Love, Rosie (261 page)

Alex:

Nonsense.
I
can’t
wait
to
see
it.
How
funny
would
it
be
if
someone

was
poisoned
in
the
restaurant
and
I
had
to
be
the
in-house
doctor

that
saved
the
day?
Remember
that
was
our
plan
when
we
were

kids?

love,
rosie

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Rosie:

I
remember
alright,
and
it
may
not
be
too
far
off
a
possibility.

Wouldn’t
you
and
Bethany
like
to
eat
out
that
night?
There
are
so

many
beautiful
restaurants
you
haven’t
been
to
in
Dublin.

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

We
might.
I
tried
looking
the
hotel
up
on
the
Internet
but
nothing

came
up.

Eh,
yeah,
the
site
is
being
updated
right
now.
I’ll
let
you
know
when

you
can
see
it.

Great.
It’ll
be
weird
seeing
Ms.
Big
Nose
Smelly
Breath
Casey

again.
It’s
about
time
she
retired.
The
children
of
the
world
need
a

break
from
her.

Rosie:

Her
name
is
Julie,
remember
that,
and
do
not
call
her
by
the
other

name.
And
she
has
been
very
good
to
me
over
the
past
few
years
so

please
be
good
to
her.

Alex:

I
will,
I
will.
Don’t
worry
I
have
been
out
of
the
house
before,
I
do

no
how
to
deal
with
people.

Rosie:
Of
course
you
have
Mr.
Socialite
Surgeon
extraordinaire.

Alex:

Whatever
image
of
me
that
you
have
in
your
head
right
now
please

get
rid
of
it.

Rosie:
What?
The
naked
one?
You
can’t
tell
me
to
get
rid
of
that.

Alex:

Alex:

Ha
ha.
Well
whatever
image
that
is
increase
the
size
by
ten.

Oh
shut
up!
So
how’s
your
mum
these
days?
Any
word
back
from

the
hospital
about
those
tests?

Rosie:
No
not
yet.
She’s
away
with
Stephanie
right
now
taking
a
break

from
it
all
and
when
she
comes
back
the
results
should
be
ready.

They
really
don’t
seem
to
know
what’s
wrong
with
her.
I’m
really

worried.
I
looked
at
her
the
other
day
and
it
was
as
though
I
hadn’t

seen
her
properly
for
years.
Without
even
noticing
it,
my
young

mum
has
gotten
old.

Alex:

She’s
only
65,
she’s
still
young.

of
her
years
ago.
Somehow
since
I
was
young
I’ve
continued
to
see
her

like
that.
But
the
other
day
when
I
looked
at
her
in
the
hospital
bed,

Rosie:
I
know
that
but
I
had
an
image
of
her
in
my
mind
and
that
image
was

Rosie:
Jesus,
ten
inches,
Alex?

384

Cecelia
Ahern

she
looked
old.
It
was
a
bit
of
a
shock.
Anyway
I
just
hope
they
find