Cal Hockley was in poor shape when someone finally found him and placed a call to the police. The police gave him a ride to the hospital where he was treated and admitted.

His fingers were bandaged and a cast for indeed all three were broken. He also had a broken jaw that was to be wired. He was going to be in the hospital for quite a while. The hospital was given Rose's number and they called her to let her know what had happened.

Rose headed over to the hospital to find Cal a real mess. He had been beaten severely and Rose wondered by who? She certainly had nothing to do with it and not too many people knew that he was here in California. Certainly not too many people knew that he was going to be out near the studio at that time of night. She worried about that.

Meanwhile Ruth and Bill had settled down for the night when they got the call from Rose. Ruth could not believe what had happened and it did occur to her that he had set up the beating. But, no that would make no sense. He was too brutally beaten for something that he set up. Someone was trying to teach Cal a lesson.

She looked over at her husband and asked him "Do you know anything about who would want to beat up Cal?"

Bill looked her in the face and said "We take care of our own in the old country."

That was all he said, but Ruth now knew what he had been up to a few hours ago when he had disappeared. Bill had arranged to teach Cal a lesson. For the first time she saw a side of Bill that surprised her. She wasn't sure wheter she was proud of her husband or horrified by what he had done. She turned over and went to sleep.

But it was time for Ruth and Bill Drew to go home. They had made amends with Rose and with telephone service now available to each other, they vowed to call at least once a month.

As Rut h and Bill got onto the train to go back to their home, Ruth felt as though she was getting into the lifeboat on the Titanic once more. The ride was long and hot, but the view was spectacular. As they approached their home town of Philadelphia Ruth breathed a sigh of relief.

The store was standing and Bill Jr had taken good care of it while they had been gone. Bill Jr was going to be married soon. Cindy was a wonderful girl and Ruth was very fond of her. Ruth wanted to go back to California to live. She knew that the business would be well cared for and she wanted to go back and stay near Rose now.

Bill knew what Ruth wanted and was resigned to the fact that at the ripe old age of forty-five he was about to pull up roots and move to California. He had liked it out there and there was certainly enough room for a lot of growth. The movie business was getting larger and larger everyday and there would be a lot of need for stores such as his.

The months seemed to drag by and Ruth missed Rose very much. Rose let them know how Cal was doing. He was recovering well from his injuries and was going to be ready to come home soon. To Ruth and Bill's dismay, Rose was taking him into her apartment so that she could take care of him.

What Bill had done had done the wrong thing. It had brought the two Rose and Cal back together and once again they were getting close. But moving out to California was going to require some planning. The sale of the store to Bill Jr was the first thing. They sold the store to him for the money that he had paid to the bank to pay off the loan.

But they needed to bring some supplies with them along with all their belongings that they were going to keep. As Ruth and Bill packed the large boxes to load onto the train Ruth looked around. This had been her home for the past three years and for the first time she had been truly happy. Bill and Cindy were getting married on Saturday and once they returned from their honeymoon, Ruth and Bill were going to head to California.

Bill Jr had told them that they didn't need to stay, but Ruth and Bill insisted that they stay and run the store until Bill JR and Cindy got back from their honeymoon. But the week went fast and now it was time for them to leave for California.

Back in California Rose had gotten Cal out from the hospital and had made him a bed in her room. He was still too weak to stay on his own and there was still a risk of infection. But finally his jaw was back to normal and he could talk and eat.

Cal watched Rose as she fussed around him. She made sure that he was comfortable and left a glass of water next to his bed. As she left the room he made a point of acting weaker than he was and as he smiled at her he was sneering inside. This was his in. He was going to win her back no matter what. He would just have to put up with California for a short time. Rose was coming to his side slowly but surely.

Rose hated to go to work and leave Cal alone, but he had insisted and quite frankly she needed the money. She had been through with her last picture for the past six weeks because of Cal. He had offered to pay her for his time at her house, but she had refused. She did not want to owe him anything. She knew that anytime you borrowed from the man you would be made to pay him back ten fold. But he had seemed so helpless, looking at her as she left for work.

The day was here for Ruth and Bill and as they boarded the train for the long trip, they both took a long look at Philadelphia. They both knew that they might never come back and if they did it was going to be a long time before they saw the city once again.