Chapter 167 · Month 60 · Starting a Family

The Good News

The question of who takes the leave

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

      
            Algy
            designer
            17:12
          
So the leave form — it's on the table, and there's a name line at the top I've left blank because I don't trust myself to fill it in right. It's yours to put down, or mine, or both under the £310 line.

            Penny
            teacher
            17:13
          
The form's on the table, then, and it's still got an empty name line at the top. Whose twelve weeks is this actually — yours off work, or mine signed up to cover the £310?

            Algy
            designer
            17:14
          
Mine off work — twelve weeks, my name and my handwriting, even if it looks like a spider fell in ink. Just, put the pen down a second: that's September sorted and October's invoices aren't in yet.

            Penny
            teacher
            17:15
          
Mine goes under yours as the one covering October, and I want your mum told first — she'll hear it in your voice, not mine. My dad once named a shed after himself and called it a loan, so I sign second and read it twice.

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