FORMALITY
Epilogue
My mother found out that my
father didn't survive on the last night aboard Carpathia, and her shrieks could
be heard throughout the ship. However, she did accept Rob into our family, and
he and his mother stayed with us for about a year, until we got married. Two
little girls were born to us in 1913 and 1915, the most precious things under
our care. His mother always told us we were meant to be because we survived the
world's greatest disaster. Unbeknownst to us then, the world's greatest
disaster came in 1917, when the great war began and Rob was sent off to the
front. In 1918, we received a letter from the government informing us that Rob
was missing in action. I never saw him again--only in my dreams. His little
book of poems that he gave me I still keep close to my bed, and read every
night. Our daughters grew up to be beautiful women who still love hearing funny
stories about the father they hardly remember, and they were very supportive of
me when I took a second husband in 1947. Harry wasn't rich, he wasn't even
good-looking, but he knew the right things to say to make me happy. And that's
all I wanted until it was my time to pass and be with Rob for all eternity.
Most people are scared to die, scared because they don't know where they're
going. But not me. I’m excited for the day I die. I know exactly where I'm
going, and I can't wait to be with Rob.
The End.