Chapter 15: Sweeter Than Salt

They married in June, on the lawn behind the Sugar Shell, because Della refused to have it anywhere that didn't smell like butter and brine in equal measure, and because Birdie, she said, would have wanted the whole thing catered by her own kitchen out of sheer stubbornness. The morning of, Della stood in the apartment upstairs in a dress simpler than anything she'd have chosen a year ago, and fo...