Bab 94: They Deserved Clean Slates

Izzy knew plenty of name meanings because of all of her character naming research over the years and remembered this one. It was a shortened form of two different names so it could mean either "honor" or "light." Those were both pretty solid. 

"What do you think about Nora for a girl?" she asked. 

Julian's eyes widened fractionally for a second before he smiled. "Nora is a nice name. Less old-fashioned than most on this list too."

"That's what I was thinking. I guess it's settled then. This baby will either be named Edison or Nora."

When they found out the gender a couple of months later and realized it was a boy, that locked in their name choice. Rozzy was apprehensive about having a brother since she thought the boys at school were even more annoying than the girls but it ultimately didn't end up being a problem. 

The day Edison—whose name they shortened to Eddie—was born, she peered at him curiously as her mother held him. "This is our baby?"