Chapter 171 · Month 61 · Starting a Family

The Good News

The first real conversation about children

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            Algy
            designer
            04:01
          
The test's on the table, not the fridge, so it isn't a number yet — that's the thing about children I keep tripping over. You said one Friday a month and this one's real, and I still don't know if we're telling anyone before Saturday.

            Penny
            teacher
            04:03
          
Speaking of which — what did you actually hear, Algy? Because I've been reading the card and you've gone quiet, and quiet in this flat usually means you've decided something on my behalf.

            Algy
            designer
            04:04
          
I heard it properly — and Saturday's already Chloe's, that's the cost. Her face at eleven will be real, so I need to know if we're saying "trying" or saying the whole thing out loud.

            Penny
            teacher
            04:06
          
Chloe gets the truth at eleven, but I'm telling my mum first — she'll hear it in my voice on Sunday and get it out of me anyway. And if you're at that till again, get bread, not just the test.

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