Chapter 133 · Month 52 · Starting a Family

The Bad Day

The first married argument, about something small

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            Algy
            designer
            07:26
          
The breaker's gone again and the kettle's dead, so I'm doing this in the dark like a man defusing a bomb. And before you say it — yes, the $9.99 one, and I nearly handed over the loo brush with it.

            Penny
            teacher
            07:27
          
Get the torch off the top of the fridge and I'll hold it, because I'm not watching you do wiring by feel. And if there's soup in the cupboard, that's dinner — I'm not cooking in the dark.

            Algy
            designer
            07:28
          
There's tomato, and half a loaf going stale — I'll do toast under the grill if the gas still works. The truth is the test's been in my coat since Tuesday and I've been carrying it round like a library book.

            Penny
            teacher
            07:29
          
Tomato soup and toasted stale bread, then — and the test goes on the shelf by the kettle, not back in your coat. That's the whole argument settled: we wait, and we don't carry it round like a secret.

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