Chapter 120 · Month 49 · Starting a Family

The Long Walk

The first married argument, about something small

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            Penny
            teacher
            05:50
          
Two hundred on the childminder line and I'll write it in biro now, not Thursday — but £310 is her figure and yours to argue down. Say the number you'll ask for and I'll stop assuming the worst.

            Algy
            designer
            05:51
          
Two-forty a week, four days, and I'll say it to her face rather than round it. I keep assuming the worst too — that's why I joke before I've listened properly.

            Penny
            teacher
            05:53
          
The receipt's still in my coat from the shop — test and a plunger, one basket, £11.40, and the woman at the till didn't blink.

What do you actually want to happen here, Algy? Not the plan — the thing you'd want if nobody was watching.

            Algy
            designer
            05:54
          
What I want is a Friday where nobody's counting — no form, no figure, and you not bracing for me to say something stupid. And £11.40 for a plunger is daylight robbery, but I'd have bought it twice.

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