"Okay, Amanda. You're all set. Now just remember, if you decide you want
to move things around at all - even though we just put Bosco and Joey
through the ringer - it is a woman's prerogative to change her mind," Kim
told the girl as they finished arranging her room just the way she wanted
it. When they'd gotten the word from DCFS that Amanda was theirs, they'd
taken her out to pick out her bedroom furniture.
Bosco wiped the sweat from his brow and rolled his eyes at Kim behind Amanda's back. As much as Joey tried to help, he just couldn't lift things very well and Bosco had done most of the moving by himself.
"Thank you," Amanda said timidly. She looked at Joey who was sitting on her bed. "I hope you're not getting any dirt on my new Barbie bedspread." Joey stood up and Kim and Bosco couldn't help but notice the bewilderment on his face.
"Joey? Are you okay?" Kim asked him.
"I've never seen so much pink in my life," he said, eliciting a laugh from Bosco.
"That makes two of us, Buddy. I guess we better get used to it though," he said, draping an arm around Joey's shoulder just as the phone rang and Johnny woke up from his nap.
"I'll get Johnny, you get the phone," Kim said to Bosco and they both moved.
"I'm sorry you got moved out of your room," Amanda apologized to Joey.
"It's okay. I don't mind. Now at least I have someone to play with my own age. So, are you ready to go to school tomorrow?" he said.
"I'm kind of scared," she confessed.
"Well, don't be. I know Mrs. Simmons. She's a really nice teacher and you'll be right across the hall from me," he assured her.
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Kim had changed Johnny's diaper and was coming out into the hallway. She heard the end of the conversation between Joey and Amanda and continued out to the living room, smiling, as she listened to the tail end of Bosco's phone conversation.
"..No. Sounds like a plan. You think it'll work?" Bosco said to the person on the other end. He listened for a moment and then said, "Okay, after work. No, I won't say anything. Do you need me to bring anything? Okay, see you later," he said, hanging up the phone. He turned to see Kim standing in the living room with a puzzled look on her face.
"Won't say anything about what?" she asked him. He looked at the floor, deciding whether or not he should say anything. He knew that Kim liked Sully and he knew she knew he was having some trouble after Tatiana was killed.
"That was Davis. I'll tell you, but you can't say anything to anyone - not even Alex. Promise?" he asked her.
"Of course," she told him.
"It's about Sully. You know he's been having some problems. Well, Davis, a couple others and me are going to do something to help him. I can't tell you the particulars, but I probably won't be home after work tonight. I can't call you, but I promise you it's nothing dangerous. You just have to trust me," he said, looking her in the eye.
Kim looked at him for a moment. She knew from the look in his eyes that he was telling her the truth. And, she knew it must be important. "Okay. Be careful," she said simply.
"I'm sorry I won't be able to come home tonight. I'll try to be home before Amanda and Joey go off to school. I wish it was a different night, but it's time to do this. It's now or never," he said, walking over and giving her a kiss. He kissed Johnny on the top of the head.
"I know. You better get a shower before you're late for roll call," she told him, glancing at the clock on the wall.
"Thanks," he said and walked down the hall to get ready for work. She watched him grab a towel out of the linen closet and go into the bathroom.
"Looks like its you and me tomorrow, kiddo," she said to Johnny as she went to the kitchen to get him some juice.
Bosco wiped the sweat from his brow and rolled his eyes at Kim behind Amanda's back. As much as Joey tried to help, he just couldn't lift things very well and Bosco had done most of the moving by himself.
"Thank you," Amanda said timidly. She looked at Joey who was sitting on her bed. "I hope you're not getting any dirt on my new Barbie bedspread." Joey stood up and Kim and Bosco couldn't help but notice the bewilderment on his face.
"Joey? Are you okay?" Kim asked him.
"I've never seen so much pink in my life," he said, eliciting a laugh from Bosco.
"That makes two of us, Buddy. I guess we better get used to it though," he said, draping an arm around Joey's shoulder just as the phone rang and Johnny woke up from his nap.
"I'll get Johnny, you get the phone," Kim said to Bosco and they both moved.
"I'm sorry you got moved out of your room," Amanda apologized to Joey.
"It's okay. I don't mind. Now at least I have someone to play with my own age. So, are you ready to go to school tomorrow?" he said.
"I'm kind of scared," she confessed.
"Well, don't be. I know Mrs. Simmons. She's a really nice teacher and you'll be right across the hall from me," he assured her.
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Kim had changed Johnny's diaper and was coming out into the hallway. She heard the end of the conversation between Joey and Amanda and continued out to the living room, smiling, as she listened to the tail end of Bosco's phone conversation.
"..No. Sounds like a plan. You think it'll work?" Bosco said to the person on the other end. He listened for a moment and then said, "Okay, after work. No, I won't say anything. Do you need me to bring anything? Okay, see you later," he said, hanging up the phone. He turned to see Kim standing in the living room with a puzzled look on her face.
"Won't say anything about what?" she asked him. He looked at the floor, deciding whether or not he should say anything. He knew that Kim liked Sully and he knew she knew he was having some trouble after Tatiana was killed.
"That was Davis. I'll tell you, but you can't say anything to anyone - not even Alex. Promise?" he asked her.
"Of course," she told him.
"It's about Sully. You know he's been having some problems. Well, Davis, a couple others and me are going to do something to help him. I can't tell you the particulars, but I probably won't be home after work tonight. I can't call you, but I promise you it's nothing dangerous. You just have to trust me," he said, looking her in the eye.
Kim looked at him for a moment. She knew from the look in his eyes that he was telling her the truth. And, she knew it must be important. "Okay. Be careful," she said simply.
"I'm sorry I won't be able to come home tonight. I'll try to be home before Amanda and Joey go off to school. I wish it was a different night, but it's time to do this. It's now or never," he said, walking over and giving her a kiss. He kissed Johnny on the top of the head.
"I know. You better get a shower before you're late for roll call," she told him, glancing at the clock on the wall.
"Thanks," he said and walked down the hall to get ready for work. She watched him grab a towel out of the linen closet and go into the bathroom.
"Looks like its you and me tomorrow, kiddo," she said to Johnny as she went to the kitchen to get him some juice.
