Love, Rosie (226 page)

post
box
and
the
invite
actually
going
in
the
slit,
something
hap-

pened
to
my
invite.

Alex:

Rosie:

Oh
don’t
start
Rosie,
it
wasn’t
Bethany.
She’s
got
much
better
things

to
be
doing
with
her
time
than
hatching
plans
to
get
rid
of
you.

Like
doing
lunch
with
the
ladies?

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Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Stop.

Well
I’m
in
shock.

Cecelia
Ahern

So
you
thought
all
this
time
that
I
didn’t
want
you
at
my
wedding?

Yes.

Oh.
But
why
didn’t
you
say
something?
An
entire
year
and
you

didn’t
say
something?
If
you
didn’t
invite
me
to
your
wedding
I

would
at
least
say
something.

Rosie:

Excuse
me,
why
didn’t
you
ask
me
why
I
wasn’t
there?
If
I
invited

you
to
my
wedding
and
I
noticed
that
you
hadn’t
turned
up,
I
think

I
would
at
least
say
something.

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

I
was
angry.

Me
too.

I’m
still
angry
about
the
things
you
said.

Answer
me
this,
Alex.
Did
you
or
did
you
not
tell
me
only
months

previously
that
Bethany
was
not
“the
one”
for
you
and
that
you

didn’t
love
her?

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Yes
but—

And
were
you
or
were
you
not
going
to
break
up
with
her
just

before
she
announced
her
pregnancy?

Yes
but—

And
were
you
or
were
you
not
worried
about
your
job
when
you

refused
to
marry
Bethany?

Yes
but—

And
were
you
or
were
you
not—

Listen
to
me.
Or
read
me.
Reginald
Williams
is
not
my
boss
.
It
doesn’t

work
like
that
in
hospitals.
He
couldn’t
just
fire
me
out
of
the
blue.

Yes
but
I
bet
he
could
make
life
really
difficult
for
you
at
the
hospital.

He
could.

And
would
he
have?

Yes.

So
I
really
don’t
think
that
I
was
that
far
from
the
truth,
Alex

Stewart.

That
perhaps
may
be
about
1%
of
the
truth
but
coupled
with
the

fact
that
I
wanted
to
be
a
part
of
Theo
and
Bethany’s
life.

love,
rosie

337

Rosie:

So
if
you
did
invite
me
to
your
wedding
and
I
was
partly
correct
on

what
I
said,
why
did
we
spend
the
entire
year
sending
tacky
cards
to

each
other?

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

Alex:

Rosie:

What
I
want
to
no
is
where
the
hell
your
wedding
invite
went
to.

The
wedding
planner
had
everything
arranged.
Unless
it
was
.
.
.