Page 86 of Renewal After Dark

“You’re right. I have some names in mind.”

“You need to sleep.”

“I’m wide awake.”

“Close your eyes and think about our sweet girls. Think about the way Ash takes care of Addie and calls her honey the way you do.”

“I love that,” Tiffany said.

“I do, too. Think about how Ash knows what her baby sister wants before she wants it and tends to her every need like a little mommy.”

“It’s the cutest thing ever.”

“It sure is,” Blaine said. “Soon, she’ll have another baby to take care of, which will make her heart happy again.”

“Yes, it will. Can I tell you my names?”

“If you must.”

He felt her smile against his chest and notched that as a victory. Anything to keep her from thinking about Jim in the water.

“I figured we should try to come up with another A name.”

“We don’t have to.”

“I know, but it’s kind of cute that they’d all have A names,” Tiffany said.

“If you say so.”

“What do you think of Archer for a boy?”

“Hmm, I like it, but not sure I like it with Taylor. Archer Taylor.”

“That’s cute.”

“There’s too much R at the end.”

“We’d probably call him Arch. Arch Taylor has a nice ring to it.”

“I like that better. What are my other choices?”

“Axel, Atlas, Austin.”

“I like Austin, but I don’t love it.”

“I don’t either.”

“My grandfather was Augustus,” Blaine said.

“Really? How did I not know that?”

“I told you that.”

“No, you didn’t. I like that. We could call him Auggie.”

“People called my grandfather Gus.”

“That I’ve heard, but I didn’t know it was short for Augustus.”

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