The Dead Romantics

Florence recalls how she buried her childhood writing under the floorboards. She opens the box and finds a letter from her dad telling her he knew she wrote the Ann Nichols books and that he’s proud of her.

Alice reveals that their dad left Alice the business.

Florence feels connected to the girl she once was, the girl who believes in grand gestures and true love and happily-ever-afters.

Rose enters to announce that Ben woke up from his coma. Florence cries at the thought that Ben is alive and that she might love him.

Florence flies back to New York and goes to the hospital to visit Ben. A woman who looks like Ann Nichols rides the elevator with her. Florence runs into Lee Marlowe in the lobby. Laura, Ben’s former fiancée, is in Ben’s room with him, and Florence hears Ben laughing. Lee says Ben might give Laura a second chance. Florence fears that this is not her love story, after all. When Florence asks why Lee didn’t ask her for a second chance, he says she didn’t want her to be jealous of him. Florence punches him in the face and then goes home to her apartment to finish her book.