Love, Rosie (67 page)

deserve
to
be
happy.
It’s
OK
to
want
more
than
you’re
offered.

I’ve
decided
to
move
in
with
him.
We’ll
take
it
one
step
at
a
time.

If
that
makes
you
happy.

Then
if
things
are
still
as
perfect
between
us
as
they
are
now,
I’ll

expect
the
room
filled
with
roses
and
lit
with
candles.

Dear
Sally,

Sorry
I
spilt
my
orange
juice
on
your
new
dress
when
we
visited
a
few

weeks
ago,
it
is
just
that
when
I
heard
you
slagging
my
mum’s
new
dress
I

got
a
shock
and
spilt
my
juice
all
over
you.
Just
like
you
laughed
to
your

friend,
the
next
day,
about
my
mum
having
me,
accidents
happen.

I
sure
hope
your
dress
doesn’t
stain
seeing
as
it
was
so
expensive
and
all.

I
hope
you
will
come
to
visit
us
sometime
in
our
new
house.
We
are
moving

in
with
Greg.
It’s
bigger
than
your
apartment.

Love,

Katie

PS:
My
friend
Toby
says
hi
and
says
that
he
spilt
orange
juice
on

his
school
shirt
and
it
wouldn’t
come
out
when
it
was
washed.
His
mum
had

to
throw
it
out.
It
was
white
too.
But
lucky
for
him,
the
shirt
was
not
as

expensive
as
your
dress.

106

You
have
an
instant
message
from:
ALEX

Cecelia
Ahern

Alex:

Phil:

Hi,
what
you
up
to?

I’ve
been
surfing
the
Net
for
hours
looking
for
the
original
chrome

exhaust
pipes
on
a
1968
Ford
Mustang.
And
do
you
think
I
could

find
the
original
badges
as
well
as
two-tone
leather
seats
for
the
1978

Corvette?

Alex:

Phil:

Alex:

Phil:

Alex:

Phil:

Alex:

Phil:

Alex:

Phil:

Alex:

Eh
.
.
.
no?

Exactly
but
I
don’t
suppose
you
want
to
hear
about
my
problems.

How
was
the
Rosie
trip?
Any
more
silences?

Oh
drop
it
Phil.

Hee
hee.
What’s
the
boyfriend
like?

He’s
OK.
Nothing
special.
He’s
not
the
kind
of
man
I’d
have
put

Rosie
with.

He’s
not
you,
you
mean.

No
that’s
not
what
I
mean.
He’s
not
exactly
the
life
and
soul
of
the

party.

Should
he
be?

For
Rosie,
yes.

Maybe
he’s
a
calming
influence
on
her.

Yeah
maybe.
He’s
polite
and
friendly,
but
that’s
all
he
lets
you
no

about
him.
He
doesn’t
talk
much
about
himself.
I
couldn’t
quite
fig-

ure
him
out.
He’s
one
of
those
people
that
don’t
seem
to
have
an

opinion
on
anything,
he
would
just
agree
with
absolutely
everything

everyone
is
saying.
It’s
hard
to
get
a
sense
of
him.
Sally
and
he
got