Love, Rosie (263 page)

Oh.
She’ll
be—

into
bed.
I
don’t
want
her
thinking
I
was
waiting
up.
Oh
thank
you

god
for
bringing
my
baby
home.
Night
Alex.

Alex:

Night
Rosie.

Rosie:
No.

Rosie:
Oh
thank
god
,
there
she
is.
I
better
switch
off
the
computer
and
dive

chapter
47

k

Mother
dearest,

Good
news!
Tony
Spencer,
an
English
bloke
who
owns
Club
Insomnia

down
the
road,
was
here
in
Dad’s
club
last
night
when
I
was
doing
my
set,

and
he
was
so
impressed
he
asked
if
I’d
like
to
work
for
him.
How
cool
is

that?!
He
also
organizes
a
few
summer
dance
festivals
so
I’ll
be
off
around

Europe
during
the
summer
playing
at
those.
I’m
really
excited!

Club
Insomnia
is
a
really
popular
club
and
it
goes
on
till
about
six
or

seven
in
the
morning.
I’ll
only
be
on
the
decks
from
about
10
p.m.
till
mid-

night
just
to
get
started.
He
pays
really
well
though
and
as
soon
as
I
get
my

first
decent
check,
I’ll
send
some
home
to
you.
I’ve
met
a
really
cool
crowd
of

people
over
here
who
are
also
just
out
of
school
a
few
years
and
are
doing

bar
work.
Me
and
three
other
girls,
Jennifer,
Lucy,
and
Sara,
are
talking

about
renting
an
apartment
together.

I
don’t
no
when
John
is
coming
over.
Ever
since
he
started
college
in
Sep-

tember
he’s
been
out
all
night
every
night
with
a
bunch
of
people
I’ve
never

heard
of.
He
keeps
bumping
against
his
phone
and
accidentally
ringing
me

when
he’s
out
and
all
I
can
ever
hear
are
loads
of
drunken
people
screaming
in

the
background.
It’s
just
been
really
weird
with
the
two
of
us.
Only
more
so

every
time
we
meet
up
after
weeks
apart.
It’s
not
the
same
at
all
and
I
don’t
like

it.
I
thought
I’d
be
with
him
forever
but
the
rate
we’re
going
I
can
barely
imag-

ine
being
with
him
until
the
end
of
the
summer.
He’s
annoying
me
that
much.

love,
rosie

387

Meanwhile,
I
haven’t
heard
from
Toby
in
a
long,
long
time.
It’s
entirely

my
fault
because
he
rang
me
loads
of
times
at
the
beginning
when
I
moved

over
here
and
it
was
my
turn
to
start
making
an
effort
but
time
just
ran

away.
I
keep
on
saying
I’ll
call
him
tomorrow
but
it’s
been
months.
The
last

time
I
spoke
to
him
he
was
having
a
great
time
at
college,
making
friends

with
lots
of
teeth,
no
doubt.
I’ll
call
him
tomorrow.