"Baby names? Really?" Leela asked, her voice raspy as she looked at Jax with absolute skepticism. She reached down for her daughter, shaking her head. "And that didn't immediately set off her Grandmother Radar? Elana usually smells a lie on you before it even leaves your mouth."
"It was a solid lie!" Jax defended himself, holding his hands up in mock surrender. "Ginny completely sold it. She even threw a piece of fruit at me. It was highly authentic."
Leela couldn't help but smile, rolling her eyes. She scooped Briar up from the wooden floorboards. "Come here, you little leaf-eater. Did Uncle Lugnut let you snack on the landscaping again?"
Briar gurgled happily, kicking her chubby legs. She was clutching a soggy, half-dissolved teething biscuit in one sticky fist. She looked up at her m
