Chapter Seven: Rose Hsu Jordan - Half and Half; flashback

Rose Hsu Jordan is the daughter of An-Mei Hsu, and she does not know how to tell her mother of her divorce. She is at her moms house trying to think of the best way to break the news when she remembers the bible under the kitchen table. Her mother used to carry the bible with her everywhere she went and had great faith. Rose flashbacks to the day her mother lost her faith. The entire family went to the beach so her father could fish and Rose was in charge of watching her younger brothers. Bing was on a ledge by the water, fell in, and was never seen again. Rose and An-Mei searched for the body endlessly for Bing, but they could not find him. After that incident, Rose began to question whether it was faith or lack of faith for that particular scenario. She says, "And later, I discovered that maybe it was fate all along, that faith was just and illusion that somehow you're in control.  I found out the most I could have was hope, and with that I was not denying any possibility, good or bad.  I was just saying, if there is a choice, dear God or whatever you are, here's where the odds should be placed"(121). She never saw her brother again, but she had to grow up and move forward.