Chapter 12- Nobody Like You
Sully looked out the widow down at the street. Getting up this morning had been a lot easier then it had been in a long time. He missed Tatianna most in the morning, That had been their time. Together they did things and went places. He loved her more then life itself. And when she died, so did his spirit. His heart was cold along with his bed.
"You miss her alot don't you?" Sully looked up to see Bosco.
"Some days are harder then others."
"I bet. I never....never really loved anyone like that." Bosco sat on the couch with his coffee. The dog curled at his feet. "I thought Nicole might be the one but man was I wrong."
"Sex isn't love Bosco."
"What about Randi's mom?"
"Man she was...."Sully smiled. "She was my light for a long time. We grew up in the same neighborhood. Her brother was my best friend. She tagged along with us everywhere. Melinda looked just like Randi but her eyes were this sparkling greenish blue. She was never not smiling."
"I bet she was a beauty." Bosco looked at the mantle. "Is that her?" He got up and took a framed picture off the fireplace.
"Yeah. I loved her. Not like Tatianna but I did love her Bosco."
"I don't blame you."
"Randi does."
"Blames you? For what."
"Not being there. Not trying harder to find Melinda after boot camp." Sully looked at Melinda's picture. "If it wasn't for me Melinda wouldn't of suffered so much. She would of gone to law school at eighteen not thirty eight."
"Randi told me why her mom waited to go back. It had nothing to do with rasing Randi or her stroke Sully. Neither was your fault either by the way. Melinda knew where you were. She had articles and stuff from your career. She was sick Sully. Sick for along time. If she hadn't had Randi when she did the doctors said they would never have found the cause of her illness. Having Randi saved her life." Randi stood at the door. Bosco had broght her home early this morning and she layed down as soon as they got home. She awoke to her dad and lover talking.
"Mom loved you Sully. But she never wanted to burdon you with her illness." Randi went to him and sat on the coffee table in front of him. "I never knew how sick she was either. She had a mask she wore just for me. That last day she told me everything. All you ment to her. And how much she needed me to see you the way she did."
"I needed her and she was gone." Sully looked at his daughter. "First your mom then......"
"I know. They left without saying goodbye." Randi took Sully's big hand in hers. "But they both loved you with all thier hearts Sully." Bosco stood to leave but Randi reached back and stopped him. Then she picked up an old ragged pile of eighteen notebooks. " These are for you." She handed them to Sully. "Mom wanted your to see that without you in our lives we went on but she never forgot where I came from." She stood and kissed Sully on the top of the head. "My mother....she loved....in her own way. And sometimes the love was hard to find but it was there. Read them dad. You won't always understand, niether did I. But you may find out what you need to to make it right."
"I missed so much of your life."
"But your not ever going to miss anything else." Randi wiped her tears. "I swear." She kissed his cheek and headed into the bedroom. Sully wanted to stop her but Bosco stopped him.
"Let me. You read." Bosco smiled. "She needs you to do this as much as you need to do this."
"I know." Sully looked at Bosco. They had never been friends. Never even really liked each other. Why now did he see the younger man so much clearer then before. "You never got along with your old man did you?"
"Not one day. Why?"
"How does that happen. How does a father not...."
"Love his kid?" Bosco turned and looked out the window. "I wish I knew. It would of made my life a whole lot easier." He swollowed the last of his coffee. "I'm never going to be right because of the things that he did Sully. I may never have kids. Or a wife for that matter. But he wasn't anything like you Sully. He was...is a cold hearted son of a bitch who never should of reproduced. I got off lucky, Mikey...well he's a whole differnet set of problems." Bosco turned to look at Sully. "You would of made a great Dad to Randi. And you still will. You have a big heart and...." He smilded. "And if you ever repeat this I will deny it. Your one of the best guys I know. You'll do right by Randi. You wouldn't have it any other way."
"My daughters changed you too Bosco." Sully smiled. "And I'll deny that to my grave."
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The phone rang at five thirty the next morning. Randi reached over and plucked the phone out of Bosco's hand.
"Hello."
"Glad to see your in one peice." Dan Reynalds voice echoed in her ear.
"You damn right you son of a bitch. I will not take this anymore Dan." Bosco sat up. He looked at Randi and she pulled away when he tried to take the phone from her.
"You can't hide behind your father or the rest of the sorry ass's you hang out with."
"Come and get me." Randi flung the phone across the room.
"Reynalds finally piss you off?" Bosco smiled. He knew she would stand up and fight for herself now. Not that she wouldn't before but now she had family. People to care about, who care about her. "It's about time."
"He's so out of my life Bosco." The door came flying open and Sully her father and Sully the dog came stoming in.
"What the hell. Are you okay." Sully wasn't sure he like Bosco and his daughter sharing a bed.
"Fine...now. Thanks pops." She sat up. "I'm going to get rid of this problem once and for all."
"If anyone can do it kid it's you." Sully looked at his gown daughter, laying in bed with Bosco...wearing his NYPD t-shirt. There was no one in this world like her. He grieved for Tatianna, he grieved for Melinda. She was all he had. And she was his kid. Grown or not he was someones dad. Miranda Sullivan Mallony's father. "I'm going to take a shower. It's good to have you back." Sully shut the door. Bosco looked at the woman next to him.
"You got under his skin Mallony, Miranda, Randi."
"Yeah I did. Didn't I Boscorelli, Maurice, Bosco." She smiled and kissed him. Bosco felt the warmth radiating though him. No one made him feel like she did. There was no one like her on the whole planet. And she was his.
Sully looked out the widow down at the street. Getting up this morning had been a lot easier then it had been in a long time. He missed Tatianna most in the morning, That had been their time. Together they did things and went places. He loved her more then life itself. And when she died, so did his spirit. His heart was cold along with his bed.
"You miss her alot don't you?" Sully looked up to see Bosco.
"Some days are harder then others."
"I bet. I never....never really loved anyone like that." Bosco sat on the couch with his coffee. The dog curled at his feet. "I thought Nicole might be the one but man was I wrong."
"Sex isn't love Bosco."
"What about Randi's mom?"
"Man she was...."Sully smiled. "She was my light for a long time. We grew up in the same neighborhood. Her brother was my best friend. She tagged along with us everywhere. Melinda looked just like Randi but her eyes were this sparkling greenish blue. She was never not smiling."
"I bet she was a beauty." Bosco looked at the mantle. "Is that her?" He got up and took a framed picture off the fireplace.
"Yeah. I loved her. Not like Tatianna but I did love her Bosco."
"I don't blame you."
"Randi does."
"Blames you? For what."
"Not being there. Not trying harder to find Melinda after boot camp." Sully looked at Melinda's picture. "If it wasn't for me Melinda wouldn't of suffered so much. She would of gone to law school at eighteen not thirty eight."
"Randi told me why her mom waited to go back. It had nothing to do with rasing Randi or her stroke Sully. Neither was your fault either by the way. Melinda knew where you were. She had articles and stuff from your career. She was sick Sully. Sick for along time. If she hadn't had Randi when she did the doctors said they would never have found the cause of her illness. Having Randi saved her life." Randi stood at the door. Bosco had broght her home early this morning and she layed down as soon as they got home. She awoke to her dad and lover talking.
"Mom loved you Sully. But she never wanted to burdon you with her illness." Randi went to him and sat on the coffee table in front of him. "I never knew how sick she was either. She had a mask she wore just for me. That last day she told me everything. All you ment to her. And how much she needed me to see you the way she did."
"I needed her and she was gone." Sully looked at his daughter. "First your mom then......"
"I know. They left without saying goodbye." Randi took Sully's big hand in hers. "But they both loved you with all thier hearts Sully." Bosco stood to leave but Randi reached back and stopped him. Then she picked up an old ragged pile of eighteen notebooks. " These are for you." She handed them to Sully. "Mom wanted your to see that without you in our lives we went on but she never forgot where I came from." She stood and kissed Sully on the top of the head. "My mother....she loved....in her own way. And sometimes the love was hard to find but it was there. Read them dad. You won't always understand, niether did I. But you may find out what you need to to make it right."
"I missed so much of your life."
"But your not ever going to miss anything else." Randi wiped her tears. "I swear." She kissed his cheek and headed into the bedroom. Sully wanted to stop her but Bosco stopped him.
"Let me. You read." Bosco smiled. "She needs you to do this as much as you need to do this."
"I know." Sully looked at Bosco. They had never been friends. Never even really liked each other. Why now did he see the younger man so much clearer then before. "You never got along with your old man did you?"
"Not one day. Why?"
"How does that happen. How does a father not...."
"Love his kid?" Bosco turned and looked out the window. "I wish I knew. It would of made my life a whole lot easier." He swollowed the last of his coffee. "I'm never going to be right because of the things that he did Sully. I may never have kids. Or a wife for that matter. But he wasn't anything like you Sully. He was...is a cold hearted son of a bitch who never should of reproduced. I got off lucky, Mikey...well he's a whole differnet set of problems." Bosco turned to look at Sully. "You would of made a great Dad to Randi. And you still will. You have a big heart and...." He smilded. "And if you ever repeat this I will deny it. Your one of the best guys I know. You'll do right by Randi. You wouldn't have it any other way."
"My daughters changed you too Bosco." Sully smiled. "And I'll deny that to my grave."
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The phone rang at five thirty the next morning. Randi reached over and plucked the phone out of Bosco's hand.
"Hello."
"Glad to see your in one peice." Dan Reynalds voice echoed in her ear.
"You damn right you son of a bitch. I will not take this anymore Dan." Bosco sat up. He looked at Randi and she pulled away when he tried to take the phone from her.
"You can't hide behind your father or the rest of the sorry ass's you hang out with."
"Come and get me." Randi flung the phone across the room.
"Reynalds finally piss you off?" Bosco smiled. He knew she would stand up and fight for herself now. Not that she wouldn't before but now she had family. People to care about, who care about her. "It's about time."
"He's so out of my life Bosco." The door came flying open and Sully her father and Sully the dog came stoming in.
"What the hell. Are you okay." Sully wasn't sure he like Bosco and his daughter sharing a bed.
"Fine...now. Thanks pops." She sat up. "I'm going to get rid of this problem once and for all."
"If anyone can do it kid it's you." Sully looked at his gown daughter, laying in bed with Bosco...wearing his NYPD t-shirt. There was no one in this world like her. He grieved for Tatianna, he grieved for Melinda. She was all he had. And she was his kid. Grown or not he was someones dad. Miranda Sullivan Mallony's father. "I'm going to take a shower. It's good to have you back." Sully shut the door. Bosco looked at the woman next to him.
"You got under his skin Mallony, Miranda, Randi."
"Yeah I did. Didn't I Boscorelli, Maurice, Bosco." She smiled and kissed him. Bosco felt the warmth radiating though him. No one made him feel like she did. There was no one like her on the whole planet. And she was his.
