Act 1 -- Thailand.

I had been looking forward to the holiday for months. I was going, with my husband, sister (Penny) and her husband (Mark) to Thailand for 10 days. Penny and I had always been close, she is nine years older than me and virtually brought me up; the four of us went away together quite often. Penny and Mark are a great couple, easy to be with and always lots of fun.

My parents are Greek and in common to lots of Mediterranean culture's the matriarch of the family ruled during the day but she did what she was told at night in bed. My parents' generation...