Love, Rosie (120 page)

But
who
cares?
I
get
burned
toast
and
milky
tea
one
morning
once
a
year

love,
rosie

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on
Mother’s
Day
as
thanks.
And
that
should
make
up
for
it,
shouldn’t
it?

Greg
always
tells
me
I’m
forever
chasing
rainbows.
Maybe
I
should
stop
now.

Love,

Rosie

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Alex

Rosie

Rosie
Dunne!

Do
not
give
up!
You
are
Katie’s
mother
and
what
you
say
is
final.
She

will
learn
to
adjust
and
you
don’t
need
to
worry
because
kids
adjust
to

things
far
easier
than
us
adults.
As
for
what’s-his-name!
Doesn’t
he
have
a

supportive
bone
in
his
body?
I
suppose
he
doesn’t,
not
having
a
spine
and

all
.
.
.

I
just
hate
to
see
you
miss
out
on
another
opportunity,
isn’t
there
any-

thing
you
can
do
to
convince
what’s-his-name?

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Rosie

Alex

Family

Thanks,
Alex,
but
no.
I
can’t
force
my
family
to
leave
their
home
if
they

don’t
want
to,
they’re
important
to
me.

I
have
to
respect
Greg’s
wishes;
I
don’t
think
I
would
be
too
happy
about

moving
away
from
my
job
and
friends
if
he
had
to
move
due
to
work.
I
can’t

live
my
life
pretending
it’s
just
me
in
the
world.
But
how
much
easier
it

would
be!
Anyway
it’s
just
another
missed
opportunity.

So
enough
about
me—how
are
all
those
lectures
going?
Find
out
who

Mr.
Fantastic
Surgeon
is
yet?

Thanks
for
your
support,
as
always.

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Katie

Toby

Grounded!

Cecelia
Ahern

I
can’t
believe
we
are
grounded!
And
on
our
summer
holidays!
Our
par-

ents
didn’t
have
to
go
all
psycho
about
it!
It’s
not
like
we
ended
up
going

anywhere—we
were
less
than
an
hour
away
from
home.
Hardly
worth
lock-

ing
us
in
our
houses
for
two
weeks.
I
told
you
we
should
have
taken
a
ferry

over
to
France
or
something.
In
the
films,
the
first
places
the
gardai
always

check
are
the
airports.
That
was
where
we
made
our
mistake.
I’ve
been
look-

ing
into
this
and
we
should
have
gone
to
Bus
Aras,
and
got
a
coach
to
Ross-

lare.
Next
time
that’s
what
we’ll
do.

What
do
you
think
Alex
would
have
done
when
we
arrived
on
his

doorstep?
Mum
says
he’s
not
even
home,
that
he’s
away
on
some
meetings
or

something
but
I
think
she’s
just
lying
to
try
to
prove
that
our
plan
wouldn’t

have
worked.
I
don’t
think
he
would
have
been
mad,
Alex
is
cool.
But
he