A Reunion and a surprise
After two long and exhausting days, Rose was finally home. She rushed up the stairs to the apartment expecting Jack to be waiting for her. Instead, the apartment was empty, so she went across the hall to get Cora. Cora and Elsie had been seated at the table doing homework when Rose walked in and when Cora saw Rose, she jumped out of her seat and rushed into Rose's arms. Then she went to get her things, they went home, and Cora excitedly filled Rose in on what had been happening her life. Then Rose fixed Cora a snack and went to give the baby a bath and then put her down for a nap. After she put the baby down for a nap, Rose decided to take a bath. Meanwhile, Jack and Ruth arrived at the apartment.
" Where's mom " Jack asked
" She's in the shower, but she should be out soon," said Cora
Jack sat down to work on some sketches and Ruth went to the kitchen to start supper while they waited. Suddenly, Rose walked out wearing a white bathrobe that set off her red hair. She immediately rushed into Jack's arms and they kissed passionately. Cora giggled and Jack and Rose stopped kissing, looked over at her, and smiled.
" Perhaps we should take this into the bedroom" said Rose
Then they went to the bedroom and closed the door behind them. Meanwhile Ruth had come into the room and had seen her daughter and Jack go into the bedroom. She sensed that they wanted to be alone so she took Cora to her apartment so that Jack and Rose could greet each other properly.
Later that day, Nathan Hockley came over to Ruth's apartment to ask her how Rose was doing and to apologize again for his son's actions. Then he said he had something special to ask Ruth.
" I've thought this over and I decided that it was time for us to take this step. Ruth, I have liked you since we first met. I have always thought that it should have been we that were engaged instead of Cal and Rose. So now I ask you Ruth to be my wife."
Ruth didn't know what to say, she couldn't deny that was a connection between them from the start but she thought that he wouldn't want to marry after the death of his first wife. She knew that it was time to stop denying the inevitable so she turned to him and said yes. He slipped a diamond engagement ring on her finger and they kissed. Then they talked about how to tell their families. Finally, they decided to invite everyone to dinner and break the news. Ruth wasn't sure that she wanted Cal around her daughter anymore, but Nathan reassured her that the whole family was going to be there including Cal's wife and that he wasn't going to touch Rose again.