Chapter 66 · Month 35 · Starting a Family

The Misunderstanding

The first married argument, about something small

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            Penny
            teacher
            17:24
          
I moved your blue mug to the shelf above the kettle, by the way, because you put it back in the cupboard again on Tuesday. The small one — the receipt's on the table next to the milk, $14.60, and I want to know who we're telling first.

            Algy
            designer
            17:25
          
I told myself I wasn't moving that mug, so — noted, and I'll say it to your face next time instead of muttering at the shelf. The receipt's separate, that's just the shop, and I want Chloe first, Saturday, before Mum has the number.

            Penny
            teacher
            17:27
          
You went quiet for a minute there, which is what you do when you've decided something's wrong. What did you read into the $14.60?

            Algy
            designer
            17:29
          
Nothing's wrong, it's $14.60. But you wrote it down next to the milk like a bill, and I read it as you keeping score — a small one, maybe even the one where I'm the disappointment.

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