Love, Rosie (87 page)

you’re
doing,
where
you
are,
who
you’re
with,
and
if
you’re
OK.
You
need

someone
who
can
help
you
reach
your
dreams
and
who
can
protect
you

from
your
fears.
You
need
someone
who
will
treat
you
with
respect,
love

every
part
of
you,
especially
your
flaws.
You
should
be
with
someone
who

can
make
you
happy,
really
happy,
dancing
on
air
happy
.
Someone
who

should
have
taken
the
chance
to
be
with
you
years
ago
instead
of
getting

scared
and
being
too
afraid
to
try.

I
am
not
scared
anymore
Rosie.
I
am
not
afraid
to
try.

love,
rosie

137

I
no
what
that
feeling
was
at
your
wedding—it
was
jealousy.
My
heart

broke
when
I
saw
the
woman
I
love
turning
away
from
me
to
walk
down
the

aisle
with
another
man,
another
man
she
planned
to
spend
the
rest
of
her
life

with.
It
was
like
a
prison
sentence
for
me.
Years
ahead
without
me
being
able

to
tell
you
how
I
feel
or
hold
you
how
I
wanted
to.

Twice
we
stood
beside
each
other
at
the
altar,
Rosie.
Twice
.
And
twice

we
got
it
wrong.
I
needed
you
to
be
there
for
my
wedding
day
but
I
was
too

stupid
to
see
that
I
needed
you
to
be
the
reason
for
my
wedding
day.
But
we

got
it
all
wrong.

I
should
never
have
let
your
lips
leave
mine
all
those
years
ago
in
Boston.

I
should
never
have
pulled
away.
I
should
never
have
panicked.
I
should
never

have
wasted
all
those
years
without
you.
Give
me
a
chance
to
make
them
up

to
you.
I
love
you,
Rosie,
and
I
want
to
be
with
you
and
Katie
and
Josh.

Always.

Please
think
about
it.
Don’t
waste
your
time
on
Greg,
this
is
our
oppor-

tunity.
Let’s
stop
being
afraid
and
take
the
chance.
I
promise
I’ll
make
you

happy.

All
my
love,

Alex

chapter
20

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Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

I’ve
decided.
I’m
putting
my
Gary
on
a
diet.

You’re
putting
him
on
a
diet?
How
on
earth
can
you
control
what

your
twenty-one-year-old
son
eats?

Oh
it’s
easy;
I’ll
just
nail
down
everything
to
the
floor.

So
what
kind
of
diet
is
it?

I
don’t
know.
I
bought
a
magazine,
but
there
are
so
many
stupid

diets
out
there
I
don’t
know
which
one
to
pick.
Remember
that

ridiculous
one
that
you
and
I
did
last
year?
The
alphabet
one
where

we
had
to
eat
foods
beginning
with
a
certain
letter
every
day?