Love, Rosie (122 page)

for
the
rest
of
the
day.

Toby,
if
we
had
made
it
to
the
top
of
that
queue
in
the
airport,
do
you

think
we
would
have
gotten
on
the
plane?
I’m
not
sure
if
I
could
have
left

Mum,
but
I
don’t
think
she
would
believe
that
now
if
I
told
her.
She
would

probably
just
think
I
was
trying
to
get
out
of
being
grounded,
although
that’s

not
a
bad
idea.
OK
I
gotta
go!

E-mail
me
back
before
I
die
of
boredom!

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Alex

Rosie

Family
duties!

You
and
your
“duties”
to
your
family.
I
just
don’t
want
you
to
be
the

only
person
following
the
rules,
that’s
all.

The
lectures
are
going
great.
You
will
never
believe
who
the
surgeon
is!

Your
very
favorite
man—Reginald
Williams.

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Rosie

Alex

Reginald
Williams!

Cecelia
Ahern

Oh
.
.
.
my
.
.
.
god.
Pass
me
a
bucket
while
I
puke.
You
mean
slutty

Bethany’s
father?
Have
they
come
back
from
the
evil
past
to
haunt
us??!!

A
very
disgusted
and
extremely
shocked
Rosie

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Alex

Rosie

Re:
Reginald
Williams!

It’s
OK
Rosie,
take
deep
breaths!
He’s
not
so
bad.
A
very
intelligent
man.

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Rosie

Alex

Re:
Reginald
Williams!

What
does
he
do
now,
hypnotism?
Has
he
been
tampering
with
your

brain?
So
that’s
why
he’s
been
all
over
the
papers
over
here.
I
have
refused
to

read
them
out
of
protest
for
him
and
his
family’s
existence.
Oh
my
god—Regi-

nald
Williams!
So
do
you
think
you’re
in
with
a
chance
to
be
one
of
the
“cho-

sen
few”
to
work
with
him,
seeing
as
you
were
an
almost-son-in-law?
There’s

nothing
like
a
bit
of
nepotism
to
keep
the
world
a
just
and
equal
place.

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Alex

Rosie

Nepotism!

I
think
the
chances
of
that
happening
are
fairly
slim.
I
think
I
sealed
my

own
doom
when
I
dumped
his
favorite
and
only
daughter!

love,
rosie

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Alex

Slutty
Bethany

Oh
I
don’t
know
about
sealing
your
doom,
I
think
it
may
have
been
the

best
move
you
have
ever
made.
Come
to
think
of
it,
I
haven’t
seen
slutty

Bethany
for
about
ten
years!
What
is
she
up
to,
I
wonder?
Probably
living
in

a
mansion
in
the
hills
counting
diamonds
and
evilly
laughing
.
.
.