Prologue
"Thank you so much for doing this Jennifer," Lucas hugged his sister gratefully.
"It's my pleasure, really," Jennifer assured him. "Why you leaving anyway?"
"Well, when Sami said she was taking a vacation, I wondered why I hadn't thought of it myself," Lucas smiled at her.
"Well, I don't blame you, with all these murders going on," Jennifer sighed sadly.
Lucas rubbed her shoulder sympathetically. "Well, I'd better get going if I want to make my plane. Bye. Bye Will!" Lucas yelled up the stairs.
"Bye Dad!" Will screamed back.
Lucas waved one last time before rushing off to his car and heading to the airport.
"I sooo need this," Sami smiled to herself as she looked out the plane window. "With all these murders going on, I just need some time to clear my head."
"That's not all," the little voice in her head said. "You just need to get away from Lucas, or more accurately, the feelings you are having for him."
"No," Sami shook her head adamantly. "You didn't come on this vacation to think about Lucas!"
"Yeah right," the little voice taunted her. "All you can think about is Lucas."
Sami sighed, "I just need to figure out what's going on."
Lucas glanced out the window of the taxicab. Miles of crystalline sand stretched out before him, and the sea sparkled as the sun's final rays of light shone down upon it. "This is perfect," Lucas thought. "I wish Sami was here to see it."
Lucas immediately reprimanded himself. "You do not want Sami here...yes I do!" Lucas groaned. "Why can't Sami and I just be together?"
A million reasons flashed through his head, the most prominent, of course, begin the ultimate thorn in his side. His mother.
"My mother would give us hell," Lucas groaned. Was Sami worth it?
"Maybe now that I finally have some time alone I'll be able to figure that out," Lucas decided.
Sami marched happily up to the front desk of the hotel she was staying out.
"I'll checking in," Sami told the man at the desk.
"Name?"
"Sami Brady. Reservation for one," she told him.
"Two," he corrected.
"No, one," she repeated.
"I'm sorry, it says here that this room is for two," the man said. "This room must have been double-booked."
"Well, can't you just move the other person?" Sami fumed.
"No, Ms. Brady, we're packed. There are no rooms free," the man said nervously.
"Well, who is the other person? Maybe I can persuade them to...leave," Sami sighed, exasperated.
"Um, Mr. Robert," the man began. "L-."
"Lucas!" Sami cried in shock.
"Sami!" Lucas stared at her, wide-eyed.
"Oh good, you know each other," the man sighed in relief.
"Thank you so much for doing this Jennifer," Lucas hugged his sister gratefully.
"It's my pleasure, really," Jennifer assured him. "Why you leaving anyway?"
"Well, when Sami said she was taking a vacation, I wondered why I hadn't thought of it myself," Lucas smiled at her.
"Well, I don't blame you, with all these murders going on," Jennifer sighed sadly.
Lucas rubbed her shoulder sympathetically. "Well, I'd better get going if I want to make my plane. Bye. Bye Will!" Lucas yelled up the stairs.
"Bye Dad!" Will screamed back.
Lucas waved one last time before rushing off to his car and heading to the airport.
"I sooo need this," Sami smiled to herself as she looked out the plane window. "With all these murders going on, I just need some time to clear my head."
"That's not all," the little voice in her head said. "You just need to get away from Lucas, or more accurately, the feelings you are having for him."
"No," Sami shook her head adamantly. "You didn't come on this vacation to think about Lucas!"
"Yeah right," the little voice taunted her. "All you can think about is Lucas."
Sami sighed, "I just need to figure out what's going on."
Lucas glanced out the window of the taxicab. Miles of crystalline sand stretched out before him, and the sea sparkled as the sun's final rays of light shone down upon it. "This is perfect," Lucas thought. "I wish Sami was here to see it."
Lucas immediately reprimanded himself. "You do not want Sami here...yes I do!" Lucas groaned. "Why can't Sami and I just be together?"
A million reasons flashed through his head, the most prominent, of course, begin the ultimate thorn in his side. His mother.
"My mother would give us hell," Lucas groaned. Was Sami worth it?
"Maybe now that I finally have some time alone I'll be able to figure that out," Lucas decided.
Sami marched happily up to the front desk of the hotel she was staying out.
"I'll checking in," Sami told the man at the desk.
"Name?"
"Sami Brady. Reservation for one," she told him.
"Two," he corrected.
"No, one," she repeated.
"I'm sorry, it says here that this room is for two," the man said. "This room must have been double-booked."
"Well, can't you just move the other person?" Sami fumed.
"No, Ms. Brady, we're packed. There are no rooms free," the man said nervously.
"Well, who is the other person? Maybe I can persuade them to...leave," Sami sighed, exasperated.
"Um, Mr. Robert," the man began. "L-."
"Lucas!" Sami cried in shock.
"Sami!" Lucas stared at her, wide-eyed.
"Oh good, you know each other," the man sighed in relief.