Love, Rosie (150 page)

it
to
college,
was
still
clueless
and
had
a
seven-year-old
daughter.
I
was
con-

vinced
that
when
I
reached
my
thirties
I
was
going
to
have
at
least
some
clue

as
to
what
was
going
on.

Nope,
hasn’t
happened
yet.

So
I’m
beginning
to
think
that
when
I’m
fifty,
sixty,
seventy,
eighty,

ninety
years
old
I
still
won’t
be
any
closer
to
being
wise
and
knowledgeable.

Perhaps
people
on
their
deathbed,
who
have
had
long,
long
lives,
seen
it
all,

traveled
the
world,
have
had
kids,
been
through
their
own
personal
traumas,

beaten
their
demons,
and
learned
the
harsh
lessons
of
life
will
be
thinking,

“God,
people
in
heaven
must
really
know
it
all.”

But
I
bet
that
when
they
finally
do
die
they’ll
join
the
rest
of
the
crowds

232

Cecelia
Ahern

up
there,
sit
around,
spying
on
the
loved
ones
they
left
behind
and
still
be

thinking
that
in
their
next
lifetime,
they’ll
have
it
all
sussed.

But
I
think
I
have
it
sussed
Steph,
I’ve
sat
around
for
years
thinking

about
it
and
I’ve
discovered
that
no
one,
not
even
the
big
man
upstairs
has

the
slightest
clue
as
to
what’s
going
on.

Rosie

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:

to
:

subject
:

Stephanie

Rosie

Re:
Life

Well
isn’t
that
one
thing
you’re
all
the
more
wise
for?
Age
has
taught

you
something.
It
seems
to
me
that
you
know
the
big
secret.
That
nobody

knows
what’s
going
on.

Hi,

My
sincerest
apologies
for
that
ridiculous
note
I
sent
you
last
week.
Just

put
it
down
to
a
momentary
lapse
in
concentration,
I’m
a
complete
fool
(as

you’re
already
aware)
and
I
have
absolutely
no
idea
what
I
was
thinking.
But

you’ll
be
pleased
to
no
(I
hope)
that
I’ve
landed
back
on
earth
with
a
thump

and
I’m
willing
and
able
to
give
us
another
go.
So
let’s
not
waste
any
more
of

our
valuable
time
and
let’s
get
down
to
the
important
stuff.
Are
we
back
on

for
tonight?

Alex

chapter
33

k

You
have
an
instant
message
from:
RUBY

Ruby:

Rosie:

Ruby:

So
you’re
still
here
then.

Oh
not
today
Ruby,
please.
I’m
really
not
in
the
mood.

I’m
getting
rather
tired
of
you
Rosie
Dunne.
First
you
say
you’re

moving
to
Cork,
then
you
don’t,
then
you
say
you’re
moving
to

Boston
(again)
and
then
you
don’t.
Then
I
expect
you
to
finally
pro-

fess
your
love
to
Alex
and
you
don’t,
so
he
still
has
absolutely
no