Chapter 130 · Month 51 · Starting a Family

The Misunderstanding

Whose name is on what, and whether it matters

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            Penny
            teacher
            03:42
          
The deposit form's on the bench, and there's one name on it — yours, in the box marked "primary saver," because the money came out of your account. Do we fix it, or does that not matter to you either?

            Algy
            designer
            03:43
          
Okay — that's me reading a form wrong, not you being a footnote. Get a pen: I'll put your name first, mine second, and the $1,150 stays where it is, because it's ours, not mine.

            Penny
            teacher
            03:44
          
You've gone quiet, and it's the particular quiet you did in the car park after Fennick's. Just tell me what you read into it — I'd rather hear it wrong now.

            Algy
            designer
            03:45
          
I read it as the money deciding who gets a say — and I'd rather be skint than be the one deciding. I do this, Penny: I go quiet and make up your answer instead of asking.

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