Love, Rosie (26 page)

it’s
not
home.
Dublin
is
home.
Being
back
with
you
felt
like
home.
I
miss
my

best
friend.

I’ve
met
some
great
guys
here,
but
I
didn’t
grow
up
with
any
of
them

playing
cops
and
robbers
in
my
back
garden.
I
don’t
feel
like
they
are
real

friends.
I
haven’t
kicked
them
in
the
shins,
stayed
up
all
night
on
Santa

watch
with
them,
hung
from
trees
pretending
to
be
monkeys,
played
hotel,

or
laughed
my
heart
out
as
their
stomachs
were
pumped.
It’s
kind
of
hard
to

beat
that.

However
I
can
see
that
I
have
already
been
replaced.
That
little
Katie
is

your
whole
world
now.
And
it’s
easy
to
see
why.
I
even
loved
her
when
she

threw
up
on
my
(new
and
very
expensive)
suit.
That
must
mean
something.

It’s
weird
to
see
how
much
she
looks
like
you.
What’s
that
like?
She
has
your

twinkling
blue
eyes
(I
sense
trouble
ahead!)
and
jet
black
hair
and
a
little

button
nose.

I
no
that
you
are
incredibly
busy
at
the
moment
but
if
you
ever
need
a

break
from
it
all,
you’re
welcome
to
come
over
here
and
relax.
I
know
things

are
tricky
for
you
financially
so
we
could
help
out
with
the
cost
of
the
flights.

Let
me
no
when
you
want
to
come,
the
invitation
is
always
open.
Mum
and

Dad
would
love
you
to
come
over
too,
they’ve
got
photos
of
the
christening

all
around
the
house.

There’s
also
somebody
I
would
like
you
to
meet.
She’s
in
my
class
in
col-

lege,
her
name
is
Sally
Gruber.
You
would
both
get
along.
She’s
from
Boston.

When
you
come
over
you
have
to
meet
her.

College
is
a
lot
tougher
than
I
thought
it
would
be.
There’s
just
so
much

studying
to
do;
so
much
reading.
I
barely
have
a
social
life.
I’ve
got
four

love,
rosie

47

years
here
in
Harvard
then
I’ve
to
do
about
five
to
seven
years
in
a
general

surgical
residency
so
I’m
estimating
that
I’ll
be
fully
qualified
in
my
special-

ized
field
(whatever
that
will
be)
by
the
time
I’m
one
hundred
years
old.

So
that’s
all
I
do
here.
I
wake
up
at
five
a.m.
and
study.
Go
to
college,

come
home
and
study.
Every
day.
Not
much
more
to
report
really.
It’s
really

tough.
But
then
I
don’t
need
to
tell
you
that.
I
bet
it’s
a
hell
of
a
lot
easier

than
what
you’re
doing
right
now.
Anyway,
I’m
going
to
sleep
now,
I’m
shat-