One week later.“Why is she taking so long?” Avena asked, pacing back and forth outside the bathroom door. “I mean, how long does it take to pee on a stick?” They were currently in Rosie’s room, waiting for her to try the pregnancy kit.

Rosie woke up this morning feeling worse than ever. She threw up a couple of times more than necessary and that, coupled with her sudden morning sickness and constant fatigue had been going on for almost four days now. Her condition worried everybody, ...