Love, Rosie (92 page)

the
couch
in
Teddy’s
flat,
remember?

Oh
you
poor
soul.
Of
course
I
fucking
remember
I
thought
you

might
like
it
seeing
as
you
were
sleeping
in
everybody
else’s

houses
for
the
past
while.
I’m
not
stupid
Greg,
oh
but
sorry,
I

forgot
that
you
thought
that
I
was.

Greg:

Rosie:

Greg:

Rosie:

Greg:

Rosie:

Honey
I—

Don’t
honey
me.
Did
you
see
the
bloody
letter
or
not?
You
were

home
on
the
Monday
just
after
Alex
left.

No
I
honestly
didn’t
see
it.

Well
there’s
a
reason
not
to
believe
you,
Mr.
Honesty.

Look
Rosie
we
can’t
move
on
if
you
don’t
forgive
and
learn
to

trust
me
again—

Oh
go
shove
your
forgiveness
up
your
ass.
I
don’t
have
time
for

another
one
of
these
conversations
with
you.
This
is
very
simple.

I’ve
got
Alex
online
waiting
for
me.
He
left
a
letter
for
me.
He

wants
to
know
if
any
of
us
found
it.
So
I’m
asking
you
one
more

time
Greg,
did
you
see
the
letter
or
not?

Greg:

No
I
promise
you
that
I
didn’t.

from
:

to
:

Bill
Lake

Rosie

subject
:
Personal
e-mails

I
hope
they’re
business
e-mails
you’ve
been
sending
for
the
last
half
hour

Rosie.
We’ve
got
a
group
of
eighty
arriving
in
the
next
few
minutes
for
the

weekend
business
conference
in
the
De
Valera
Suite.
Lots
to
do,
Rosie.

from
:

to
:

Rosie

Alex

subject
:
Your
letter

Alex,
Greg
didn’t
see
the
letter.
Maybe
you
can
just
write
me
another

146

Cecelia
Ahern

one
or
ring
me
later
when
I’m
at
home
and
not
when
Big
Brother
is
watching

me
on
this
stupid
bloody
security
camera
pointed
right
at
me.
Now
both
of

you
men
leave
me
alone
before
I
get
fired.

from
:

to
:

Greg

Alex

subject
:
Your
letter?

I
was
told
you
were
online
so
I
hope
I
caught
you
on
time.
I
happened
to

have
stumbled
across
something
I
believe
you’re
looking
for.
I
would
appreci-

ate
it
if
you
would
stop
sending
my
wife
love
letters.
Something
tells
me
you

seem
to
have
forgotten
that
she’s
a
married
woman.
Married
to
me,
Alex.

Rosie
and
I
have
had
our
troubles
like
all
marriages
do
but
we
are
will-

ing
to
put
all
that
behind
us
now
and
give
it
another
chance.
You
need
to

understand
that
none
of
your
letters
are
going
to
change
that.
You
said
it

yourself;
you
had
your
chance
and
you
blew
it.
The
moment
has
passed
you