Algy
designer
My eyes are closing at the kettle and it isn't even eight. Tell me what Chloe said at eleven, and don't soften it.
Chapter 161 · Month 59 · Starting a Family
The Bad Day
Telling her parents, then his mother
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Penny
teacher
Chloe said "finally" and then asked what we can afford in September, so I told her $1,240 a month and she went quiet. Sit down — kettle's your job, and while you're up, do we phone Susan now or after pudding?
Algy
designer
Pudding. Susan will hear the tired in my voice and start planning a nursery on speakerphone; she's done it before. And Chloe going quiet is fair — I've been the one saying "I'll sort it" since this started.
Penny
teacher
Pudding, then — and I want three names from me on that page before bed, not two and you promising. Also I want one night off the calendars, Friday, just us and the chips.
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