Love, Rosie (95 page)

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Alex

Rosie

Letter

How
are
things
with
you
and
Greg?
Are
you
happy?

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Rosie

Alex

Greg

Cecelia
Ahern

Wow,
talk
about
a
change
of
subject.
That’s
a
very
direct
question.

OK,
I
know
you
can
sense
that
he
and
I
are
going
through
a
bad
phase

and
I
know
you’re
worried.
And
I
also
know
that
you
absolutely
can’t
stand

him,
which
is
really
difficult
for
me
because
I
would
really
love
you
to
see

him
how
I
see
him.

Deep
down,
underneath
all
his
layers
of
stupidity,
he’s
a
really
good

man.
He
may
act
out
far
too
many
selfish
thoughts,
says
all
the
wrong
things

at
all
the
wrong
times,
but
behind
closed
doors
he’s
a
best
friend.
I
under-

stand
that
he
has
idiotic
tendencies
and
I
can
still
love
him
for
it.
He
may
not

be
someone
that
you
feel
comfortable
sitting
next
to
at
a
dinner
party
but
for

me,
he’s
someone
that
I
feel
comfortable
sharing
my
life
with.

I
know
it’s
hard
for
other
people
to
understand
what
he’s
like.
All
you

see
is
an
overprotective
paranoid
mess,
but
god
does
that
make
me
feel
safe

and
wanted.
And
his
stupidity
makes
me
laugh!
We
have
a
long
way
to
go
to

being
the
perfect
couple,
we
certainly
don’t
live
the
fairy
tale
marriage,
he

doesn’t
shower
me
with
rose
petals
and
fly
me
to
Paris
on
weekends
but

when
I
get
my
hair
cut,
he
notices.
When
I
dress
up
to
go
out
at
night,
he

compliments
me.
When
I
cry,
he
wipes
my
tears.
When
I
feel
lonely,
he

makes
me
feel
loved.
And
who
needs
Paris,
when
you
can
get
a
hug?

Somewhere
along
the
way,
without
me
even
noticing,
I
grew
up
Alex.
For

once,
I
couldn’t
take
advice
from
anyone
around
me
about
what
I
should
or

shouldn’t
do.
I
couldn’t
go
running
to
mum
and
dad
and
I
can’t
compare
my

marriage
to
anybody
else’s,
we
all
follow
our
own
rules.
Taking
Greg
back

was
my
decision
to
make
and
I
wouldn’t
have
if
I
hadn’t
felt
that
Greg,
and

most
importantly
that
I,
had
learned
something.
I
know
that
what
has
hap-

pened
will
never
happen
again
and
I
really,
really
believe
it.
Because
if
I
didn’t

feel
so
sure
about
our
future,
there’s
no
way
that
I
could
go
through
with
this.

I
have
a
feeling
that’s
what
was
in
your
letter
Alex
but
don’t
worry
about