Love, Rosie (76 page)

counselor
or
something.
God
knows
it
took
me
long
enough
to
accept
that

Katie
was
here
to
stay,
as
much
as
I
love
her,
it
was
and
still
is
hard
work.
So

do
what
you
do
best
and
get
to
work
on
it.

I
certainly
don’t
pretend
to
be
a
know-it-all
but
just
stop
talking
to
me

about
how
you
feel
and
start
telling
Sally.
I
am
always
here
for
you
Alex,

married
woman
or
un-married
woman.

Dear
Alex,

I
hope
you
are
well.
It
was
good
to
see
you
at
the
wedding,
Josh
is
really

cool.
Mummy
looked
lovely
and
so
did
you.
Me
and
Toby
are
fighting.
He
is

ten
next
week
and
he
thinks
he
is
so
cool
just
because
he
is
a
little
bit
older

than
me.
He
didn’t
invite
me
to
his
birthday
party
and
I
didn’t
even
do
any-

thing
wrong.
We
had
a
fight
last
week
about
whos
turn
it
was
to
go
first
on

the
computer
and
I
went
first
even
though
I
remembered
I
went
first
the
last

time
but
I
don’t
think
he
remembered
so
he
is
not
mad
at
me
about
that.
I

did
not
do
anything
else
wrong.

Mum
called
around
to
Toby’s
mum
to
see
why
but
she
does
not
no

either.
Toby
will
not
talk
to
me.
I
hate
him.
I
will
make
a
new
best
friend.

Mum
told
me
to
write
to
you
and
tell
you
because
you
are
my
godfather
and

no
stuff
about
this.

Mum
thinks
that
it
is
really
really
mean
of
Toby
and
that
I
will
be

love,
rosie

121

motionally
scared
when
I
grow
up,
from
the
xperience
of
not
being
invited

to
a
birthday
party.
She
says
you
no
what
she
means.

Love,

Katie

Dearest
Katie,

Your
wise
and
extremely
intelligent
mother
is
correct,
as
always.
I
agree

that
Toby
is
being
terribly
cold
and
calculative.
It
is
an
awful
thing
for
any-

one
to
do
to
a
person,
to
not
invite
your
best
friend
to
your
tenth
birthday

party.
I
do
believe
it
should
be
a
crime.
He
is
selfish
and
it
is
an
unforgivable

act
that
will
haunt
him
for
years
to
come
no
doubt,
maybe
even
until
he
is

nearly
thirty
years
old
in
fact.

I
think
that
there
is
no
punishment
bad
enough
to
inflict
on
him
and
he

should
not
get
away
with
this.
Toby
has
shown
no
mercy,
has
been
immature

and
very
very
.
.
.
bold.
So
tell
your
mother
and
tell
Toby
that
I
shall
do
my