Page 180 of Buy Back My Love

“I need a name.”

“That’s your job.”

“Now it’s ours.”

“How did I get dragged into this?”

“You said yes too fast.”

Van shook his head, but he leaned back against the house and started helping anyway. We went through names for a while, and most of his suggestions were terrible.

“Legend?”

I looked at him. “You cannot name my baby Legend.”

“There’s nothing wrong with Legend.”

“Yes, it is.”

“What?”

“I just don’t like it.”

“Aight. Amir?”

I thought about that one. “Maybe.”

“Carter?”

“No.”

“Myles?”

That one made me stop. I said it again to myself. “Myles.”

Van watched me. “You like it?”

“I don’t hate it.” Actually, I kinda did like it. The baby moved under my hand, and I looked down at my stomach. “What you think? You a Myles?”

Van laughed. “I think that’s a yes.”

I rubbed over the spot where he had kicked. “Myles.” The more I said it, the more I liked it. “Okay. Myles.”

Van nodded. “Myles.”

“Look at you doing goddaddy work already.”

“I need a raise.”

“You don’t get paid.”

“Then I quit.”

“You can’t quit. We just established you family.”

The words were out before I thought about them, and Van looked at me at the same time I looked at him. Neither one of us said anything for a second before he smiled.

“You said it.”