Love, Rosie (139 page)

Re:
Grudgingly

In
Ruby’s
birthday
card,
she
has
signed
it—Love
Ruby,
Teddy,
and
Gary

(grudgingly).
What
does
grudgingly
mean?

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Rosie

Katie

Grudgingly

She
wrote
that?
Honestly,
I
sometimes
think
she’s
lost
the
plot
com-

pletely.
It
means
that
Gary
was
only
too
delighted
to
wish
you
a
happy
birth-

day.
That’s
what
it
means.
Now
stop
e-mailing
me
or
I’ll
be
fired.

FOR
MY
NIECE,

HAPPY
13TH
BEAUTIFUL!

love,
rosie

BON
ANNIVERSAIRE!

LOVE
STEPHANIE,
PIERRE,
&
JEAN-LOUIS

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TO
MY
GODDAUGHTER,

HAPPY
13TH
YOU
LITTLE
ADULT!

I’M
SO
HAPPY
TO
SHARE
THE
DAY
WITH
YOU,

ALL
MY
LOVE,

ALEX

YOU
MAY
BE
A
TEENAGER
BUT
YOU’RE
STILL
UGLY.

FROM
TOBY

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Kevin

Rosie

Secret
visit!

Kevin
here.
I
can’t
get
through
to
your
phone
so
I
thought
I’d
send
you

an
e-mail
seeing
as
that
seems
to
be
all
you
do
every
day.

Sorry
I
couldn’t
be
home
for
Katie’s
birthday,
but
it’s
absolutely
crazy

here
at
work.
The
golf
open
is
being
held
here
this
week
and
all
the
world’s

greatest
golfers
and
their
dogs
and
goldfish
have
booked
in.
I’ve
been
rushed

off
my
feet
but
they’ll
thankfully
be
gone
by
the
weekend.
I
seem
to
keep

missing
the
family
do’s.
(Or
family
don’ts)

Anyway
the
reason
I’m
e-mailing
you
is
because
I
can’t
believe
you
kept

it
a
secret
from
me
that
you
were
coming
down
here
for
the
weekend!
Don’t

even
ask
what
I
was
doing
checking
the
reservations
but
it
seems
that
you

have
the
honeymoon
suite
booked
out
for
the
weekend!

Good
ol’
Greg’s
a
bit
flash
paying
for
all
that
isn’t
he?
Anyway
I’m
glad

you’re
finally
coming
down
to
see
me.
It’s
about
time.
Don’t
think
I’ve
seen

you
since
Christmas.
I’ll
make
sure
all
the
staff
treats
you
extra-specially
and

I’ll
even
tell
the
lads
in
the
kitchen
not
to
spit
into
your
food
as
an
extra

treat.

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Rosie

Kevin

Re:
Secret
visit!

Cecelia
Ahern

Sorry
my
baby
brother
but
it
must
be
another
Rosie
Dunne.
I
wish
it

was
me!

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Kevin

Rosie

Re:
Secret
Visit

There’s
only
one
Rosie
Dunne!
No,
the
booking
is
actually
under
Greg’s

name.
Shit!
I
hope
I
haven’t
spoiled
a
surprise.
FORGET
I
said
anything.

Sorry.

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Rosie

Kevin

Re:
Secret
visit!

Don’t
worry
Kev—what
day
is
the
booking
for?