Chapter 3
"Ain't anyone going to believe that I'm part of your family," Nathan objected.
"They'll believe it or they'll have to answer to me." Chris stated the hard edge back into his voice.
"And me." Josiah vowed.
"I'll whip them right along with Chris." Buck declared.
"I'll make them understand the error of their ways." Ezra stated.
"Me too." Vin added. "I'll make 'em 'stand Nathan."
Nathan gazed around at each boy in turn, his heart swelling with emotion at their words. He was lucky to have found such fine, loyal friends…no brothers.
"Iffen we are going to be a family, we need to decide on a last name for us all, as well as a name for our new brother," he said.
After some decision, the brothers decided on Larabee as their family name. Chris beamed at the honor his brothers had given him by choosing his last name as theirs.
"Before we all start suggesting names for our baby brother, let's all agree not to choose one that belongs to any of us." Josiah suggested.
One by one, his brothers agreed with his suggestion. Twenty minutes later and they had named the newest member of their family as John Daniel Larabee, JD for short.