Penny
teacher
I'm not annoyed about the test, I'm annoyed you didn't say it at the counter. Saturday's fine — but put your card in the jar first, the $748 one.
Chapter 50 · Month 31 · Starting a Family
The Misunderstanding
The in-laws' new expectations
Oldest line first — the newest line is at the bottom.
Algy
designer
The $748's going in the jar tonight, before I sit down — it's on the hall table, I can see the corner from here. Is "do-over" one where I'm allowed to ask what the morning did wrong, or am I meant to already know?
Penny
teacher
You've gone quiet, and the tea's doing that thing where it gets a skin on it. What did you read into the jar — because it was the number I meant, not you.
Algy
designer
I read it as the list I'm not on yet — like you're keeping a tab in case I don't come through. That's my daftness, not your number, and I do that sometimes: turn a card into a verdict.
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