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“Tom was thinking of using a math term,”
Pamela said. “Maybe something derived from a
word like addition or multiplication or
something.”
“Do you have any good ideas?” Tom asked.
I shook my head. “I’m afraid I’m not very
good with things like that. If you used
something I came up with, I’m sure your son
would end up hating me for the rest of his life.”
“If you think of something, I hope you’ll let
us know,” Pamela said. “This baby was kind of
a surprise, so we don’t have as much time to
consider a name as we would have liked.”
“The baby was a surprise?” I asked.
Tom nodded. “Yeah. When we got
married, Pam’s doctor talked to her all about
contraceptives and helped her decide on the best
kind. But obviously it didn’t work.”
“And we know it wasn’t our fault,” Pamela
said, “because Tom was careful to take the birth
control pills exactly as the doctor prescribed
them for me.”
“Tom took them?” I questioned in surprise.
Pamela nodded. “Yeah. I took the pills for
a little while, but they made me sick. So Tom
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