Penny
teacher
There's something I've been sitting on for a week and I'll say it badly. I want a morning with nothing on it — no names, no invoice, no jar — just us and the park.
Chapter 60 · Month 34 · Starting a Family
The Long Walk
The first morning with no plan and nothing to organise
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Algy
designer
Right — one Sunday in the park, and I'll even leave the car door that doesn't open as it is. I'm not going to make a joke of it this time. Say the badly thing; I'm listening.
Penny
teacher
Do you actually want this — the trying — or do you want me to stop asking so it's not on you? I'd rather hear the honest version now than in the bathroom at 1:40 in the morning.
Algy
designer
The honest version is I want it so much I've been agreeing to everything to avoid this exact walk. So here's the one thing I actually need: we stop trying on a schedule and just live in the flat for a while — and I'll tell Mum nothing until it's real.
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