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The Only One: Chapter 15

Faith finished her cup of coffee and threw the container into the garbage. She looked at her watch and discovered that she had been gone twenty minutes. Worried that something might have happened to Bos in her absence, she hurried back in the direction of his room.

As she was walking back she saw two orderlies leading both Rose and Alicia down the hallway. When Rose saw her, she yelled " Faith, he's awake! Maurice is awake! Go see him quickly!"

Puzzled as to why the two women were being taken, Faith put her hand up and stopped the four of them.

" What's going on here" she demanded, in her most tough cop voice.

" Well, it seems that these two women decided to get into a little fight in there and we had to go break it up". said the man who was holding onto Rose.

" Now we have to go escort them outside, if you don't mind" said the other.

" I'm a NYPD cop and I can assure you that if anyone started a fight it's that girl right there". Faith said, pointing at Alicia.

" Oh ya?" said the first orderly. " What makes you so sure? You weren't even in the room."

" I know because about twenty minutes ago she threatened me". " Now, do I have to talk to your supervisor? This lady right here is Mr. Boscorelli's mother and she needs to see him.". Faith said, firmly.

" Alright then". he said. He didn't want anyone going to his supervisor. He had already been told that one more problem with him would cause him to get fired. " What do you want to do with this one?" he said, motioning toward Alicia.

" You can take her to hell for all I care" faith said, sarcastically. " Just get her out of my face".

The orderly relaxed his hold on Rose's arm and she yanked it away, rubbing where his fingers had bit into her.

They continued down the hall with Alicia struggling to get free. " You witch!" she screamed at Faith. " I'm gonna make you wish you were never born!" Then, as if she had suddenly lost what ever strength she had, she stopped resisting and let the men walk her out to the parking lot.

" Ya. Cry me a river, psycho". Faith said dryly.

Rose grabbed Faith into a hug and began to cry. " Faith, I'm so sorry that I didn't believe you and Maurice sooner. That girl is crazy!"

Faith squeezed her back. " It's ok Rose. let's go see Bosco".

And with that they walked into Bosco's room.

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Bosco was attempting to sit up when they walked into the room. Faith rushed over to his side and pushed him back down.

" Bos, just rest. You need to rest baby". she said, taking his hand into hers.

"Rest? How the hell am I supposed to do that with two woman fightin in my room"? he grumbled.

Both Rose and Faith had to laugh. It was good to have him back in the land of the living.

Faith hugged him carefully and kissed him on the face about ten times. Her tears coming down hard and fast.

" Oh, Bos, I thought I had lost you. Don't ever get into another accident again, you jerk"! she cried.

Rose leaned over and gave her son a kiss and rumpled his already messy hair. " Oh, Maurice, I am so sorry for not believing you. Alicia really is nuts and I told her that she wasn't welcome around here any more". With that, she burst into tears again.

Bosco was overwhelmed by their show of affection. He had to admit that it felt good, though. He had the two most important women in his life by his side and for that he was grateful.

" Now stop all this cryin you two. Your making me feel bad. Let's just forget about it. I'm really tired...I need to.....go...to....sleep..." he laid his head back on the pillow and fell asleep.

The door opened again and Mary Proctor came in. " What's this I hear about my patient waking up". she asked, grinning. She was very pleased that he had been awake, even for a short while. Things like that almost never happened. But there were those times when someone beat the odds. She was glad that it was Bosco.

Rose stepped forward and spoke softly to her, wiping her tear stained face with her hands. " I think it was my fault, nurse. There was kind of a little argument going on in here, and next thing we knew, he woke up".

Mary looked at her and grinned. " Hey, what ever works, right?" " I'll let Dr. Minor know that he woke up. I'll be back in a bit". Then she left the room.

Faith looked rejuvenated already. Her face was regaining its color and she looked happy.

" Rose, what happened after I left?" she asked.

Rose sat back down in her chair, hoping that Faith would understand why she had spied on her when she was in the hall with Alicia.

" She came in and started crying and then all of a sudden she stopped. Then she got angry. I swear, Faith, that she went through about ten different moods in the few minutes she was here. It was scary." then she lowered her voice, so she wouldn't wake Bos up. " She told me that you threatened her and that you said that she would be easy to replace".

Faith opened her mouth to speak but Rose held up her hand, indicating that she wasn't through yet.

" Faith, honey, I hope you aren't mad at me, but I listened in on your conversation with her in the hall. I wanted to know if she was lying to me. I just had to hear for myself" she looked at Faith, trying to read into how she was feeling about this violation.

" I'm not mad Rose. I'm kinda glad that someone else saw what I saw in her. She is a pathological liar, among other things. We really have to keep an eye on her. Especially when it comes to the baby. I don't think she'll make a good mother." Faith said, honestly.

" That is so sweet of you. To be worried about the baby. I know it must be hard on you, Faith. I just want to say thankyou for loving my son so much. He's very lucky to have someone like you." Rose said, sincerely.

" Don't thank me. I already love this baby, as weird as that sounds, because he is a part of Bosco. The truth is, I'm lucky to have him. He has helped me a lot."

The two woman feel into a comfortable silence as they watched Bosco sleep. The bond between them strengthening, because of their deep love for one man.