June 5th, 2010

It had been a very long time since devastation had hit their home, but when Justin was killed in the house fire it hit them hard. Emily couldn't go home. Faith understood why. She and the girls moved into the house. Savannah and Sofia slept together. They moved Charlie downstairs into the living room so Sydney and Emily could sleep together.

"When are we going home?" Sydney asked sitting at the kitchen table.

"I don't know, Sweet pea." Bosco said as he filled two bowls up with Macaroni and cheese, "You're going to stay here for awhile until mommy feels better." Faith walked in with Sofia and Savannah in her arms.

"Take one quick." She said. Bosco smiled as he took Savannah.

"Hey, Princess. I'm grandpa." He said.

"We have three grandpas." Sydney said. Faith smiled weakly. She hated the O'Hara family. They refused to let Emily and the girls stay with them even though they had a seven-bedroom mansion. They were too busy grieving in the Poconos to acknowledge them as their family.

"That's right." Faith smiled, "Where's Emily?"

"Bathroom, I think." He said making up two bottles for the babies. Faith walked down the hallway and knocked on the bathroom door.

"Emily, there's some Mac and cheese if you want some." She said. There was no response, "Emily?....Emily?" She knocked again, "Is everything okay?"

"Go away." A soft whispered came from the bathroom.

"Emily, what's going on?" Faith opened the door and her heart stopped. Emily was sitting on the bathroom floor, blood pouring down her left arm. "Emily!!"

"Go away." Emily sobbed. Faith grabbed a towel and ran to Emily. She grabbed her daughter's arm and wrapped it up. She saw the razor in Emily's hand.

"What are you trying to do!?" Faith yelled.

"Leave me alone!" Emily sobbed.

"Bosco! Call an ambulance!" Faith stared at her daughter's pale face, "Don't you dare do this!!"

"I w-want to see Justin!" Emily closed her eyes.

"You can't do this!" Faith snapped holding the towel tightly to her wrist. "You can't give up. Sydney and Savannah need you god damn it!"

"Mommy." Emily sobbed. Faith held her tightly.
"Baby, you have to hold on." Faith's own body was shaking. God, she couldn't let go of her daughter. She couldn't say goodbye to her. "Those babies need you." Bosco stood in the doorway, feeling sick to his stomach.

Faith stared at her daughter struggling with the restraint on her wrists. Emily was screaming for them to let her go and go home. Bosco wrapped his arms around Faith.

"She'll be okay." He said. "They have doctors for her to talk to."

"She tried to kill herself Bosco." Faith turned and looked at him. "I can't loose her. I can't."

"You won't. She's on a seventy-two hour hold and after that we can discuss our options with her." Bosco said, "I don't want Sav and Syd with her alone if she's going to do this again."

"God, what am I going to tell Sydney?" Faith whispered, "She's already too confused about Justin. She can't handle this. She's a baby. She cant do-"

"Stop it." Bosco grabbed Faith, "Everything will work out. I promise. You need to hold on as well as Emily. Please be strong. Emily needs you to get through this."

"I don't know if I can give her what she needs though." Faith said.

"Somewhere you will find the strength. Trust me. I've seen what you're made of." Bosco said. Faith began to cry into his shoulder. God, she was so terrified. If Emily had managed to kill herself, Faith, herself would have died. That was her baby girl in there, in restraints. She wondered if she'd every be the same again.

June 19th, 2010

The past two weeks were very hectic for Bosco. Having Sofia and Savannah in his arms was nerve wrecking. Alex had been over helping a lot lately. Maren tried to, but since moving out of town it was hard.

"Ty said if I bring Sydney and Savannah home, he'll be okay with it, Bos." Alex said making sandwiches for the kids.

"Thanks. It's not that I don't enjoy having there, but...I don't know." Bosco sighed stuffing Sydney's things into a bag.

"You need a break. I know." Alex said, "Jade and Carrie are excited to have them home." Bosco smiled weakly.

"Yeah, Syd is excited to go too." He said as Faith walked into the house coming from the hospital. "How's Emily?"

"She's doing a lot better. The therapy seems to be helping." Faith said sitting at the kitchen table, "I hate that place, Bos. There were emotionally disturbed children who were the sweetest things. Their parents left them there so they didn't have to bother. This one little girls must have been four years old. She followed me around the entire place. I hate having Em there."

"She needs to be." Alex said, "For a little while at least."

"It's what she needs." Bosco said.

"How are the girls?" Faith asked.

"Syd is excited to go see Jade and Carrie." he smiled putting the bag on the floor. "Savannah is starting to belly laugh."

"Emily is missing it." Faith sighed.

"She'll be home soon enough, Faith." Alex said picking up Sydney's bag, "The girls will be fine at my house. They'll have fun."

"I know that." Faith smiled glancing over at Savannah and Sofia in their swings. Alex scooped Savannah up in her arms.

"Hey, Sweet pea." She smiled. Faith sighed getting back up.

"Sydney! Come here please!" She called up the stairs. Sydney came running down the stairs.

"Is mommy here?" She asked.

"Not yet." Faith told her granddaughter, "You're going to Alex's now."

"Coo beans." Sydney put her sunglasses on, "It's going to be fun." Faith knelt down and kissed Sydney's cheek.

"You need to be good." Faith said.

"Oh I will." Sydney said, "I'm always very good." Faith chuckled.

"Not always, but most of the time." She said standing back up, "Thanks for taking them, Alex."

"No problem." She said taking Sydney's hand, "Tell grandma and grandpa goodbye, Honey." Sydney waved her hand.

"Bye, baby." Bosco said watching Alex take his granddaughter's out of the house. He sighed deeply. "This will be good for them."

"I know." She whispered picking Sofia up. She cradled the baby to her chest tightly. She watched Alex take her granddaughters out of the house. Faith's body shudder as she held onto Sofia. She prayed to god Emily would be able to come home to her girls very soon.

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