Sandra's parents had emigrated to America from Sicily before she was born and they had promised to send her to Sicily for a holiday to stay with old friends of theirs. On the flight from New York, the jet lurches and throws Sandra into Barron's lap and the jet nearly crashes as he holds her. When it arrives in Rome, she is taken aside to be interrogated, but Barron vouches for her to get her released. When she finally arrives in Sicily, she discovers that her parents' friends are mixed up in the drug trade with the mafia. Barron, who has been working for the C.I.A., rescues her again.
Gay's boyfriend isn't very romantic and she wonders if there is any British boy with a spark of romance in his soul. She thinks she's found one when she meets Brian while checking out a romantic book at the library. However, she later discovers that Brian is married.