Free Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern Page B

time when we had to do a group project in

    school on the planets and you insisted on drawing little men on Mars and lit-

    tle women on Venus over Helen Corrigan’s picture that took her weeks to do

    in art class which ended up causing every one in the group to walk out in

    protest leaving just the two of us having to start another one all by our-

    selves. God what is it about you and me being together that makes everyone

    hate us?!) You are wonderful, beautiful, smart, and intelligent, and if you

    knew anything about coronary heart diseases I’d hire you myself.

    I mentioned that you were offered a place in Boston College which is

    impressive so everything will be fine, just be yourself and they’ll love you.

    Just one more thing, I strongly suggest that you apply for a job that you

    actually like this time. You would be surprised at how easy it is to get out of

    bed in the morning when you’re going to do something that doesn’t make

    you want to jump off the top floor of the bus (I was a bit worried when I got

    that e-mail). How about finally trying to find a place in a hotel? You’ve

    wanted to do that since you stayed in the Holiday Inn in London when you

    were seven, remember?

    Go for it and let me no how you get on.

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    Boston visit?
    Just taking a sneaky break from performing “lobotomies” to send a

    quick e-mail to see how you’re getting on with the job search. You have one

    week left till Randy Andy throws you out of his paper clip empire, so there’s

    still plenty of time, and if by any chance something hasn’t caught your eye

    by then, I can send a check over to help tide you over for a while (but only if

    you want my help.)

    I would love to go home right now and go to bed, I am so tired. I’ve

    worked a double shift so I don’t have to get my hands bloody tomorrow; I

    have the day off, such bliss . . . The problem is that when I get home Sally

    will be getting ready to go on her shift. We don’t have the most sociable

    hours in the world; well not unless you count talking to people who are

    rolling around in agony on hospital beds. Sorry that wasn’t funny.

    I’m just tired, and Sally and I don’t really get to spend a lot of time

    together, and when we do we’re usually so tired we just pass out.

    Here’s a good idea. If you come over with Katie and whats-his-name

    then I’ll take a few days off and we can see all the sights, eat out, enjoy our-

    selves, and I can sleep . And I’ll finally get to meet whats-his-name. I’ve had a

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    lousy few weeks; I really need your comic relief! Work your magic Rosie

    Dunne and make me laugh.
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    Rosie is here!
    Hello there misery man, have no fear, Rosie is here! Sorry things have

    been shit for you lately. I think life likes to do that every now and again.

    Every so often it likes to dip and when you feel like you can’t take any more

    it smoothes out again. But until then my dear friend I will try to humor you

    by explaining the events of my life.

    OK firstly you are a bad, bad influence on me. After I read the master-

    piece that was my CV, and after I read your letter I felt so motivated and

    hyped up that I donned my tracksuit, headband, wrist bands, and jogging

    shoes (not really) and I raced around Dublin city like a woman on a mission.

    You horrible, horrible man. You made me feel like I could do anything,

    like I could take on the world (never ever do that again) so I proceeded to

    drop my CV into every single hotel I’ve ever wanted to work in but was

    always too afraid to try. Shame on you for giving me strength, because it

    quickly disappeared and I found myself faced with a million billion inter-

    views with a million billion snotty companies that hated me and my cheek

    for even thinking I could work for them.

    So let’s see, which embarrassing interview should I tell you about