Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Ruby looked around the hotel room where she'd be spending the night.

Well, this trip could have been worse. You could have been here with Jamie.

She laughed silently to herself, but the humor only made her feel slightly better. Her troubles weren't over just because she was back on dry land. She still had plenty of things to worry about - things like figuring out how she was going to get back to the United States. And ...