"What the hell happened Faith? Where's Maurice?" Rose said as she made her way towards to me.

"It's okay, Calm down."

"I will no calm down! How can you stand there so calmly? You told me that Maurice was shot and I should get here as quickly as I could."

"Please just come and sit with me for a minute." I eased Rose over to the couch where we could talk privately.

"Rose, something happened while we were here. Something bad. These gunman came into the hospital looking to hurt us all. We were in the waiting room when I saw this one masked man standing at the window with a machine gun. I called out to everyone to get there attention. Maurice turned and saw at the last second as they started to fire. He grabbed me and pulled me to the ground. He was hit badly. He is in surgery right now….Oh god! Rose I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." I said as I began to cry. I felt a hand come across my shoulder. I turned around and saw it was Swersky standing behind me.

"The doctors are doing everything they can Mrs. Boscorelli. Your son is a strong man. He is a fighter he is going to make it." Swersky said as he put his hand on my shoulder.

"My son jumped in the line of fire and now he is fighting for his own life. Why would he do that? Why would he risk his own life?"

"Because of me." I said as I looked up at her with tears in my eyes.

"Faith don't do that." Swersky said as he shook his head.

"He got shot because of me. He saved me and now he is struggling to survive."

"Faith, honey this is not your fault at all. Don't go and blame yourself for this. You have always been there for my son. I will not let you give up on him or feel sorry for yourself. That is my Maurice always thinking of others before he thinks of himself. My son worships you; there isn't a thing he wouldn't do for you. So don't give up on him, he wouldn't give up on you."

"I won't I promise." I smiled back at her as we were startled by the doors that swung open. I quickly got up. The doctors looked very worried and nervous and it was right then and there I knew it was no good news.

"Mr. Boscorelli has made it through the surgery."

"Oh thank you god!" Rose cried as she hugged me tightly.

"Is that it? Why do I get the feeling there is more to it."

"Mrs. Boscorelli your son was shot 4 times. Three in the chest and one that passed through is cheek and out his eye socket. He lost allot of blood and we lost him a few times on the operating table. He is very lucky to be alive."

"How soon before he wakes up?" I asked?

"That I cannot answer. I do not know if he will ever wake up or when he regains consciousness. But if he does wake up he may be at a vegetable stage. He will be lucky if he will be able to walk, talk, or eat himself. I am so sorry."

I lowered my head and let out a sigh.

"No! I will not believe that. Don't you believe it either Faith. My son is alive and he will wake up and come back to us."

"I know this is hard for all of you. But you need to prepare yourself for the worst. Mr. Boscorelli has allot of brain damage and I don't expect a full recovery. He is in a coma for the time being and there is no telling when he will wake up. It could be in an hr, a few weeks, a month, or even a few years. We honestly don't know. I am very sorry."

"How soon before we can see him?" Swersky asked.

"In a few minutes."

"Thank you doctor."

"Why Faith? First Mikey now Maurice. Why my baby? This is not fair. I can't loose him too I just can't. I….I…"

"Rose?" I called out as she put her hand on her heart.

"Are you okay? Are you alright?" I asked her as I grew more concerned.

"Faith I can't breathe…"

"HEY….. WE NEED A DOCTOR IN HERE AND FAST!" Swersky called out.

"Oh my god, Rose stay with me. It's going to be okay. You are just having a panic attack. Shhh it's okay. Just try to relax and breathe slowly." I said as I pulled her close to me to soothe her, but all I could hear was her rapid heart beat. The doctors came in and worked on her. It was just too much for her to handle at one time. I watched as they wheeled her off to the ER as I followed but they advised me to stay here and they will come and get me when they know more.

After Rose was settled in her room I made my way to Bosco's . I walked very slowly down the hallway until I reached the door. I studied his name closely on the outside of the door before I entered. I pushed the door slowly open and went inside. Bosco's face was all wrapped up and they had a feeding tube in him as well as a heart monitor. I pushed a chair towards his bed and sat down.

"Oh Bosco, Look what's happened to you. I'm so very sorry. This shouldn't have happened. I am going to find out who did this and make them pay. You didn't deserve this. You don't deserve to be here. You need to fight Bosco. Fight with everything you have. I am going to be here when you do wake up. Your mom had a hard time dealing with this and suffered a panic attack. So they admitted her into the hospital for a few days. I told her I would look out for you. But don't I always? So wherever you are you need to wake up. I know you can hear me. I can feel it. Don't let this be your life. You deserve much more than this. Stay with me; come back to me…….

To Be Continued!