Chapter 175 · Month 62 · Starting a Family

The Good News

The first married argument, about something small

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            Algy
            designer
            12:05
          
I overheard Dev on the phone and told him before I'd even sat down — he's already asking what I'm calling it. Bread's still on the list, though, and the envelope's on the table with my name nowhere near it yet.

            Penny
            teacher
            12:06
          
Bread, a test from the shop on the corner, and a man recording a voice note to Dev in the same afternoon. What did you actually tell him — that we're having a baby, or that you might be?

            Algy
            designer
            12:07
          
I said "we might be" — because at eight weeks I'm bloody terrified it's me saying it out loud too early again. Also I bought a loo brush in that same shop and somehow that felt like the braver purchase.

            Penny
            teacher
            12:09
          
Then we say the same thing out loud: we might be, to Dev, to Chloe at eleven, and my mum on Sunday. Now hand me the form and I'll write my name first, since I'm the one who's sure.

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