Love, Rosie (199 page)

feel
about
us
just
moving
onto
her
vineyard
all
of
a
sudden.
And
I
hate

grapes.

Dad
said
that
they
needed
to
get
to
know
more
about
each
other
before

they
got
married.
Bethinny
said
he
knew
everything
there
was
to
know
about

her,
that
they
had
known
each
other
since
they
were
sixteen
and
that
she
was

still
the
same
person
and
that
she
was
pregnint
with
his
baby
and
if
he
didn’t

marry
her,
her
dad
would
be
really
angry
and
would
fire
him.

I
think
dad
should
marry
her.
I
want
a
brother,
and
Dad
really,
really

love,
rosie

301

likes
his
job.
I’ll
fill
you
and
Toby
in
on
more
stuff
as
soon
as
I
know.

Because
I’m
only
here
at
weekends
I
miss
all
the
good
stuff.

Thank
your
mom
fro
my
pressent,

Form,

Josh

DR.
WILLIAMS
REWARDED

Reginald
Williams,
M.D.,
was
presented
with
an
award
last
night

at
the
National
Health
Awards
in
Boston.
He
was
nominated
through

a
highly
selective
process
that
recognizes
those
who
have
made
major

contributions
to
the
advancement
of
the
medical
sciences
and
public

health.

This
award
is
considered
one
of
the
highest
honors
in
the
fields
of

medicine
and
health.
He
was
accompanied
to
the
ceremony
by
his

wife,
Miranda,
his
daughter,
Bethany,
and
her
newly
announced

fiancé
Dr.
Alex
Stewart,
cardio-surgeon
at
St.
Jude’s
Hospital
in

Boston.

See
page
four
of
the
Health
Supplement
for
Wayne
Gillespie’s

report.

You
have
received
an
instant
message
from:
ROSIE

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

You
wanted
me
to
learn
about
this
in
the
newspapers
first?

I’m
sorry
Rosie.

You’re
sorry?
You
get
engaged
and
you
let
me
read
about
it
in
a

newspaper?
What
the
hell
has
happened
to
you
these
days?

Rosie,
all
I
can
say
is
sorry.

I
don’t
understand
the
way
your
mind
works
Alex,
you
don’t
even

love
her.

I
do.

Well
that’s
convincing.

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Alex:

Rosie:

I
shouldn’t
have
to
convince
anyone.

Cecelia
Ahern

Only
yourself.
Alex,
you
told
me
you
didn’t
love
her.
In
fact
a
few

months
back
you
were
planning
on
breaking
up
with
her.
Gee,
I

wonder
what
happened
to
make
you
change
your
mind
all
of
a
sud-

den.

Alex:

Rosie:

You
no
what
happened.
There’s
a
baby
involved
now.

That’s
bullshit.
The
Alex
I
know
wouldn’t
marry
a
woman
he

doesn’t
know
for
the
sake
of
the
baby.
That’s
the
worst
thing
you

could
do
to
the
poor
child,
raise
it
in
an
environment
where
the
par-