“Moon Walking told me to give this to you,” he said.
Marcel took the ring with a smile and repeating the words Derrick told him, he slid the ring on Lanie’s finger. It was a perfect fit.
“You may kiss the bride,” said Derrick.
Marcel obeyed, happily.
They thanked Derrick, and he left to take the adoption papers and get them approved by the Elders. After the Elders signed the adoption papers and notarized them, getting them signed in court was just a formality. Derrick also took a copy of Lanie’s will to file in the records office in Rolling Fork. There was no better way to get the word out to the Meltons than to file it where the public had access to it. To be extra sure, Glen sent a notice to the Rolling Fork paper announcing Marcel and Lanie’s marriage and Chris’s adoption.
“We had
