A MISUNDERSTANDING
Chapter Nine
His Return
Jack Dawson smiled a sheepish
grin, and said, "I guess you weren’t expecting me."
Tears of joy were running down
her cheeks, and before she knew it, Rose ran into Jack’s arms. In his happy
embrace, she felt as if she were home.
*****
From upstairs, Cal heard the
scream and rushed down the stairs to see who was murdering his fiancée. The
scene before him was laid out like a nightmare.
There was Rose, looking like a
goddess in her multi-colored skirt that whisked around her legs and crisp white
shirt, holding onto Dawson as if she would die if she let go.
It just couldn’t be. Jack was dead.
He had to be.
*****
Rose’s hair was silk against his
cheek, and her arms around his waist were making him feel giddy. With dreadful
anticipation of the heavenly moment ending, Jack slowly opened his eyes. Like a
clap of thunder, the beautiful dream ended and he was staring into the haunted
eyes of Caledon Hockley.
The world was silent.