Love, Rosie (93 page)

by,
Alex.

Let’s
be
realistic
here
for
a
minute,
Alex.
You
and
Rosie
are
both
thirty.

You’ve
known
each
other
since
you
were
five.
Don’t
you
think
that
in
all
that

time,
that
if
something
was
supposed
to
happen
with
you
two,
if
it
was
so

meant
to
be
,
that
it
would
have
happened
by
now?
Think
about
it.
She
is
not

interested.

I
want
no
further
contact
with
you
again;
if
you
set
foot
in
my
house
I
will

be
only
too
glad
to
show
how
unwelcome
you
are.
To
save
you
the
embarrass-

ment,
I
won’t
speak
of
the
contents
of
your
letter
again
and
you’re
wrong
by

the
way,
I
do
fully
appreciate
the
fact
that
Rosie
is
my
wife.
She
is
a
wonderful

woman,
loving,
warm,
and
caring
and
I
am
so
glad
she
is
the
woman
that

chose
to
spend
the
rest
of
her
life
with
me
.
So
you
can
keep
on
watching
her

back
walk
from
you
at
the
altar
because
she
won’t
be
turning
around.

love,
rosie

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Alex

Greg

subject
:
Rosie

Do
you
think
your
ridiculous
attempt
to
scare
me
off
is
going
to
work?

You
are
a
pathetic
sad
little
man.
Rosie
has
a
mind
of
her
own
and
she

doesn’t
need
you
making
those
decisions
for
her.

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to
:

Greg

Alex

subject
:
Re:
Rosie

So
what
are
you
going
to
do
if
she
says
yes,
Alex?
What
are
you
going
to

do?
Move
to
Dublin?
Leave
Josh
behind?
Expect
Rosie
to
uproot
Katie,
leave

the
job
she
loves
and
move
to
Boston?
Think
,
Alex.

You
have
an
instant
message
from:
ALEX

Alex:

Phil:

She
didn’t
get
the
letter
Phil.

Oh
bloody
hell,
Alex.
I
told
you
not
to
put
it
in
one
of
those
damn

letters.
You
should
have
just
told
her.
I
don’t
know
why
you
can’t

just
use
your
mouth
like
the
rest
of
us.

Alex:

Phil:

Alex:

Phil:

Greg
found
the
letter.

The
idiot
husband?
I
thought
they
were
finished.

Evidently
not.
But
it
doesn’t
change
anything,
Phil,
I
still
love
her.

Yeah
but
she’s
still
married
isn’t
she?
You’re
not
going
to
like
what
I

say,
and
this
is
just
my
opinion
Alex,
and
hell
knows
you
never
take

any
advice
anyway
but
I
wouldn’t
touch
another
man’s
wife.
That’s

just
me.

Alex:

Phil:

Alex:

Phil:

But
he’s
an
asshole
Phil!

And
so
are
you
but
you’re
my
brother
and
I
love
you.