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The “umbrella incident” as it had been lovingly dubbed occurred twenty-one years ago. After all the trouble she’d gotten into, Melissa promised Ida that it would never happen again.
Today, she was seriously reconsidering that oath.
Caitlyn was getting on her last nerves. She hung all over Nick like an annoying shower curtain.
Every minute, she crooned at the doctor as if he was the only man in the world.
“Doctor Lee, look at this…”
“Doctor Lee, aren’t the coconut trees pretty?”
“Doctor Lee, the water’s cold. Hold me!”
They had only been on the island for a few hours, but if Melissa got her hands on an umbrella all bets were off.
“You should probably stop staring,” Ida said.
Melissa startled and glanced at her friend. She hadn’t even noticed Ida coming out of the water.
“I don
