Mermaid

by Jodi Picoult

he drew a map of his life that was as clear as any picture I could have painted. The ocean might not have called my name, but Nick had, and it was easy to confuse the two.

I was thinking of hermit crabs when I looked at the pregnancy test and saw the pink plus sign. I was thinking that once you add one more to the equation, you can never go back to the sum you used to be.