ROSE REACHES THE CITY OF ANGELS

It was May 1, and the train reached Los Angeles. The ocean was not far away and could be seen in the distance.

Rose picked up her valise and coat, and got off the train. She handed the porter a dollar to take her into the city to a good hotel. The driver took to the Santa Monica Hotel in a Black Model T.

She checked into the hotel as Mrs. R. J. Dawson. The bellboy carried her bag and coat to her room. Rose carried her purse with her money and the necklace. She asked the bellboy as he opened the door to her room, "Do you have a safe in the room?"

"The safe is right here", said the bellboy.

"Thank you", said Rose.

Rose removed her shoes and sat on the bed. Tears began to stream down her face. Then she began to cry because she seen the roller coaster from her window, the waves washing onto the shore, people drinking cheap beer, and people riding horses.

She wanted to be there with Jack, experiencing all of it. She closed her eyes and imagined them riding the roller coaster, drinking cheap beer, and riding horses in the surf. They were laughing and acting silly. No one seemed to care at all.

She remembered the promise to Jack made a few days after she tried to throw herself off the ship. ("Promise me.."). She wiped the tears from her eyes, and began to unpack. She had enough money for a few days, then she would have to get a job.

The necklace and most of the money was placed in the safe. She pinned her room key inside of her skirt pocket and changed her shirt and tied her hair back with a ribbon. She put some money in her purse and went outside. She walked to the beach. She rode the roller coaster, drank some cheap beer, and rode horses in the surf for the next few weeks and got many pictures taken.

She said to her self, "I kept the promise for you, Jack. I love you, I will never let go no matter how hopeless."