Love, Rosie (14 page)

didn’t
.
.
.

If
you
stay
with
us
Alex
we’ll
be
able
to
just
talk
all
night!
Oh
it
would

be
so
much
fun.
When
we
were
kids
we
always
wanted
to
live
together,

now’s
our
chance
.
.
.

Talk
to
your
Mum
and
Dad
about
it.
Convince
them
to
say
yes,
anyway

you’re
18
you
can
do
what
you
like!
OK
if
you
can’t
stay
with
me
then
at

least
stay
with
Phil.
Your
parents
can’t
say
no
to
you
staying
with
your

brother.

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Rosie,

Cecelia
Ahern

I
didn’t
want
to
wake
you
so
your
mum
said
she
would
pass
this
on
to

you.
You
know
I
hate
goodbyes
and
it’s
not
goodbye
anyway
because
you’re

going
to
come
over
and
visit
all
the
time.
Promise
me.

I
have
to
go
.
.
.
I’ll
miss
you.
Ring
you
when
I
get
there.

Love,

Alex

PS:
I
told
you,
I
was
awake
that
Christmas
Eve,
my
battery
just

went
dead
on
my
walkie
talkie
.
.
.
(and
I
did
see
Santa,
I’ll
have
you
know).

Alex,

Good
luck
little
brother.
Don’t
worry,
you’ll
enjoy
yourself
once
you
get

there
and
I
can’t
wait
to
come
and
visit.
I’ll
miss
you
all.
It
won’t
be
the
same

without
you.
Stop
worrying
about
Rosie,
her
life’s
not
going
to
fall
apart
just

because
you’re
not
in
the
same
country.
But
if
it’ll
make
you
feel
any
better

I’ll
look
out
for
her
for
you—she
almost
feels
like
my
little
sister
in
a
way.
By

the
way
if
Sandy
doesn’t
learn
how
to
control
her
bladder
in
this
house
then

I’m
sending
her
over
to
you
on
a
plane.

We’ll
miss
you,

Phil.
(+
Margaret)

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:

to
:

subject
:

Rosie

Stephanie

Urgent
sisterly
advice
needed

I
can’t
believe
he’s
gone
Steph.
I
can’t
believe
you’re
gone.
Why
is
every-

one
leaving
me?
Surely
you
could
have
“found
yourself”
a
little
closer
to

home?
But
France?
Alex
has
only
been
gone
a
few
weeks
and
I
feel
like
he’s

dead,
which
is
an
absolutely
awful
thing
to
think,
I
know,
but
it
just
feels

that
way
.
.
.

Why
did
he
have
to
break
up
with
Slutty
Bethany
just
two
weeks
before

he
left?
Then
I
wouldn’t
have
gotten
used
to
him
being
around
so
much

again.
Things
really
got
back
to
normal,
Steph.
It
was
brilliant.
We
spent

every
second
together
.
.
.
literally.
We
had
so
much
fun!

love,
rosie

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Brian
the
Whine
threw
a
going-away
party
for
him
just
last
week;
I