Her hand trembled as she held it toward me.
James explained.
“She wanted to give our son a name.”
I frowned.
“What name?”
“Her father’s.”
I opened the folded paper.
There was one word written there.
Owen.
For several seconds, I could only stare.
Then I started laughing and crying at the same time.
“That’s the name we chose.”
James nodded.
“I know.”
Marion smiled through tears.