Chapter 146 · Month 55 · Starting a Family

The Misunderstanding

A test on the sink and the decision to wait

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            Penny
            teacher
            16:20
          
There's a test by the sink and I've decided not to look at it till Friday. And I've done the money again, alone, which I said I wouldn't — $310 a week works out only if your invoices land.

            Algy
            designer
            16:21
          
Friday's fine — but I'm reading the $310 without a face on it, and it's not you doing sums alone so much as me hearing the total and stopping. Did I go quiet in the week without saying why?

            Penny
            teacher
            16:22
          
You did, and I filled the silence with arithmetic, which is my worst habit. Saturday you said twelve weeks and then nothing until the receipt for bin bags — what were you reading into it?

            Algy
            designer
            16:24
          
Truth: I saw twelve weeks and thought I'd been priced as the one who'd fall out of it, so I stayed quiet rather than hear it confirmed. The test stays by the sink till Friday — I'll do Saturday's form and say my number out loud before I sign.

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