Chapter 111 · Month 46 · Starting a Family

The Good News

The first real conversation about children

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            Algy
            designer
            08:12
          
The card's still on the fridge and I keep reading it wrong — I told Mum it was a, whatsit, a keeping-in-touch note, when it's her actually asking us to dinner. So that's the evening: I've muddled the news and you've got the number.

            Penny
            teacher
            08:13
          
There's a test in the bathroom cupboard and a bag of potatoes I bought in the same shop, which tells you how the week's going. What's the actual news you muddled to your mum, Algy — dinner, or something else?

            Algy
            designer
            08:14
          
Here's the thing, and I'm saying it badly — the potatoes are the honest part of that shop. There might be a baby, and I've muddled it to Mum as a dinner, so we should tell her before someone else does.

            Penny
            teacher
            08:16
          
Then we ring her tonight and say it out loud, before the dinner ambushes us. Susan first — my mum can hear it second and be annoyed about it properly.

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