Bosco was the one to break the kiss first. He gently pulled back, searching to see if I felt the same way he did. I was totally floored at his show of affection and felt myself falling for the first time in my life.

I had heard about the kiss that takes your breath away. I had read about it and I had seen it on tv and in the movies, but never had I felt the kind of passion that comes from experiencing it first hand.

The feel of his hands on my face. The way he tilted my head forward so we could get even closer. The way he murmured my name. It was the best kiss of my life. Probably because I was in love with him.

I closed my eyes, relishing the moment, hoping that he'd kiss me again. A slow smile spread over my face as I conjured up images of what had just happened. The way it happened. It was a story that would go down in my journal and I hoped it would have a happy ending.

"Faith?"

I opened my eyes and looked at him as if I were only half awake.

"Ya?"

"I love you.... I'm in love with you. I want us to be together." He stumbled over his words.

His eyes were searching deep into my soul, looking for some confirmation that what he had said and done was ok. Spontaneously, I leaned forward and placed one hand on the back of his neck, the other on his shoulder and kissed him again.

He wrapped both arms around me and pulled me tight against him. If I had thought the first kiss was good, I was in for a real treat. He put all the passion and love he had into the delivery of it. It was as if he wanted me to know how much he felt for me.

I pulled back, dazed by the emotion that ran between us and wiped off my mouth.

"Bosco...I....I....love you too." I babbled. I was not accustomed to being nervous around him. This was new territory for me and for him. We had forever changed our relationship in a matter of minutes. I knew in my heart that it was worth it. No matter what the outcome.

It was the most defining moment of my life. I had told Bosco my secret and he had told me his. I felt like a million bucks, being loved by the one man I had secretly fantasized about for almost ten years.

From here on out, I knew that my life would never be the same. It was as if I had just awakened from a life that wasn't my own and was now going down the path towards my destiny.

I had come full tilt in order to end up with the one person who knew me; who loved me for me; who would never ask me to give up being a cop; who understood me like no other. And to think that it was the one man who I had spent eight or nine hours a day with for years and I'd never known it was possible until now.

I'd gone through cancer. I'd gone through divorce and losing my children. I'd been alone for so long, it actually made me tremble to think that I'd have love again.

I knew that it was never love with Fred. I loved him, but I wasn't in love with him. Everyone has someone like that. You stay together for reasons that have nothing to do with each other. The kids; money; the house; the car. Whatever it is, it sure wasn't what God intended a marriage to be.

I had spent so many sleepless nights agonizing over where my life was going. I had a husband who drank too much, who lied to my face and treated me bad. I had children who were old enough to know the difference and could tell that something was very wrong with their home-life.

I could have laid there forever, not dealing with reality and being too scared to actually end my marriage. But the time came when I no longer could justify to myself the reasons why I stayed. There wasn't one reason that was worth my husband's affair or his lies. Not that he'd wanted to stay with me anyway. It was over and even though I was relieved, I was also sad for my kids. My kids. I didn't even get to see them anymore.

Life for me had changed in an instant. Looking back, I knew that this was the path I had to go down in order to reach happiness and this new path had the street sign marked 'Bosco'.

He grabbed me then and hugged me tightly. He brought his hand up and stroked my hair gently. He looked at my face and broke out in a huge grin.

"What?"

"Yokas. You're one bad girl" He said playfully.

"Why? What did I do?"

He broke out laughing as he guided me towards his car.

"It's only 9:30. You left work an hour and a half early!"