Love, Rosie (181 page)

cle
that
was
in
the
paper
today.
While
you’re
reading
it
bear
in
mind
the

story
of
my
Saturday
night
out
that
I
told
you
about.

Read
the
paper
and
tell
me
what
you
think.
Quick!
I
need
your
advice.

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subject
:

Alex

Rosie

Re:
Today’s
article

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chapter
37

k

You
have
an
instant
message
from:
ROSIE

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Oh.
My.
God.
Alex.

Yes
Rosie?

Are
you
free
to
chat
or
are
you
busy?

I’m
just
doing
a
bit
of
work
but
go
ahead.

My
goodness,
life-saving
surgery
on
the
Internet?
Is
there
no
end
to

your
talents,
Doctor?

Apparently
not.
What’s
the
“oh
my
god
Alex”
all
about?

Oh
yeah,
you
will
NOT
believe
what
came
through
Brian
the

Whine’s
door
this
morning!

A
brick.

No!

A
warrant
for
your
arrest.

No!
Don’t
say
that!
Why
would
you
say
that?

Oh
no
reason
in
particular,
I
was
just
wondering
what
the
sentence

is
for
people
who
hire
other
people
to
beat
up
and
terrorize
their
ex-

husbands.
Hmm
.
.
.

Rosie:

Alex
Stewart,
stop
that
talk
right
now!
It’s
dangerous
to
say
things

like
that
over
the
computer
you
know
and
I
did
not
to
do
that!

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Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Cecelia
Ahern

You’re
right
the
gardai
are
probably
on
a
stakeout
right
now
across

the
road,
watching
your
every
move
through
a
pair
of
binoculars.

Stop
Alex,
you’re
freaking
me
out.
I
did
nothing
wrong,
the
only

thing
I
am
guilty
of
is
a
bit
of
naivete,
that’s
all.

A
bit?
You
think
those
“serial-killer-looking
guys”
are
usually
as

friendly
to
lone
women
in
pubs
as
they
were
to
you?

Look,
I
was
drunk,
my
suspicions
were
at
an
all-time
low,
and
my

guard
was
down.
In
fact,
I
had
no
guard.
Stupid,
I
know
but
I’m

still
alive
so
let’s
not
keep
telling
me
how
foolish
I
was.
Anyway
as

it
turns
out
they
were
caring
guys.
It
just
so
happens
that
when
I

came
downstairs
this
morning
there
was
a
brown
package
on
the

kitchen
table
with
my
name
on
it.
Inside
was
i
5,000,
can
you