Love, Rosie (84 page)

eventually
runs
out
and
you
wonder
in
your
heart
of
hearts
if
those
seconds,

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Cecelia
Ahern

minutes,
hours,
days,
weeks,
months,
years,
and
decades
were
being
spent

the
best
way
they
possibly
could.
In
other
words,
if
you
could
change
any-

thing,
would
you?

Everything
is
spinning
around
us,
jobs,
family,
friends,
lovers
.
.
.
you

just
feel
like
screaming
“STOP!”
looking
around,
rearranging
the
order
of
a

few
things,
and
then
continuing
on
.
.
.
It
was
just
a
thought.
I
know
you’re

having
a
really
difficult
time
right
now.
Please
know
that
I’m
always
here

for
you.

Love,
Rosie

chapter
19

k

Dear
Alex,

OK,
so
as
you
probably
no,
it’s
mum’s
30th
next
month
and
me
and

Toby
are
arranging
a
surprise
birthday
party
for
her.
So
will
you
come?

So
far
we
have
invited
Grandma,
Granddad,
Aunt
Stephanie,
Uncle

Kevin
(even
though
we
didn’t
want
to
because
he
scares
us),
Ruby,
Teddy,

Toby’s
mum
and
dad,
Toby,
and
me.
That’s
all
so
far.
Oh
yeah
and
Greg
too

if
he’s
here.
He’s
always
working
and
Mum
is
always
giving
out
to
him

about
it.
The
other
weekend
Mum
was
off
work
and
she
was
real
excited

about
it
all
week
because
she
had
stuff
planned
with
Ruby
and
Greg.
I
no

how
she
feels
because
I
hate
school
and
I
love
when
the
weekend
comes.

Anyway
Greg
had
to
go
away
again
last
minute.
Then
Ruby
called
her
and

said
she
was
sick
so
Mum
stayed
in
and
watched
TV
with
me
and
Toby
and

she
let
him
stay
over.

Toby
got
this
cool
new
flashlight.
It’s
like
the
best
one
you
can
get.

When
Mum
went
to
bed
we
were
shining
it
out
our
window
and
it
reached

all
the
way
up
to
the
clouds
and
everything
it
was
so
strong.
Well
we
were

shining
it
across
the
road
and
we
could
see
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Gallagher
across

the
road.
Toby
thinks
they
were
playing
leap
frog.
It
was
real
funny
except

Mrs.
Gallagher
came
across
the
road
in
her
dressing
gown
real
mad
at
us

and
she
was
banging
on
the
door
shouting
at
Mum.
Mum
was
so
mad
she

said
she
wouldn’t
take
us
to
the
parade.
But
she
did.

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Ahern

Me
and
Toby
got
our
faces
painted
in
town
and
it
looked
really
cool.
We

even
got
Mum
to
get
a
little
shamrock
on
her
face
as
well
and
she
did
but

then
she
wished
she
didn’t
because
it
started
raining
and
the
green,
white,