My Sister Sent Me On A Cruise Until I Stayed And Discovered The Truth

cut in from somewhere in the background. “Any issues?”

“No,” Vance said. “We’re in. No flags yet.”

A pause. Then my mother spoke again.

“Just be careful. Beatrice is not stupid.”

I almost smiled at that. Almost.

“She won’t be back for a week,” Evelyn said. “She’s probably already halfway to the Bahamas.”

“She’s going to be angry when she finds out,” my father continue reading …