Hey guys its been forever since I updated this story so I commend you all for hanging in there! For some reason even though I want to write this story it's just hard for me to write but anyway I promise really promise to finish it in the next couple of weeks!

Disclaimer: I don't own third watch or any of the characters!

I'm still lying in bed when Mary comes in with this weird look on her face. She comes over to my bed and sits in the chair, which is

something she's never done before.

"Bosco, there's a person in ICU that has you listed as their next of kin. She just came in, in pretty bad shape."

"My mom? What happened is she ok? When can I see her?"

Mary just shakes her head and tells me that ma is fine and I immediately begin to worry it's Faith but before I can ask her she informs

me that Faith is ok too.

"Then who the hell is it? I almost yell at her. "Her name is Maritza Cruz, the one you were just talking with."

"For some reason my heart begins to pound and I can feel my body already trying to get out of bed. Why would Maritza put me I

think to myself but then dismiss it from my thoughts.

"What happened?" I ask in a shaky voice.

A man about a block or two from here found her. He saw her car door was open with the keys inside. But she wasn't there so he

went into the alley and that's when he saw her. She was unconscious with blood all over her. Someone beat her up very badly."

"Show me where her room is!" Mary helps me up and slowly I begin to make my way to her room. I'm still in rough shape and it hurts

to walk but I don't care. She needs me I'm all she's got!

When we get their Mary tells me I should go in alone. Slowly with a shaky hand I turn the knob to the door. Unsure of why I'm

nervous as I step inside. I walk over to her bedside and my heart brakes when I see her. Her face is covered in cuts and bruises. Her

arm is in a cast and I can see the start of a big cut starting from the top of her shoulder.

I sit on the edge of the bed and gently place my hand on her cheek. "Maritza what did you do this time?" I sadly smile thinking of how

it would be just like her to do something stupid like taking on gang or something all by herself.

I can feel my heart filling with anger as I look at her. How could someone do this to any human being? She looks so helpless. Her frail

body just lying there in the hospital bed with no life.

I can't stand seeing her this way. I may not know where Maritza and I stand right now but I did promise to be a person she could

count on a person she could count on to catch her when she fell which was inevitable. I gently lie on her bed and pull her closer to me.

I cradle her head with my hand and lay it on my shoulder and gently brush hair with my fingers. "I'm so sorry Maritza that I wasn't

there to catch you when you fell this time!"

Please review I promise to finish the story and thanks to all of you who hung in there I'm sorry it took so long!