The elders of the two families downstairs had already discussed the wedding date. Tom Aiken actually wanted to keep his daughter home for two more years; he felt he owed her too much and needed to make it up to her. But the Horne Family was in a hurry. Ivan Horne was almost thirty already and had never liked any girl before; Julia Bluen had even worried he'd stay a bachelor for life.
Now that he'd found someone he liked, Julia hoped her son would get married early and give her a chubby grandson or granddaughter soon so she could hold the baby in her arms, instead of fighting Jimmy Horne every day to hold the little one.
The Horne Family had picked a wedding date for early next month, and it was already mid-month now, which meant there were only about twenty days left until the wedding.
