. I had to laugh which earned me a glare from Sully.
Our shift went by pretty smoothly, just the usual stuff. Dinnertime arrived and I was starved. We decided to stop off and see ma since I hadn't seen her all day. We visited her and I explained that I'd been exhausted.that I'd slept in and maybe everything was catching up to me. She didn't seem to question me so I let it go.
I thought Ma looked good. Her color was returning to normal. Her doctor had been in and her tests were all good. If she continued to progress at this rate, she'd be home in five days or so. She asked about the bar and I told her that Faith and I had stopped there and everything seemed normal.
I discovered that day that in some ways Faith knows me better than ma. When ma brought up the bar, I'd instinctly told her that everything was fine. What ma didn't pick up on was the change in my mood.
"You gonna tell me what that was all about?" she asked as we were eating dinner. "What was what all about?" I asked.
"I don't know Bos but it has something to do with your ma's bar."
"What are you talking about?" I'd asked.
"I'm talking about you and the discussion of your ma's bar. Come on, something's been on your mind since we left the hospital."
"I'm not sure Faith."
"Not sure about what?"
"You remember that bag I took with when we left ma's bar last night?"
"Yeah, you said it was some stuff you needed to drop off at your ma's place."
"Yeah well, I did leave the bag at ma's.for now anyway until I figure out what's going on."
"Bos, what was in the bag?"
"Cash.a lot of cash Faith."
"How much is a lot of cash?"
"I don't know. I didn't actually count it."
"Your ma had been in the hospital for almost a week now. It stands to reason that there'd be money in the safe especially if no one's made any deposits."
"Yeah I know I haven't been there to check on the place in a week. Faith I've closed up with ma before and I've driven her to the bank so she could make a deposit. I don't know what's going on but there was a lot of cash in the safe.too much cash."
"So what do you think it could be?"
"I have an idea.I just hope I'm wrong."
"Mikey?"
"Yeah Mikey.and if that money got there from him it could only mean one thing.drugs."
"So what are you gonna do?"
"Nothing for now...if Mikey put that money there he's going to want it back. Odds are it's not his money so he's going to have to get it back. He goes back by ma's bar and finds out its gone, he's going to ask questions."
"You sure, I mean if he starts asking questions, he's going to look guilty."
"Yeah and if he doesn't get that money back he's going to have more to worry about than me."
"So we wait.Bos, I really hope it's not Mikey."
"Yeah, me too Faith.me too."
Our shift ended and we decided to head over to ma's place to check on the money. I didn't like leaving it at her place but for now, it was the safest place I could think of.
"Damn Bos.I've never seen this much money at one time. You know what I could do with this much money?"
"Yeah, I can think of a few things I could do with a hundred grand. Damn Faith, a hundred grand. Where would Mikey get that much money?"
"You and I both know the answer to that question. Bos, look, Mikey's your brother. Maybe you could ask him about the cash."
"Yeah I know Faith, he's family but this is a lot of cash. I doubt he'll tell me where he got it."
"You think it's from drugs?"
"Where else would he get this kind of money?"
"I don't know Bosco. He could've got hold of it a couple ways."
"Yeah and none of the places make me feel any better.come on let's get out of here."
We left ma's place, leaving the money there for one more night. I figured if Mikey had put the money there then he'd be looking for it by now. It was only a matter of time.
For the second morning in a row, I woke up to Faith's kisses. It was after 9 o'clock. She'd been up since 7:30, had already showered and dressed. I showered and dressed while Faith made breakfast.
After breakfast, I decided that maybe I'd go for a run. Two, three sometimes four days a week, I'd go for a morning run. Okay so my morning run usually didn't start until lunchtime but I did enjoy those jogs. Faith decided to join me for a run although she wasn't up for my usual five miles runs.
We left my apartment around ten o'clock, stopping by her place to pick up a few things. Odd as it may sound, I'd almost forgotten about her other life; the one consisting of a so-called husband and two kids. Fred was at work and the kids were in school so we were in and out in ten minutes. The apartment was a disaster; dishes in the sink, an empty pizza box on the coffee table, dirty towels and clothing on the bathroom floor. The worst thing was the empty beer cans she stumbled across when she threw the pizza box in the trash. Faith was pissed. Good thing we were going for that jog. Faith really needed to work off some anger. She might just make the five miles after all.
We started our run along Arthur, heading north. An hour into our run we ran into Kim and Alex. Actually it was more like the two of them stumbled across us. We were taking a short break
"Hey guys," Alex said smiling.
"Hey Alex, Kim.didn't expect to see you guys out here," Faith replied.
"Yeah I could say the same for you and Bosco," Alex commented, glancing in my direction.
"Yeah well I'm as surprised that I'm out here running too," Faith admitted.
"Oh yeah?" Kim replied. "So what prompted you to go running.especially with this one?"
"Hey!" I interrupted. "What do you mean 'this one'?"
"She spends eight hours a day dealing with you. Why volunteer for more punishment?"
"I resent that comment." I replied as the three of them laughed. Figuring it was time to get moving again, I called back to them, "Hey I can take a hint."
"Come on Bos, I'm tired," Faith called after me.
"Come on yourself. The car's three blocks over. I think you can last that long."
"Speaking of cars, think we can grab a ride?" Kim asked.
"Sure, why not?" I responded. The four of us walked the last three blocks.
"Can I drive?" Alex asked smiling that smile that I'm sure got her what she wanted most of the time..most of the time. My car was another matter altogether.
"You drive.my car?" I asked shaking my head.
"Sure, why not?" she asked. "You let Kim drive it, why cant I?"
"You let Kim drive your car?" Faith questioned in disbelief.
"Yeah.once," I replied as Kim filled in the details.
"I drove from the 55th to Angel of Mercy.it was a few days after his mom was hospitalized."
"I needed to take care of a few things and I needed my car. Trouble was it was still parked outside the station. So I asked Kim here if she'd bring it up after work."
"I would have brought it over for you Bos," Faith commented in a tone that made me question how she felt about this whole discussion.
"You weren't working either Faith. This was when Charlie had the chicken pox."
"Oh I see," she replied with a smile, directing her attention to Kim. "So how was it?"
"Great, I love that car." Kim replied with a huge smile.
As Kim spoke, my cell phone rang. I glanced at my caller ID and the number was a familiar one.not that that was a good thing as Faith soon discovered.
"Mikey," I replied, my eyes meeting Faiths.
"What do you want Mikey?" I said, talking into the phone.."I don't know what you're talking about.how much money? Where the hell did you get hold of that kind of money.don't lie to me Mikey.no I don't.fine.whatever"
"So it was him?" Faith asked.
"I swear, some days I wish I were an only child."
"I thought you arrested your brother," Kim questioned.
"I did but that was a couple years ago. He got out and now he's in deeper than he was when I arrested him."
"Great," Faith mumbled.
"Too bad you can't divorce him like I did Jimmy," Kim said, getting a laugh from me. Why I laughed at that I don't know, just seemed like the thing to do. She was right.sometimes I wished I could divorce my brother.
"So what'd he do now?" Alex asked.
"I'm not entirely sure yet Alex," I replied. It was the truth, I had a good idea but I didn't know all the facts. There was a piece of the puzzle missing.a big piece and I needed to figure it out.
"Want some help?" Faith asked knowing I needed to talk about what was going on. Faith and I took turns acting as a sounding board for each other. Right now I needed to talk things through.
tbc
Things like that can change the way a guy sees things. What I was seeing at that moment looked pretty damn good. I could get used to this.
The way Faith smiled at me meant one thing. Our night of making love was turning into a morning of making love. The woman was determined to kill me. What a way to go huh? I could just see my death certificate. Cause of death: excessive sex.
At some point we made it to the bathroom, of course that led to sex in the shower. Mind you, I wasn't complaining. Did I mention how I'd been living a life of celibacy? Yeah well, the way I saw it, I had a lot of time to make up for.and Faith and I made up a lot of lost ground in those twelve hours. We debated calling in sick but I think the bosses would have been a little suspicious if both of us called in. I doubt they'd have a clue that Faith and I were lovers but they'd wonder all the same. As much as the idea intrigued me, I didn't want to deal with the after effects. Besides I 'd never passed up an opportunity to discuss my sex life with Faith and today was going to be a long conversation. For once, she might even join me..
We made in into work. Yeah I was actually on time and in a good mood. I didn't even sleep through roll call although I did daydream a little.
Ty jumped on the opportunity to question my mood. He was sure it involved a woman. I told him that maybe he was right and his face brightened. He looked over at Faith who simply shrugged her shoulders. On our way downstairs, she warned both him and Sully that if either of them did anything to spoil my good mood, they'd be answering to her. I had to laugh which earned me a glare from Sully.
Our shift went by pretty smoothly, just the usual stuff. Dinnertime arrived and I was starved. We decided to stop off and see ma since I hadn't seen her all day. We visited her and I explained that I'd been exhausted.that I'd slept in and maybe everything was catching up to me. She didn't seem to question me so I let it go.
I thought Ma looked good. Her color was returning to normal. Her doctor had been in and her tests were all good. If she continued to progress at this rate, she'd be home in five days or so. She asked about the bar and I told her that Faith and I had stopped there and everything seemed normal.
I discovered that day that in some ways Faith knows me better than ma. When ma brought up the bar, I'd instinctly told her that everything was fine. What ma didn't pick up on was the change in my mood.
"You gonna tell me what that was all about?" she asked as we were eating dinner. "What was what all about?" I asked.
"I don't know Bos but it has something to do with your ma's bar."
"What are you talking about?" I'd asked.
"I'm talking about you and the discussion of your ma's bar. Come on, something's been on your mind since we left the hospital."
"I'm not sure Faith."
"Not sure about what?"
"You remember that bag I took with when we left ma's bar last night?"
"Yeah, you said it was some stuff you needed to drop off at your ma's place."
"Yeah well, I did leave the bag at ma's.for now anyway until I figure out what's going on."
"Bos, what was in the bag?"
"Cash.a lot of cash Faith."
"How much is a lot of cash?"
"I don't know. I didn't actually count it."
"Your ma had been in the hospital for almost a week now. It stands to reason that there'd be money in the safe especially if no one's made any deposits."
"Yeah I know I haven't been there to check on the place in a week. Faith I've closed up with ma before and I've driven her to the bank so she could make a deposit. I don't know what's going on but there was a lot of cash in the safe.too much cash."
"So what do you think it could be?"
"I have an idea.I just hope I'm wrong."
"Mikey?"
"Yeah Mikey.and if that money got there from him it could only mean one thing.drugs."
"So what are you gonna do?"
"Nothing for now...if Mikey put that money there he's going to want it back. Odds are it's not his money so he's going to have to get it back. He goes back by ma's bar and finds out its gone, he's going to ask questions."
"You sure, I mean if he starts asking questions, he's going to look guilty."
"Yeah and if he doesn't get that money back he's going to have more to worry about than me."
"So we wait.Bos, I really hope it's not Mikey."
"Yeah, me too Faith.me too."
Our shift ended and we decided to head over to ma's place to check on the money. I didn't like leaving it at her place but for now, it was the safest place I could think of.
"Damn Bos.I've never seen this much money at one time. You know what I could do with this much money?"
"Yeah, I can think of a few things I could do with a hundred grand. Damn Faith, a hundred grand. Where would Mikey get that much money?"
"You and I both know the answer to that question. Bos, look, Mikey's your brother. Maybe you could ask him about the cash."
"Yeah I know Faith, he's family but this is a lot of cash. I doubt he'll tell me where he got it."
"You think it's from drugs?"
"Where else would he get this kind of money?"
"I don't know Bosco. He could've got hold of it a couple ways."
"Yeah and none of the places make me feel any better.come on let's get out of here."
We left ma's place, leaving the money there for one more night. I figured if Mikey had put the money there then he'd be looking for it by now. It was only a matter of time.
For the second morning in a row, I woke up to Faith's kisses. It was after 9 o'clock. She'd been up since 7:30, had already showered and dressed. I showered and dressed while Faith made breakfast.
After breakfast, I decided that maybe I'd go for a run. Two, three sometimes four days a week, I'd go for a morning run. Okay so my morning run usually didn't start until lunchtime but I did enjoy those jogs. Faith decided to join me for a run although she wasn't up for my usual five miles runs.
We left my apartment around ten o'clock, stopping by her place to pick up a few things. Odd as it may sound, I'd almost forgotten about her other life; the one consisting of a so-called husband and two kids. Fred was at work and the kids were in school so we were in and out in ten minutes. The apartment was a disaster; dishes in the sink, an empty pizza box on the coffee table, dirty towels and clothing on the bathroom floor. The worst thing was the empty beer cans she stumbled across when she threw the pizza box in the trash. Faith was pissed. Good thing we were going for that jog. Faith really needed to work off some anger. She might just make the five miles after all.
We started our run along Arthur, heading north. An hour into our run we ran into Kim and Alex. Actually it was more like the two of them stumbled across us. We were taking a short break
"Hey guys," Alex said smiling.
"Hey Alex, Kim.didn't expect to see you guys out here," Faith replied.
"Yeah I could say the same for you and Bosco," Alex commented, glancing in my direction.
"Yeah well I'm as surprised that I'm out here running too," Faith admitted.
"Oh yeah?" Kim replied. "So what prompted you to go running.especially with this one?"
"Hey!" I interrupted. "What do you mean 'this one'?"
"She spends eight hours a day dealing with you. Why volunteer for more punishment?"
"I resent that comment." I replied as the three of them laughed. Figuring it was time to get moving again, I called back to them, "Hey I can take a hint."
"Come on Bos, I'm tired," Faith called after me.
"Come on yourself. The car's three blocks over. I think you can last that long."
"Speaking of cars, think we can grab a ride?" Kim asked.
"Sure, why not?" I responded. The four of us walked the last three blocks.
"Can I drive?" Alex asked smiling that smile that I'm sure got her what she wanted most of the time..most of the time. My car was another matter altogether.
"You drive.my car?" I asked shaking my head.
"Sure, why not?" she asked. "You let Kim drive it, why cant I?"
"You let Kim drive your car?" Faith questioned in disbelief.
"Yeah.once," I replied as Kim filled in the details.
"I drove from the 55th to Angel of Mercy.it was a few days after his mom was hospitalized."
"I needed to take care of a few things and I needed my car. Trouble was it was still parked outside the station. So I asked Kim here if she'd bring it up after work."
"I would have brought it over for you Bos," Faith commented in a tone that made me question how she felt about this whole discussion.
"You weren't working either Faith. This was when Charlie had the chicken pox."
"Oh I see," she replied with a smile, directing her attention to Kim. "So how was it?"
"Great, I love that car." Kim replied with a huge smile.
As Kim spoke, my cell phone rang. I glanced at my caller ID and the number was a familiar one.not that that was a good thing as Faith soon discovered.
"Mikey," I replied, my eyes meeting Faiths.
"What do you want Mikey?" I said, talking into the phone.."I don't know what you're talking about.how much money? Where the hell did you get hold of that kind of money.don't lie to me Mikey.no I don't.fine.whatever"
"So it was him?" Faith asked.
"I swear, some days I wish I were an only child."
"I thought you arrested your brother," Kim questioned.
"I did but that was a couple years ago. He got out and now he's in deeper than he was when I arrested him."
"Great," Faith mumbled.
"Too bad you can't divorce him like I did Jimmy," Kim said, getting a laugh from me. Why I laughed at that I don't know, just seemed like the thing to do. She was right.sometimes I wished I could divorce my brother.
"So what'd he do now?" Alex asked.
"I'm not entirely sure yet Alex," I replied. It was the truth, I had a good idea but I didn't know all the facts. There was a piece of the puzzle missing.a big piece and I needed to figure it out.
"Want some help?" Faith asked knowing I needed to talk about what was going on. Faith and I took turns acting as a sounding board for each other. Right now I needed to talk things through.
tbc