LIFE AFTER JACK
Chapter Nine
Jack and Rose had just fallen
asleep when they heard tires squealing. Jack got up and looked to see what was
going on. He saw that someone was in a car, running over Cal.
"Rose, come here! Someone is
running over Cal!" exclaimed Jack.
"Let’s go see who it
is!" Rose yelled.
Rose and Jack walked outside to
see who was running over Cal. They could not tell who it was until the girl got
out of the car and did a victory dance around Cal, not knowing Jack and Rose
were watching her.
"Paula!" Rose cried.
Paula quit dancing immediately.
She could not see who had said her name, but she recognized the voice. Paula
was an old friend of Rose’s. They met when Rose was sixteen. Cal had just met
Rose, and Rose’s mother had told her they were to get married. Rose sent Paula
a telegram from the Titanic telling her how much she hated Cal. Paula must
have gotten the telegram, Rose thought to herself.
"Paula, what have you
done?" Rose cried.
"Well, you said you hated
him, so I killed him!" Paula said.
"You will be thrown into
prison and never let out, Paula."
"Oops…I did not think about
that," Paula said, now standing right in front of Rose.
"Well, we could wrap Cal in
a blanket and put him back in the trash," Jack said.
"That is a perfect idea. No
one would ever know!" Rose exclaimed.
Rose went into the apartment to
get a large blanket, and when she found it, they went outside and wrapped Cal
in it. They threw him into the trash heap for the second time. Paul got back
into her car and pulled over to the side of the road, not thinking about the
blood that was on her tires and the car.
"Paula, would you like to
stay with Jack and me tonight?" Rose asked.
"I guess that would be all
right, if you don’t mind," Paula replied.
"Of course we don’t
mind!" Jack said.
Paula, Jack, and Rose went back
into the apartment. When they got in, Rose checked on Opal. She was asleep.
Rose and Paula sat up for a while, talking about old times. Jack went to bed.
Rose and Paula went to bed a few hours after Jack.