Love, Rosie (45 page)

new
best
friend,
best
woman,
and
wife,
Sally,
and
to
wish
them
luck
and

happiness
and
divorce
in
the
future.

To
Alex
and
Sally!

OR
SOMETHING
TO
THAT
EFFECT.
WHAT
DO
YOU

THINK,
RUBY?

You
have
an
instant
message
from:
RUBY

Ruby:

Gag
gag
puke
puke
puke.
They’ll
all
love
it.
Good
luck
Rosie.
No

tears
and
DO
NOT
drink.

To
Rosie,

Greetings
from
Seychelles!
Rosie,
thank
you
so
much
for
last
week!
I

had
such
a
good
time.
I
never
really
thought
I
could
actually
enjoy
my
wed-

ding
day
but
you
made
it
so
much
fun.
Don’t
worry,
I
don’t
think
anyone

noticed
you
were
drunk
for
the
entire
ceremony
(maybe
they
did
for
the

speech—but
it
was
funny),
but
I
don’t
think
the
priest
was
too
impressed

when
you
hiccupped
just
as
I
was
about
to
say
“I
do!”

I
can’t
quite
remember
the
stag
night
but
I
hear
it
was
a
great
success,

the
boys
just
keep
going
on
and
on
about
it.
I
think
Sally
is
a
little
angry
that

she
had
to
marry
a
man
with
one
eyebrow
and
I
don’t
care
what
anybody

says,
I
no
it
was
you
who
did
it!
All
the
wedding
photos
are
of
the
left
side

of
my
face
but
it
doesn’t
matter
because
Sally
says
it’s
my
best
side.
Unlike

you,
who
says
my
best
side
is
the
back
of
my
head.

The
wedding
went
really
well,
didn’t
it?
I
thought
I
was
going
to
be
a

bundle
of
nerves
all
day
but
you
just
made
me
laugh
so
much
I
think
it

helped
to
get
rid
of
the
nervous
energy.
Although
we
shouldn’t
really
have

74

Cecelia
Ahern

laughed
when
the
wedding
photos
were
being
taken,
I
doubt
we’ll
find
any

decent
shots
where
my
face
and
yours
aren’t
distorted
from
laughter.
Sally’s

family
thought
you
were
really
terrific.
They
weren’t
really
keen
on
the
idea

of
me
having
a
best
woman,
to
be
honest,
but
Sally’s
dad
thought
you
were

great.
Is
it
true
you
made
him
knock
back
a
shot
of
tequila?!

My
mum
and
dad
were
so
glad
to
see
you
and
Katie.
It’s
funny;
they
say

Katie
is
exactly
how
you
looked
when
you
were
eight.
I
think
Mum
kind
of

kept
hoping
that
it
was
you
and
that
I
was
that
age
again
too.
She
was
very

teary
that
day!
But
they
just
wouldn’t
stop
going
on
and
on
about
how
beau-

tiful
you
looked
in
that
dress!
It’s
as
if
you
were
the
bride!