Chapter 2

Bosco looked at Faith with a concerned look on his face. "What do you mean Emily's in the hospital, what happened?"

"I don't know, they didn't say much. I need to get there," Faith repliedwith a shaky voice.

"I'll take you there."

"No, Bosco, it's fine. You go home, I'll be fine," Faith replied.

"I might not be your partner anymore, but I'm still your best friend," Bosco answered. "I'm worried about Emily just as much as you are."

She looked up at him, she needed him more than he knew, but she didn't want
to say it.

He grabbed his bag. "Come on, let's go."

Faith and Bosco were walking out of the locker room, when Jelly came up to
them. "Jelly, I'm sorry I can't do the paperwork tonight, Emily is in the
hospital."

"Its fine Faith, go ahead, be with your daughter. I'll do it."

"Thanks," Faith replied. As she and Bosco started walking away, she could feel Bosco's hand touching her. He was telling her that everything was going to be okay, without words.

She looked at Bosco with this sad look on her face. "I can't lose Emily."

He lightly squeezed her hand. "You aren't going to lose her; we don't knowexactly what happened to her, so let's go to the hospital first and then
deal with whatever happens next."

Faith glanced at Bosco. She thought that their friendship was gone after she
refused to shoot for him at the target range, but now he was here trying to
calm her down. Maybe. Just maybe they were going to be okay again.

Faith and Bosco approached the admitting desk. "I got a call that my
daughter was brought in. Where is she? Is she okay?" Faith asked nervously.

"What's your daughter's name?" Faith told the nurse.

"She's in exam room 3, but the doctor is with her right now. I'll tell the
doctor that you're here. You can wait in the waiting area."

"I don't want to wait; I want to know now."

"Faith, the doctor will come out and tell us soon enough," Bosco reassured
her.

"I need to know now," Faith shouted.

"Faith, this isn't going to do you any good, you need to sit down." Faith
looked at Bosco. She knew he was right, but she was just so scared. Last
time she was in the hospital, she almost lost her best friend. She didn't
want to lose her daughter.

Bosco led Faith to the waiting area. "Here have some coffee," he said, as he
handed her a cup. She held onto the cup, and tried to drink some of it, but
all she could think of was Emily.

"I talked to Emily, just about an hour ago; we were supposed to watch Troy
together. She was laughing about Brad Pitt. I should have never allowed her
to go out so late. I'm a cop; I know how dangerous it is late at night."

"Don't blame yourself, Faith, she's 17 years old. You can't keep her locked
in to keep bad stuff from happening."

"I can try," Faith replied, with a slight smile. "After Emily's overdose, I
just wanted to keep her locked in so she couldn't get hurt. I know Emily was
the one that took the drugs, but I just thought that if I could just lock
her inside the house until she leaves for college, nothing bad can happen to
her. But it looks like it didn't work. My baby is lying in a hospital bed. I
don't even know what's wrong with her; she could be dying for all I know."

Bosco put his arms around Faith. "Faith, it will be fine, nothing is going
to happen to Emily."

"Thank you for being here, Bos. I don't know if I could have done this
without you." Faith spoke softly.

"I'll always be here for you."

She then looked at him, and realizes something was different about Bosco.

"Why are you staring at me?" he asked.

"You don't realize, do you?"

"What are you talking about Faith?"

"You don't have your bandage on, you were so worried about Emily that you
forgot to put one on," Faith answered.

Bosco started to tense up. He couldn't believe that he forgot to put it
back on, he was about to when she walked in and they started to talk, and
then she found out about Emily, and he totally forgot about it.

"You cared more about my daughter than what people thought of your 'scar'."

"I just didn't realize that I forgot to put it on, but I'll go and do it
now," he said, as he put up his bag, and was opening it up. "Don't," Faith
replied, as she grabbed his hand. "You can't hide from it for the rest of
your life."

"I'm not hiding," Bosco replied.

"You are hiding. I know." Faith responded.

"You don't know anything; you don't know how I'm feeling."

"You might not think I know how you feel, but I do, Bos. You might not be
able to see my scars, but I see them everyday. I still have the scars from
when I got shot; some days I look at myself in the mirror and think about
the day in the hotel room, and how close I came to dying."

Bosco moved away from Faith. He didn't want to think about when Faith almost
her life because of him. She walked up to him. "I wasn't saying that to get
you upset, Bos. I just want you to know, I do understand what you're going
through. It might not be the same, but I do understand."

The doctor then walked up to them. "Mrs. Yokas."

Faith turned around. "That's me. How's my daughter doing? What happened to
her?"

The doctor looked at her with a smile on her face. "Your daughter is going
to be just fine. She has a few cuts and bruises and she has a concussion. So
we'll have to keep her in the hospital for observation."

"But how did this happen? Who found her?" Faith asked nervously.

"Your daughter was found near an alley not far from your apartment, that's
all the paramedics told me,"

"Thank you doctor," Faith replied, as she shakes hands with the doctor.
"Can I see my daughter?"

"Of course, you can. She's right here," the doctor responded, pointing at
exam room 3.

The doctor's pager went off. "I have to get that, if you have any more
questions, just page me," she said, as she walked away.

"I'll wait out here, while you go and see Emily," Bosco told Faith.

"No, I want you to come in with me."

Bosco nodded, and walked in with Faith.

Faith runs to Emily's side. "Oh honey, I'm so glad that you're okay," she
said, as she hugged Emily. Emily smiled. "You can let go off me now."

Faith smiled examining her daughter with cuts and bruises on her face, and
she knew that she needed to find out who did this to her.

"So what happened?" Faith questioned her daughter.

"Nothing happened, I'm fine."

"I need to know who did this to you, so I can make sure that they get
caught," Faith replied.

"I told you I'm fine," Emily replied.

"Emily," she said, as she sat down next to her. "Please just talk to me."

Emily looked over at Bosco standing by the window. "Okay fine, I will talk."

Faith sat down next to Emily, and grabbed a hold of her hand. "So what
happened? Last I heard, you said you were nearly home."

Emily glanced at Faith, holding her hand. "Mom. I didn't say that I was
going to tell you. I want to talk to Bosco."

"Okay. you can talk to him, I'll just stand over here," Faith said as she
stood up.

"No. you don't understand. I want to talk to Bosco alone."