Most Unnatural by Liam Llewellyn

Author:Liam Llewellyn [Llewellyn, Liam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

In May Lila’s mother in Minneapolis was hospitalized after falling and a case of severe vomiting. She was diagnosed with vertigo and Lila went to take care of her for a few weeks.

As neither Cordo nor Lila could take the time off to go to Minneapolis and drive her to Seattle nor could she fly nor did any relatives live anywhere near her, Tom and Lila’s wedding was postponed until Lila’s mother could travel.

But by August the dizzy spells were just as frequent and severe, though no psychological nor neurological causes could be found, and Cordo and Lila were faced with the possibility of postponing indefinitely.

“What if we got married there?” Cordo asked.

Lila thought about it and eventually scowled.

“There’s a reason I left,” she said. “Have you ever been to the Midwest?”

“No.”

“Exactly.”

Cordo laughed as they sat on the couch in his living room. They were quiet for a moment.

“Then again,” Lila said. “There is a town south of Minneapolis.”

“Yeah?”

“It’s called New Ulm, it’s where my mom was born. There’s a stunning chapel there, part of the seminary there. There’s an incredible organ in there, we’d probably only be able to do gospel music.”

“They wouldn’t even let us do ‘Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis?’”

“No, probably not.”

“Oh well. I love gospel music though—old gospel music. Everything written these days is garbage.”

“Agreed,” Lila said. “We could probably get them to agree to ‘In the Sweet By and By.’”

“I love that one!”

“Me too! So when should we plan it?”

Cordo thought.

“January? After New Year’s but before school starts up again? That way everyone can have Christmas with their families and get ready mentally for the trip.”

“It’ll be a lot of driving for everyone.”

“And we could go in December to spend Christmas with your mom,” Cordo went on. “Get a head start on all the preparations.”

“You’d be OK with that?” Lila asked. “Would Amelia?”

“I’m sure I could convince her. Will this chapel, will they let Tom and Mark…?”

Lila thought.

“Damn it, they better,” she said. “We’re paying for Christ’s sake.”

Cordo laughed.

“You’re the best,” he said, kissing her.

“You are.”

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