“Don’t look so glum, child. Your grandfather and your father and your brother will all be there to meet me. Your mother, too, God bless her. It’s not a nice thing to outlive your children and grandchildren. It’s a very hard thing to have to go through.”
Cam nodded.
“Now, I know that Loring will be all right. David and the boys will pull her through.
Your Aunt Carrie will, too. She has her golfing friends and gardening buddies. She’ll make it through. But what about you? You’ve had to deal with a lot of deaths for someone your age.”
“I’ll be fine, Grandma.”
“Spoken like a true Cameron, stoic to the last.” It seemed to make Grandma Chris happy. She sat back with a very satisfied look and squeezed Cam’s hand. Cameron had been given Chris’s maiden name when she was born. Softly, Chris con
