Chapter Eight
Rose woke up the next morning in an hospital near the harbor. She was in a bed near a window so she could still see the Carpathia. She could also see the Statue of Liberty. "Liberty, yeah right" she thought "If there was such thing as liberty I won't have to marry Cal" In that moment, the door was open and her mother entered into the room.
"Hello darling. How are you feeling? You scared us yesterday. What happened?"
Rose didn't reply. She was still looking through the window thinking in her unwanted marriage with Cal, and, therefore, in Jack. Why was he dead?. Didn't she deserve a chance to be happy? He had promise that he would make it, that they would be together. He wasn't honest to her and for that Rose wanted to hate him, but she couldn't. She loved him so much.
Her mother's voice brought her back to reality
"Rose are you alright?"
Rose turned around to look at her mother. Unfortunately, she wasn't quick enough to hide a single tear that was dropping from her eye. "It's not time to cry for him. Not yet. You have to be strong now." she thought. She had promised that when she was walking in the Carpathia's deck. She had decided that she would use all her energy to break free once again, like she had done in the Titanic, except that now Jack wasn't there to help her.
"I'm fine, mother" she answer
Ruth had seen the tear dropping from her daughter's cheek, but she said nothing. She was confused. At the beginning she was sure that her daughter didn't really love that man and if she had "gone out with him" during their voyage was only because she wanted to show to her mother that she was no longer a little girl. Ruth was sure that once they dock, Rose would return to her life and to Cal's arms. But now, she was crying for that boy who she had only known for 3 days. Could it be that Rose was really in love with him? She doubt it.
Rose was told that Cal wanted to travel to Philadelphia as soon as possible. In fact, he would have traveled that day if Ruth hadn't stopped him claiming that Rose wasn't strong enough yet to travel. Rose agreed. There wasn't much for her to do, at least in her condition. She decided to travel to Philadelphia and then… She didn't exactly know what she would do next but she hopped that she would come up with something.
A nurse came in and told the women that Rose would probably be able to go back home that afternoon. Ruth said she was going to their house and that she would tell Call to pick her up after lunch. Rose accepted.