Am I invisible over here? Nobody gives a crap about my opinion?
If you name her after my spit-fire twin, you are asking for nothing but trouble. If this baby is anything like her namesake, she will run us ragged.
Uncle Holden
He’s not wrong. Remember the time Sophie ran me over with the side-by-side, all because I stole a stick of her gum? I swear she had those sticks numbered. I still have a scar on the back of my right calf.
Granny
In her defense, it was about the tenth time you’d done it. Did you ever do it again?
Uncle Holden
Heck no. But I’m still a sucker for cinnamon gum.
Ashton
Remember how I thought I was adopted until I was eight? She kept insisting I was when no one was around.
Ford
Or how she always called me by anything but my actual name? Chevy, Cadillac, Volkswagen, Mitsubishi, Suzuki. Daihatsu. Is that even a real car brand?
Aunt Lemon
Silas, remember the time she dropped our biology teacher’s car keys in the incinerator after she gave the entire class F’s on that midterm? She made those tests unpassable. And when Ms. Benedicter accused her in front of the principal, Sophie burst into tears. The principal sided with Sophie.
Duncle Silas
Benedicter was the worst. We studied eleven hours for that test. ELEVEN. Poor Marcy Dunningham almost lost the valedictorian spot because of that.
Uncle Holden
Sophie could cry some crocodile tears. But she was a champion for the underdog.
Duncle Silas
She was. But also a big old pain in the butt. I’d like to thank you all for proving my point. Clem, if we name her Sophie, we won’t get a minute’s peace for the next eighteen years. Probably more.
Aunt Lemon
I can’t wait! So everyone agrees on Sophie? No one’s going to be mad if we take the name?
I vote Sophie!
Blue
I second Anna. Sophie!
Uncle Holden
Sophie! I miss that woman. I hope the baby is just like her.
Aunt Christy
Sophie!
Ashton
