" her breasts became very tender, she realized she might be carrying a child. She remembered this feeling from years ago when she was growing Samuel. It was early yet. She could end it with pennyroyal. But when she prayed and thought about it, she realized she wanted this child, this piece of Emmanuel. Mattie wasn’t going to give up this new infant. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)