Chapter 91 · Month 41 · Starting a Family

The Good News

A test on the sink and the decision to wait

Oldest line first — the newest line is at the bottom.

      
            Algy
            designer
            06:35
          
I found the test on the sink this morning, and I've been carrying this receipt around since Friday like a daft charm — $8.99 for the test and a loo brush. That's the shop that sold me my future, Penny.

            Penny
            teacher
            06:37
          
A loo brush — deeply on the nose, that. But before we do anything with the test, tell me what you actually read on it, because I'm not standing here guessing in my own kitchen.

            Algy
            designer
            06:38
          
Two lines, Penny — I checked it twice, then checked the loo brush just to have something to do with my hands. It's real, love. And now I've got to ask you a rotten question: who do we tell first, and when?

            Penny
            teacher
            06:40
          
Chloe first, Saturday at eleven — she'll cry and then ask me twelve questions, and I'd rather get that over with before your mum. The test stays in the drawer till nine, and we tell nobody else at all.

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