Hotels are booked, flights taken, and it’s hard for most people to get off work on a short notice. Yet somehow we did it, even though not everyone could take the same flight. My aunt, cousin, sister, and mother got in hours ago. My other cousin, Justin—the one who just graduated high school—and I took a later flight, and as the only males on this trip, will be rooming together. I’m starting to think this whole thing was a terrible idea. A whole week stuck on an island with my family. So there are worse things, yeah, but there are more enjoyable things too. I haven’t been out of Dallas in years, and haven’t been out of Texas for even longer. It’s strange not to have my gun and badge with me. Without the armor of being Detective Turner, I’m just Derek, a thirty-one-year-old man on vacation with his family. Oh yeah…this trip is going to be loads of fun. “Wanna quiz me?” Justin asks, holding up a notebook. “I’ve been practicing the native tongue to impress the locals.” I chuckle and take the notebook from him.
