Chapter 134 · Month 52 · Starting a Family

The Misunderstanding

The question of who takes the leave

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            Penny
            teacher
            08:41
          
The leave form's on the table with September still underlined, and I've realised I put my name first and never asked you. Do you actually want me home that year, or me back at school in September?

            Algy
            designer
            08:42
          
I've read that underlined September four times and kept quiet, because saying it out loud makes it real. Put my name first — I'll take the year, and you can keep your class.

            Penny
            teacher
            08:44
          
You've gone quiet on a form with two names on it and I've been reading it as you not wanting it. My dad did this — Mum found the brochure for the loft conversion six weeks after he'd decided against it.

            Algy
            designer
            08:45
          
I go quiet because I'm scared I'd be rubbish at it — the Fennick's logo, the missed invoices, all of it. So say it plainly and I'll believe you: my name first on the form.

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