Love, Rosie (266 page)

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

She’s
a
toughie
though
Rosie,
she’ll
pull
through.

Let’s
hope.

How
are
things
at
Fawlty
Towers?

Ha!
Well
I
won’t
have
to
put
up
with
the
place
for
much
longer

because
I’m
leaving
at
the
end
of
the
month.

You
say
that
every
month
and
you
never
do.
You
might
as
well
just

wait
until
your
contract
is
up
next
year
and
then
leave.
Anyway

unless
you
actually
look
for
another
job
you’re
not
going
anywhere.

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Between
working
all
hours
and
traveling
back
and
forth
to
Mum,
I

just
don’t
have
time
.
I
mean
when’s
the
last
time
I
even
saw
you?

Yesterday.

Well
apart
from
when
you
drove
by
me
at
the
bus
stop
beeping
and

waving.
Thanks
for
speeding
up,
driving
through
the
puddle
on
the

side
of
the
road
and
saturating
me,
by
the
way.

Ruby:

Rosie:

We
were
going
in
different
directions
and
you
looked
like
you
could

do
with
a
shower.

Whatever.
Anyway
it’s
been
at
least
a
month
since
I’ve
been
out

properly.
It’s
ridiculous.
I
have
no
life.
I
really
want
to
go
visit

390

Cecelia
Ahern

Katie,
and
Alex
has
invited
me
over
to
him
loads
of
times
but
I
can’t

do
any
of
those
things.

Ruby:

Rosie:

When
your
mother
gets
better
everything
will
be
a
lot
easier.

She’s
not
going
to
get
better
Ruby.
She
doesn’t
want
to
get
better.

She’s
just
waiting
now.
She’s
practically
wheelchair-bound
at
this

stage
and
she’s
only
68.

Ruby:

Rosie:

Get
lazy
Kevin
to
help.

What
would
Kevin
do?
He
wouldn’t
know
where
to
start
and
I

know
Mum
feels
more
comfortable
with
me
helping
her.
Anyway

we’ll
just
have
to
keep
on
going.

TO
JOSH,

YOU’RE
A
TEENAGER!

HAPPY
13TH
BIRTHDAY,

LOTS
OF
LOVE,

ROSIE

To
Rosie,

Thanks
so
much
for
my
present
and
card.
It’s
really
cool.
Wherever

Katie
is
tell
her
I
said
hi.
She
sends
me
postcards
all
the
time
from
different

countries
and
she
sounds
real
happy.
She’s
got
the
coolest
job!
I
never
hear

about
her
old
friend
Toby
anymore.
I
guess
they
lost
touch
or
something.

Anyway
thanks
again
for
the
present.
I’ll
be
able
to
buy
a
new
computer

game
with
it.

See
you
soon,

Form
Josh

To
Mum,

Hello!
I’m
in
Amsterdam,
met
a
gorgeous
guy
who
picks
strawberries
for

a
living.
Doesn’t
speak
English
but
we
get
along
just
fine.

Everything
here
is
great,
got
loads
of
gigs,
and
the
cafés
are
nice
too!