Chapter 137 · Month 53 · Starting a Family

The Bad Day

The first morning with no plan and nothing to organise

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Algy designer
What I want is you at half six in the morning cross about the thermostat. Which — are we doing eggs, or is that just me being optimistic about the fridge again?
Penny teacher
Eggs, and I'm not cross about the thermostat, I'm cross about the twenty-seventh. I've written four things to say to Mum and they all sound like a list, so I'll say the plain one and you can watch my face while I do it.
Algy designer
Today was worse than I let on — I sat in the car by the depot for ten minutes after I rang off, and told you it was traffic. Plain version to your mum, and I'll be the one who forgets the loo brush story in the middle of it.

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