French Quarter Wedding

One of Merijoan's strongest beliefs was that a marriage that wasn't performed in a church wasn't a marriage at all. But sometimes when faced with a real hard decision we all take a path that may not completely consider all our principles. Merijoan went down the street from where Bill Joe and Tanya were living in sin together and arranged for a wedding ceremony that very afternoon. And right after the service she packed up her youngest son and his bride and drove them back to Harper, Mississippi. I am sure she took no time to consider any of the pros and cons of such a move. After they were installed in her home she turned around and headed back to New Orleans to collect her middle son, Karl Buck. It was her hope to bring him back alone and she swore on the way down if had had enough sense not to put his live-in woman in a family way she would figure out a way to dump her. The situation was worse than she could have imagined. Karl Buck's woman was showing. This trip to the wedding chapel was easier, Merijoan already knew the ropes.
Tomorrow: A Little Period of Adjustment