Page 35 of A Hot Sauce Halloween

“Yeah, whoa.” She laughs. “How did we never think of Joshua?”

“Where did you hear that name, Char?” I ask her.

“At school,” she says. “In a book.”

Anna and I stare at each other. We’re both exhausted, barely standing to be honest, but something about that name sounds so blissfully perfect.

“Joshua?” I ask.

She smiles. “Joshua.”

I look through the glass again at my son, repeating the name over and over in my head.

“Zach, Mary…” Evey raises her again. “Meet your new cousin, Joshua.”

Anna hums, her eyes locked on the little boy in blue. “That sounds so good.”

I lean in to kiss her. “It’s perfect.”

She nods. “Damn right.”

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