Love, Rosie (179 page)

The
bar
was
really
awful
actually,
in
retrospect
I
wouldn’t
go
in
there
if
I

270

Cecelia
Ahern

was
sober,
but
because
I
was
so
upset
I
didn’t
really
care.
All
I
saw
was
a

friendly
barman
and
two
serial
killers
deep
in
discussion
at
the
end
of
the

bar.
There
were
only
four
of
us
in
the
entire
building.
So
the
barman
saw

that
I
was
really
upset
and
this
is
real
film
stuff,
but
he
actually
did
ask
me

what
was
wrong
and
seemed
genuinely
concerned.
I
told
him
that
Greg
had

ruined
my
life.
(By
process
of
elimination
I
reached
the
conclusion
that
it

was
entirely
his
fault.)
It
just
all
came
spilling
out
of
my
mouth,
Ruby,
all

about
Alex
missing
the
debs,
Brian
the
Whine,
having
Katie,
missing
college,

Alex
getting
married,
meeting
Greg,
marrying
Greg,
Greg
cheating
on
me,

missing
my
job
promotion,
Greg
cheating
on
me
again
.
.
.
I
told
him
about

Greg
having
all
those
affairs
while
he
said
that
he
was
away
on
conferences

and
because
he
was
a
bank
manager
I
believed
that
he
genuinely
had
to
go
to

all
that
stuff.

So
then
the
other
two
guys
down
the
end
of
the
bar
were
suddenly
really

interested
in
me,
saw
how
upset
I
was,
and
bought
me
loads
of
drinks.
They

were
huge
guys
Ruby,
over
six
feet
tall,
muscles
so
big
they
looked
like
body

builders,
bald
heads,
one
guy
had
a
tattoo
of
a
severed
head
on
his
forearm

but
they
were
so
nice!
They
were
really
concerned,
asked
me
loads
of
ques-

tions,
gave
me
tissues
when
I
cried,
and
told
me
I
could
do
better
than
Greg.

I
was
just
really
surprised
Ruby,
they
were
kind
enough
to
drive
me
home

and
make
sure
I
got
back
safely
because
I
was
in
absolutely
no
state
to
walk.

I
pointed
out
Greg’s
house
as
we
passed
and
they
seemed
really
interested

and
we
all
gave
him
the
finger.
Such
nice
guys.
It
just
shows,
you
can
never

judge
a
book
by
its
cover.

Anyway
I
have
such
a
headache
so
I
have
to
stop
typing
but
last
night

proved
to
me
that,
at
least
there
are
some
caring
men
in
the
world
and

they’re
not
just
all
out
for
themselves.

Rosie

BANK
MANAGER
ATTACKED
IN
HIS
HOME

A
bank
manager
was
badly
beaten
in
a
vicious
attack
and
£20,000
was

stolen
in
a
burglary
yesterday
morning.
The
victim
was
forty-three-year-old

Greg
Collins
of
AIB,
Wall
Road,
Dublin.