Chapter 18 · Month 8 · The Money Conversation

The Bad Day

A dry month and the two cheap dinners in a row

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            Algy
            designer
            06:16
          
My feet are done — nine hours standing, and the bus home had that heating that makes you feel like a jacket potato. I'm not cooking anything that requires a pan tonight, so tell me what you'd eat if nobody was judging.

            Penny
            teacher
            06:18
          
Beans on toast, and I'll do it because your feet are done. Then the menu gets three names on it, coloured pencil and all — I'm not above bribery with cheese.

            Algy
            designer
            06:20
          
That's proper, that is — and I'll confess the day was worse than I said. I lost the pitch, the easy one, and then sat in the car park for twenty minutes working out how to say that lightly.

            Penny
            teacher
            06:21
          
Then sit down and I'll do the toast, because I lost my temper about eleven phone checks and you lost a job — we're not keeping score. I don't need it said lightly, Algy. I need one Sunday where I'm not the only one holding the list.

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