Love, Rosie (269 page)

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Cecelia
Ahern

if
you
think
it’s
a
good
idea.
Noing
Rosie
the
way
I
do,
I
think
she
would

love
it.

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

I’m
40
in
a
few
days
Ruby.
40
.
The
big
4-0.

So?

So
it’s
old.

Then
what
does
that
make
me,
ancient?

Oh
sorry
you
know
what
I
mean.

No
not
really.

Well
we’re
not
exactly
20
years
old
are
we?

No
thank
god
for
that
because
if
that
was
the
case
I
would
have
to

go
through
a
shit
marriage
and
a
divorce
all
over
again.
We
would

have
to
go
out
and
look
for
jobs,
be
all
uncertain
about
our
lives,

care
about
dating
and
how
we
look
and
what
car
we’re
driving,

what
music
we’re
playing
in
it,
what
we
wear,
whether
we’ll
get

into
certain
clubs
or
not
bla
bla
bla
bla.
What’s
so
good
about
being

20?
I
call
them
the
materialistic
years.
The
years
we
get
distracted

by
all
the
bullshit.
Then
we
cop
on
when
we
hit
our
30s
and
spend

those
years
trying
to
make
up
for
the
20s.
But
your
40s?
Those

years
are
for
enjoying
it.

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Hmmm
good
point.
What
are
the
50s
for?

Fixing
what
you
fucked
up
on
in
your
40s.

Great.
Looking
forward
to
it.

Oh
don’t
worry
Rosie.
You
don’t
need
to
make
a
song
and
dance

about
the
fact
the
world
has
spun
around
the
sun
one
more
time.

We
should
just
take
it
as
a
given
by
now.
So
what
do
you
want
to

do
for
your
40th?

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Nothing?

Good
plan.
Why
don’t
we
go
down
to
my
local
on
Friday
night
for

one
too
many?

Sounds
perfect.

Oh
hold
on
though.
It’s
Teddy’s
brother’s
birthday
that
night
too

and
we’re
all
gathering
in
the
Berkeley
Court
Hotel.

love,
rosie

395

Rosie:

Ruby:

Oh
very
snazzy!
I
love
that
hotel!

I
know,
I
think
he’s
on
the
fiddle
again.
Honestly
you
would
think

he’d
know
the
gardai
are
watching
him
after
he’s
just
got
out
of

prison.
Some
people
never
learn.

Rosie:

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

Oh
well,
would
you
rather
change
it
to
Saturday
night
then?

No!
Will
you
collect
me
from
the
hotel
and
we
can
head
to
the
pub

together?

Why
don’t
I
just
wait
for
you
at
the
pub?

Because.
If
you
come
and
meet
me
then
they’ll
know
that
I
actually

do
have
plans
and
that
I’m
not
lying
and
trying
to
get
away
from