Three Shots

Chapter 13

Bosco kept banging on Faith's door.

"You open this door, right now, before I knock it down, Faith! I swear I will!" Faith opened the door.

"Leave Bosco." she said as she started to close the door. He opened the door.

"You can't lock the door this time; I'm not going anywhere, Faith." Bosco yelled as he walked into her bedroom. She looked at him.

"What are you doing here? Just go."

"Emily called me; she and Charlie have been waiting outside the apartment for 2 hours. Emily forgot her key and she has been knocking on the door. Why didn't you answer it, Faith?" She looked at him.

"What are you talking about? Emily still in school; it is only 1 o clock,"

"No, Faith, it is nearly 6 o clock!"

"Then why are you here, Bosco. You should be at work?" Faith replied as she sat down on the bed.

"Don't you get it, Faith? Your kids have been sitting outside of the apartment, waiting to get inside. I came from work to see what is wrong with you because I know this is not like you. You wouldn't not let your kids in."

"I thought it was a salesperson; I didn't feel like talking to them. I'm sorry!" Faith shouted.

"They have been sitting outside for 2 hours now. You must have known it wasn't a stranger, that it was your kids. What's wrong, Faith?" he asked, as
he sat down next to her. She looked at him.

"I just didn't hear Emily knocking at the door. Why don't you believe me?"

"I want to believe you, Faith, but I know you would have heard them," Bosco responded.

"What do you want to hear, Bosco? That I knew that it was Emily and Charlie at the door, but I didn't open it, because I don't want to destroy their
lives like I did their father's?"

"Faith, you aren't going to destroy their lives."

"Yes I am, Bos." Faith shouted as she hit Bosco in the stomach.

"Just go. Leave now!" He grabbed her hand.

"Don't do this to yourself, Faith. Why have you eaten today?"

"I can see that you have been talking to Emily," Faith responded, annoyed. She pulled her hand away from his.

"She is just worried about you, just like I am. We are here to help, Faith, but we can't help you if you won't let us."

"I don't need anybody's help. Please, Bosco, just go!" Faith shouted, as she walked away from him.

"I'm not leaving you, Faith." She turned around.

"Why can't you leave me alone?"

"Faith, you have always been there for me. When I had my panic attack, you were there. When I need to talk no matter what it's about, you are there.
Let me be there for you now."

"Let you be there for me. You wouldn't know how to do that; you aren't a sensitive guy... You are a jerk."Bosco knew what Faith was doing, and he wasn't going to let her win.

"Yes I am a jerk, but that isn't going to stop me from helping you. You can call me whatever you want, but I'm not leaving your side. I know that you are hurting right now, Faith, but you can't push your family away."

"What family?" Faith laughed, "I have no family."

"Yes you do, Faith. I'm your family and you still have your kids."

"I love my kids, Bosco, but I am going to destroy them like I destroyed their father. I already told you that!" she yelled, "I killed their own dad! How long before they hate me for that?" Bosco moved closer to Faith and
grabbed her hand.

"They won't hate you for it; they know that you had to do it. They know that you didn't want to do it, but it was the only thing that
you could do." Faith sighed.

"I don't believe that, Bos." she responded, "Bos, if I wasn't a cop, Fred wouldn't have stabbed you, or kidnapped the kids."

"Faith, look at me, Fred was unstable. It wouldn't have mattered if you were a cop or not. None of this is your fault."

"Yes it is, Bos, and you need to go now, before you get killed as well." she cried. Bosco held Faith in his arms.

"Faith, I'm not going to die." She looked at him, worried.

"How can you know that? You almost died because of me! Not once, but twice. If I hadn't shot Fred, you would be dead right now," she cried as she moved away from him. He moved closer to her.

"But I'm not Faith," he replied, "Look at me, I'm alive." She looked at him.

"Do you know that ever since I came home from the hospital, I've been having nightmares. I keep on reliving the day that I killed Fred; I can still see the look on his face. I loved him, Bosco; I never imagined that I would have to kill my own husband to save your life." she said, as tears started to fall down her cheeks.

"I didn't even think about it, I just saw that you were in danger and shot Fred without any thought. How could I do that?"

"I wish that there was some other way that you could have dealt with Fred, but he was out of control. It was the only way, Faith."

"I know, Bos, but he was still my husband. We might have be over, but I never wanted to kill him." she responded sadly, "I had a nightmare last night that instead of just Fred dying, it was you and the kids too. I couldn't save any of you and I lost everything in my life that mattered to
me."

"Faith, it's okay, that was just a nightmare. You haven't lost everything, and everything is going to be okay," he said, as he stroked her hair, "But
you have to let me help you now; I don't want you to do this on your own."She shook her head

"Bos, I don't know."

"Remember a few years ago when we were in the rmp, I told you that I would be there for you always, because you are my partner. I didn't just mean just at work, I meant I will be there always for you no matter what it is." She smiled slightly.

"I guess there is no way I can get rid of you, is there?" He shook his head.

"Nope." He stood up.

"I'm going to go and get the kids"

"Where are they?" she asked.

"I told them to go to the diner for dinner," he responded. She nodded.

"Are the kids mad at me?" she asked shyly.

"Of course not, they were just worried about you." He walked up to her and
hugged her.

"Are you going to be all right on your own?" She looked at him.

"I'm fine, Bos." He then grabbed her keys.

"I'll be back in a few minutes. Everything is going to be okay, I promise you."

Bosco returned to the apartment with the kids. Faith hugged Emily and Charlie.

"Are you sure you are okay, mom?" Emily asked quietly. Faith looked at her daughter.

"I'm fine. I'm sorry that I scared you."

"As long as you are okay, mom. That is all that matters. I can't lose you too, mom," she said, as tears started to fall down her cheeks.

"You won't lose me," Faith replied, as she hugged her daughter again. Faith then walked over to Charlie and started to talk to him. Bosco walked up to Emily.

"I have to go back to the police station, but I will be back as soon as I can, if you need me again, just call." Emily hugged Bosco.

"Thank you for everything." Bosco nodded.

"It's nothing, Em. Just take care of your mom for me, okay?" She nodded.

"I will." Faith walked up to Bosco.

"I don't know what to say… expect I'm sorry." she replied. He looked at her.

"You have nothing to be sorry about."

"I'll call you later." he said, as he hugged her, and wave goodbye to the
kids.

Bosco walked into the station and Lieu Swersky looked at him.

"In my office now!" he shouted. Bosco walked into the office.

"I know you are mad that I left during a shift, but I had to."

"Monroe told me that you had a family emergency, I understand that happens,
but you should have called me here at the station and told me."

"I'm sorry boss, but she needed me right away."

"Is your mom okay?" Lieu Swersky asked. He looked at Bosco, and knew it wasn't Bosco's mother who need his help.

"Faith needed you, didn't she?" Bosco didn't say anything.

"I'll make up the time later, boss."

"It was Faith that needed your help, not your mom. I am right?" Swersky
asked again. Bosco stood up.

"Faith is going to need a few more weeks off; she called me and told me to tell you."

"Look here, Bosco, I'm not asking you as your boss, I'm asking you as a friend. Is Faith okay?" he asked concerned.

"I think she needs a little more time off than she thought she would. She has been through a lot," Swersky nodded.

"I understand that. She has her vacation coming up, but I don't see any reason why she can't take it now," he replied. He then looked at Bosco.

"How about you take the rest of the shift off and another few days off?" Bosco smiled.

"That would be great." Swersky hugged Bosco.

"We are one big family, we care about each other. Tell Faith we are thinking about her and to get some rest." Bosco smiled and nodded.

"I will." he said, as he walked out of the office.

Faith was sitting on the couch when there was a knock at the door. She stood
up and opened the door.

"Bos?" she asked surprised to see him, "What are you doing here?"

" I'm moving in, Faith."

To be continued.