Gillam

"That, my precious Gillam, is the highest compliment you can pay me."

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: AT THE BEACH IN 1994 Maggie Jochild 2007

"Gillam is not a teenager yet, don't rush it" said Ginny.

GINNY BATES ON HALLOWEEN Maggie Jochild 2007

Mid October 1994 -- Gillam is 3.5, Margie is almost 6.

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA THE WRITER Maggie Jochild 2007

Myra wasn't sure she wanted Carly around for a month, but the tone in Gillam's voice overrode everything else.

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: ALLIE AND MARGIE Maggie Jochild 2007

After another couple of seconds, she became aware of a shift in Gillam's stillness, and this persuaded her that he, too, was watching the coyote approach them.

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA AND GILLAM Maggie Jochild 2007

She buried her nose in Gillam's hair and closed her eyes.

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA THE WRITER Maggie Jochild 2007

She had no interest at all in Gillam, and once it became clear that Myra and Ginny weren't coming back home with them, she cried and became angry, inconsolable.

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: LESBIANS HAVING BABIES Maggie Jochild 2007

Gillam is already asleep, but Margie sneaked back downstairs looking for Allie.

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA THE WRITER Maggie Jochild 2007

Truitt and Carly as just as much brothers as Gillam is your brother, Margie.

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: ALLIE AND MARGIE Maggie Jochild 2007

"Do you reckon that Gillam is as sweet and -- well, cooperative, thoughtful, there's no other way to put it -- as he is because he is a boy and he can sense we'd treat him differently if he did the same shit Margie does?"

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: ALLIE Maggie Jochild 2007