ANOTHER CHANCE
Chapter One
She couldn't
believe that he was really dead. He had said that they were going to do so many
things together. They were going to go to Santa Monica and ride horses along
the beach. But they would never do that now. He was at the bottom of the
Atlantic.
Rose had almost not
gotten into the lifeboat, but she remembered her promise to Jack. So, she had
gotten the whistle from the frozen officer's mouth and used it to get the
boat's attention. She was on Carpathia now; she had been for two days, but this
was the first time she had been out on deck. She had been too afraid she would
see something that would remind her of Jack.
As she walked
around the deck, Rose thought back to when she and Jack had been taking a very
similar walk less than a week earlier. He had been the first person who had
ever really cared about her feelings. He hadn't told her what to say or do. He
hadn't been concerned with what was proper. He had let her be herself when
nobody else would. As she thought about all this, Rose started to sob. It was
the first time she had cried since Jack's death.
Then she saw him.
There was no mistaking it, only one person wearing a tuxedo could possibly be
down in steerage. It was Cal. Rose felt anger rush trough her body. He didn't
deserve to survive! She moved towards some crates hoping that she wouldn't be
discovered. Suddenly, she started feeling very lightheaded. Then her vision
became blurry. The last thing Rose saw before she fainted was the glint of the
sun on the bow.