Chapter 16 · Month 7 · The Money Conversation

The Guest List

A bad week at work that comes home and sits down

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

      
            Algy
            designer
            03:16
          
The list's grown since I last looked — Diane, Robert, Mark, Mark's plus-one, Chloe, two of your lot from school, Mum, and Dev if he promises to behave. Ten names I didn't agree to, all sat in your handwriting.

            Penny
            teacher
            03:17
          
Does it matter whose handwriting it's in if my savings are paying for it? Ten names at $19 is $190, and that's before the card and the cake.

            Algy
            designer
            03:18
          
Dev promised a speech, and I said he could do one about you without mentioning the laminator. Look, that's his five minutes I'm not giving up for $0.

            Penny
            teacher
            03:19
          
Then here's the honest answer: I don't know. I can't carry ten and still call this a plan, so sit down and find me three names to cut — before I start crossing out Dev.

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