CHAPTER SIX
El Speed got back to campus after I did on Sunday night, full of news.
"We’ve set a date," he told me, an expression on his face somewhere between excited and terrified. Or maybe that was just my interpretation.
"For the wedding? That’s great!"
"June twenty-second. Ellie’s dad knows a guy who owns a function hall we can use for the reception. Otherwise—man, you wouldn’t believe how booked up things are! We might have had to wait until next year. Or maybe set up a huge tent someplace."
"Will it be a big event?"
He nearly collapsed onto his desk chair. "We’ve both lived in Lewiston all our lives. We both have extended families. You do the math."
"Church?"
"Ellie’s folks are Presbyterian. My family is more live-and-let-live. So it’ll be Ellie’s family’s church. We’ve alrea
