January Becky Summary

Becky wakes up sick. Food poisoning, an occupational hazard, she thinks and rues eating the oysters. When Andrew walks in with Ava, she tells him and he brings her ginger ale and saltines. She says she hadn't had a cracker since she was ... and her voice trails off. No. Andrew tells her not to get ahead of herself, but looks pleased and asks Ava if she wants a little brother or sister. Fifteen minutes later he comes back with a bag from the drugstore. "No," she mutters, but after the test, No becomes a bright blue Yes.

Becky asks how she's going to do this, she can hardly handle one baby, now she's going to have two, fifteen months apart. Andrew is nonplussed and tells her she's a wonderful mother. She says she's not and tells him she yelled at Ava...