Love, Rosie (163 page)

stamps.

Rosie:
Well
actually
it
was
neither
of
the
above,
it’s
the
one
I
really,
really,

Dear
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Dunne,

Hyland
&
Moore
Auctioneers
received
your
request
and
we
would
be

more
than
pleased
to
act
on
your
behalf
for
the
sale
of
your
home.
Thank

you
for
choosing
Hyland
&
Moore
to
represent
you.

Yours
sincerely,

Thomas
Hyland

You
have
received
an
instant
message
from:
ROSIE

Rosie:

Rosie:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Hi
it’s
me.

Helloooo?

I
know
you’re
there.
I
can
see
that
you’ve
logged
online.

Who
is
this?!

Oh
ha
ha
you’re
so
funny,
what
is
this?
Let’s
annoy
Rosie
day?!

Tough
luck
I
am
spilling
the
beans
and
sharing
the
sob
story
of
my

miserable
little
life
with
you
whether
you
like
it
or
not.
OK
here
I
go.

I
was
offered
a
job.
But
I
turned
it
down
because
I
didn’t
think
I

was
desperate
enough
to
have
to
accept
it.
It
turns
out
I
was
wrong.

Suddenly
Mum
and
Dad
tell
me
that
they’re
putting
the
house
on

the
market
the
very
next
day
and
before
my
brain
has
a
chance
to

register
what
they’re
saying,
people
start
trampling
in
and
out
of
the

house,
nosying
through
my
bedroom,
complaining
about
the
interi-

ors,
laughing
at
the
wallpaper,
turning
their
nose
up
at
the
carpets,

talking
about
which
walls
they’d
knock
down,
which
wardrobes

love,
rosie

249

they’d
rip
out,
and
which
of
my
cuddly
childhood
teddies
they

would
like
to
burn
in
a
bonfire
in
the
back
garden
while
they

danced
around
it
hollering,
with
strips
of
animal
blood
on
their

faces.
(OK
so
they
didn’t
say
that
.)
So
then
a
couple
put
in
an
offer

of
full
asking
price,
can
you
believe,
after
only
seeing
it
once!
Mum

and
Dad
thought
about
it
for
approximately
twenty
seconds
and

then
said
yes!

Alex:

Rosie:

No!

Yes!
Apparently
the
woman
is
eight
months
pregnant
and
they’re

living
in
a
really
small
flat
and
they
need
to
move
house
really

quickly
before
the
baby
is
born
and
has
to
bathe
in
the
sink
and

play
on
the
balcony.

Alex:

Rosie:

No!

Yes!
Mum
and
Dad
were
really
apologetic
and
everything
but
I

don’t
blame
them
because
it’s
their
life
after
all
and
frankly
they

should
have
had
to
stop
worrying
about
me
the
minute
I
moved
out.

So
all
within
a
matter
of
days
they’ve
sold
the
house,
everything
has

been
boxed
up,
they
bought
a
house
for
practically
next
to
nothing