Algy & Penelope

Chapter 118 · Month 48 · Starting a Family

The Misunderstanding

The in-laws' new expectations

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

Penny teacher
The card's still sitting by the fruit bowl, and I've read it four times hoping it says something different. What time are you ringing her, because it's twenty past eight and she'll be in bed by ten.
Algy designer
Right — 8:40, so I've got twenty minutes and a whole speech. And I'm not dodging her, I just... keep rehearsing it in the hallway and starting again.
Penny teacher
You've gone quiet on the speech — is it my mum you're dreading, or did you read something into the card? The underlined twice bit went in with the pen, not with me.
Algy designer
It's not the underlining. It's that if I tell Mum and she does that voice — the polite one, like I've come home with a haircut — I'll laugh and agree with her and say I'm not ready. Calling now. Don't go far.

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