BEN, THE ELDEST, WAS already thirteen, Barry was eleven and Bryce was seven when he was born. He was the eldest of what became known to close family and friends as the Cameron Kids Mach II. His earliest recollection was at age four: being carried around piggyback style by his older siblings and roughhousing with Banjo, who was two at that time. Billy didn’t count, for she was just a newborn then, who would grow up to be a monster girl and able to get away with murder, no thanks to their Dad and Bryce. Their family partnership evolved the way it did, shaped largely by their personalities. Ben always had Banjo’s back. The eldest was a diplomat from an early age; level-headed, astute and soft-spoken. Banjo, on the other hand, was always in trouble. His buttock was familiar with the belt for

