Love, Rosie (99 page)

Cecelia
Ahern

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Rosie

Stephanie

Silent
heart

My
heart
isn’t
saying
anything
and
my
gut
instinct
is
telling
me
to
go
to

bed,
curl
up
in
a
ball
and
cry.

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Mum

Stephanie

Is
this
working?

I
think
I’ve
just
about
figured
out
this
e-mail
thingy.
Anyway
I
just

wanted
to
see
if
our
plans
are
still
in
place
for
your
father’s
sixtieth.
He

thinks
it’s
a
few
quiet
drinks
with
Jack
and
Pauline,
so
don’t
e-mail
me
back

on
this
address
because
he
can
read
it
too.
Call
me
on
my
mobile.
I
really

would
love
you
to
come.
It
would
be
nice
for
us
all
to
be
together
again
and
I

think
it
would
be
good
for
Rosie.
I’m
worried
about
her,
she’s
so
upset
about

Greg
that
she’s
lost
so
much
weight.
Your
father
is
only
two
steps
away
from

punching
Greg
in
the
face
which
won’t
do
anyone
any
good.
Especially
not

your
father’s
heart.
Kevin
isn’t
talking
to
Greg
either
which
isn’t
making
life

any
easier
for
poor
Rosie.
However,
the
more
family
around
her,
the
better.

chapter
22

k

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

OK
whatever
diet
you’re
on,
I
want
my
Gary
to
go
on
it.

I’m
not
on
a
diet
Ruby.

But
you
look
sick
and
unhealthy;
that’s
exactly
the
way
I
want
him

to
look.
Unattractive,
stick
thin,
exhausted
.
.
.

Thanks.

I
just
want
to
help
Rosie,
please
tell
me
what’s
going
on.

There’s
nothing
you
can
do
to
help;
Greg
and
I
just
have
to
work

this
out
on
our
own.
Well,
me,
Greg,
and
Ursula,
the
wonderful

marriage
counselor.
We’ve
all
become
such
a
wonderful
team
it

really
makes
me
weep
.
.
.

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

How
nice
for
you
all.
How
is
the
wonderfully
helpful
Ursula?

Wonderfully
helpful.
Yesterday
she
told
me
I
had
problems
dis-

cussing
my
feelings.

And?

And
I
told
her
that
made
me
feel
angry
and
that
she
could
go
fuck

herself.

Well
expressed.

Thank
you.
I
don’t
see
where
there
was
a
problem,
I
successfully

explained
how
I
felt
and
she
clearly
understood
what
I
meant.
No

problems
.
.
.

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Ruby:

Rosie:

What
did
Greg
say
about
that?

Cecelia
Ahern

Oh
wait
for
this;
it’s
wonderful.
My
amazingly
intuitive
husband

thinks
that
I
“have
problems
communicating
with
and
understand-

ing
Ursula.”

Ruby:

Rosie:

Oh
dear.