Algy & Penelope

Chapter 157 · Month 58 · Starting a Family

The Bad Day

A test on the sink and the decision to wait

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

Algy designer
Right, the test is on the sink next to the loo roll and a two-dollar sponge I didn't need — that's the shop we went to. Friday, then, and I'll be in the car park at half six with the engine running, because I've got a leak call at seven.
Penny teacher
Six thirty it is — I'll be the one holding the sponge we didn't need, so don't judge. And don't wait in the car; come up, because if the answer's the one nobody wants, I don't want to hear it through a window.
Algy designer
Ah. Yeah — today was worse than the leak call. I sat in the depot car park again and the van bay was empty at four, which is my busiest hour. Come up, then. I'll knock like a person and not a delivery.
Penny teacher
Right, I'll leave the porch light on and get the chips in the oven, and we'll call the sink test a Sunday thing. Tonight we don't decide anything except whether we want salt and vinegar.

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