Chapter 102 · Month 44 · Starting a Family

The Misunderstanding

A test on the sink and the decision to wait

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            Penny
            teacher
            05:33
          
The test's on the sink by the way, and it's done — I put it there before I texted, so if you're picturing a conversation, it's already answered and I'm not doing the timer in the kitchen at eleven at night. So: nine on Monday, and you don't need to be at the door.

            Algy
            designer
            05:34
          
Wait — on the sink. Right, so it's not the two lines on the receipt, it's the other thing, and I've been sat here drafting a speech about honesty. Give me a second to go and look properly instead of talking.

            Penny
            teacher
            05:35
          
You've gone quiet on the looking. What did you read into it before you saw it — because you were drafting something at the table, and I'd rather hear that than the speech.

            Algy
            designer
            05:36
          
That you'd got as far as the sink without me, and I'd be told about it rather than told with. That's my worst habit — I hear a thing late and decide what it means before I've asked.

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