Chapter: Deja-Vu

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It didn't take long at all for Bosco to arrive at Angel of Mercy Hospital. He was there long before Carlos. The truth was, he had practically flew to the hospital. The whole time, his mind was racing with thoughts and questions. As Bosco entered the hospital, he thought back to a night over a year ago... the last night that he had seen Faith.

Flashback...

Bosco had just finished a shift, and headed to his locker. As he walked into the room, he saw that his ex-partner, Faith Yokas, was still there. It was late for a detective to be working, most detectives had already gone home hours ago. But not Faith. Bosco always assumed that it was because she was more dedicated than the others were. As he entered the room, Faith looked up, and their eyes met.

"Hey," Bosco said, his voice was soft.

"Hey, you goin' home?" Faith asked him.

"Yeah, yeah... what about you?"

"Yeah, i'm finally getting out of here too," replied Faith.

Bosco laughed. "I thought you said detectives had better hours then us 'beat cops'," he said.

Faith smiled. "That's what I thought, guess I was wrong, huh,"

"Yeah," Bosco said, as he put on his coat. Faith did the same, and the two walked out to the parking lot together.

"Hey Yokas, you want a lift?" Bosco asked, knowing that she was going to walk home, and he hated the thoughts of her walking home alone in the city.

Faith looked back at him. "Nah, I kinda' feel like walking tonight... I just need to clear my head, it's been a long day," she replied.

"Alright, i'll see you later," Bosco said, as he claimed into his car. For some strange reason, he had a really bad feeling about Faith walking home alone on that night. So, before he drove away, he rolled down his window and asked, "You're sure you don't want a ride... it's no trouble if you do?"

"Yeah, Bos... i'm sure,"

"Ok, suit yourself," Bosco said. "Goodnight Faith,"

"Night, Bos,"

With that said, Bosco drove off into the night.

End Flashback...

And that was it, that was the very last time that Bosco had seen Faith. She had left that night, and hadn't been seen again since. Faith's daughter, Emily, had called Bosco later that night. She had been worried because her mother had returned home, and it was really late. Bosco had went out to look for her, but Faith was nowhere to be found. When she didn't show up for her shift the next day, everyone became even more worried. Before long, the whole entire police force was out searching for her, but it was no use. Nobody for Faith nor did they find any clues as to where she had gone. After several months had passed, everyone just assumed that she was dead. After all, they did live in New York City, and there were hundreds of people who just vanished into thin air in the city, never to be seen again. Ever since that night, Bosco had lived to regret not making Faith let him give her a ride home or not following her. After all, he had a really bad feeling about her walking home alone that night, but he had done nothing. Eventually, Emily had went to live with Fred and Charlie. Faith's dispearence had been really hard on both kids, but it had been especially hard on Emily. And, it had also been very hard on Bosco. He had tried his hardest to find Faith, but there were absolutely no clues as to where she had went or what had happened to her. Still, when everyone else had given up hope of ever finding Faith alive, Bosco never did. He always conditued to have the hope that someday, somehow, someway, they would find his former partner and best friend. They had to. He didn't know if he could possibly go on with his life knowing that his best friend was gone. Although a lot of time had passed, she was still always on his mind, her memory always haunting his thoughts and dreams. He had experienced many horrific nightmares. Dreams about horrible things happening to Faith. In Bosco's eyes, it was far worse not knowing what happened, even if she had been killed, he would have rathered that he know about it, instead of living his life wondering if his partner was dead or alive out there somewhere. Now, finally after having waited for so long... he knew the answer to that question. Faith Yokas, his ex-partner, and best friend was indeed still alive. But, the reason why she had vanished and what had happened to her still remained to be seen.

Bosco was shaken from his deep thoughts, when he heard Kim calling him.

"Bosco," Kim called. "Hey, Bosco... Faith is in the ICU, now. We have to go up there and wait, the nurses said that the doctor will be out to talk to us shortly,"

Bosco just nodded his head, and followed Kim up to the ICU. They sat down next to each other, and Kim started to tell Bosco how she had discovered Faith being brought into the hospital. After she had finished, the two just sat there in silence. Waiting, just waiting for the doctor to come out, and bring them news about their friend. As they sat there, Bosco's mind was still whirling. This was going to be a long wait.

To Be Continued...