I'll Be By Your Side

Chapter 7

Faith was in her office when she saw Bosco coming in the precinct. Ever since that night in her apartment, every time he sees her, he says nothing to her. She walked down the stairs. "Bosco."

He just looked at her, but didn't say anything to her, he just walk away. She ran after him into the locker room.

"Bosco, we need to talk about what happened at my apartment!"

"What's there to talk about? You went behind my back, you don't trust me."

She moved closer to him, and put her arms around him. "I love you, Bosco."

"I don't love you, Faith. Just leave me alone."

She looked at him. "All because I went behind your back, I did that because I love you, Bosco, why can't you understand that?"

"How can I be with you, Faith, if I can't trust you?"

"You never cared about anything like that before." she yelled. "You lied to me plenty of times when you were involved with Cruz."

"Why are you even bringing that up, that was a long time ago." Bosco replied.

"I'm just saying if we can get past that, why not this?" Faith asked.

Bosco looked at her. "We should have never slept together. It was a mistake."

"You are right about that, Bos. We should have just stayed friends."

"We're not even that anymore." Bosco said, as he slammed his locker shut and stormed out of the locker room.

"You and Bosco?" Ty replied.

Faith turned around. "How much did you hear?"

"That you are having a lovers quarrel." Ty said with a grin.

Faith sighed. "Please don't tell anybody."

Ty nodded. "I won't. Were you drunk when you slept with him?"

I love him, I have for a very long time, but because of me going behind his back, I lost him. She thought to herself.

"No, Ty"

"Are you sure you knew it was Bosco you were with?"

Faith was starting to get annoyed. "I love Bosco very much, that is why I slept with him if you want to know so badly."

"Okay." Ty said, as he was putting on his jacket.
" I'm sure that Bosco won't be mad at you for long, look at how many times you had fights when you were partners, you always made up, I'm sure you'll do the same this time."

"I don't think so," Faith said, as she walked out of the locker room.

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Faith walked into her apartment, and saw that Emily was still up. "What are you still doing up?"

"I have a paper due tomorrow."

Faith smiled. "Shouldn't you have done it by now?"

Emily grinned. "I guess so."

"So are you and Bosco talking to each other yet?" she asked.

Faith looked at her daughter with a confused look on her face. "What are you talking about?"

"Well Bosco hasn't been around since the night that David…" Emily stopped for a moment. It was hard for her to think about that night.

"The night that he almost killed me, if it hadn't been for Bosco."

"So why hasn't Bosco been around lately? He has only called once and it wasn't to talk to you, it was to check up on me. So what happened, mom, between the time that he saved me to the time I went to Dad's apartment that night?"

"It's nothing, Emily."

Emily looked at her mom. "I can see this is upsetting you. I know I haven't been the best daughter, but I don't want you to be unhappy."

Faith hugged Emily. "Thanks honey. I just did something that upset Bosco."

"Did you say that you were sorry?" Emily asked.

Faith looked at her daughter. "It's a little more complicated than that."

"Maybe you are making it more complicated than it has to be. Have you told Bosco why you did what you did?"

"Of course I did." Faith responded.

Emily looked at her mom. "No, I mean did you really tell him why you did whatever you did? Maybe he doesn't understand how you feel?"

"He does, but it doesn't make any difference." Faith said sadly.

"You care about him more than a friend, don't you?" Emily questioned her mom. "I saw the way that you were worried about him when he was in the apartment with David, you love him."

"Time for bed." Faith told Emily.

Emily grinned at Faith. "I guess I'm right if you're telling me to go to bed."

Faith hugged Emily. "Goodnight."

A few days later,

Bosco was sitting at a diner, waiting for her to show up. A few minutes later he looked to the door and saw her entering the diner. He waved to her; she walked over to the booth and sat down.

"Are you okay, Emily?" Bosco asked her.

She smiled. "I'm doing fine."

"Then why did you ask me to see you?"

"It's about my mom." Emily said, looking at Bosco.

"What's wrong with Faith?" Bosco asked with a concerned look. "Is she hurt?"

Emily grinned. "You do love my mom, don't you?"

"I'm glad that you're doing okay, Emily, but I'm not going to talk about Faith."

"You know she loves you, whatever she did, I know she's sorry." Emily responded.

"It's really complicated, Emily. I know Faith loves me, that's not what the problem is."

"So why can't you and my mom make up. You always did before. I don't know much about you and my mom's partnership, but what she told me was that you were always there for her. So why have you disowned her now, because of one little thing she did." Emily said, as the waitress came with their drinks.

"I don't know what your mom told you about what happened, but it's not just a little thing, she went back my back."

"Why do you think she did that?" Emily replied. "I don't know the whole story, but I can only guess she did it because she loves you, and doesn't want to lose you, like she almost did when you got shot."

"Emily, I understand you just want to help your mom, but there is nothing you can do."

Emily sighed. "After everything that I put my mom through, I just wanted to help her for once, but I now see that you're not worth it, if you are going to be like this. Maybe she is better off without you." Emily said, as she walked out of the diner.

Bosco sat in the booth on his own. Maybe Emily is right and I am taking this a little too far, but it's just that Faith has never betrayed me like this before. Even when she went to the boss about me going to therapy all those years ago, I didn't feel betrayed like I do now, he thought to himself.

He knew the reason why; it was because he felt like she had lost her trust in him, and that had never happened before.

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Bosco was riding with Ty, because Sully and Finney were both off. "So are you and Faith talking yet?"

Bosco looked at Ty. "What are you asking me this?"

"I know that you and Faith slept together. She really loves you."

"What do you know about me and Faith?"

"It's just that I know you love her and she loves you."

"You don't know anything, so I think you should just shut up"

"I'm just saying."

"I can see why Sully doesn't want to be your partner, you never shut up." Bosco replied.

The rest of the shift, Ty didn't say anything to Bosco, but he could see that he had hit a nerve with Bosco, because what happened with him and Faith, he could tell that he still loved her.

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The next day,

Faith had the day off of work for the first time in a while, she was just relaxing and watching TV when there was a knock at the door. She opened the door, and saw Rose standing in front of her. "Rose."

"Is Bosco here?" she asked.

Faith looked at Rose. "No, he's not here. Why what's wrong?"

Faith could see how terrified Rose looked. "Why don't you come in?"

"No…. I don't want to come in. I want to find Maurice. He's missing."

To be continued!