Chapter 4
Bosco looked at Emily staring at him waiting to his response to her question.
"So… Bosco did you?" Emily asked. Bosco took her hand. "Em, I would do anything for your mom."
"So you jumped in front of the bullets, saving her life?" Emily replied. Bosco nodded. "Yes I did."
"Why would you risk your own life for my mom? Don't get me wrong. I'm happy that you saved her life, but didn't you care about yours?"
Bosco looked at Emily. "It wasn't something I thought hard about, I saw the gunmen coming towards us and I didn't want her to get hurt, so I jumped in front of her. I didn't want to lose her."
"But how did you find out?" Bosco asked her. She looked at him. "I come by to see you one afternoon and my mom was here with you and she was talking about you saving her."
"Why didn't you come in, Emily?"
"I saw that you and my mom were talking about something important. I didn't want to interrupted."
Bosco suddenly moved and Emily could see that he was in pain. "Do you need me to get you a doctor?" she asked.
"No, I'm fine. Sometimes it just hurts when I move." He said, trying to not show how pain he was in.
"You should get some rest. I'll go now," Emily replied.
"No, I'm fine," he said. "So how are you doing, Faith told me about the divorce. It must be hard for you," Emily nodded. "Its fine. I'll deal with it," Emily said as she stood up. "I should be going now. I hope you get better soon."
"Emily, if you need to talk, you can come to me," Bosco replied. Emily turned around. "Thanks," she said and then waved goodbye to Bosco.
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The next morning:
Faith and Charlie were walking towards Bosco's room. "I'll go and see if Bosco is awake yet and then you can go come in, okay?" she said. Charlie nodded.
Faith then walked into the room. "Bos," she said as she walked up to him, hoping that she didn't wake him up. "Faith," he said.
"I didn't wake you up, did I?" Faith asked. He looked up at her. "No, I've been awake for awhile."
"Charlie is here to see you. He wanted to see how you are doing."
Bosco smiled. "First Emily, now Charlie." He said, smiling.
"Emily?" Faith asked.
Bosco nodded. "She came to see me last night."
"I guess that is where she was when Charlie came by to see me last night." She said, smiling.
"I'll go and get Charlie that is if you are up to it Bosco. If not, we can come back later."
"No, Faith, I would love to see Charlie."
A few seconds later, Faith came in with Charlie. Charlie looked at Bosco. "Hi Uncle Bosco," he said as he walked up to Bosco and started to chat with him.
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A few days later:
The nurse was wheeling Bosco back to his room. As they walked into the room he noticed his mom sitting in the chair. "Ma," he said. She looked up at him. "Hey Maurice."
The nurse then helped Bosco get back into the bed. "I can do this myself!" he said, as he got himself into bed. "Maurice let the nurse help you," Rose said as she stood up. "She is here to help you."
"I don't need any help!" Bosco replied as he lied down in bed and sighed.
"Thank you, Nurse," Rose said, as the nurse left the room.
"So how was physical therapy today?" she asked, as she grabbed his hand. He looked up at her. "It just the same as before, they won't let me do too much because I am still weak."
"I have been in this hospital for how long? I'm not weak!" Bosco replied. Rose hugged her son. "I know you aren't, but you have to let them help you."
She looked at her son. She had never seen him like this before. He wasn't just physically hurt. He was emotionally hurt and she didn't know what she could do. " You are going to be just fine, in no time you will be out of this hospital, but you have to let them help you with your physical therapy first, if you want to get out of this bed."
"I know, Ma."
"Well you need your rest, so I'll be going. Take care," she said, as she hugged him and waved goodbye to him.
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Later that afternoon:
Bosco was sitting in the therapist office. "So Maurice, how are you doing today?"
"Can you call me Bosco "
The therapist nodded. "Bosco it is."
"So how are you?" the therapist asked again.
"How do you expect me to be? I am stuck in this hospital, when I should be out there in the street, doing my job."
"So that is what you want to be doing. You are a police officer right?"
Bosco nodded. He didn't want to talk to someone. He hated it last time, but the doctors think that it would be best for him.
"How long have you been a police officer?"
"Why did I need to answer that? This isn't going to help me get over my shooting is it?" Bosco asked, annoyed.
"I just want to know, Bosco." The therapist then looked down at his notebook. "It says here your partner Faith Yokas was there with the shooting with you. Has she helped you remember things about the shooting?"
"A little bit, she was pretty vague?"
"Why do you think that is?" the therapist asked. "I don't know. You have to ask her," Bosco snapped at him.
"Can I go back now? I don't really see how this can help me," Bosco replied.
"Not yet, I need ask you one question, how much does Faith mean to you?" Bosco looked at the therapist. "She means everything to me. She is my best friend."
" There were two other cops in that lounge that night. Would you have jumped in front of four bullets for them, as well, Bosco?"
" Of course, I would." Bosco said, but he wasn't really be truthful to the therapist as he would have told Ty and Cruz that there were gunmen's. But he was not sure if he would have jumped in front of them like he did with Faith. He just didn't want to lose Faith. She was everything to him and he didn't want to lose that.
"Well that is enough for today. I'll see you again next week."
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"Bosco, it's Michael." Sully replied.
"I just talked to him yesterday." Bosco said.
"I'm sorry, man."
"Come on….No. You're wrong. You're wrong."
Bosco woke up in a sweat. He sat up in the bed. He remembers everything about losing Mikey and Sully and Ty telling him about it. He saw the body earlier that day, not knowing that it was Mikey. Tears then started to fall down his cheek, when suddenly Faith walked into the room.
He wiped away the tears before Faith could see them. She looked into his eyes and could see that something was wrong. She sat down next to him and hugged him. "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I'm fine." he said.
"Bos please talk to me." She said, as she grabbed his hand. She knew that something was wrong. She looked into his eyes and could tell that he had been crying.
"Faith….. it's about Mi…. key," he said as he started to cry. She grabbed a hold of him and held him tightly. "I'm sorry."
"I remembered when Sully and Ty came to me and told me, but I didn't believe them or maybe I didn't want to believe them, Faith."
She stroked his hair. She hated seeing Bosco in this much pain. She knew how much pain he was in the first time and now he has to go through the same pain. He put his head on her shoulder, as tears started to fall down his cheeks.
"I remember seeing the body earlier in the shift, it was so gruesome, I never thought that was my brother. Faith, why couldn't I help my brother?"
She looked up at him. "Bos, none of this was your fault. You did everything that could for your brother," she said, gently. He looked up at her. "But I should have tried harder."
"Bos, there is nothing you could have done. Don't blame yourself. Mann was out to get you because he blamed you for his son's death. That is why Mikey died, not because you didn't help him." she said. She placed her hands on his and gently stroked it.
"Thanks for being here with me, Faith."
"I'll always be here for you," she said. "Why don't you get some rest?"
"I don't know if I can. Everytime I close my eyes, I see Mikey's body all over again," he said.
She looked up at him. "It's alright, Bos. I'm here," she said, as she grabbed his hand, holding it gently to let him to know that he wasn't alone. He squeezed hers gently.
He then closed his eyes and then opened them again a few seconds later.
"I'm still here, "she said, as she placed her hand on his. " I'll stay here as long you need."
A few minutes later, Bosco finally fell asleep. She sighed. He's been through so much.
She sat with Bosco for about an hour to make sure that he had fallen asleep before she left, just in case he needed her again.
She touched his face. "It's going to be okay."
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"Bosco?" Bosco?" She then realized that Bosco had his arms around her and she turned him over and she couldn't believe what she saw. Her partner was lying in front of her, dying because he decided to save her life. She walked up to him and put her hand on his face. "Why did you have did you do this?"
He looked up at her. "This is your fault that I am in this situation because I decided to save your life. You should have been the one that was shot, not me."
"Bosco….I'm so sorry," she screamed. "I never wanted you to get hurt.. please believe me."
"Faith, I don't believe it."
" Bosco," she screamed.
She suddenly wakes up and sat up in her bed, and sighed. She looked at the clock and saw that it was 12:00am.
So she put her head back on the pillow and tried to go back to sleep, but every time she closed her eyes, she saw Bosco's face staring at her, telling her that it was her fault. She put her hands on her face and tears started to fall down her cheeks.
She thought that since Bosco was awake, she would stop having these dreams about what happened to him, but they have only gotten worse. Instead of just seeing the events happening, she is having him tell her that was her fault.
He is going to be fine. She keeps on telling herself this, but she can't forget what happened that night, when Bosco was shot because of her, and when she killed Mann because she thought Bosco was dead.
She grabbed her bathrobe, got out of bed, and walked into the kitchen. As she was about to sit down, she saw a piece of paper on the floor. She picked it up and saw that it was the papers for the custody hearing. She sighed she couldn't believe that Fred was really doing this. That he was trying to take her kids away from her. He knows how much she loves her kids.
Why did everything go wrong in my life? She thought to herself, as she walked over to the couch. I have a family, a husband and two kids, and then everything went wrong. Now I have nothing.
She knew that she couldn't sit here and think about it anymore. She had to get of the apartment, so she walked into the bedroom and got dressed, and then grabbed her keys and left the apartment.
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"Guys," Faith said, and that is when he saw the gunmen coming towards them, and grabbed a hold of Faith and pulled her down on the ground. A few minutes later, he turned her around and saw that she had been shot. "Faith… no," he screamed.
"Faith, don't leave me," he screamed. "Faith!"
"Maurice, wake up," said a voice.
"Faith….. No" he screamed.
"You are having a nightmare, wake up,"
Bosco suddenly woke up. "Faith is that you? Are you okay?" he asked, scared.
The nurse looked at him. "No, it's me, Nurse David."
"Where is she?" Bosco asked afraid. "Is she hurt badly?"
The nurse looked at Bosco. "You must be confused, Mrs. Yokas is fine. She wasn't hurt. You were the one that was shot."
Bosco suddenly realized that it was just a nightmare that he was having and that Faith was fine.
"Can you pass me that phone?" Bosco asked.
Bosco dialed the number, and there was no answer. Where could she be? Maybe something was wrong with her?" So he decided to try her cell phone, and there was no answer there as well."
He was starting to get worried. He knew that he needed to find her, so he started to get of the bed.
"Where do you think you are going?" the nurse said.
"I'm going to help my partner," he said. The nurse looked at him. "You can't do that. You know that."
"I can do it!" Bosco said, as he started to get off the bed, but fell over. Bosco couldn't believe it, he couldn't even help his partner anymore. What if she was in danger and needed his help? He couldn't even help himself now, so how does he expect to help her. The nurse helped him up. "You can't do that just yet. You are still weak."
"I'm not weak! I need to help my partner. What if she is in danger." He held on to the bed. "See I can walk, now let me go find Faith."
"No," the nurse said.
"Well then at least call the police and tell them that one of theirs is missing and needs their help."
"Well wait until the morning and then we will deal with it," the nurse said, as she left the room.
Bosco lay down on the bed, and sighed. He needed to help her. So he decided to phone someone that could help me. "Hey, it's me Bosco. I need your help."
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Bosco was lying in the bed, waiting for the person to come, when suddenly there was a knock at the door and Sully walked in.
"Bosco, I hope this is important, for getting me out of bed." Sully replied.
"I think something is wrong with Faith. I called her apartment and her cell phone and she isn't answering my calls. I think she is hurt."
"Maybe she just doesn't want to talk to you," Sully replied.
"No… I don't think that is the reason. She has been through a lot these past few months. I would go find her myself, but it doesn't look like I am going be getting out of this bed anytime soon."
"I'm sure it is nothing. She is probably off doing something."
"I'm worried about her. She could be in danger or worse bleeding to death. I can't help her, but if I have to, I will get out of this bed, even if it kills me, and I will find her."
"Bosco, calm down. I'll find her."
Sully looked at Bosco. "I still think it's nothing, but I don't want to be the reason that you hurt yourself."
"I thought you would say that, so what are you doing just standing here? Go find her!"
Sully left the room. Bosco layed back in the bed, and sighed. Sully has to find her.
He couldn't lose her