Is Love Enough?
Chapter 7
A few days later, Bosco was sitting with Faith. She was holding his hand.
"I told you Bos, that everything will be okay. All my tests came back normal and it seems
like this Andrew Nardo has gone back to New York. We have nothing to be
worried about."
"I wish that I believed that, Faith." She grabbed his hand.
"Everything is going to be okay, trust me." He nodded.
"I do, trust you. I just want everything to be okay. I love you and the kids too much to let anything happen to you because of me." Faith sat up and wrapped her arms around him.
"Bos look at me, everything will be fine. Don't you think this Nardo guy would have done something by now?" He nodded.
"I guess you are right." Bosco looked at Faith and could see that she was in pain.
"Faith, lie down. I don't want you to hurt yourself!" Faith smiled at Bosco.
"I'm fine." Bosco then leaned over and kissed her. Susan then entered the room.
"I see that you are doing much better, Faith."
"Yes I am, Susan. So when do you think that I can get out of here?" Faith asked.
"I'm not your doctor, so I don't know exactly, but I'm sure you are going to
have to stay here for another week." Faith looked at Susan.
"I just want to go back home to New York," she replied.
"I'm sure you do, Mom, but if Dr. Lewis said that you need to stay here for a week. Then that is what you should do."
"I'll see you later," Susan said, as she left the room. Faith looked up and saw Emily standing in front of her.
"Emily," Faith responded with a smile. Emily ran to her mom's side.
"I'm sorry that it took me so long to get back. First they decided to
change the exam to the next day, and then …" Faith stopped Emily before she
could say anymore.
"It's fine, Em. You are here now." Emily hugged her mom.
"I'm so happy that you are going to be okay. I don't know what I would have done if anything happen to you."
"Emily, it's fine. I'm going to be okay." Bosco looked at Emily and Faith.
"I have an errand to run, so I'll leave you two alone." he said and walked out of the room. As Bosco was heading out of the room, he saw Susan.
"Just the person I wanted to see; I need you to do me a favor." She looked at him.
"What do you need?" He then told her.
"I'm not sure if I can do that, but I will try."
Bosco smiled. "Thank you."
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Bosco was in the supermarket, when he heard someone calling daddy. He didn't think it was his kids, until he felt something on his leg. He looked down and smiled, seeing Michelle hugging his leg. He picked her up.
"Hi Michelle." She hugged Bosco.
"Daddy..." Bosco then heard Rose calling Michelle's name in a panicked mode.
"Ma, it's fine; she's with me." Rose smiled.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Daddy..." Hannah replied, as she let go of Rose's hand and ran to Bosco.
"Hey Hannah-banana." Bosco replied as he kneeled down and hugged Hannah.
Rose looked at Bosco.
"How's Faith?" she asked.
"She's doing much better," Bosco replied with a smile.
"So why are you here instead of being with your wife?" Bosco grinned and told Rose his plans.
"That sounds wonderful, Maurice. But knowing how you are with shopping, I think you are going to need my help."
"I thought you would never ask."
Later, Faith was sitting in her room when Susan walked in.
"Hey Faith, your doctor told me that you need one last test. I thought I would be nice and take you there."
"But I thought I did all the tests yesterday and everything is okay," Faith responded. Susan looked at Faith.
"I don't know what kind of test, but I'm sure it won't take long." Faith nodded.
"Okay." Susan helped Faith stand up and get into the wheelchair. Susan looked at Faith, and could see that she was hurting.
"Are you still in a lot of pain?"
"Sometimes, when I move a certain way."
"That will get better in time. Your body has been through a lot this past week," Susan responded as she wheeled Faith down the hallway. They got to
the elevator and Susan looked at Faith.
"I just realized that I forgot your chart in your room. Wait right here and I'll be back in a few seconds." Susan said as she walked away from Faith.
About 10 minutes later, Susan returned to Faith.
"I'm so sorry about that, but an old patient of mine on this floor wanted to talk to me. I looked at your chart and I realized that you already had this test. I'm sorry about that, I just been so tired lately with Lia keeping up at night. You know how
babies can be." Faith smiled.
"I know, trying having twins who keep you up at night." Susan smiled.
"I'll take you back to your room now." Susan and Faith wheeled Faith back into her hospital room. Faith couldn't believe her eyes. She turned to Susan.
"You knew about this all along, didn't you?" Susan had this grin on her face.
"Yes I did." Faith smiled.
"So what did Bosco have to do for you to help him?"
"Not much, I see how much you two love each other and I didn't mind helping him. Just remember that you are still recovering, Faith, so don't wear yourself out." Faith looked at Bosco.
"I think I will be just fine." Susan then helped Faith out of the wheelchair and into the bed. Bosco then pulled his chair next to her. Susan then brought the dinner up to them.
"This isn't hospital food, trust me." Susan laughed. Faith smiled.
"I'm sure it is great."
"Well I'll leave you two alone." Susan responded, as she walked out of the room. Faith looked at Bosco.
"I can't believe you did all this; the room looks so pretty," she said.
"I just wanted to do something for you, Faith." he replied, as he leaned over and kissed her. She smiled.
"I love it." He then handed her some flowers. She smiled.
"I never knew you could be so romantic."
"I have my moments." He then handed her a toy.
"Michelle and Hannah pick this out for you." Faith smiled.
"It is so great. I'm so lucky to have all of you, "she said as she hugged him.
"We are lucky to have you." he said, as he kissed her. She touched his face, she touched where his scar was, it wasn't even that noticeable now.
"This will always be a reminder what you did for me; I never forgot that." Faith responded. Bosco nodded.
"I'll never forget that either, Faith because that was the beginning of us, realizing how we felt for each other. I don't know if I didn't get shot, if we would have even admitted how we felt for each other, and we would have never had our precious twins." Faith held his hand.
"Remember when I told you I was pregnant, you didn't believe me at first?"
"I was in shock that I was going to be a father; I was scared that I was going to be just like my own father." Bosco replied, softly.
"But you aren't," Faith replied.
Bosco nodded. "But when I saw the ultrasound of our kids; I knew that everything will be okay," he replied.
"I still remember the look on your face when you found out that we were not having one but two babies." Bosco smiled.
"It was a shock. I didn't know how we were going to handle it, but when Michelle and Hannah were born, I knew that we would be able to handle it, like we always did." Faith put her
hand on his.
"You are the best father, Bos, I could haven't ask for a better person. Emily told me that you were there for her when Fred came by."
"Fred had a few words for his daughter and I just wanted to make sure that she was okay. She might not be my own daughter, but I'll always be there for her." Faith smiled.
"That is why I love you," she said, as she leaned over and kissed him.
"You haven't eaten the dinner that I made especially for you."
"You made this?" she replied with a laugh.
"Okay, my mom made it for me, but I helped a bit." Faith smiled.
"Yeah, I thought so."
A few hours later.
"It's time for you to get some rest, Faith." Susan said, walking into the room. She then saw Bosco and Faith lying in the bed together. She smiled at them as she put a blanket on them and left the room.
The next morning, Faith woke up first and saw Bosco lying next to her.
"Good morning," she said. He looked at her.
"Good morning." he replied. She looked at him.
"It is so nice to have you next to me in the morning." He smiled.
"I'll always be here, Faith." He then looked at the clock.
"But I've got to go now; I told Michelle and Hannah that I would take them to the park this morning." She smiled.
"That sounds great. As soon as I get out of this hospital bed, we are going to go to the park all four of us before we leave here. The girls told me how much fun they had last time they went." Bosco hugged Faith.
"That sounds like a great idea."
"I'll come by and see you after." he replied, as he stood up. He grabbed his jacket, and was about to leave when he turned around.
"I love you, Faith."
"I love you too, Bos." she said with a smile, "Bring the girls by with you; I miss them."
Bosco nodded.
"I was going to, Faith." He waved goodbye to her and walked out of the room.
Later at the park, Bosco was playing in the sandbox with Hannah and Michelle, when someone
walked up to them.
"I remember you. My wife talks about you and your wife all the time." Bosco looked up.
"You are Susan's husband." Chuck nodded.
"Can I play with them?" Cosmo asked. Bosco looked at Chuck.
"If that's okay with you." He nodded.
"Sure."
"Make sure that you play where we can still see you and remember Cosmo, my daughters are younger than you they can't do stuff like you do." Chuck laughed.
"I guess you haven't taken them to the park by yourself."
Bosco shook his head. "I normally go with my wife." Chuck and Bosco walked over to the bench and sat down where they could still see the kids.
"So Susan told me that your wife woke up a few days ago; that is great news." Chuck replied. Bosco smiled.
"It's great. My kids and Faith are my life."
"I feel the same way about Susan." Chuck replied. Bosco looked at the time.
"Hannah… Michelle, time to go. We are going to go and see mommy." Bosco responded. The kids run towards him.
"See Mommy," Hannah replied. Bosco hugged her.
"Yes we are; she is looking forward to seeing you."
"Nice to see you again," Bosco said to Chuck as they were leaving. Bosco
was holding Hannah and Michelle's hands, when they were going through the
parking lot. Suddenly Bosco felt something hit his head and everything went black.
To be continued!