Love, Rosie (142 page)

to
do
so.

On
a
more
personal
level,
I
would
like
to
thank
you
for
seven
great
years

of
allowing
me
to
work
in
your
company.
It
was
an
honor.

Yours
sincerely,

Rosie
Dunne

from
:

to
:

subject
:

Toby

Katie

Disaster!

YOU
WHAT??
You
CAN’T
be
moving
away,
this
is
awful!
Ask
your

mum
if
it’s
OK
for
you
to
stay
with
me
for
a
while.
I’ll
ask
my
mum
and
dad

too.
They’ll
definitely
say
yes.
You
can’t
leave.

What
about
school?

What
about
the
basketball
team?

What
about
wanting
to
DJ
for
Club
Sauce?

What
about
your
grandparents?
You
can’t
just
leave
them.
They’re
old.

love,
rosie

221

What
about
your
mum’s
job
and
the
house
and
everything?
You
can’t

just
leave
it
all
behind.

What
about
me?

from
:

to
:

subject
:

Katie

Toby

Re:
Disaster!

I
can’t
change
her
mind.
I
can’t
stop
crying.
This
is
the
worst
thing
that’s

ever
happened
to
me
in
my
whole
entire
life.
I
don’t
even
want
to
go
to

Boston.
What’s
so
good
about
Boston?
I
don’t
wanna
make
new
friends.
I

don’t
want
anything
“new.”

Oh
I
hate
Greg
so
much.
You
no
he
hasn’t
even
come
home
because
he’s

so
afraid
of
Mum.
She’s
scary
she’s
so
mad.
I’m
even
afraid
to
talk
to
her

sometimes.
She
screams
down
the
phone
at
him
like
a
crazy
woman.
No

wonder
he’s
not
coming
home.
She
said
that
if
he
did,
she’d
cut
off
his
you

no
what.
I’m
kinda
hoping
he’ll
come
home
just
for
that.

It’s
all
his
fault.
It’s
all
his
fault
we
have
to
move
away.
It’s
all
his
fault

Mum
is
upset.
I
hate
him,
I
hate
him,
I
hate
him.

At
least
Alex
and
Josh
are
in
Boston.
That’s
something.
I
think
we’re

gonna
stay
with
them
for
a
while.
So
we’re
really
going
Toby.
She’s
not
just

threatening.
She
told
Greg
she
couldn’t
stand
to
be
in
the
same
country
as

him
never
mind
the
same
house.
I
suppose
I
no
how
she
feels.
I
feel
sorry
for

her
but
I
really
don’t
want
to
go.
I
just
cried
all
night
Toby.
It’s
so
unfair.

Grandma
and
Granddad
keep
trying
to
talk
her
out
of
it.
We’re
staying

with
them
tonight
because
Mum
can’t
stand
to
be
at
home.
Every
time
she

touches
something
of
Greg’s
she
shudders
and
wipes
her
hands.
Ruby
keeps

telling
Mum
to
go
because
it’s
where
her
heart
is
or
something.
It’s
the
first