Is Love Enough

Chapter 16

Faith was shocked by what Charlie and Emily said, but she knew that they were going to want to see their father. She just didn't think it would happen so soon.

"Are you sure the two of you are up to this?" Faith asked, looking at Charlie and Emily.

Emily nodded. "We need to know why he did everything he did. It's the only way that we get on with our lives."

Faith nodded. "I know, but you don't have to do it today."

"We need to, mom," Charlie spoke sternly. Faith glanced at Charlie.

"You are still recovering; you can't leave the hospital yet."

"I already talk to my doctor and he said that I am doing much better, that I can go. Don't you remember that I'm going to be getting out of the hospital in a few days?"

"I know that Charlie I'm just worried about you," Faith said as she hugged her son. Bosco looked at her.

"You'll always worry about them"

"Fine, you two can go, but only if I go with you," Faith suggested. Emily and Charlie nodded.

"Sure." Bosco looked at Faith.

"Are you going to be okay going by yourself?" he asked concerned.

"I'll be fine, Boz, thanks for caring," she said, as she hugged and kissed him.

"I'll be back later on."

"Em, Charlie, be careful when you see your father. I don't want him upset you," Bosco responded. Emily walked up to Bosco.

"It's good to see that you realize that we love you now." Bosco smiled.

"I guess I do." They waved goodbye to Bosco and left the room.

Faith was getting more nervous as they got to the jail; she called before to see if they could see Fred. She was hoping they would say no, but they said that visiting hours were still available. Charlie looked at Faith.

"Are you okay, mom?" he asked his mom, who was looking out the cab, as they were driving to the jail.

"Yeah I'm fine, Charlie." But that was far from the truth, she didn't know how she was going to handle seeing Fred without punching him for what he did to Bosco and the rest of her family.

"We're here," the cabbie said. Faith handed him some money and they got out of the car and walked towards the jail. They walked inside and Faith asked where Fred Yokas was. He then said that he was waiting in the visitor's area. Faith, Charlie and Emily walked towards Fred.

Fred had a smile on his face. "I know the two of you would come see your father, you wouldn't not."

Charlie and Emily looked at Faith.

"Mom, do you think you could give us some time alone with him?" Charlie replied. Faith put her hand on his shoulder.

"Are you sure?"

"Faith, I'm their father. What do they have to be scared of?" Faith took a deep breath.

"I'll just be sitting on there," she said pointing to the bench.

"I'll come back in 10 minutes." Emily and Charlie nodded.

"Thank you." Faith didn't want to leave her two kids alone with Fred, but she knew that
they needed to do this, by themselves.

Fred looked at Charlie and Emily with this grin on his face.

"I knew my kids would come by and see me that you didn't believe any of the garbage your mother and him have been telling you."

"So you are trying to tell us that it wasn't you that worked with Nardo to get Bosco kidnapped?" Emily yelled.

"I had to do, Emily. You have to understand I did it for our family," Fred replied.

"For our family? We don't have a family," Charlie replied.

"Did you even care that me and Emily were hurt trying to save Rose, who you kidnapped."

"You weren't supposed to help her," Fred responded.

"If you hadn't helped her, you wouldn't have got hurt; I told them to not hurt you two." Emily was starting to get annoyed.

"What? You didn't think we would be upset and hurt when Bosco and our step- sisters were missing."

Charlie touched his sister's shoulder. "Em, don't let him get to you."

"When did I become a him?" Fred yelled.

"When you kidnapped Bosco, and the rest of my family. I don't even want to see you again," Charlie yelled.

"I'm your father," Fred replied.

"No, you aren't my father! I only have one dad and he is lying in the hospital bed because of you."

"He's not your father; I'm your father," Fred shouted, as he grabbed a hold of Charlie's arms.

"You listen here, he will never love you like a son, like I do."

"That is where you are wrong." Charlie said, as he stood up.

"I just wanted to see why you did everything and now I know, because you are a jerk. You think Bosco ruin your family, so you wanted to ruin his. But he didn't destroy this family, you did," Charlie said, as he walked away.

"I know that you believe me, Emily, that's why you haven't said anything," Fred responded. Emily shook her head.

"No, that's not why, I was letting Charlie talk first, now it's my turn." He grabbed Emily's hand.

"You have to know that I just wanted us to be a family again. I never wanted anybody to get hurt."

"Expect Bosco right. You didn't really care what happened to him, did you?" Emily yelled.

"Emily… I"

"Don't tell me a lie! I know the truth; you wanted him dead, so you could have mom all to yourself. But didn't you realize that she could never love you again, that she only loves Bosco and always will."

"She could have loved me, she did once." Emily looked at the look in Fred's eyes.

"Not after being with a great guy."

"So he turned my daughter against me too."

"No, you did that all yourself," Emily replied. Fred grabbed Emily's hand.

"Please forgive me, you have always been daddy's little girl."

"I'm not a little girl anymore."

"I know that Emily, but you must realize that I just did it all for love."

"That wasn't love. That was hate. "Emily said, as she was about to get up when he grabbed her hand.

"Please.. Em… listen to me."

"No!" Emily said. Faith and Charlie then ran towards Fred and Emily.

"You let go of Emily now."

"She's my daughter, Faith; I'm just trying to get her to understand why I did it." Emily stood up and looked at Fred.

"I understand perfectly. I don't ever want to see you again, you hear me. I want you out of my life."

"Are you going to tell me that Bosco is like a father to you too.. because your big mean father hurt him." Emily sighed.

"He was a father to me a long time before you kidnapped him and tried to get him killed. Can we go now, mom?" Faith nodded.

"Of course we can."

"No, Faith, I want to talk to you," Fred said with this angry look on his face. Emily and Charlie both looked at Faith.

"Don't do this, mom. Let's go."

"I want to talk to you now… alone," Fred yelled.

"You either talk with all of us, or none," Emily said, "Because I'm not leaving my mom alone with you."

"Honey, I'll be fine. Why don't the two of you call a cab?" Faith suggested. Emily nodded, and she and Charlie walked away from Fred and Faith. Faith looked at Fred.

"I don't see what you have to talk about."

"I need you to get our kids to understand why I did everything and get them to forgive me. Get me out of here; you have to pay my bail."

"Forgive you… for almost getting almost getting their stepfather killed and hurting their step-sisters and grandma. You nearly got my husband killed and all of my kids were in danger because of you... I don't think I will be paying your bail."

"You will.. if you want your husband and twin daughters to stay alive, you will. I just need to call Nardo's people and get them to finish the job." Faith pulled her hand out to punch him.

"Don't do it! It's not worth that it is what he wants you to do, mom." Emily said.

"You're right, honey," Faith said, as she hugged her daughter.

"Are you ready to go now, mom?" Emily asked. Faith nodded.

"Yep, I'm ready to go."

"Faith…… I'm not going to let you take my kids away from me. You hear me." Faith turned around.

"I think you did that all on your own," she said, as she and Emily walked away.

A hour later, Faith, Emily and Charlie had returned to the hospital. She hugged her kids.

"Are the two of you okay?" Emily looked at Faith as tears started to fall down her cheeks.

"I just didn't think he was going to be like that."

"I know, Em. I'm so sorry the two of you had to go through that."

"It's fine, mom. We needed to do that to get on with our lives," Charlie replied, "I can tell you now; I never want to see him ever again." Faith nodded.

"You never have to see him." Faith could see how tired Charlie was.

"How about we take you back to your room and you can get some rest. You need some rest too, Emily?"

"I'm fine, mom." Emily responded. Faith smiled.

"I know you are fine, but you have been through a lot today."

"You have too mom." Emily responded, as she hugged Faith. Faith smiled at her daughter.

"I'm fine as long as my kids are okay."

"We are going to be fine, Susan said that I could stay over at her house seeing as Rose and the twins are there."

"So is Susan having everybody living there?" Faith said with a smile.

"I think so, Mom. She's really nice." Emily responded.

"Do you need a ride there?" Faith asked. Emily shook her head.

"No, I know how to get there. I'll come back and see you all later." Faith hugged Emily.

"You were really brave today, doing what you did. You too, Charlie."

"But we didn't anything." Charlie replied.

"Yes you did. I know it was really hard to find out why your dad did was he did, that he is not the same person he was before."

"Can we stop talking about this?" Emily said, with this sad look on her face.

"Of course we can." Faith said. Emily then said goodbye to Faith and Charlie, and walked away.

"Let's get you to your room, Charlie." Faith said, as they walked to the elevator.

Bosco and Detective Brown were talking about the kidnapping when Faith walked in.

"Hi, Detective Brown."

"Hi Mrs. Boscorelli, I was just taking your husband's statement." Faith nodded, and sat down next to Bosco, and grabbed his hand.

"So is the trial going to be here in Chicago or in New York?"

"It will be in Chicago, seeing as the crime took place here," Detective Brown said.

"Thank you for your statement, Officer Boscorelli." Bosco nodded.

"Thank you for saving my family." Detective Brown nodded.

"I'm just glad that everything worked out for all of you," he said, as he left the room. Bosco turned to Faith.

"So how are Emily and Charlie doing?"

"As good as can be expected... Fred try to get them to understand why he did it, but they are smart and didn't fall for it."

"Of course they wouldn't, they are like their mother." Bosco said with a smile. He then looked at Faith and saw a sad look on her face.

"Are you going okay?"

"I'm just thinking about everything that happen and how this is my entire fault." Bosco had this grin on his face.

"So you can blame yourself, but I can't. That's a little unfair, don't you think?" Faith smiled slightly.

"I know, Boz. I just hate seeing what my family has gone through because of Fred."

"I know, Faith, but we'll get through together, but none of this is either of our faults. You told me that." Faith smiled.

"Always remember what I said, do you?"

"Of course I do." Bosco said. Faith then climbed onto the bed.

"I love you, Bosco."

"I love you too, Faith." He said as he put his arms around her, and kissed her. She then smiled at him.

"There is something I need to talk to you about." Bosco looked at her.

"Sure, Faith." She sat up and looked at him.

"When we get back to New York, I want you to adopt Emily and Charlie." Bosco looked at her in shock.

"You want me to adopt them?"

"Yes I do, Boz, they see you as their father already for a long time. I just want to make it official." Bosco smiled.

"I would love to," he said, as he leaned over and kissed her.

"I see them as my kids already."

"I know you do, Bosco."

A while later, Faith saw that Bosco had fallen asleep; she got off the bed, and sat down on
the chair. She smiled to herself, as she looked at Bosco sleeping, for the first time in a while, she felt like everything was going to be okay for her family.

To be continued!