Disclaimer: I do not own Cruz or Bosco or any characters or Third watch, ok now I'm depressed. lol. ( I do own Madison Rebecca, who you will find out about in this chap!)
Chapter 10: Lettie and Sasha Monroe
This is a month after Mikey died; Cruz and Bosco have only gotten closer. Cruz and Monroe have also become closer friends and, even though Cruz would never admit it she likes Monroe and is glad to have her.
The pounding of her feet on the street relaxed her, calmed her. She needed to get away from reality, It was
just to painful. Cruz took deep breaths as she jogged quickly up the street, when she came to the point where
she usually turned she kept going straight. She needed to sort some things out. She ran until she came up in
front of the wrought iron gate. She slowed and entered it, clutching a handful of new flowers. She walked
down the path until she came to a stone that read, Leticia Cruz, at the top. She squatted down in front of it,
rearranging the flowers until they were perfect. She traced her fingers over the carved letters "Hey Lettie"
she began "It's me Maritza, sorry I haven't been to see you lately, but a lot's gone on since you…since you
passed away. You know Bosco? Well we've gotten close; he's really nice, really sweet. He treats me good. I
miss you so much. Bosco lost his brother Mikey, a month ago, to drugs. It made me sad to see someone else
suffer because of drugs and it made me think of you. I want you to be here so bad; a while ago something
bad happened to me, I was raped. Can you believe it? Me? A police sergeant! In that time though, I found a
friend. Sasha Monroe. She's nice, a cop, my age. It's nice to have people to be around. With Bosco and
Monroe, it's great. I hang out with the others too. Davis, Sully, sometimes Kim and even Yokas. Usually
with her it's because I need to see Bosco and they're partners. I don't know what's going to happen with me
and Bosco but it will be good. We're good for each other, we have a lot in common. I'm glad I came here
today, I know that you'll always be here to listen, so thanks" She stood up and put her hand on the
gravestone. She heard a noise behind her, someone crying. She turned and saw Monroe, sitting in the grass
in front of a small tombstone, sobbing. "Sasha?" She asked, then quickly covered her mouth with her hand
How could I be so stupid? She obviously wants to be alone! Cruz was ready to hit herself when Monroe
looked up "Hey Cruz, do you want to come over?" Cruz walked over and sat down beside her. Monroe
smiled a watery smile "You here to see your sister?" Cruz nodded, wondering who Monroe was here to see,
but not wanting to make her uncomfortable. Monroe traced small letters with her index finger and the tears
began again. Cruz silently put her arm around Monroe's shoulders. Monroe started to talk, without Cruz
prompting her. "Almost a year ago, before we were friends, Ty and I got pregnant. I went to all my
appointments regularly and always took my vitamins, I did everything right. We found out it was a girl
when I was five months pregnant. Ty was so happy. We had just gotten married and I was pregnant. (Yes
that's right Ty and Sasha are already married!) When I was seven months pregnant, one night I woke up
feeling weird, my water had broken. I freaked out. Ty woke up and we drove to the hospital at 12 00 in the
night. I must have cried the whole was there, I was so nervous. Ty wasn't any better, he kept taking his eyes
off the road to look at me, he nearly killed us" Monroe smiled softly as she reminisced and Cruz squeezed
her shoulder. "When we got there I was taken up to labor and delivery. I swear I was in labor for 20 hours,
20! Finally I delivered her. We named her Madison Rebecca. They didn't put her on my chest, they just took
her away. I was so scared. I kept crying for Ty to go and get her, but he couldn't. They cleaned me up and
then a pediatrician came back in to see us. He told us that since Maddy had been born 2 months early her
lungs, heart and stomach weren't fully developed, she wasn't doing well. As soon as I could I went to the
NICU to see her. They let me and Ty hold her and I got to feed her. She was so tiny, it was unbelievable. I
loved her so much, Ty too he couldn't keep his eyes off of her. We stayed in the NICU that night just
watching her. She died the following morning, collapsed lung and heart failure. I was crushed. My baby, my
little girl was gone. Ty tried to comfort me as well as himself, but it was useless, both of our hearts were
broken." She sobbed, choking out the words. Cruz hugged her tightly "Oh Sasha I'm sorry" Monroe nodded
"Me too Cruz, Me too" She pulled her hand away and Cruz read the inscription. Madison Rebecca Davis.
May 3rd 2003 – May 4th 2003. We'll love you forever, our baby. Monroe sighed "Cruz, I'm here today
because, because I'm pregnant again" Cruz looked at her "Are you serious? Congratulations!" Monroe
shook her head "I'm so scared, what if something happens? What if we lose this baby too?" Cruz shrugged
"Just live in today, The baby's ok today, so just do everything the doctor tells you and you should be fine.
How far along are you?" Sasha replied "2 months, I'm going on the desk next week, I'm not taking any
chances with this baby" "What does Ty say?" "Ty? He's thrilled, scared, but thrilled! He's all ready to go
out and start buying baby things, but I want to wait a while, wait until we find out if it's ok" Cruz smiled
and stood up then helped Monroe off the ground "You walk here?" Monroe nodded "C'mon I'll walk home
with you" Monroe smiled "Thanks Cruz" Cruz just smiled and led her out of the graveyard.
