Chapter Thirteen
( Oh yeah! I'm back! Exams and a whole bunch of other stuff kept me away. But I'm
back! ;©)
Maritza's POV
I woke up and found Bosco at my bedside. Just a few hours ago, okay a few days
ago really, I thought he never wanted to see me again. I can't tell you how happy I
was to see him. He held me, and let me cry on his shoulder. And when he kissed me,
I knew. He's the one,THE one! I knew right then I loved him, and that there was no
one else who could take his place.
You always hear about pivotal people and pivotal moments. Well, Bosco's one heck of
a pivotal person, and that moment is the turning point. NO more crap, no more hiding
things from him. I had to come clean.
Bosco's POV
Maritza looked at me about three hours after she had woken up and said,
'' I have to tell you something.''
I got to tell you, I was more than a little nervous. Usually sentences that start like that
don't end well.
'' What about?,'' I asked.
She took a deep breath, and I knew whatever she had to say was big. But nothing
could have prepared me for this.
'' Noble was a CI for the FBI. They wanted somebody to keep an eye on him,
somebody who knew the turf, and wouldn't stand out. They picked me,'' She said. She
looked scared, like I would hurt her.
I couldn't believe it! She was working for the FEDS! WE were working for the FEDS!
Then what she had said in the locker room made sense, she had said,' We turn that
gun in,and the feds will be all over this.'
''What? You're a handler for the FBI? Why didn't you tell me?,'' I asked, quieter than I
figured I would.
'' I couldn't. I wanted to, but I couldn't. Bosco, I never wanted to keep it from you! You
have to believe me!,'' She insisted,'' I really did. But I couldn't.''
I shook my head, mostly to try and clear my head. I knew that when you worked with
the feds they pretty well swore you to secrecy. But you would have thought she would
have told me! I mean I was the one who was right beside her every time. Every time!
I couldn't figure out why she had kept this from me, but then it hit me.
Maybe she did it to protect me. And as strange as that sounds, it made sense. The
less I knew, the less likely if anything bad went down, that I'd get pulled into the mix. If
I didn't know anything, then there would be no way some crazed drug dealer would
show up, wanting to kill me.
'' Bosco, I'm sorry, you don't know how many times I came so close to telling you. So
close, and I told you that now, because, because,'' She paused, again looking
nervous,'' Because I love you.''
I couldn't believe my ears. Had she just said she loved me?
Maritza's POV
There I had said it. And it was true.
He stared at me for a moment, like I had rendered him speechless. For Bos, that's
rare occurrence.
( Oh yeah! I'm back! Exams and a whole bunch of other stuff kept me away. But I'm
back! ;©)
Maritza's POV
I woke up and found Bosco at my bedside. Just a few hours ago, okay a few days
ago really, I thought he never wanted to see me again. I can't tell you how happy I
was to see him. He held me, and let me cry on his shoulder. And when he kissed me,
I knew. He's the one,THE one! I knew right then I loved him, and that there was no
one else who could take his place.
You always hear about pivotal people and pivotal moments. Well, Bosco's one heck of
a pivotal person, and that moment is the turning point. NO more crap, no more hiding
things from him. I had to come clean.
Bosco's POV
Maritza looked at me about three hours after she had woken up and said,
'' I have to tell you something.''
I got to tell you, I was more than a little nervous. Usually sentences that start like that
don't end well.
'' What about?,'' I asked.
She took a deep breath, and I knew whatever she had to say was big. But nothing
could have prepared me for this.
'' Noble was a CI for the FBI. They wanted somebody to keep an eye on him,
somebody who knew the turf, and wouldn't stand out. They picked me,'' She said. She
looked scared, like I would hurt her.
I couldn't believe it! She was working for the FEDS! WE were working for the FEDS!
Then what she had said in the locker room made sense, she had said,' We turn that
gun in,and the feds will be all over this.'
''What? You're a handler for the FBI? Why didn't you tell me?,'' I asked, quieter than I
figured I would.
'' I couldn't. I wanted to, but I couldn't. Bosco, I never wanted to keep it from you! You
have to believe me!,'' She insisted,'' I really did. But I couldn't.''
I shook my head, mostly to try and clear my head. I knew that when you worked with
the feds they pretty well swore you to secrecy. But you would have thought she would
have told me! I mean I was the one who was right beside her every time. Every time!
I couldn't figure out why she had kept this from me, but then it hit me.
Maybe she did it to protect me. And as strange as that sounds, it made sense. The
less I knew, the less likely if anything bad went down, that I'd get pulled into the mix. If
I didn't know anything, then there would be no way some crazed drug dealer would
show up, wanting to kill me.
'' Bosco, I'm sorry, you don't know how many times I came so close to telling you. So
close, and I told you that now, because, because,'' She paused, again looking
nervous,'' Because I love you.''
I couldn't believe my ears. Had she just said she loved me?
Maritza's POV
There I had said it. And it was true.
He stared at me for a moment, like I had rendered him speechless. For Bos, that's
rare occurrence.