Then’s the thing about marriages. Everyone thinks they understand them. They do n’t. They suppose an assignation is just paper with a date and a position. It is n’t. It’s a cerebral test disguised as card stock. This particular disaster began on a sticky Thursday autumn when Arjun Malhotra and Naila Rahman approved their marriage assignations without actually reading them. They were tired. Deeply tired. marriage tired. The kind of tired where your brain replaces words with vibes. Arjun glanced at the evidence on his phone. Gold border. Elegant fountain. Floral corner thing. Good enough. Naila jounced while biting on a samosa. “ Looks fine.