I watch as Alinn triple-checks her bags. She seems excited about the trip to Milan’s National Museum of Science and Technology. She mentioned that she hasn’t been outside the country, but she isn’t afraid because her older cousin named Chad will go with her. However, contrary to her excitement to explore and visit the museum, Lukas is having the opposite emotions.

“Alinn, do you realize that you are way too excited about this trip?” Chad comments, his brown eyes sparkling with amusement as he watches his younger cousin.

Alinn pauses and winces. “Am I too obvious?”

Chad, the twenty-two-year-old boy who has just graduated and is currently looking for a...