Julia 03 - Miss Julia Throws a Wedding by Ross Ann B

Author:Ross, Ann B [Ross, Ann B]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780142002711
Google: 3fPG_NF-jRYC
Amazon: 0142002712
Goodreads: 668555
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2002-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

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By Thursday morning, I’d not seen Coleman or heard him come in during the night, so I didn’t know how well his campaign was coming along. Far be it from me to wish for someone to fall into sin, but I had hopes that he’d spent the night with Binkie. Of course, they wouldn’t be falling into sin, since it was a settled fact that they were pretty well mired up in it already.

I’d just gotten dressed for the day when the phone rang with news of the first crisis. It was Emma Sue Ledbetter calling from the church and she was in a state. You’d think she’d’ve wanted to avoid me after the stunt she pulled with those bumper stickers and pamphlets and such. But Emma Sue operated on a different plane from most people. A fact that she herself would tell you in a minute.

“Julia,” she gasped. “You’ve got to come over here. You’re the closest church member, and I need some help. Drop what you’re doing and come over as quick as you can.”

That’s all she said, just hung up before I could tell her I was still hot about her ill-conceived home mission project. But I welcomed the prospect of telling her face-to-face, and I determined to do it even if it meant laying her low with a tongue-lashing in the church itself.

Calling out to Lillian to tell her where I was going, I headed out, working up a righteous anger as I went. Workmen on the building had already started their day, so I had to run the gauntlet to the tune of half a dozen portable radios sitting around on sawhorses and windowsills. The mixture of country western and what Little Lloyd called salsa, which I’d thought was something to eat, was enough to give me a headache.

When I went into the Fellowship Hall of the church, I didn’t see anyone. It was too early for Norma Cantrell to be there, and for the first time I wondered what Emma Sue was doing there so early, herself.

Walking back toward the pastor’s office, I called softly to Emma Sue. A church with nobody in it can be a pretty spooky place, so I glanced through each door as I passed.

“Julia!” Emma Sue sprang out of a side hall, scaring me half to death. “You won’t believe what’s happened!”

“What! Lord, Emma Sue, don’t jump out at me like that.” Then, getting my breath back, I rounded on her. “Now, listen, this is as good a time as any to tell you how I feel about all this public witnessing and street-corner preaching and ringing people’s doorbells just when they’re sitting down to supper. And I want you to know I don’t appreciate you getting Little Lloyd involved in it.”

Emma Sue stared blankly at me, as if she hadn’t heard a word I’d said. Then she blinked and said, “She’s been at it again.”

“Who?”

“Norma! It’s got to be her. She’s the only one around when Lance Petree does visitation and Larry’s not here.

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