Chapter 26

Maggie shook her head.

“We got all the maiden names. I was named for Dad’s Mom: Christina Cameron, Benny for Mom’s Mom, Anne Bennett, and Lori for Mom, Emily Loring. I probably should have been a Loring or a Bennett instead of a Cameron but they didn’t know if I’d be a boy or a girl and Gramma Chris wanted to have everything monogrammed, so they chose Cameron, either gender. From what I know, though, the women on Mom’s side of the family have been real strong, independent women. Gramma Anne was a Wellesley graduate, 1918. She was a suffragette. I guess Mom and I got the political gene from her. Lori’s not like that. She’s more like Gramma Chris, a real homebody. She likes decorating the house and choosing china and planning parties and all that. I could never get into it. Gramma Anne and I have always been close, but especially so since Mom died.”

“Tell me about your brother’s death. We haven’t touched that very deeply.”