Algy & Penelope

Chapter 135 · Month 52 · Starting a Family

The Good News

A test on the sink and the decision to wait

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

Algy designer
Right — before September, before anyone's mum at Sunday, there's a test on the shelf by the kettle and it's been there since quarter past six. I've looked at it twice and both times come back and told you the boiler's making that noise again.
Penny teacher
Boiler's fine — I checked it at seven. So ask me properly: is that second line the one that's changed since your shower, or does it just say my name's first on a form?
Algy designer
Two lines means what the box says, and I've been standing here rehearsing a speech to a boiler. Sorry — the wrong thing I should've apologised for is the loo brush I never put back.
Penny teacher
Put it back and then look at the shelf with me, both lines, before we decide anything. If it's the one bumping the childminder quotes to $1,240, then we wait and I ring Mum on the twenty-seventh.

Who should have brought it up first?

One vote per chapter. No account.

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What the audience made of it

Algy 0 Penelope 0 Both 0 0 votes

The next chapter opens with these numbers on the table. The character with fewer votes is expected to demand a recount.

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