NEVA POV
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Ziko's forty-seven-page protocol had, apparently, multiplied.
"Ninety-two pages," Mitch said, holding up the printed document with the specific dazed expression of a man who had thought he understood the scope of Ziko's enthusiasm and had been proven catastrophically wrong. "For two weddings happening on different days."
"They're connected weddings," Ziko said, with dignity. "Thematically. Emotionally. The scheduling requires integrated planning."
"You've color-coded the flower arrangements by which wedding they belong to."
"Duke and Wren are autumn tones. You and Brinne are getting jewel tones, because Brinne mentioned once that she likes sapphire, and I remember things."
Mitch looked at the document again, something shifting in his expression from exasperation toward
