December 11th, 2008
Bosco bolted down the street after the perp. Eddie Doshal has stolen a woman's purse right in front of him.
"Stop, Eddie!!" Bosco cried, "I know where you live!!"
"Bosco!" Faith yelled, "Get in the car!"
"No!" Bosco turned the corner following Eddie. She hated it when Bosco did these runs. He always got winded and needed his inhaler.
"Idiot." Faith muttered as she got out of the car, grabbing his inhaler from the glove compartment. Bosco followed Eddie into the old Sewer plant.
"Eddie, come out here now." Bosco said creeping his way along the wall. Faith walked up behind him.
"I'm calling for back up." Faith said. Bosco shook his head.
"Don't." He said, "We can handle Eddie."
"Come on, Bos. He is armed." Faith whispered.
"So are we." He said walking towards a door. Suddenly gunfire rang out. "Get down, Faith!!"
"Get down!" Faith screamed throwing herself behind a pipe. She felt the breeze of the bullets. "I'm calling for back up."
"No!!" Bosco snapped. He stepped out when he heard Eddie running up some metal stairs. Bosco bolted up after him.
"Oh god." Faith whispered. What was her husband doing?
"Eddie, if you surrender now we will forget that you fired at two police officers." Bosco said.
"Fuck off you pussy licker." Eddie yelled reloading his gun.
"You fuck face." Bosco snarled running up more stairs. Eddie jumped when he saw Bosco coming. Eddie started firing his gun. Bosco gasped in Surprise, "You son of a bitch."
"Die, bastard." Eddie laughed watching Bosco stagger. Bosco looked at his stomach. There was blood. Why was there blood? He was wearing his vest. He looked at Eddie with Wide eyes.
"Cop killers." He said. Eddie grinned.
"Yup." He said as Faith ran up the stairs. She saw the blood.
"Oh god!!" She screamed.
"Faith! Cop killers!" Bosco cried. Eddie aimed his gun, but Faith was too quick. She fired two shots directly in Eddie's chest. She watched him fall to the ground. She turned to her husband.
"Oh god." She ran to him, "Oh God. You're bleeding."
"Pretty badly." Bosco grunted. Faith was shaking as she grabbed her radio.
"55-David...to central, 10-13 we...we have an officer down." Faith cried, "I repeat we have an officer down." She started to cry as she looked at her husband, "Oh God, Bos. Hang in there."
"Fuzzy..." Bosco mumbled. She whimpered putting direct pressure on the wound.
"Don't, Bos. Just stay with me. The bus will be here soon." Faith whispered. Bosco looked deep into her eyes with his glazed over blue eyes.
"Vince...." He mumbled. Why was everything growing dark?
"Don't!!" Faith cried, "Hang in there, Bos. Please. I love you. I love you so much, Bosco." The sirens started to near. Faith looked up, "We're in here!!!!! Please hurry!!!! Hurry!!!!" Her entire body was trembling. This must be how Bosco felt like when she got shot years ago. Soon, Doc and Carlos ran up the stairs.
"How is he?" Doc asked.
"H-He stopped t-talking." Faith sobbed. "H-He's n-not t-talking anymore."
"He'll be okay. We'll take him to mercy." Carlos said. Faith backed away. There was so much blood. Faith couldn't believe there was so much blood. Faith felt faint. Her husband was on death's door.
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Faith sat in the chair staring at the dried blood on her hands. As soon as they had brought Bosco here, he was whisked away to surgery. Dr. Colbert said the bullet shredded his stomach muscles and pierced a hole in his stomach. She had cried for two hours straight but now she had nothing left in her.
"Here. You need to eat something." Emily said sitting down next to her. Faith looked at the chicken sandwich.
"I can't." Faith whispered.
"You need to." Emily said putting it in her mother's hand.
"No!" Faith snapped throwing it to the ground, "I can't, Emily! MY husband is in there fighting for his life!" Faith started to cry again. "I...I c-can't loose him, Em. He's all I g-got."
"You're not going to loose him." Emily said softly. You won't." Emily said softly.
"I told him...I told him a couple of months ago that he sh-should think about cutting back his hours....H-He didn't listen." Faith cried, "I w-wish he had. I c-cant do this again. I c-cant!!" Faith put her head in her daughter's lap and sobbed. Emily sighed and stroked her hair. Her heart was breaking seeing her mother like this. Dr. Colbert walked down the hair. Emily patted Faith's back.
"Mom, it's the doctor." She said. Faith sat up and saw Dr. Colbert.
"Mrs. Boscorelli?" He said softly. Faith stood up.
"How's my husband?" She asked.
"The surgery went well. We were able to patch up the whole in his stomach. There was extensive muscle damage on his abdomen muscles. We fix them, but he'll be in need of a lot of physical therapy." He said.
"He'll be okay?" Faith whispered.
"For now. We need to make sure infection doesn't set in." He said. "Maurice is in recovery right now and may be waking up soon. You can go see him." Faith nodded.
"Please." She followed the doctor. Knowing that her husband was still alive set her mind at ease. Faith stepped into his room. She was taken aback by how pale he was. He didn't look like Bosco. She trembled as she walked up to his bedside. "Baby, I'm here." She kissed his forehead softly. Bosco grunted.
"I." He mumbled.
"Shhhh. Just relax." Faith said. A few tears slid down her cheeks, "You got shot, Bosco."
"I...dead." Bosco grunted, not opening his eyes. Faith shook her head.
"No you're not. You're alive." Faith whimpered. She almost broke down hearing that, "You got shot and had surgery." Bosco slowly opened his eyes. They focused on his wife.
"Faith?" He mumbled. Faith smiled weakly.
"Hi, Baby." Faith squeezed his hand. He looked around the room, confused; "you're in the hospital. You were shot."
"Eddie." Bosco groaned.
"I killed him." Faith said. Bosco looked at her, "Nobody messes with my husband." Bosco smiled weakly.
"Hurt. A lot." He said.
"The doctor will increase your morphine if you need it." Faith said. Bosco nodded as he licked his dry lips. "Try to get some sleep. I will be here when you wake up." Bosco nodded again. He was still clearly groggy from the medication. "I love you, Baby. I love you so much." Faith took his hand and held it. She never wanted to let go.
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