With tears streaming down her face, Rose rushed to the hospital.
Grasping Charles’s hand, she begged for forgiveness and promised to call off the divorce.
In that moment, she understood: she didn’t want a life without him—she wanted to spend whatever time they had left together, with the man who had loved her so completely.
Their lawyer even arranged a final dinner together.
But when Charles dimmed the lights and ordered for her—thinking of her eyesight and health—Rose saw it as another act of control.
She stormed out, leaving Charles devastated.
That night, Charles wrote her a heartfelt letter, expressing his enduring love and explaining that his actions stemmed from care, not control.
