Three Shots

Chapter 12

The next day,

Bosco knocked on the door of Faith's hospital room.

"Are you ready to go?" he asked. She looked up at him.

"You know you didn't have to do this; I could have got a taxi home."

"Faith, there is no way that I would let you go home by yourself. You are still recovering. How are you doing today?" She looked sad.

"I don't know, Bos. It seems like my whole life is a mess. He threatened his own child, Bosco! My own husband! I never thought he would do that, but he did."

"Everything is okay; I'm here for you," Bosco said as he hugged her.

"Why are you here, Bosco? I've destroyed everything in my life. My kids are suffering right now. They just lost their father and I made Fred go crazy. He stabbed you, tried to kill you a few times, threat Emily, and that's all because of me." Bosco put his arms around her.

"None of this is your fault, Fred was the one that did this all. You were the best wife to him; you didn't destroy anything in your life. I'm still here, aren't you? So you must be doing something right," he said with a grin. She looked at him.

"I know you are trying to make me feel better, Bos, but it is not going to work." He put his arm on her shoulder.

"Don't blame yourself."

"Can we just go now?" she said as she got up.

"Sure, Faith."

A few days later, Faith and the kids had just got back from Fred's funeral. Bosco decided
not go to the funeral. Seeing how much Fred didn't like him, he didn't think it would be polite to go. He did want to go so he could help Faith, but
she told him that she was fine. He watched her as she entered the apartment and he could tell that she was far from being okay.

"Em, go and get your stuff ready. We are going to be going back home." Bosco walked up to Faith.

"Can I talk to you?" he asked. She looked at him.
"Not right now... I need to get everything ready to go home. It was nice of you to let us stay here, but I need to get my life back to normal." Emily looked at Bosco and could see that he really needed to talk to her mom.

"Charlie, why don't we let mom and Uncle B talk for a while," she said as they walked away. Bosco grabbed her hand and led her to the couch.

"Faith, you don't need to go. You are more than welcome to stay here as long as you want."She looked at him.

"Bos, I need to get back home," she replied.

"Faith, you just got back from the funeral. You just said goodbye to your husband. You need time to deal with all this," Bosco responded. She pulled her hand away from his.

"I lost my husband a long time ago, Bosco. I... I just need to get my kids home and get them back into their regular routine."

"Faith, I don't think it is a good idea. You shouldn't go home just yet. You have been through a lot lately Faith. Let somebody help you for once."

"You mean you. I don't think that is a good idea, Bosco. You need to get your life back to normal, just as much as me."

"You are a part of my life, Faith; I can see that you aren't doing that good," Bosco responded. Faith shook her head.

"You don't know anything, Bosco!"

"I think I do; you blame yourself for what happened, but you know that it it's not your fault." Faith stood up.

"I'm getting my kids and we are leaving. I don't need your help; I don't know need anybody's help. Just leave me alone!" Bosco put his hand on her shoulder.

"Please let me help you; you mean everything to me. You are my partner; I'll always be here for you." She turned around.

"You aren't my partner anymore, remember?Just do the right thing and get as far away from me as you can?"

"Faith.. I'm not going to get hurt!" he yelled.

"If you stay away from me, you won't get hurt," she said, as she
walked into the bedroom.

"Come on, kids. We are leaving." Charlie hugged Bosco.

"Will I see you again?" he asked.

"Of course you will." Faith grabbed a hold of Charlie's hand.

"Goodbye, Bosco." Emily waved goodbye to Bosco as they left the apartment. Bosco sighed. He knew that Faith that wasn't okay; she needed him more than she knew.

A few weeks later.

"It's me again, Faith. I know that you are there. Please just pick up the phone. I
know that you are afraid that I am going to get hurt, but I'm not. Faith,
nothing that happened these past few weeks is your fault. You are the best
person that I know. Please call me back; I'm worried about you."

Faith listened to the message and then erased it.

"Was that Bosco again?" Emily asked. Faith turned around.

"Yeah."

"Why aren't you answering his calls?" Emily asked. Faith looked at Emily.

"You will understand when you get older that you sometimes have to do things that maybe
you don't want to do to keep the people that you mean the most to you alive."

"Mom, I know that you are scared that something is going to happen to Boscoif you're friends with him because of what happened with dad, but it wasn't
your fault. Why won't you believe that?" Faith walked over to the couch.

"Em, your father was jealous of the relationship I had with Bosco. That's why he stabbed him and kidnapped you and Charlie. If only I had a different partner; we wouldn't be
in this situation."

"Mom, I might not be as old as you, but I do know some things and you didn't make Dad do any of those things! He was just unstable. How do you
know that he would have done this regards who your partner was? We will
never know, but you have to stop blaming yourself." Faith nodded.

"You are right, honey. It's time for you to go to school; can you take Charlie to school today for me?" Emily looked at Faith.

"Of course. Do you want me to make you something to eat? You haven't been eating for the past week. That's not healthly."

"I'm your mom I'm the one that suppose to tell you off for not eating, not vice versa," Faith said, laughing.

"I'm just worried about you," Emily said, worriedly. Faith hugged Emily.

"I know you are, but you have nothing to worry about. I'm fine." Emily nodded.

"Okay."

"Charlie… time to go!" Emily shouted. Charlie ran out of his room and hugged Faith.

"See you two later," Faith responded as she waved goodbye to them.

Bosco was walking into the precinct and he ran into Ty.

"Good to have you back," he said as he hugged him. Bosco nodded. Lieu Swersky walked up to Bosco.

"I need to talk to you."

"I'll see you around," Ty said as he walked away from Bosco and Swersky.

"So what do you need to see me about?" Bosco asked. Bosco and Swersky walked into his office.

"I need to know if you heard from Faith." Bosco shook his head.

"I haven't heard from her for a few days. Why is something wrong?" he asked with a concerned look.

"I called her a few days ago about coming back to work and she told me that she need a few more days off. So I gave that to her. I tried to call her
today and she didn't pick the phone. I need to know if she is coming back to work or not."

"I'll go and see her after work," Bosco responded.

"Okay, thanks that would be great. If she needs more time off that is fine, just let me know," Swersky said. Bosco nodded and walked out of the office. He hoped that she was okay and nothing was wrong with her.

Later that shift,

"Bosco, I ask you a question?" Monroe responded. Bosco sighed.

"What?" he asked.

"What is wrong with you today?" Bosco couldn't think about work. All he could think about was Faith and if she was okay.

"I have other things on my mind, Monroe."

"You don't have to be a jerk about it."

"That is me, a jerk," Bosco responded. Suddenly his cell phone rang.

"Hello?" he said.

"Calm down! Everything is going to be okay... I'll be there in a few minutes,"
he said and then hung up the phone. Monroe looked at Bosco.

"What's wrong?" she asked. He looked at her.

"I have a family emergency; I need you to drop me off."

"Bosco, I can't do that during a shift. We'll need to call the house." Monroe
responded.

"I didn't ask you; I'm telling you!" Bosco yelled as he told her where he wanted to get drop off.

"Just tell the boss, I had a family emergency and I'll make up the time later," he said.

"I don't know if you are doing the right thing, Bosco."

"Monroe."

"Fine, but if you get in trouble don't say that I didn't tell you." she
said as she stopped the car.

"Thanks," Bosco said as he got out of the car. He started walked down the
street and he walked up to her apartment. He saw Emily and Charlie sitting outside of the apartment.

"Uncle Bosco!" Charlie shouted, as he run to Bosco's side. He hugged him.

"Are the two of you okay?" They nodded.

"We are fine, but we can't get into the apartment. I forgot my keys when I left this morning. I knocked on the door and mom didn't answer... I know that she is home."

"Are you sure, Emily?" Bosco questioned her.

"Maybe she went out to get some food?"

"We've been sitting for two hours. I called our number and her cell phone number and she hasn't answered. I know that she is home; I just don't know why she hasn't answered the door."

"Can I talk to you for a moment? Away from Charlie," Emily whispered. Bosco nodded and they moved away from Charlie.

"Bosco, there is more that you don't know. Mom hasn't eaten in the past week. I'm worried that there is something wrong with her." Emily
responded.

"This is not like her." Bosco looked at Emily.

"Everything will be fine; don't worry." he said. He
pulled out his keys from his pocket.

"I have a spare key in caseyour mom needed me." Just like she does now, he thought to himself. He opened the door, not sure what he was going to find, but everything looked okay. He walked into the kitchen; she wasn't there. He looked in the bathroom; she wasn't there. Then he went into her bedroom and he saw her lying on her bed. She saw him and stood up and then closed the door.He turned to Emily and Charlie.

"Why don't the two of you go and get something to eat at the diner nearby? I'll meet you there soon." Emily looked at Bosco worried.

"Your mom will be fine, I promise." She nodded and she and Charlie left the apartment.
He walked to the bedroom door and saw that she locked the door.

"Faith, open the door now!"