"ROSE!" Ruth screamed, her face paler than ever. She rushed over to her daughter and hugged her tightly, and gave her a long kiss on the cheek.

"Mother..." said Rose, awkwardly patting her mother's back. She looked at Molly with a raised eyebrow, not knowing what to do with her dearest mother. After all, she was wretchedly upon her shoulders. "Uh... uh... I haven't seen you in a... uh... a long time?"

"ROSE! I knew you were alive! I just knew it," she screamed in relief. She continued to embrace Rose so tightly that Rose felt as though her ribs were being broken, almost as though she was wearing a tight corset. "Honey, I am so sorry for being so selfish, for never caring just a little bit about how you felt when it comes to ideas and dreams. If I had been a better mother, I..."

"It's ok, mother, it's ok," Rose said, soothingly. She felt a tear treakle from her left eye, as she looked up at the ceiling, as though she were praying to God. "It's ok. We will both be fine now... just as long as Cal doesn't find out."

"Cal? Ofcourse he has to find out, I can't let him be as depressed as he is now," said Ruth, feeling as though her daughter was being absurd.

"Maybe he finally understands what it is like to be me. Oh God, mother, all this time, while you were both locked up in your own world..." Rose stopped, not knowing what to say. She was deathly worried about what her mother would think about her coming out in the open about how she felt, especially in such an awful society, full of a lot of narrow-minded people. "Listen, mother, I was more depressed than he will ever be. I felt as though there was no way out of this world. During the night I met Jack, I was on the verge of killing myself. It doesn't sound fair, I know, but what happened happened. I absolutely hated myself back then, mother... but ever since I met Jack, I was finally happy with my life. You have to understand that, no matter what happens, I will always be with Jack, in my heart and in real life. I do not want to be with Cal, and if he finds out about this, very bad things will happen to both Jack and myself. I'm sorry mother, but I have never wished to have been with that terrible, monstrous Cal in the first place."

"Well, I guess that since you are my daughter, I ought to accept that you are happy with your life," Ruth sighed, feeling as though she was about to faint after hearing about Rose's tale of her almost killing herself. She loathed the fact that young Rose never wanted to be with Cal. "I am really sorry, Rose, for never listening to your wishes. I never cared for your own sake, because it was all about me in this life. If it makes you happy, I will not tell Cal. He may be taking care of me and my belongings, but he still is depressed. However, I honestly did not care for him much. Whatever makes you happy..."

"I understand, mother," said Rose, looking down at the floor. She always cared for her mother's happiness herself, but ever since she said "yes" to Cal, the care she had for her mother went away. However, that splendid aura that her mother had reappeared, and her joy for her mother had finally come back.

The moment both Rose and Ruth had with eachother made Molly start to cry. The sadness she had always seen in Rose had deminished, and with that happening, both Molly and Jack cheered in delight. The influential Rose and the conceited Ruth were finally re-united. With Jack smiling merrily, and Molly with an amicable half-smile, Rose and Ruth turned around and both nodded at them. It was a miracle to see the four of them all liking eachother in some way.

A/N And that, children, is the shortest chapter in history. I hope you guys review it. Please do. I do like getting a lot of reviews, mmkay?