Chapter Five
Jack was in one of the nursery's bed thinking about what he had just been told. She couldn't be dead. Maybe she had changed her name and she thought that using his may seam too obvious and it would lead to her discover. If only he would have a list . There were thousand of names she might have taken!
A nurse appeared from behind the curtain used to separate one bed from an other.
"Sir," she said "there's someone who wants to have a word with you. I told her that you are too weak to have visitors, but she said it important. Shall I let her in?"
"Who is she?" He couldn't think of anyone who would like to talk to him.
"She told me that she is Miss Dewitt Bukater"
Jack's heart started beating quicker than before. So she was alive. He wondered what name had she used but it doesn't matter, he thought., when we dock, she'll be Rose Dawson. He told the nurse to let the lady in, while he tried to sit in the bed. Half a minute later a red haired woman entered to the room. She had the same curly hair as Rose, the same eyes, but she wasn't Rose, it was her mother
"Where's Rose?" he asked
"Good to see you too, Mr Dawson" she said
"Where is she?" he repeated "She isn't…" he stopped. Just the thought of Rose being dead was too painful
"Dead?" the rich woman completed "She's still breading, if that's what you mean. But to you she should be dead as you are dead to her"
"What do you mean?"
"She send me to thank you for saving her last night. She said that the whole incident made her think about life and she realized that life is too short to waste it. She is marrying Cal next month. He's a good catch. She'll have everything she wants"
"But she doesn't love him!"
"Mr Dawson, you should remember that sometimes love isn't everything. Love doesn't buy food, for instance. That's why she also sent me this money so your expenses are covered for at least a year." She said showing him the bag she had in her hand.
"It doesn't sound like her. It seams more a Cal thing. Lovejoy tried to do the same thing when we were on the Titanic."
"May I say that you've only known her for 3 days, while I've known her for almost 18 years? This is exactly the kind of thing she would do. Besides, she sent me a letter. She probably guessed that you wouldn't believe me"
Jack took the letter and begun to read it. It was a woman's handwriting. It said everything that Ruth had just told him. It also talked about the party he had taken her to the day after they met. That was something that Ruth couldn't know about. This was undoubtedly written by Rose. He looked one last time at Ruth.
"Fine." He said "Tell her that if she really wants me out of her life, I wont be between her and Cal anymore. Tell her that… Wait, do you have one minute? I'll write it down." Ruth wasn't very happy about that. She wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. In the end she accepted. She would do anything to have Cal's millions.
Five minutes later Jack folded the paper he had been writing on and gave it to Ruth.
"Would you please give this to Rose?" he asked. "I think she really needs to know how I feel before making a decision"
"Fine by me" Ruth agreed goin out. Then she turned around and said "One last thing, Mr Dawson. As you should know, you can't keep many secrets in a ship, so many people found out that Rose and you were having an affair. It would be better if they thought that you died, for Rose, you know. I told an officer that you name was Spicer Lovejoy. He died, you know and so you can receive his unemployment insurance. Just say that Cal fired you. Inside this bag you'll find a lot of documents to prove that you are Lovejoy. "
"I don't care the name. I'll take it if it's what she wants"
"Thank you Mr Dawson" she said and she left the room.
Once she was outside she took the piece of paper that he had given and put it in one of the pockets from inside her coat. She thought that she would burn as soon as she reached home. Now, she had to tell Cal that the plan had worked.