Love for a Lifetime

Chapter 71

      Bobby then went to her other side, "Rosie, it's Bobby. Do you remember me?"

      She smiled at him, "Bob!" she squeaked out.

       Bobby was overcome with emotion and a few tears fell out of his eyes.

       Rosemary then looked at Jack and squealed, "Jacks!"

      Now it was Jack's turn to be overcome with emotion. "We love you, Rosie. We love you so very much."

      She smiled at them. Bobby and Jack spent the day with her helping her eat her meals and drawing with her. "Jacks!" Rosie examined after she had finished drawing something on a yellow piece of construction paper.

       "What, Rosie?"

    She put the paper in his hands, "For me?" Jack asked.

    When she smiled and nodded, Jack happily said, "Well, thank you, Rosie!"

    She then dug through the papers and found a picture that was satisfactory to give Bobby. Bobby smiled and thanked her. The nurse then came in the room, "Excuse me, but it's just about Miss Kennedy's bedtime."

    "Oh, well, after you get her in her pajamas. Can we tuck her in?"

    "Sure," the nurse said smiling.

    Jack and Bobby waited out in the hallway and then went back inside to tuck her in. "Goodnight, Rosie," Jack said kissing her cheek, "We'll be visiting again, very soon. Okay?"

    "Night, Rosie," Bobby said kissing her forehead, "I love you."

    The brothers then gathered up their things including the pictures that she had drawn them and headed back to Hyannis Port. When they arrived home, they went straight to Jack's house. Jackie and Ted were sitting in the living room trying to calm Caroline down. "Hey," Jackie said.

    Caroline was screaming and Jack took her off of Jackie, "My goodness, Caroline."

    "So? How was she?" Teddy asked.

    "She's happy, but she's nothing like she once was."

    "What do you mean?"

    "She has the mental capacity of a toddler, but it's a nice place and she's happy."

    "Why the hell did Dad do that?"

    "I don't know. I can't forgive him for something like that," Jack said.

    Jackie was hanging up Jack's coat when she founded Rosemary's picture, "Oh, Jack! Did she make this for you?"

    "Yeah," he said smiling, "Can we hang it up on the fridge?"

    "Of course." Jackie unfolded it and placed in on display on the fridge along with Harrison's and Arabella's drawings.

    Ethel and Joe then came through the door, "What in the hell has been going on?" Joe's voice boomed.

    "I should ask you the same thing," Jack snapped.