ROSE DAWSON: REBORN FOR THE BETTER
Chapter Two
"Yes, Miss?"
Rose paused, and
then replied, "Oh...I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else."
He nodded and
turned away.
She missed him so
much. Rose was walking and didn't even realize she had run into someone.
"Oh, I'm sorry,"
the woman said.
"It's all right.
I'm sorry, too."
The women stared at
her. "What's your name?"
Rose paused, then
said, "Rose Dawson."
The woman smiled
and shook her hand. "Hello, Rose. My name is Hope. Nice to meet you."
Rose nodded, not
really paying attention to the conversation. She was much too focused on Jack.
"I can't
believe what happened. My husband and my little boy died on that ship."
Rose looked at the
woman. She looked to be in her early twenties, not much older than herself.
"I'm terribly sorry," Rose said.
Hope nodded, and asked,
"Did you lose any loved ones?"
Rose thought about
Jack...those eyes...oh, how she wished she could see them now. "Yes. I
lost the love of my life."
The woman gave her
a pitying smile, and then said, "Where are you headed?"
Rose looked at her,
and replied, "Nowhere. I have nowhere to go, no money—nothing."
Hope looked at her.
"I'd love it if you came with me to live in an apartment in New York. To
tell you the truth, I'm very scared of living alone."
Rose smiled for the
first time since Jack's death. "All right."