Tick tick tick.

Juliet looked at the sink where the stick was hiding.

Tick tick tick.

In less than one minute their life could be changed forever.

Tick tick tick.

She knew Shawn and her would be happy either way, but it still scared her some.

Tick tick tick.

"Is it time yet?!" Shawn called from the bedroom.

Tick tick tick.

"Thirty more seconds!"

Tick tick tick.

"UGH!"

Tick tick tick.

They had bought their house in San Francisco a year ago, and it was quickly filling empty.

Tick tick tick.

"Time!"

Juliet grasped the stick and turned it over.