Accidental Surrogate for Alpha
“What names are off the list, then?”
“Edgar,” he says, immediate, and I burst into laughter.
“Why Edgar?”
“Because,” he says, serious. “Any name with ‘gar’ in it is mean to a little kid. And I knew someone named Edgar growing up and he was…a dick.”
I laugh harder at this, agreeing. “All right, Edgar’s off the list. What’s on it?”
He hesitates for a second and I reach out, shoving his shoulder a little. “Tell me!”