Love, Rosie (39 page)

WEEK
SO
SOMETIMES
SHE
CAN
COLLECT
ME
FROM
SKOOL
AND

OTHER
TIMES
SHE
CANT.
I
PLAY
WITH
TOBY
UNTIL
SHE
COMES

HOME.
HIS
MUM
ALWAYS
BRINGS
HIM
AND
COLLECTS
HIM

BECAUSE
THEY
SAY
WE
ARE
TOO
YOUNG
TO
GET
THE
BUS.
I

DON’T
THINK
MUM
LIKES
HER
JOB.
SHE
IS
ALWAYS
TIRED
AND

CRYING.
SHE
SAID
SHE
WOULD
PERFER
TO
BE
BACK
IN
SKOOL

DOING
DUBBLE
MATTS.
I
DON’T
NO
WHAT
SHE
MEANS.
ME
AND

TOBY
HATE
SKOOL
BUT
HE
ALWAYS
MAKES
ME
LAFF.
MUMMY

SAYS
SHE
IS
TIRED
OF
HAVING
TO
KEEP
GOING
BACK
TO
MY

TEACHER
MS.
CASEY.
GRANDMA
AND
GRANDAD
THINK
IT
IS

FUNNY.
MS.
CASEY
HAS
THE
BIGGEST
NOSE
EVER.
SHE
HATES
ME

AND
TOBY.
I
DO
NOT
THINK
SHE
LIKES
MUM
EETHER
BECAUSE

THEY
ALWAYS
FIGHT
WHEN
THEY
SEE
EACH
OTHER.

MUM
HAS
A
NEW
FREIND.
THEY
WORK
IN
THE
SAME
BUILD-

ING
BUT
NOT
IN
THE
SAME
OFFICE.
THEY
MET
OUTSIDE
IN
THE

COLD
BECAUSE
THEY
HAVE
TO
SMOKE
OUTSIDE.
MUM
SAYS
SHE

IS
THE
BEST
FREIND
SHE
HAS
HAD
FOR
AGES.
HER
NAME
IS
RUBY

AND
SHE
IS
REAL
FUNNY.
I
LIKE
WHEN
SHE
COMES
OVER.
SHE

AND
MUM
ARE
ALWAYS
LAFFING.
I
LIKE
IT
WHEN
RUBY
IS
HERE

BECAUSE
MUM
DOESN’T
CRY.

IT
IS
REAL
SUNNY
NOW
IN
DUBLIN.
ME
AND
MUM
HAVE
BEEN

TO
THE
BEACH
A
FEW
TIMES.
I
AM
LEARNING
TO
SWIM.
BUT
I

HAVE
TO
KEEP
MY
ARMBANDS
ON
IN
THE
SEA.
MUM
SAYS
SHE

WANTS
TO
LIVE
ON
THE
BEACH.
SHE
SAYS
SHE
WOULD
LIKE
TO

love,
rosie

65

LIVE
IN
THE
SEA
SHELLS!
OUR
NEW
FLAT
IS
IN
THE
CITY
AND
I

LIKE
IT.

WHEN
ARE
YOU
COMING
TO
SEE
US?
MUMMY
SAYS
YOU
ARE

GETTING
MARRIED
TO
A
GIRL
NAMED
BIMBO.
THAT’S
A
FUNNY

NAME.

LOVE,

KATIE

chapter
9

k

You
have
an
instant
message
from:
RUBY

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Hey
you,
happy
Monday.

Oh
great,
hold
on
while
I
get
the
champagne.

What
did
you
do
over
the
weekend?

Oh
wait
till
you
hear
this!
I
was
just
dying
to
tell
you
all
morning,

it’s
so
exciting!
You’ll
never
believe
it,
I—

I
sense
sarcasm
here.
Let
me
guess:
you
watched
TV.

Introducing
Ruby
.
.
.
and
her
psychic
powers!!
I
had
to
listen
to
it

with
the
volume
blaring
just
to
drown
out
the
loving
couple
next

door
screaming
their
ears
off
each
other.
Someday
they’re
going
to

kill
each
other.
I
can’t
wait.
Poor
Katie
didn’t
know
what
was
going