Your own name isn't half-bad. Bet you don't know what Loretta means." Rachel folded the dough over, then glanced up with a teasing grin. "Your momma and me picked it, mainly for the meaning."
"It's a variation of Laura, isn't it? Laurel wreath or something?"
"That's the common meaning. But in your ma's name book, there was another."
"Well? Give over." Loretta waited, watching her aunt. "What's it mean? Flat-chested and scrawny?"
Rachel threw back her head and chuckled. "Flat-chested and scrawny? Loretta Jane, I swear, no one can say you have too high an opinion of yourself.
"It's a variation of Laura, isn't it? Laurel wreath or something?"
"That's the common meaning. But in your ma's name book, there was another."
"Well? Give over." Loretta waited, watching her aunt. "What's it mean? Flat-chested and scrawny?"
Rachel threw back her head and chuckled. "Flat-chested and scrawny? Loretta Jane, I swear, no one can say you have too high an opinion of yourself.
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