I was up pretty early the next morning owing to the fact that we had to leave early for our nearly ten hour flight to Bora Bora.

Luckily, Ma Rosa had packed our bags and I was sure she did not miss anything while at it.

I picked up my suitcase and placed it on the bedroom floor while I saw to it that the bed was properly arranged. We were going to be gone for a week so we had to lock our rooms just as Damien had said. But we were going to be back just in time for Christmas.

I walked over to my father's room and...