Love, Rosie (276 page)

Please
think
about
it.
Don’t
waste
your
time
on
Greg,
this
is
our
oppor-

tunity.
Let’s
stop
being
afraid
and
take
the
chance.
I
promise
I’ll
make
you

happy.

All
my
love,

Alex

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Ruby

Rosie

Are
you
OK?

I
haven’t
heard
from
you
in
almost
two
weeks.
Is
everything
OK?
I

called
around
to
see
you
at
the
flat
but
Rupert
told
me
you
had
gone
to
Gal-

way.
You
just
packed
up
and
left
without
saying
good-bye,
something
must

be
up.
How
long
are
you
planning
on
staying
there
and
why
didn’t
you
tell

anyone?

Your
mother’s
phone
has
obviously
been
disconnected
so
I
didn’t
know

how
else
to
reach
you.
I
understand
that
you
probably
just
need
some
time
to

yourself,
losing
parents
is
really
difficult.
As
much
as
I
complain
about
how

mine
were,
it
was
still
tough
dealing
with
their
loss.
I
know
I
joke
around
a

lot
but
I’m
seriously
here
for
you
Rosie
if
you
need
someone
to
talk
to,
a

shoulder
to
cry
on,
or
even
someone
to
scream
at.

I
would
say
I’m
sorry
that
you
lost
your
job
at
the
hotel
but
I’m
not

sorry
at
all.
You
were
better
than
that
hotel;
you
had
bigger
dreams
that

extended
far
beyond
those
crumbling
walls.
Now
the
world
is
your
oys-

ter.

Please
just
respond
to
let
me
know
you’re
OK
or
I’m
coming
down
there

myself
to
check
up
on
you
and
that’s
not
a
threat,
it’s
a
promise.

406

Welcome
to
the
Relieved
Divorced
Dubliners
Chat
room

There
are
currently
2
people
chatting

Cecelia
Ahern

LonelyLady:

The
guy
from
my
reading
group
asked
me
out
yesterday.
To

go
out
on
a
date,
like.
This
weekend.
Just
me
and
him.
But
I

just
don’t
know
.
.
.

Wildflower:

LonelyLady:

You
don’t
know
what?

Well
I
don’t
know
if
I
should
start
dating
again.
I
mean
I

don’t
know
if
I’m
ready,
being
so
soon
after
Tommy
and

all
.
.
.

Wildflower:

LonelyLady:

Wildflower:

So
soon?
So
soon?
In
case
you
haven’t
noticed
it’s
been
10

years
since
Tommy
left
you.

Oh.
It
doesn’t
feel
like
10
years.

Well
if
you
ever
stopped
whinging
and
moaning
about
how

lonely
you
were,
you
would
be
able
to
think
rationally
about

your
life.
Which
guy
in
your
reading
group
are
you
dating?

LonelyLady:

Wildflower:

LonelyLady:

Wildflower:

LonelyLady:

The
only
guy
in
the
reading
group.