Love, Rosie (49 page)

ner
to
meet
us
and
I
have
to
say
he
really
is
a
charming
man.
His
name
is

Greg
Collins
and
he’s
a
bank
manager
for
AIB
in
Fairview.
So
I
presume
he’s

being
reasonably
well
paid,
which
isn’t
important
I
know
but
it’s
nice
to
see

Rosie
being
treated
for
a
change.

He’s
quite
a
short
man,
to
be
honest,
a
little
taller
than
Rosie
with
a
cute

little
face.
He’s
thirty-something,
I
would
guess,
and
he
is
absolutely
wonder-

ful
with
Katie.
They
spent
the
day
teasing
each
other,
it
was
very
funny.
It’s

been
difficult,
as
you
know,
for
Rosie
to
meet
someone
who
she
likes
herself

as
well
as
taking
into
account
that
it
has
to
be
somebody
that
Katie
feels

comfortable
with
too.
But
there
should
be
no
compromises,
I
keep
telling

her.
Too
often
she
ended
up
with
those
other
men
just
because
Katie
liked

them.
Anyway,
as
I
said,
Katie
adores
Greg.
I’m
so
pleased.
Rosie
seems
to

have
found
a
nice
fellow
at
last.

Anyway
how’s
work?
Busy
over
there
as
always?
Don’t
work
yourself

too
hard
in
that
restaurant
anyway,
love;
you
need
to
enjoy
life
too.
Your

dad
and
I
were
thinking
of
coming
over
to
you
for
a
little
holiday
soon,

would
that
be
OK?
Let
us
know
when
you’re
free
and
we’ll
work
around
it.

Say
hello
to
Jean-Pierre
for
us.
Looking
forward
to
seeing
you.

Love,

Mum

from
:

to
:

subject
:

Rosie

Alex

Re:
Secret
boyfriend

Oops
my
little
secret
is
out
now
thanks
to
Katie
and
her
big
mouth!

Well
I
didn’t
say
anything
about
Greg
(that’s
his
name)
at
your
wedding,

because
at
that
stage
we
hadn’t
gone
out
yet!
We
met
in
the
Dancing
Cow

nightclub
(it’s
a
very
long
story!)
just
before
I
went
over
to
you
in
Boston,

80

Cecelia
Ahern

and
he
took
my
number
and
asked
me
out
but
I
said
no!
So
I
must
have

gone
all
gushy
after
your
wedding
because
when
I
came
back
I
rang
him
up

and
asked
him
out!

Oh
Alex
I’ve
been
wined
and
dined
like
never
before!
He’s
taken
me
to

restaurants
I
only
read
about
in
magazines
and
he’s
terribly
romantic,
but

you
said
not
to
give
you
all
the
details
so
I
won’t
tell
you
about
our
weekend

away
down
the
country
.
.
.
OK
so
you
wanted
to
know
all
about
him,
here

goes:
He
is
35,
works
at
the
bank
in
Fairview.
He’s
not
exactly
tall
(my