Love, Rosie (170 page)

school
friends
as
soon
as
I
left
and
got
married.
Leonard

hated
me
having
any
male
friends.

LonelyLady:

When
I
moved
from
Belfast
to
Dublin
with
Tommy
I
left
all

my
family
and
friends
behind
and
now
with
Tommy
gone,
my

friends
are
all
up
north
and
I’m—

Divorced_1:

All
alone,
yeah,
yeah,
we
get
the
message.
Buttercup,
is
your

friend
single,
what
does
he
do,
where
does
he
live
and
finally

is
he
looking
for
a
hot
49-year-old
with
4
kids?
He
can
take

or
leave
the
kids,
I’m
not
bothered.

Buttercup:

No
unfortunately
he’s
not
single.

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Wildflower:

Buttercup:

Why
“unfortunately”?

Cecelia
Ahern

Because
she’s
a
real
bitch.
She’s
his
first
love
from
when
he

was
16—I
hated
her
then
and
I
still
hate
her
now.
Anyway
he

ended
up
working
with
her
dad
in
Boston,
of
all
places,
and
I

suppose
their
love
was
rekindled.

Divorced_1:

Buttercup:

Divorced_1:

Buttercup:

Wildflower:

LonelyLady:

UnsureOne:

Divorced_1:

UnsureOne:

And
you’re
jealous.

I
am
not.

Yes
you
are.
I
can
hear
it
in
your
tone.

You
cannot
hear
me;
we’re
typing
to
each
other!

What
she
means
is
that
she
senses
it
and
I
must
admit,
I
agree.

What
about
you
ladies?

I
agree.
It
must
be
so
lonely
for
you.

Well
far
be
it
from
me
to
be
a
know
it
all—

Far
be
it
is
right.

But
surely
if
you’ve
been
friends
since
you
were
six
and
you’re

now
thirty-two,
you’ve
both
been
married
once
and
are
now

living
with
other
people
in
different
countries
,
then
if
it
hasn’t

happened
by
now,
it
won’t
be
happening
at
all.

Wildflower:

LonelyLady:

Wildflower:

LonelyLady:

Oh
Unsure,
don’t
be
so
pessimistic.
Soul
mates
have
a
way
of

finding
their
way
to
each
other.

Does
that
mean
that
my
Tommy
will
come
back
to
me?

No.

Oh.

FreeWoman
has
entered
the
room

FreeWoman:

LonelyLady:

Yeeeessssss!!

Welcome
FreeWoman,
do
you
want
to
chat?

FreeWoman
has
left
the
room

Wildflower:

LonelyLady:

Divorced_1:

Oh
Lonely!
Stop
scaring
them
off!

Story
of
my
life.

Are
you
crying
again?

love,
rosie

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Yes.

LonelyLady:

SingleSam
has
entered
the
room

Divorced_1:

Wildflower:

LonelyLady:

UnsureOne:

SingleSam:

Divorced_1:

Sam!!

Wahoooo!
Sam!

Hi
Sam,
welcome,
how
are
you?

Hello
Sam.

Hello
ladies,
good
to
see
you
all
here
again
tonight.

Sam
meet
Buttercup,
she’s
32,
has
a
13-year-old
daughter,

and
her
husband
was
cheating
on
her.
Cupcake,
meet
Sam,