Algy & Penelope

Chapter 103 · Month 44 · Starting a Family

The Good News

A 3am night that neither of them handles well

Oldest line first — the newest line is at the bottom.

Algy designer
The test's on the sink behind the toothpaste, and it's three in the morning, so neither of us is handling this well. Mum once found a note from Dad in the bread bin and didn't speak for two days — I got that from her, the reading-first-and-asking-later.
Penny teacher
Three in the morning and I'm being compared to your dad's bread bin note, which is a first. The line's there or it isn't — get the box, and tell me what the second line says before you tell me what it means.
Algy designer
It's there. Second line, and I'm not moving — but I told Mum we'd do the 27th, and I've got $1,150 due on the twelfth. I want to say the real thing, I just need a minute before I do.
Penny teacher
It's there, and my hands aren't steady, so you say the awkward bit first and I'll say mine after. And we tell Chloe at eleven Saturday — she'll hear it from me, not from a whisper around it.

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