Revelations
Chapter 3
A week later:
Bosco woke up and saw Faith sitting in the chair next to his bedside. "Faith…" he said in a quiet voice. She looked up at Bosco. " Good Morning," she said, as she walked up to his bed and sat down. "Are you doing okay?"
"I'm getting there, Faith, but I think there is something that you aren't telling me?"
She looked at him. "What are you talking about Bosco?" He stared at her to see if he could read her face and knew by the expression on her face that he was right and that there was something that she wasn't telling him.
"Faith, you come here every morning before you go to work and every night after work I don't think Fred would like that very much."
Faith didn't look directly at Bosco because she knew that if she did he would figure it out.
"It's nothing that you need to worry about, you got enough to deal with," she said as she was got up from the bed.
"Talk to me."
"I don't want to bother you with my problems," she said as she turned around.
"It's me, Faith."
Faith nodded. "You know.. Bos, even when you were in a coma, I always use to come in and tell you what happened during that day. I guess that I needed you to be there for me even when you couldn't."
"I want to be here for you now," Bosco said in a concerned voice.
"Fred and I are getting divorced," Faith just blurted out.
Bosco grabbed her hand and held it tightly. "I'm sorry to hear that but you were always too good for him."
She glanced at him. "It was the day that you got shot. The night before I came home to an empty apartment with all of Fred's and the kids stuff gone and a note that said to meet him at the diner the next day. I thought that maybe he was mad at me and needed some time apart, but he didn't… He had found someone else."
"What a jagoff… when I get out of this hospital...I'm going… to..." Bosco replied.
She smiled. "I know you would do anything for me, Bos, but its fine."
"How are Emily and Charlie doing with you and Fred split up?" Bosco asked.
Faith stood up. "He is trying to take my kids away from me. I see them maybe every weekend, if he has time to let me. I miss my kids, Bos," she said, as she sat down next to him.
"I'm so sorry, Faith," Bosco replied, as he placed his hand on hers and gently stroked it. " It's going to be okay."
She looked at Bosco. " I don't need you to worry about it. You have got enough to deal with. The only thing I want you to do is work on your recovery and get better."
Bosco nodded. "But I'm always going to worry about you."
She grabbed his hand. " I know, Bos," She knew what Bosco meant because she will always worry about Bosco because even though he was awake, she still worried that something is going to happened to him and she is going to lose him.
"Well I should be off to work now," Faith said, as she stood up. "I'll come by and see you later," she said as she hugged Bosco. "Is your mom coming today?"
Bosco nodded. "Yeah she said that she will come by and see me in the afternoon. She said that she knows that you come by in the morning, so she knows not to come then," he said.
Faith waved goodbye to Bosco and left the room.
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2 weeks later:
Faith was walking down the hallway towards Bosco's room, when she heard his voice.
"I can do this. I know how to walk," Bosco replied, frustrated.
"Maurice… you are still very weak. You can't do stuff like before," the physical therapist replied.
"Yes I can, now just go. I don't need your help."
The physical therapist replied. "Fine," she said as she stormed out of the room.
Faith walked up to the physical therapist when she walked out of the room. "Is Bosco okay?" she asked.
"Maurice thinks that he can do everything that he did before, but he can't. He has to learn how to walk again."
"I know that… but don't you realize how hard this is for him. He has been through a lot," Faith replied.
"Yes, I know," the physical therapist replied. "Maybe you will have a better chance with him. He'll listen to you."
Faith smiled to herself. I'm not so sure, she thought to herself.
The physical therapist walked away, leaving Faith alone. She sighed, she knew that Bosco wasn't going to listen to her when he has his mind set on something, but she had to try.
She walked into the room, and she saw Bosco lying on the ground. "Bosco…" she cried, as she run to his side. " Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Faith," he said, as he tried to stand up. "I was trying to walk, but I couldn't do it…" he said. She looked at him, and could see the expression on his face. How much he hated not being able to do stuff he could do before.
She grabbed a hold of him. "Lean on me, Bos," she said, as she helped him get back into the wheelchair.
"I don't need anybody's help."
Faith grabbed a hold of his hand. "Let me help you, Bos."
"I said.. I don't need anybody's help, just go," he shouted.
She grabbed his hand. "I'm not anybody…. I know this is going to be hard for you but I'll be here for you every step of the way."
He grabbed her hand and squeezed it tightly. "You don't have to be, Faith."
"I want to," Faith said. "Now let's get you back to your room."
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"Faith, what happened that day?" Bosco asked. "I don't remember…. Faith. I can't remember anything. I know that my mom was hurt, but that was all I remember.I don't know how she got hurt."
"What do you remember, Bos?"
"I remember me and you arresting some lawyer and something about Mann, but that is all."
"Bosco, we don't need to talk about that day right now," Faith said, softly. She didn't want to ever think about that day ever again.
"I don't want to talk about either, Faith, but my therapist told me that I need to find out exactly what happened that day so I can get past it," Bosco replied.
"You got shot by and that is about it," Faith replied quickly. "It was the worse day of my life."
"Why did you do it?" Faith asked.
"Do what?" Bosco asked innocently. But she knew that he knew what she was talking about.
"Why did you jumped in front of me, saving me from the bullets?"
"I couldn't risk the chance of you getting hurt again. I didn't want to lose you?"
Faith grabbed his hand. "But I almost lost you instead, Bos. I don't know what I would have done if I had lost you."
"I would do it again, Faith in a heartbeat. I would save you no matter what," he said. She hugged him. "Nothing like this is going to happen again," she said as she put her hand on his back as tears started to fall down her cheek as she started to remember the day that Bosco got shot.
"What happened to Mann, is he in jail?" Bosco asked. Faith wiped away her tears from her cheek, and stood up. "He's dead, Bosco."
Before Bosco could respond to it, a nurse came in. "I'm sorry, Faith, but I need to check his vitals and he needs his rest, maybe you can see him later."
"I'll come by and see you tomorrow morning," she said.
"You know you don't have to come by every day, Faith," he said.
"I know, I don't, but I want to," Faith as she waved goodbye to Bosco and left his room.
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He's dead, Bosco
All she could think was the conversation that she had with Bosco. She couldn't tell Bosco that she killed Mann for him, she just couldn't. He wouldn't understand why she did it, and if he did, she wouldn't want him to keep the secret that she and Cruz had. He had enough to deal with.
Suddenly the doorbell rang, interrupting Faith's thoughts. She opened the door.
"Fred." she said, shocked to see him here. She then smiled when she saw that Charlie was with him.
"Mom," Charlie said, as he run to her and hugged her. "Hey Charlie, I missed you," she said as she hugged him.
"I miss you too, mom," he said.
"Charlie, why don't you go to your bedroom, while I talk to your father?"
"Okay," Charlie said as he went into his room.
"Fred… why didn't you tell me that you were bringing Charlie over, where's Emily?" Faith asked.
"Faith, I phoned you and left you a message, didn't you check?" Fred replied. "Emily didn't want to see you, I wonder why…"
"I haven't checked my messages yet, I just got home,"
"It's 8 o clock where have you been all day, or do I even have to ask?" Fred replied. "Let's me guess you we were with him."
"You have no say in what I do anymore.. not seeing as you were the one that had an affair."
"It's your fault. Maybe if you paid more attention to me than Bosco, we would still have a marriage."
"So you are now blaming Bosco for our failure marriage. Well that is a good one. So did he make you cheat on me as well? Do you even know what he did for me, Fred? He jumped in front of bullets saving my life, he almost lost his life because he saved my life. You should thank him… because if he hadn't your children wouldn't have a mother right now."
"Do my children even have a mother now? They see you once or twice a week."
"Fred…. I love my children.. you know that. You are the one that is taking them away from me."
"I'm sure that they don't even notice a difference. They see you the same amount now that they saw you before."
"How long were you cheating on me? Did you do it when I was in a wheelchair, trying to learn how to walk again?"
"Of course not," Fred said. But Faith wasn't sure.
"Why don't you just go Fred? You can come by in the morning to get Charlie," she said, as she walked away from Fred.
Faith walked into Charlie's room. "Hey, "she said as she sat down next to him. " How are you doing, Charlie?"
"I miss you, mom. I don't like living with dad. His girlfriend comes over all the time. I don't like her." Faith hugged her son. "I know."
Charlie then looked up at Faith. "How's Uncle Bosco? Dad won't let me go and see him. Is he going to be okay?" Faith looked up at Charlie. "Uncle Bosco is doing well. I got an idea why don't we go and see him first thing in the morning. Would you like that?"
"Yes, I would love that," he said.
"Why don't we go and see what there is to eat."
"I already ate, mom."
"We can watch a movie if you want," Faith replied.
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Bosco had just fallen asleep when someone walked into his room.
"Bosco..." said a voice. Bosco suddenly woke up. "Emily," he said.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake up," Emily said. "I can come back later."
"No, it's fine," Bosco said.
Emily walked up to Bosco, and the first thing that she said to Bosco was. "Is it true? Did you save my mom's life that night?"