As she washed herself in her small cabin's bathroom, Peg kept thinking of that dream turned nightmare that woke her up that morning. It wasn't the first time she had it. She had been having it for the last two months' worth of nights. No matter how times she tried to get it out of her head, it always came back and it always reminded her what a failure she had been in life and that it was her fault for dating her ex-husband Pete since high school in the first place.

At first, Peg wasn't into Pete but that changed only when her best friend Goofy had to move away from Spoonerville with his parents. She was very sad because not only was he her very best friend, but she secretly had a huge crush on him and that made him moving away more heartbreaking for her. The only reason she started dating Pete was because he was the only one available as the other guys had girlfriends, so she decided to give him a chance. But the more she dated him, the more she began to fall in love with him. They dated in high school, including going to both junior and senior proms together – they were the crowned homecoming king and queen on their senior prom – and they continued their relationship while they attended Spoonerville College and getting their well-paid jobs, with Pete being a car salesman and Peg being a real estate agent. They remained in love so much was that they got married. Not very long after, Peg gave birth to two children, son PJ and, years later, daughter Pistol.

But as time went on, things became so shaky in their marriage. They were finding everything stressful, they felt that they were growing apart, they were getting their own different interests and when she wasn't busy selling houses, Peg was mostly a housewife, cleaning the house, doing the gardening, buying groceries, cooking meals and raising the kids on her own among every stressful thing she had to encounter.

Despite how unhealthy and shaky it was, Peg tried to continue to make their marriage work not just for her sake, but her children's sake as well. They even had help from Goofy and his son Max, when they became their neighbors, to help them save their marriage a few times. And in fairness to Pete, he did do his share of trying to save their marriage as well. But Peg just had to give it up when she discovered that her husband Pete had been an affair with another lady. It was Joanna, who had only been his secretary for his car sales business for only two months, and they had been having their affair ever since the day Pete hired her. That was the last straw. She felt that she just had to divorce Pete, get away from him and take her children with her. She did all those things, except getting custody of all her children. During the divorce trial, she managed to get custody of Pistol, but she couldn't have PJ. Pete's divorce lawyer persuaded the judge to let Pete have full custody of PJ instead of letting Peg have one bit of custody of him.

After the horrific divorce, Peg and Pistol moved to Mouseton. Peg got another housing estate job over there and she was more successful there than she ever was in Spoonerville. She was the most popular real estate agent in Mouseton and she sold the most houses or apartments in the city – no matter what the size or what the price was – and she kept getting promotions, reaching the vice president of the most successful real estate agent company in the city. And Peg also bought a lovely big house for herself and Pistol. It was also as big as a mansion and it had massive gardens, both at the front and the back, a large swimming pool, a huge hot tub and vast pool house.

But despite her accomplishments, Peg didn't feel successful or happy at all. In fact, she felt that she was the biggest failure in the world. Since she moved away from Spoonerville and Pete and she was forced to leave her son PJ behind, she dated a lot of guys and she tried very hard to secure a relationship with them, but none of them committed to it as much as she did. They would either cheat on her with another lady or leave her for another beautiful lady or a richer lady. That made her feel like she wasn't beautiful as she really was and, even though she worked very hard and earned and saved a lot of money and she was respected by a lot of people, she felt that she wasn't successful. Also, she wondered if there was something wrong with her like her temper or if she didn't have a good enough personality, though she tried her very hardest to work on it.

Peg kept wondering if she would have dated Goofy and married him if he didn't have to move away with his parents. She knew she couldn't blame him for how her life turned out because she knew it wasn't his fault and he had no choice in the matter. Anyway, her life did get better a bit when he returned to Spoonerville and he and his son Max became her neighbors and they were very good neighbors. They would always help her and her family in the best way they could.

One of the main things that made Peg feel like a failure was being a mother. She felt very sad that she couldn't take PJ and that she had to leave him with her horrible ex-husband Pete in Spoonerville, but PJ would go and see her and his sister Pistol whenever he could and Goofy and Max would go with him as they were always welcome to their place.

And no matter how hard she tried, Peg kept failing to raise Pistol properly. She wasn't disciplined at home and she wasn't disciplined in school so her mother had to send her to a boarding school to improve her grades and her behavior. Peg didn't want to, but the only other option was to send Pistol to military school and she didn't want to send her there unless she really had to. Peg just hoped boarding school would be worth it, but now that Pistol was at boarding school for most of the year, she felt lonelier than ever.

And even though she was an excellent and successful real estate agent, Peg kept wondering if she chose the right career. During her education career, she was very good at a lot of stuff, with acting, cooking, sports especially tennis, singing, modelling and architectural design among them. She kept wondering why she didn't try any of her other talents and if it was too late to try any of them now.

Peg came on this McDuck Cruise to the Caribbean because she entered a competition and won a place to sail on its two-week Caribbean voyage. And since it was going to sail at a time when Pistol was at school, PJ was working and also because she had no partner living in her house with her, she packed her bags and went on this vacation.

Peg started the vacation in Maimi. On the day before the cruise began its voyage, she arrived in Maimi and explored the city on that afternoon and night after flying from Mouseton International Airport. After spending the night in one of the hotels, she woke up, had her breakfast and explored more of Maimi before she went to board the cruise.

When she boarded the boat, Peg liked how beautiful everything was. She liked her cabin, her bed, her bathroom, her TV and her small balcony on it. She hadn't explored the whole of the cruise – she had only been to her cabin, the Seabed Theater to be shown how to wear her lifejacket and where her nearest lifeboat would be like all the other passengers on this cruise and the Seashell Café to have her dinner as it sailed away from Maimi. She liked the food and the drinks the cruise provided. But even this vacation wasn't enough to make her feel happy or get rid of the nightmare she wanted to go away, even though she knew it was early days and she hoped with time everything would get better.

But Peg wasn't too unhappy in her life. For one thing, she was very proud of her son PJ with his amazing career. He was a three-star Michelin Star Chef and he had an empire of three restaurants and he achieved all that in his twenties. And he had a beautiful beret partner called Lucy, who he met at Spoonerville College and she was an accomplished poet. And they had twin children – a boy called Patrick and a girl called Patrica. And Peg was always happy when she got to see her grandchildren, but she was still sad because she felt like she still didn't see them enough, even though she saw a lot more of them than Pete did and therefore she was the better grandparent.

And despite the fact deep down she still wished that she ended up with Goofy, Peg was very happy for him that he was happily married with a lovely lady called Sylvia Marpole and they had a new girl called Hannah. And even though she hadn't seen him for a long while, Peg was very proud of Max and what he achieved and hoped he was happy wherever he was.

Then the door opened.

Oh, shit, Peg thought. I forgot to put the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on my door last night.

"Oh, I'm so sorry," the cleaner said, who half-opened the door. "Shall I come back later?"

"Oh, no, no, no," Peg said, as she hurried to put her clothes on. She only just finished taking off her black silky nightie and putting on her white and panties. "Just give me ten seconds."

"Okay." Then the door closed again.

Peg quickly put on her yellow tank top, her purple pants, small white socks and white shoes on. Then she went to open the door. "So sorry about that. Please come in."

"Thank you."

Peg looked at the cleaner as he came in as she was about to make her way to the Seashell Café on Deck Sixteen to get some breakfast when she stopped. She gasped when she saw who he was because it was someone she knew very well. "Max?"