Bosco slowly pushed open the door to his mother's bar.

"Maurice?" Rose said with a look of concern on her face.

"Ma...Why can't I find someone who loves me, wholeheartly; some one who will never question my intentions? He said as a tear fell from his now bloodshot eyes.

"I'm sorry, Maurice but I am not following you." Rose said as she handed her son an ice cold beer.

"I slept with Faith last night, Ma! I gave her myself and she acted like it meant nothing to her. She...she needed to ask. She needed to ask if I loved her! Oh course I love her, Ma." Bosco said. His tears coming at a more rapid pace now.

Rose moved around the outside of the bar and placed her hands on Bosco's muscular shoulders.

"Maybe it was just too soon after losing Fred, hon. I know that you know Faith better than anyone, and even if she didn't say it yet, you know that she loves you, Maurice.

she said soflty.

She leaned over, placing a soft kiss on the top of his head, and wiped the salty tears from his cheeks.

Bosco brushed his mother's hand away from his face, and rose to his feet; grabbing another beer from the bar.

"You don't mind do you?" He stated after finishing the beer he had just taken.

"You can drink as much as you want, but until you talk to Faith you are not going to start feeling better!" She screamed as she glared at him from the other side of the bar.

"We'll just see about that..." He whispered, just loud enough to be certain his mother would hear him.

Bosco sat there as the empty beer bottles continued to multiply in front of him. Rose continued to watch her son with fear and concern in her eyes. She wondered how much more he would drink before he realized it wasn't going to change waht had happened. Rose knew that Faith was a strong woman, but she also needed someone to help her through this tough time. She glared at her son and thought to herself: 'The last thing Faith needs is another drunk..."

Rose jumped to her feet and snatched the ninth beer from Bosco's lips.

"You're done!" She shouted "Give me your keys NOW, Maurice!"

"No." He screamed, grabbing his keyring from his mother's hands "Don't tell me how much I can and can't drink, Ma. I'm not a fucking child!"

"I can't watch you kill yourself, Maurice. You are all that I have." she said as the tears welled up in her tired eyes. She began to question how much more she could take. After the burdens of abusive boyfriends and a drug addict son, she now had to watch her pride and joy, drink himself to the bottom of a bottle.

Bosco sighed. "Ma, I'm not going anywhere." He said, soflty handing his mother back his keys.

"You can't live like this, baby. If you love her you have to tell her. You have to be there for her" Rose whispered, wiping the tears from her eyes.

"You're right." He said, rising to his feet. "I'm sorry, Ma."

He bent down and kissed his mother on the cheek, then turned around and took off running. His feet pounded the ground rapidly as the rain outside poured down his well sculpted body.

He was runnning to her. He was finding Faith...

TBC