Love, Rosie (86 page)

now
I
think.
You
can
sleep
on
the
couch
or
I
have
a
pull-out
bed
in
my
room.

Remember,
don’t
ring
because
it’s
a
secret
and
Mum
just
keeps
hanging
the

phone
up
without
saying
hello
anyway.
E-mail
me
if
you
want.

Love,

Katie

from
:

to
:

subject
:

Alex

Katie

Re:
Rosie’s
30th

Thanks
for
the
letter.
That’s
a
good
idea
of
yours
and
Toby’s
but
I

won’t
wait
until
your
Mum’s
birthday
if
you
don’t
mind.
I’ll
be
over
as
soon

as
I
can.

HAPPY
30TH
SISTER!

SORRY
WE
CAN’T
BE
THERE,

LOVE
STEPHANIE,
PIERRE,
AND
JEAN-LOUIS!

FOR
OUR
DAUGHTER,

HAPPY
30TH.

SORRY
WE
CAN’T
BE
THERE,
ENJOY
YOUR
DAY
LOVE
AND
WE’LL
SEE

YOU
WHEN
WE
GET
BACK.

LOVE
MUM
AND
DAD

HAPPY
30TH
SIS,

SORRY
I
CAN’T
BE
THERE
BUT
THANKS
FOR
GETTING
ME
THE
JOB,
I

OWE
YOU
ONE.

ENJOY
THE
NIGHT.

KEVIN

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY,
ROSIE,

SORRY
WE
CAN’T
BE
THERE
BUT
WE’RE
STUCK
COVERING
YOUR
SHIFT!

LOVE
FROM
EVERYONE
AT
WORK
XXX

136

To
Rosie,

Cecelia
Ahern

I’m
so
sorry,
please
forgive
me;
I
have
been
a
complete
fool.
Please
let’s

put
this
behind
us
and
enjoy
your
birthday
weekend.

Love,

Greg

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY,

LET’S
GET
PISSED.

LOVE
RUBY

Rosie,

I’m
returning
to
Boston
tomorrow
but
before
I
go
I
wanted
to
write
this

letter
to
you.
All
the
thoughts
and
feelings
that
have
been
bubbling
up
inside

me
are
finally
overflowing
into
this
pen
and
I’m
leaving
this
letter
for
you
so

that
you
don’t
feel
that
I’m
putting
you
under
any
great
pressure.
I
under-

stand
that
you
will
need
to
take
your
time
trying
to
decide
on
what
I
am

about
to
say.

I
no
what’s
going
on,
Rosie;
you’re
my
best
friend
and
I
can
see
the
sad-

ness
in
your
eyes.
I
no
that
Greg
isn’t
away
working
for
the
weekend.
You

never
could
lie
to
me;
you
were
always
terrible
at
it.
Don’t
pretend
that
every-

thing
is
perfect
because
I
see
what’s
going
on.
I
see
that
Greg
is
a
selfish
man

who
has
absolutely
no
idea
just
how
lucky
he
is
and
it
makes
me
sick.

He
is
the
luckiest
man
in
the
world
to
have
you,
Rosie,
but
he
doesn’t

deserve
you
and
you
deserve
far
better.
You
deserve
someone
who
loves
you

with
every
single
beat
of
his
heart,
someone
who
thinks
about
you
con-

stantly,
someone
who
spends
every
minute
of
every
day
just
wondering
what