Chapter 128 · Month 51 · Starting a Family

The Long Walk

Telling her parents, then his mother

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

Penny teacher
The list's on the bench and the first line says "tell my parents" — I've put their number at 27th to convince myself it's a plan. Saturday's Chloe, then Sunday lunch is my mum and dad, and I need you in the room for that one, not hiding in the car.
Algy designer
I'll be in the room — I'll even leave the car running as a decoy for morale. But Sunday's your dad and I've got a shirt with a collar and no plan past "congratulations," so tell me what he'll actually ask first.
Penny teacher
He'll ask what we're doing about money, before we've finished the sentence. So: what do you want this to look like by the time we tell them — and I mean you, not what settles him.
Algy designer
A jar on the shelf with real money in it by the 27th — I'm starting it at $10 tonight, from the Fennick's refund. I don't know yet how we get from ten to anything, and I'd rather say that to your dad than invent a number.

Who is still not saying it plainly?

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