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Roses POV
I awoke to the same noise that I heard everyday, the moment I open my eyes, i was greeted with the sound of Kate crying. I stumbled out of bed and pondered over to her cot, she was wriggling around, her arms and legs were waving about in the air, implying that she wanted me to pick her up. I dug my arms into the bed and softly wrapped my hands around her fragile torso to then carefully lift her out of the cot. After she was secure in my arms I walked back over to the bed, sat down and rocked Kate gently until she fell back asleep. I sat there for ages just looking at how beautiful she was, she had soft skin, Jacks nose, my lips, she was the perfect child.
I suddenly felt a warm hand on my shoulder, "I knew the moment that we found out we were having a child that you were going to be a great mother" Jack said to me as I turned my head to the side to face him I smiled, "oh Jack, your the perfect father, to fit our perfect child" I said to him passionately. He then leaned in and kissed me, we were lost in a trance until we both heard a loud banging on the front door. Jack jumped out of the bed in panic "Rose, you stay here with Kate and I'll go see who could possibly be at our door this early"......

Jacks POV
Me and Rose had just heard a violent banging sound coming from the front door, I had told Rose to stay in the bedroom with the baby as if it was someone who had come with cruel intentions I did not want them to get hurt. I slowly crept through the living room getting closer and closer to the door, I saw a silhouette of a man with his head in his hands leaning up against the wall, I stopped to think who this could be, until it hit me hard as a brick.
It was Cal.
I didn't know whether I should confront him or just leave him outside the door and wait for him to leave. But if I did That he might never leave, he could break into the house, kidnap Rose, Kate or even them both. So I built up the courage and walked up to the door, I opened it and Cal began to speak but I shut him up by saying "Leave Cal, you'll regret it if you don't" he looked at me and sniggered "and what is a weak gutter rat like you going to do to me, a upper class citizen?" He didn't look very 'upper class' when you saw his clothes, they were ripped and stained with god knows what! "Really? You don't look very 'upper class' to me!" He scoffed at my remark and said "well you idiot that's why I'm here!" He leaned closer to me and continued to talk but much quieter As if he didn't want anyone to hear what he was about to tell me "listen here Dawson, last night I placed a bet at one of the races, I was positive this horse would win so I bet the majority of the money I own,  the god damn horse threw the rider of its back so it got disqualified.Consequently, I have no more money and have come for something that I should have retrieved months ago" I gave Cal a confused look "what the hell are you on about!?" I shouted at him, but then I began to hear footsteps walking towards me, I turned around and Rose was stood there, she must have put Kate back in her cot. "What seems to be the problem Jack?" Rose said to me as she gave Cal a disgusted  look, he must have felt embarrassed as me and Rose look better dressed than he did!
I turned to Rose and repeated what Cal had just told me, she was as I confused as I was, "Cal, what on Earth are you talking about!?" He laughed "The Heart Of The Ocean! For god sake the lower class are so stupid!" The moment he said that Rose rushed off into the bedroom, i didn't know what to say to Cal after that so I slammed the door shut in his face, grabbed the key and locked it so he couldn't get in. I ran through to the bedroom after Rose. She was sat on the bed with Kate in her arms quietly sobbing, her hair was draped over her face, I walked over to her  and pushed it behind her ears, "it's ok Rose, I've locked the door so there is no way he can get in" she looked up at me, her cheeks were soaked with tears "Jack, I'm not worried about him now, I'm worried about what he's going to do in the future, he knows where we live now, what if he comes when your at work and he tries to take me away or even the baby?" I realised that was Rose was saying was true, he wanted that necklace and Cal gets what he wants meaning that he would do anything to retrieve it. "Rose, do you have any idea where the necklace is?" She furrowed her brow  "it's in the pocket of the coat you wore the day we got of the Carpathia, remember?" It felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders "oh my goodness yes! It's in the wardrobe" as I said that I heard Rose scream "there's a man at the window!" I jumped up, I caught a glimpse of him before he was gone.
The night carried on and Cal didn't appear again until the clock struck 9:00pm and we saw a letter fly through the letter box and onto the floor. I walked over to pick it up, the envelope read "Dawsons"
I sat down next to Rose and I began to open it, there was a A5 piece of paper folded in half, I opened it up. The letter read:

"I need that necklace Dawson's, bring it to the nearest police station by 12pm tomorrow!
Remember, I know where you live. If that necklace does not reach my possession by that deadline then I will come for you Rose and that beast of a child, you WILL be mine. That child should have been MINE!
I'll be waiting, remember 12pm...
Hockley."

Rose burst into floods of tears, and handed the baby to me so that she could place her head in her hands. Kate was asleep so I carried her over to the cot and placed her in it. I rushed over to Rose side to comfort her by explaining that the necklace was in the jacket and that we were going to be fine, I rummaged through the cupboard to find the Jacket. However as I dug deep into each of the pockets they were all empty. I felt as if My Heart had dropped low below my feet "Oh Shit!" I rapidly turned to Rose as she said "What!? What is it? Jack no! Please don't tell me what I think has happened" I stood there stunned for a second until I walked towards Rose "Rose, it must have fallen out of my pocket that day we went out after we departed the Carpathia, I am so sorry Rose" I rubbed her back as she buried her head in her lap and sobbed "Jack, what are we going to do?, he's going to come for me and the baby. He's going to kidnap us, and I might never see you again, I can't live without you Jack I just can't!" She sobbed.
Rose had fallen asleep quickly, i had lifted her into bed, covered her with the sheets and then clambered in myself . I laid there for hours awake thinking of ways we could get away from Cal, until he would think that we had left for good, that was until I had the idea........

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