Love, Rosie (144 page)

love,
rosie

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Ruby:

Rosie:

I
heard
Kevin’s
in
trouble
at
work.
Is
it
for
checking
the
reservations?

No
it’s
for
marching
through
the
hotel
restaurant
during
dinner
and

punching
Greg
in
the
nose
in
front
of
his
lady
friend
and
the
rest
of

the
hotel
guests.

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Good
for
him.
I
hope
he
broke
his
nose.

He
did.
That’s
what
he’s
in
trouble
for.

So
who
am
I
going
to
go
to
salsa
lessons
with
now?

I’m
sure
Miss
Behave
will
be
only
too
delighted
to
be
your
partner.

I
finally
get
to
dance
with
a
man
and
he
wears
tights.
Oh
I’ll
miss

you
so
much
Rosie
Dunne.
It’s
not
often
in
life
a
woman
finds
a

friend
like
you.

Rosie:

And
I
you,
Ruby,
but
as
much
as
Greg
has
hurt
me,
he’s
given
me
an

opportunity
to
start
from
fresh.
I’ll
be
free
of
him
and
I’m
stronger

from
it.

I’m
leaving
next
week
Greg.
Don’t
try
to
contact
me,
don’t
try
to
visit

me,
I
want
nothing
more
to
do
with
you.
You
have
betrayed
me
at
a
time
just

as
I
had
learned
to
fall
in
love
with
you
all
over
again.
This
won’t
be
happen-

ing
again.
You
have
thrown
it
all
away
but
I
thank
you
for
it.
Thank
you
for

letting
me
see
what
it
is
I
married
and
for
freeing
me
from
you.

Whether
Katie
wants
to
continue
seeing
you
is
completely
her
decision.

You
can
work
it
out
with
her
yourself.
Accept
her
decision.

So
long,
shithead.

Alex:

Phil:

You
were
right
Phil.
She’s
coming
over
to
me.
I
just
had
to
leave
it

and
let
her
come
at
her
own
pace.

Lucky
for
me
I
was
right!
It
was
a
good
guess,
wasn’t
it?!
So
did
she

tell
you
that
she
loves
you,
that
she
never
should
have
married
that

idiot,
and
that
she
only
wants
to
be
with
you
and
all
that
other
stuff

that
they
say
in
the
movies?

Alex:

Phil:

Alex:

Phil:

No.

She
didn’t
tell
you
she
loves
you?

No.

Did
you
tell
her?

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Alex:

Phil:

Alex:

Phil:

Alex:

Phil:

Alex:

Phil:

No.

Then
what’s
she
going
over
for?

Cecelia
Ahern

She
just
said
that
she
wanted
to
get
out
of
Dublin
and
that
she

needed
a
change
of
scenery
and
a
friendly
face.

Oh.

What
do
you
think
that
means?

Probably
exactly
what
it
says,
so
you’ve
no
idea
how
she
feels
about

you?