We bought two home pregnancy tests, one for a backup, and she took them both into the bathroom at Nott Cott.
I was lying on our bed, and while waiting for her to come out…I fell asleep. When I woke, she was beside me.
What’s happened? Is it…?
She said she hadn’t looked. She’d waited for me.
The wands were on the nightstand. I only kept a few things there, among them the blue box with my mother’s hair. Right, I thought, good. Let’s see what Mummy can do with this situation.
I reached for the wands, peered into their little windows. Blue.
Bright, bright blue. Both of them. Blue meant…baby.
Oh wow. Well.
Well then.
We hugged, kissed.
I put the wands back on the nightstand. I thought: Thank you, selkies.
I thought: Thank you, Mummy.
