Chapter 169 · Month 61 · Starting a Family

The Bad Day

The cost of childcare, in actual numbers

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            Algy
            designer
            00:00
          
I'll sign mine first then, and the Friday stays blank in my diary even if it kills me. But the number I actually wrote down is $870 a month childcare, and that's before the deposit on the twelfth.

            Penny
            teacher
            00:01
          
Right — $870, and I've got the deposit folder out already, so we do this now rather than at eleven at night. Give me the invoice with the figure on it and I'll pour you a cup of tea while we're at it.

            Algy
            designer
            00:02
          
Honestly, today was worse than the $46 parking ticket I mentioned — I lost the Fennick's job at half two and sat in the car for an hour before I could ring you. The invoice for $820 is real, it's just late.

            Penny
            teacher
            00:04
          
Then $820 pays the deposit and I'll cover the first month's $870 — but I'm writing both of those numbers on the fridge tonight, so neither of us can pretend we didn't. Here's your tea, and it's the good mug, so don't sit in the car about it.

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