I'll Be By Your Side
Chapter 8
Faith looked at Rose with confusion. "Bosco's missing. Are you sure?"
"He was supposed to meet me this morning for breakfast, but he didn't show up. I went over to his place and he didn't answer the door. I know it doesn't sound like much, Faith, but he wouldn't have forgotten to meet me." Rose explained.
"I'm sure that you don't have anything to worry about."
"Faith, you don't understand." Rose replied, as she walked into the apartment.
"What don't I understand, Rose? If Bosco doesn't show up for work, then we will start to worry." Faith responded.
"Faith, he's been depressed lately, I'm just so worried about him. He won't tell me why, but I think you know."
Faith didn't say anything, but Rose took that as a yes.
"I'm sure that Bosco is fine, but I'll check it out for you." Faith replied.
Rose smiled. "Thank you, Faith. I don't know what happened between you and Bosco, but I know that he loves you, I see it when he talks about you."
"I love him too, Rose."
"What happened between the two of you?" she asked.
"So I'll call you if I hear any news." Faith said, changing the subject.
Rose could tell that Faith didn't want to talk about it.
Rose hugged Faith. "I'm just being an overprotective mom right? I can't lose another son, Faith."
"You won't lose Bosco, I promise you that, I won't let that happen" Faith spoke softly.
"I know you won't." Rose said, as she waved goodbye to Faith, and left the apartment.
Faith sighed. There's no way that anything happened to Bosco, he probably just forgot about meeting his mother, and is going to laugh at me and his mother for thinking that something bad happened to him, Faith thought to herself. But she wasn't going to take the chance that something was really wrong with him, she almost lost him once, and she wasn't going to let it happen again.
She picked up her phone and dialed a number. "Hi Lieu, it's Faith."
"You must liking working here, if you are calling on your day off." Lieu replied.
"Is Bosco there yet?" she asked.
"It's only 2:56. You know that Bosco is always late for roll call."
"I know that, Lieu, but could you phone me when he gets in." Faith responded.
"Faith is something wrong that you aren't telling me."
"Just call me when he gets in," Faith snapped, as she hanged up the phone, hoping that Bosco was arriving for work right now.
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Faith was sitting nervously waiting for Swersky to call her back. Suddenly the phone rang and Faith grabbed it. "He's not at work, is he?" Faith said, before he could say anything to her.
"I'm sorry, Faith, I waited as long as I could. But he has never been this late before." Swersky said. "Is there something you aren't telling me? Has something happened to Bosco?"
Faith sighed. I wish I knew, she thought to herself.
"I don't know Lieu. See you later." she said, as she hung up the phone.
Faith knew that this wasn't good, Bosco wouldn't not show up for work, he was always late for roll call, but he always shows up for his shift. He loves his job; he would only not show up for work if something bad had happened to him.
"Oh Bosco, please be okay." she whispered to herself, as she wrote Emily a note, grabbed her jacket, and left the apartment.
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Faith walked up to Bosco's apartment, using the stare key that she had, they each had a stare key to each other's apartment in case of a emergency . I would call this an emergency, she thought to herself.
As she walked into the apartment, she didn't see anything out of the ordinary. She walked through the kitchen, and the bathroom. She sat down on the bed. "Where are you Bosco?" she said, out loud to herself, she was starting to get really worried, she had thought that Rose was just being overprotected, but now she felt different like there was a chance that Rose was right and that something was wrong with Bosco.
"Why did you have to do this, Bosco, I love you." she cried.
"You are really worried about him aren't you?" Faith looked up and saw Ty and Finney standing in front of her.
"What are you doing here?"
"The boss wanted to me to find out why you wanted to know about Bosco, because you weren't giving me a straight answer. " Ty replied. "So what's the deal?"
"It's nothing, Ty."
"It doesn't look like it is nothing; you looked like you just lost the love of your life. Wait you have, if Bosco is missing like I think he is."
"What do you know, Ty?"
"I know that you love Bosco, and I remember how you reacted when he got shot, I can only guess how you are going to react if he is missing." Ty responded.
"You and Bosco are together?" Finney asked.
"It's a rumor right now." Ty said, with a grin. Faith was relived that Ty didn't tell Finney about her and Bosco, she couldn't handle the gossip right now, she just needed to think about finding Bosco.
"Can we go now?" Finney replied.
"So is he really missing, Faith?" Ty asked, with a concerned voice.
"I don't know, Ty, he didn't show up for work, and didn't meet his mother. But that is no reason to worry right?"
"Only you know, Faith. You wouldn't be at Bosco's apartment, if you thought he was okay." Ty responded.
"I can't lose him, I just can't." she blurted out. Ty grinned at Faith. "Does he know how much you love him?"
"I've got to go and check some more things out." Faith said, trying her to best to change the subject.
"I guess that is as a no. You two are made for each other, you are both so stubborn."
"Ty, I don't have time to talk about this. If Bosco is really missing, I have to find him." Faith responded.
"But then you can tell him that you love him and you are sorry."
"Why do you think I should say sorry, why can't it be him?" Faith yelled.
"Well probably because the man won't ever say sorry, Faith. Only maybe you did do something wrong and you feel guilty."
"Do you always like to butt into everybody's business?" Faith replied.
"You are starting to sound like Bosco." Ty replied.
Faith sighed. "If you aren't going to help, then leave. I need to use my time to find Bosco."
Ty looked at Faith, and could tell by the way she was acting, how worried she was about him.
"He's going to be fine, I'm sure he's not really missing."
Faith smiled slightly. "I hope you're right."
"Just tell the boss that Bosco could be missing, but I don't want anybody to know about this just yet, just in case that Bosco isn't missing, and just didn't show up to work. But I still want everybody to be on the lookout for him."
Ty nodded. "Don't worry, we'll find him." he said, as he put his arm on Faith's shoulder.
She smiled. "Thanks."
Ty nodded, as he and Finney left the apartment.
Faith walked over to the couch and sat down, and then started to cry, it wasn't just about Bosco being missing, it was about everything that happened this past week. She needed Bosco in her life more than he will ever know, and now there is a chance that she will never be able to tell him that.
I can't lose you, Bosco. You have to be okay, she thought to herself. Suddenly she flashbacked to the night that Bosco got shot, she can still remember it so clearly like it just happened yesterday. Seeing his arm wrapped around her protecting her from the danger of the bullets, his whole body was weak. She thought that this was it, and she had lost her partner. She didn't want to have to deal with that again.
No I'm going to find you if that is the last thing I'm going to do, she thought to herself, as she wiped away her tears and left the apartment.
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In a dark alley,
A drug dealer was walking down the alleyway and he saw a man lying on the ground with blood coming out of his chest. He could tell that the man wasn't a drug addict or dealer, by the way that he looked. But there was no way that he was going to call the police to help this man, he'd just have to handle it himself.
"Help..." said the man, in a faintly voice. The drug addict looked down at the man. "I can't call anybody, the cops will come."
"No, you'll be okay, just get help."
The drug dealer then runs off, leaving the man to deal with it himself.
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Faith walked into the hospital, it was the one place that she dreaded going in, she didn't want to find Bosco here.
She walked up to the admitting desk. "I need you to tell me if someone has been admitted, his name is Maurice Boscorelli."
The doctor shakes her head. "Nobody under that name."
Faith smiled. "Thanks." she said, as she walked away. She then heard someone call her name. She turned around and saw Mary Proctor standing in front of her.
"Did something happen to Bosco?" she asked with a concerned voice. Faith shook her head.
"He just didn't show up for work, I'm just worried about him."
"I can understand that, especially after what happened to him here."
"Could just call me if he comes in here?" Faith replied.
"I don't know if this will help you, but he came in the ER last night." Mary Proctor said.
Faith looked at her. "Are you telling me that he was hurt?"
"No nothing like that. He told me he wanted to know how David Hunter was doing."
Faith couldn't believe that even though they were fighting, he still wanted to make sure that Emily's attacker was going to pay for what he did.
"So I told him, but he wanted to see for himself." Mary replied. Faith looked at Mary, and could tell by the look on her face that she wasn't telling her something. "What aren't you telling me?"
"I'm really sorry."
"You told me that Bosco wasn't hurt, so what do you have to be sorry about?"
Mary Proctor led Faith to the waiting area, so they could have more privacy. Faith could tell that this was bad news. "What happened?"
"Your daughter's attacker escaped from the hospital last night, and Bosco went after him."
To be continued!