Chapter Twenty-Two
When Gretel printed out the paperwork, she also discovered that the boys couldn’t be witnesses, because they weren’t of legal age. Instead, they took a four-wheeler over to Zander’s dog team buddy’s house. He had an online minister’s license and was happy to do the honors. Two of his friends who were there for what looked like a drinking weekend acted as witnesses.
Gretel and Zander filled out the paperwork and signed it. And that was it. They were married. With an asterisk.
As soon as it was official, they told the boys. They chose game night as the best moment for a Ross family announcement.
“Big news, guys,” said Zander. “You guys know Gretel and I have been hanging out a lot. We decided to take the next step.”
The boys looked at him blankly.
“We got married,” G
