Chapter 126 · Month 50 · Starting a Family

The Misunderstanding

The first morning with no plan and nothing to organise

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            Penny
            teacher
            17:19
          
The list is on the table with nothing on it — first Saturday in months and I've got no column for it. There's a teabag in the sink with no mug under it, and I'm in the doorway not sure whether to sit down.

            Algy
            designer
            17:20
          
Is "nothing on it" allowed to just be the answer, or do I have to put "sit down" on it first? Sorry — I answered a question with a question, which is what I do when I'm about to cry at a kettle.

            Penny
            teacher
            17:21
          
Sit down. You go quiet for twenty minutes at a stretch and I start reading it as the thing you're not saying — I do that sometimes, fill the silence in with worse than what's there.

            Algy
            designer
            17:23
          
Twenty minutes is nothing — my mum's voice notes run eleven. Right, the list: today says "sit down," and I'm doing it, so hand me the pen.

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