It's a shock. Give her a moment Monty, to catch her breath. "I'm sure you'll look wonderful. I'll be in red." Slit nearly to the hip, in fact, in a design that had made her stare at Signora Pivoni wide-eyed. But she was a Spade now, according to the Italian dressmaker, and Spade women were not afraid of drama.

As for Victor, she lifts her shoulders in a shrug. "I am allowed to dance with other men, you know. He hasn't said, but he might be called off-Deck on business." Just in time to avoid a large, fancy, chaotic Deck party. Well, you couldn't say Zoe doesn't know the man she loves.