[...she was still suspicious--experience taught her it was always good to carry a bit of skepticism wherever one went, just in case--but, for the moment, she took his words as a sign that he was not, in fact, her kidnapper.]

[Hopefully, he wasn't completely useless to her.]

Not that I couldn't use one, as hard as I work and as many hours as I've put in...but this is far from what I had in mind.

Plus, I didn't even get a chance to bring my swimsuit with me. What kind of vacation am I supposed to have without a swimsuit?