Love, Rosie (185 page)

before?
(That’s
next
week!)
To
be
really
honest
with
you
I
need
the
rest
as

well.
Jean-Louis
is
just
too
much
for
me
right
now,
he’s
a
bundle
of
energy

and
I’m
simply
not,
so
Pierre
is
taking
the
week
off
from
the
restaurant
to

mind
him
so
that
I
can
see
you.

Also
I
know
that
you’re
staying
with
Brian
so
I’ll
stay
in
a
B&B
down

the
road—I
certainly
wouldn’t
want
to
upset
the
happy
family!!
Sorry,
cruel

joke.
I
haven’t
seen
him
since
your
school
dance
when
he
arrived
at
the

house
wearing
his
navy
tux
(I
agree
with
you
it
was
definitely
navy
not

black).
It’ll
be
interesting
to
see
how
he
turned
out
and
I’ll
give
him
a
piece

of
my
mind
too.

If
you
have
other
plans
then
feel
free
to
let
me
know.
I
could
wait
until

you
came
back
from
your
liaison
with
Alex!

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Rosie

Stephanie

Liaison!

Liaison
with
Alex
is
definitely
the
wrong
word
to
use!
Didn’t
I
tell
you

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rosie

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he
was
a
taken
man?
With
all
that’s
been
going
on
in
my
life
recently
I
can’t

believe
I
never
told
you
that
Bethany
is
back
on
the
scene.

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Stephanie

Rosie

Bethany!

Slutty
Bethany?
No
way!
I
thought
we
were
well
rid
of
her.
I’m
sorry

Rosie.

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Rosie

Stephanie

Re:
Bethany!

No
need
to
be
sorry
for
me,
Alex
is
just
my
friend,
same
as
always.
As

long
as
I’m
not
within
a
one-mile
radius
of
her
I
can
still
be
that
friend.
But

have
I
a
lot
to
tell
you
about
Greg
that
I
couldn’t
tell
you
over
the
phone!

Of
course
I
would
love
you
to
come
over.
Next
week
is
great;
in
fact
it

couldn’t
be
more
perfect.
You
see
Brian
the
Whine’s
parents
have
returned

from
the
depths
of
hell
(and
are
constantly
complaining
about
the
cold
here,

even
though
it’s
the
middle
of
summer
and
everyone
is
wearing
shorts.
Every

time
I
open
a
window
they
shiver
and
pull
another
blanket
around
them.
Not

what
they’re
used
to
at
their
private
villa
at
all).
Anyway
the
traumatic
thing

is
that
they
are
staying
in
this
very
flat
in
a
desperate
attempt
to
get
to
know

me
and
their
“granddaughter.”
The
only
thing
is
it’s
the
summer
holidays

and
all
Katie
wants
to
do
is
hang
around
outside
with
Toby,
not
inside
with

two
shivering,
shriveled-up
whinge-bags.