Chapter 140 · Month 54 · Starting a Family

The Long Walk

The in-laws' new expectations

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            Penny
            teacher
            05:39
          
I've been meaning to say this since Tuesday and keep bottling it: your mum's already planning to come and stay the week the baby's here, and my mum's assuming Christmas. Can we agree a number of nights before either of them books a train?

            Algy
            designer
            05:41
          
Three nights, and Christmas is a lunch not a fortnight. My mum once stayed "a couple of days" in 2019 and left after eleven, so I'm not doing that again — and no, that's not the same as her sleeping in our drawer.

            Penny
            teacher
            05:43
          
Three nights, and I say it to both of them, not the two of you dividing it up. But what do you actually want — your mum here for the first week, or us on our own with the door shut?

            Algy
            designer
            05:44
          
Us on our own, door shut — and I've been too scared to say it because it sounds like I don't want my mum. Ring her Sunday, three nights, and I'll back you up even if she does the voice note about it.

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