““No.” “Come on,” I beg playfully. “Let’s go get one.” She shakes her head firmly. “There’s no point in taking one at night, it needs to be the morning because—” “—hCG levels are highest in the morning, I know.” She narrows her eyes. “You know about hCG?” “The pregnancy hormone? Megan’s been pregnant twice, Liv. You know how unafraid she is of body talk. I picked up a thing or two.” I don’t mention to Livia that I’ve been steadily reading my way through every pregnancy book the library owns, since maybe that seems a little over-committed to the whole process. Or creepy. You know, one or the other.””
