Love, Rosie (103 page)

those
things.
Just
do
anything
to
let
me
know
that
you’re
still
walking
the

earth.

Miss
you.

Love,

Rosie

Dear
Rosie,

Just
to
let
you
know
I’m
still
alive—just
about.
Sally
seems
to
be
suck-

ing
all
the
life
out
of
me
these
days.
We’re
finalizing
the
divorce
.
.
.
it’s
a

nightmare.

So
that’s
what’s
going
on
with
me.
Must
go
now;
have
to
stick
my
hands

in
someone’s
chest.

Give
my
love
to
Katie,

Alex

from
:

to
:

subject
:

Rosie

Stephanie

Gossip!

Thanks
for
your
letter,
Steph.
I
am
absolutely
fine,
thank
you.
Everyone

is
well
and
healthy,
we
have
no
complaints.
I
feel
I’ve
made
the
right
decision

about
Greg
and
from
just
listening
to
Alex
about
the
divorce
procedure,
I’m

160

Cecelia
Ahern

glad
Greg
and
I
didn’t
take
that
route.
At
least
Sally
and
Josh
haven’t
moved

far
from
Alex
so
he
can
make
arrangements
to
see
Josh
quite
regularly.

My
worst
nightmare
would
be
to
lose
Katie.
I
don’t
know
what
I
would

do.
She
may
watch
MTV
all
day,
blare
music
from
her
room,
ruin
my
days

off
by
making
me
go
into
school
to
fight
with
Ms.
Big
Nose
Smelly
Breath

Casey,
leave
glitter
all
over
the
couches
and
carpets,
worry
me
to
death
when

she’s
one
minute
late
for
her
nine
o’clock
curfew,
but
she’s
the
most
impor-

tant
thing
to
me
in
my
life.
She
comes
first
all
of
the
time.
I’m
so
glad
Alex

missed
the
debs
and
I’m
so
glad
that
Brian
the
Whine
was
such
a
boring
per-

son.
The
men
in
my
life
may
have
let
me
down
but
the
little
girl
in
my
life

makes
up
for
it
every
single
day.

Dear
Ms.
Rosie
Dunne,

I
was
hoping
you
would
be
free
on
Monday
the
16th
at
9
a.m.
to
meet

with
me
at
the
school.
Toby
Flynn’s
parents
will
also
be
in
attendance.
It
is

regarding
the
recent
results
of
the
summer
maths
exam.
It
appears
that
Katie

and
Toby
have
the
same
answers
for
all
the
questions.
What
jumped
out
at

me
was
the
fact
that
the
majority
of
these
answers
are
wrong.
I
have
dis-

cussed
this
with
Katie
and
Toby
and
they
insist
it
was
coincidental.

Cheating,
as
you
well
know,
is
considered
to
be
a
very
serious
offense
at

St.
Patrick’s
primary
school.
I
seem
to
have
a
case
of
déjà
vu,
Rosie
.
.
.

Please
ring
to
confirm
your
presence.

Ms.
Casey

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