Algy
designer
Right — so the actual numbers, since I've got the card out anyway. Fennick's back room plus the do came to $640, and the deposit is $1,150, and we don't have it by Friday.
Chapter 63 · Month 34 · Starting a Family
The Good News
The cost of childcare, in actual numbers
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Penny
teacher
Which Friday, the one on your invoice or the one at the end of the month? Because $1,150 is rent, and rent is the one thing I can't move.
Algy
designer
The Friday your rent goes out — the twelfth. So it's held. Which means: I say the number to my mum, or I don't, and either way I need you to not rescue me on the phone. You said that. Who do we tell first?
Penny
teacher
Chloe first, Saturday, before your mum has the number — and you say the $1,150 out loud to her, not around it. If she cries, I sit on my hands.
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