Phuket is Thailand's largest island, in the south of the country, and one of its most internationally known destinations for beaches and nightlife. It shares with Pattaya and Koh Samui that same profile of a city built around tourism, with a huge community of foreigners who decided to stay after a holiday. Stories set here tend to mix that relaxed island atmosphere with big life decisions: who stays, who leaves, and what happens to a relationship once the return ticket runs out. It's also, like Bangkok or Pattaya, a place where it pays to stay alert to a possible scam.
Ryan, a 38-year-old American, has been living in Phuket with his Thai girlfriend for almost a year when her younger sister asks him a question that leaves him speechless: why did her sister find him first. Behind the question is something he never expected to learn about this family.