Chapter 166 · Month 60 · Starting a Family

The Misunderstanding

A test on the sink and the decision to wait

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

Penny teacher
I bought the test with a pint of milk and a bag of potatoes, so at least one of the three is useful. It's behind the toothpaste, and it can stay there till Friday.
Algy designer
One Friday a month, and I'll not even say the word. Though I did the same shop run last Tuesday — the milk, the potatoes and one item I hid under the bananas like a ransom.
Penny teacher
You've gone quiet on the bananas and the hour thing both. What did you read into it — that I mind the twelve weeks, or that I mind the sums?
Algy designer
Look, the truth is I keep waiting for you to get tired of the sums and start counting what I don't bring. That's not you, it's me doing it to myself at 3am.

Whose silence about it is worse?

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What the audience made of it

Algy 0 Penelope 0 Both 0 0 votes

The next chapter opens with these numbers on the table. The character with fewer votes is expected to demand a recount.

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