Chapter 127 · Month 50 · Starting a Family

The Good News

The first real conversation about children

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

Algy designer 19:13

Mum once found my dinner money in a Christmas card she'd already posted. Point being, I bury things when I'm scared — so I'll say it plainly: there's a test on the sink, and I bought it next to a loo brush.

Penny teacher 19:14

The loo brush is the honest part — that queue has seen everything. Right, plainly back: is there a second line on it, or have you been staring at one and hoping I'd ask?

Algy designer 19:15

Two lines — and I've checked it four times, which changes nothing except the time. But Penny, we've got $820 and $460 sitting in unpaid invoices and a deposit due on the twelfth, and I'm already terrified of being the man who can't.

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