After living in the motel for a year while Jack was going to high school, he decided it was time for a change. His original plan was to take a few day trip around Florida to find inspiration to write before he would go to St. Croix and work with his dad again. Before he left a friend asked to stay with him for a couple days and he agreed. He also convinced Jack to invest his money and they would sell some weed to make some money but unfortunately this did not pan out and Jack lost his money. He then began his trip to around Florida looking for inspiration to write. When he eventually made it to St. Croix a tropical storm had hurt the city's tourist area. There also began racial tensions between whites and the blacks of the island. The blacks wanted to exterminate the whites. This hurt the island and Jack's dad's business since he was in construction. Instead they had to build crates for people who wanted to leave the island that had growing tensions.
I find the story okay so far but nothing really huge has happened so far in the story. He mainly has been moving around and talking about everyday life. He talks about the drug use of the island and how casual it was. The police payed little to no attention to it. His job of building the crates gives me the suspicion that this is how he will get involved in drug smuggling since he will be talking to many boat owners who might be involved in smuggling. I am sure the book will get more interesting as it goes on.
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