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Ua hoʻopiha ʻo Snow i kona keʻena a kaomi iho i kona manamana wāwae, me he mea lā aia kona mau wāwae i loko o nā ʻeke plastik hau. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hele a puni ka ʻaoʻao o ka hale, akā paʻa kona mau wāwae i ka hau hohonu. Ua aneane hiki i kona mau kuli, a ʻo ka ʻāpana o kona lolo i kākau ʻole i nā hōʻailona o ka overdose opioid i helu i ka nui o ka hau i ka haʻalulu.
Ua neʻe ʻo ia me ke kahakaha ʻana i nā hōʻailona ma kona noʻonoʻo. ʻAʻole wau ala a pane ʻole i koʻu leo ​​a i ʻole koʻu hoʻopā ʻana. Ua lohi, ʻaʻole maʻamau, a i ʻole ka hanu ʻana? He liʻiliʻi kāu mau haumāna? lehelehe uliuli? Ua haʻalulu kona kino i ke anu. He uliuli paha kona mau lehelehe i kēia wā i kēia manawa, akā pehea lā ʻo ia e ʻike ai inā he uliuli ia no ka overdose a i ʻole ke anu? Ua wili ka hau ma lalo o ka huelo o kona pālule a paheʻe ma ke kua o kona pālule. Ke neʻe mau nei ʻo ia me ka ʻike ʻole i kāna holomua luhi, e hoʻomau ana i ka hopu ʻana i nā koena o nā haʻawina āna i aʻo ai. Puuwai lohi? Nawaliwali ka pulse? Ua hāʻule ke anuanu ma lalo o kona iwi kuamoʻo, ʻaʻohe mea pili i ka cardigan pulu e pili ana i kona ʻili. He aha ka hana inā ʻaʻole hanu ke kāne? Pono e hāʻawi mua iā CPR? Ua paʻa ka puʻupuʻu i loko o kona ʻōpū, a ua nele kona lolo i nā mea a pau āna i aʻo ai ma kēia haʻawina. Ua kau ʻia nā lālā pine e like me nā pale mānoanoa, e pale ana i kona ʻike ʻana i ke kāne o loko. Ua piʻo ka lālā ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana o Nora ma muli o ka lāʻau, ʻo kona mau nila paina e kau ana i ka hau, i puʻu ʻia me nā nila ʻōmaʻomaʻo e pili ana i ka lepo me ko lākou kaumaha.
Ma o na lala pulu, hiki ia ia ke ike wale aku i kona kii, e waiho ana maluna o kekahi kumu manoanoa, me ka pa ana o kona puuwai me ka hikiwawe loa a paa kona mama. I kona mau makahiki ʻeiwa, ua komo hou ʻo ia i ke awakea, me ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻōpala i kēlā me kēia Pōʻakahi. ʻAʻohe hau, akā, ua anuanu loa ka ea me kona hanu, a ua nānā pono ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike iā Mario e moe ana i loko o ka mauʻu uliuli, ka zombie mai kāna mau moeʻuhane. Uā nui ʻo ia a hoʻomaka ka ʻīlio a ka hoalauna e ʻuā. Ua mālama ʻoe i kona ola, ua haʻi aku ka poʻe paramedic iā ia.
Hoʻokuʻu akula ʻo ia i kona mau lālā ʻoʻoleʻa a ʻike ʻo ia e peʻe ana ma lalo o kahi kumulāʻau, me ka hoʻokuke ʻana i nā manaʻo o Mario e hoʻokaʻawale i ka pahu ma kona lima a me ke kanaka ma ka honua. He pāpaʻu nō ka hau i loko o ka wahi malu, a i loko o kekahi mau kekona, aia ʻo ia ma hope, ʻo kona mau manaʻo e haʻalulu ana. E kau i nā kānaka ma ko lākou kua. Wehe i ka mea mai loko mai o ka pahu a wehe i ka plastic. He mea maʻalahi loa ia e like me ke kāpae ʻana i ka naʻaupō mai ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka opioids i ka papa. Akā, ʻaʻole ia e noʻonoʻo i ka hau hau i hoʻokahi makahiki a i ʻole ke anuanu o kou mau manamana lima e paʻa i nā kihi plastik liʻiliʻi o ka pūʻolo. Ua pani ʻo ia i kona mau maka a luliluli kona poʻo. E mālie, e Nora! Hele mua ʻo ia. E nānā mua. Ua moe ʻo ia ma kahi kihi ʻē, e hilinaʻi haʻahaʻa ana i kahi kumu lāʻau. Ua hina ka ʻili o kona kaikunāne, ʻeleʻele uliuli kona mau lehelehe, a maopopo iā ia ua make ʻo ia. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i loaʻa iaʻu, ʻōlelo lākou, ua make au, a ma hope iho ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i ka leo haʻahaʻa mai kona wahi moe o ka haukapila. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu kaʻu e hana ai ke ʻole ʻoe Peaches.
He uliuli nā lehelehe o ke kāne a ua paʻa kona mau maka i ʻike ʻole ʻo ia i kāna mau haumāna. Ua kau ʻo ia i ʻelua manamana lima ma kona lima, akā ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kona puʻuwai me kona mau manamana lima anu me he mea lā he hana hiki ʻole, no laila, kau ʻo ia i kona poʻo ma kona umauma, me ka nānā ʻole ʻana i ka huluhulu i hui pū ʻia me kona ʻaʻahu, ke ʻala pulu o nā lole. Ke kuʻikuʻi nei kona puʻuwai, akā lohi—no ka mālie loa, ua manaʻo ʻo ia—a ua like kona hanu me he ʻale i hiki ʻole i kahakai.
“Nora?” ʻAʻole ʻo ia i huli aʻe. ʻOiai i kēlā mau manawa, ʻike mau ʻia ka leo o Frodo, a ua mamao loa ʻo Nora mai kāna hui ʻana a ua manaʻo ʻo ia he malihini iā ​​ia iho.
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"Ke manaʻo nei au ua ʻoi aku ka nui o kēia kanaka," wahi āna, ʻo kona mau niho e ʻakaʻaka, ʻo kāna mau ʻōlelo. "Pono mākou e mālama iā ia ma kona kua i nā manawa a pau."
Ua hana ʻo Frado, a ua mahalo ʻo Nora ʻaʻole ʻo ia ʻo ia wale nō, ʻoiai me kahi mea i ʻoi aku ka ʻike ma mua o kāna hana i ka hoʻopakele ʻana i kekahi mai ka overdose. He mea kōkua ka papa akā hoʻomaha a hoʻomaha, ʻaʻole maoli. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka pilau o ka mauʻu ʻaʻaʻa ma kona mau kuli, ka pilau o nā ʻeke ʻōpala e pohā ana a puni iā ​​​​ia, ka uē ʻana o nā ʻanakē, a me ke kani ʻana o nā kukui o ke kaʻa maʻi e paʻi ana i ka helehelena zombified o kona kaikunāne.
Huli ʻo ia i ka ʻeke, paheʻe nā kihi liʻiliʻi o ka ʻili mai kona mau manamana lima pulu a hiki i kona uē ʻana me ka huhū. “pancake!”
Hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i loko o kona lima, e kau ana i kona manamana lima ma luna o ka piston a me nā manamana lima ʻelua ma kēlā ʻaoʻao kēia ʻaoʻao o ka nozzle, e lele ana i ka lewa, e haʻalulu ana i kona mau ʻiʻo. ʻAʻole ʻo ia makemake e make kēia kāne. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hana i kekahi mea e hoʻopakele iā ia. No ke aha ʻo ia ma ʻaneʻi, e make hoʻokahi ana? He wahine kanikau anei kana? keikikāne? Ua hele anei lākou ma nā alanui e like me ia, me ka manaʻo he mea makehewa ke ʻimi ʻana i kekahi i loko o ka lua e māhuahua aʻe ana i loko o ko lākou umauma? ʻAʻole ʻo ia e ʻae iā ia e make, akā hopohopo ʻo ia ua lohi loa.
Holo aʻela ʻo ia i kona lima i luna o kona ʻāʻī, hāpai aʻela i kona poʻo a hoʻokomo i ka nozzle i loko o ka puka ihu hema a pā kona mau manamana lima i kona ihu, a laila kaomi iho i ka plunger.
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Huki aku la oia iaia ma na poohiwi, pahu aku la o Frodo ia ia ma ke kua, a hoonee koke aku la lakou i ke kanaka ma kona aoao, a kau iho la i kona lima malalo o kona poo. Nānā aʻela ʻo Nora i kona mau maka, e kali ana i nā hōʻailona o ka hana o ka lāʻau. Hiki koke ia, a i ʻole he mau minuke—hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i kēlā ʻāpana. ʻO ke kino o Mario e ʻūlū ana me he iʻa lā i ko lāua ʻomi pinepine ʻana i kona umauma. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i pane mai, ua make ʻo ia.
Ke nānā aku nei ka ʻili o ke kāne i hina. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka ʻeha ma kona ʻāʻī, ka mea āna i nānā ʻole ai i kāna kali ʻana, pehea kona anuanu a…
Kuno ʻo Frado, lawe aʻela i kāna kelepona mai kona ʻeke a hoʻokomo i nā helu. ʻAe, aloha, ʻo kēia…
Ia manawa, noho iho la ke kanaka iluna, ua ulaula kona mau maka, ua haikea kona ili, aole nae i hina e like me mamua, a nalo aku la ka uliuli ma kona mau lehelehe. Kikeke ʻo ia i ke kelepona mai ka lima o Frodo. Ua pae ʻo ia i ka hau. “ʻAʻole, ʻaʻohe haukapila. Ua maikaʻi wau, damn, maikaʻi wau.
Hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia iā ia iho a kuʻi kona mau kuli a kau kona mau lima i ka honua, me he mea lā e hāʻule paha. ʻO nā lima o Nora e kīkoʻo ana akā e lana ana i ka lewa, ʻaʻole i pili pono i ke kanaka, akā mākaukau e kākoʻo iā ia inā hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hāʻule. Lalau ae la o Frodo i ke kelepona a nana aku la ia Nora, me he mea la e kali ana i kana olelo hooholo.
"Lewis, huh? Manaʻo wau ua overdosed ʻoe. Ua minamina au iā ʻoe, ʻe…” Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e haʻalulu nui, e kahe ana ka adrenaline mai loko mai ona, me ka waiho ʻana i nā ʻiʻo maloʻo a me ka ʻili e like me kahi pālule pulu. E kau ma luna ona.
Nānā aʻela ʻo Lewis iā ia, a laila huli aʻe me he mea lā e nānā ana i kahi: Frodo, ke kelepona, ka hau, kāna kāleka waihona, a me kahi bila kālā i ʻōwili ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi ʻeke plastik ma ka papahele. Me ka lohi a me ka palaualelo, lālau ʻo ia i ka bila a me ka ʻeke a hoʻokomo i loko o kāna ʻeke, a laila noho ʻo ia ma luna o kona mau kuʻekuʻe wāwae, me ka hamo ʻana i kona maka me ka lima hoʻokahi.
Nānā akula ʻo Nora i kāna ʻeke me ka pūʻiwa i ka ʻike ʻana iā ia e pale ana i kahi mea i aneane e make ʻo ia, a me ka nausea iki. Ua ʻālohilohi ʻo ia. “E ka haku, pono e nānā ʻia ʻoe e ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻoia ai ua maikaʻi ʻoe. I ka pau ʻana o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoi aku paha ʻoe i ka overdose. A pono mākou e hoʻokuʻu iā ʻoe i waho o ke anu" - hoʻomāinoino i kona kino me ka haʻalulu - hoʻohana ʻo ia. Ua pūliki ʻo ia iā ia, e hoʻāʻo ana e hoʻomaha iā ia. ʻO ka ʻaʻahu i kau ʻia ma luna o kona mau poʻohiwi he wela loa, a hanu ʻo ia i ka ʻala o nā ʻāpala a me kekahi kanaka ululāʻau. Ua haʻalulu ʻo ia me ka mahalo no ka hoʻomaha ʻana mai ke ea anuanu, a ʻike akula ʻo Frado, me ka ʻaʻahu ʻole, e kū ana ma luna ona me kahi kelepona ma kona pepeiao.
“Ua hāʻawi ʻo ia iā ia i kekahi mea ma ka ihu. ʻAe. Ala aʻela ʻo ia e noho ana a kamaʻilio. Maikaʻi nā mea a pau”.
Lawe ʻo Frodo i ke kelepona mai kona pepeiao. "ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa i kahi mea hiki ke hele mai iā mākou i kēia manawa. Ua pani ʻia nā alanui a ua nui nā pōʻino ma nā wahi a pau. Ua ʻōlelo lākou e hoʻokuʻu iā ia e nānā iā ia.
Kū aʻela ʻo Lewis, akā hilinaʻi nui i kahi lāʻau. Ua ʻike ʻo Nora i kona mau lima—ʻeleu mānoanoa, ʻo ka ʻili o kona mau manamana lima ua haehae a paʻakikī—a ua hoʻomaka ka ʻeha o kona umauma i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka nui o ka ʻeha iā ia.
"He cc-offee, tt-ea a me ke kokoleka wela," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia ma nā lehelehe ʻeha. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i ka lā o ka pule i hala i hele ai ʻo ia i ka lua. Pehea ʻo ia i hoʻomau ai i kona poʻo i lalo a ʻaʻole hiki ke hālāwai me kona mau maka, me he mea lā ʻaʻole ʻo ia inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke ʻike iā ia, me he mea lā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia. “He anu loa ma ʻaneʻi, e Lewis. Hiki iaʻu ke hoʻohana i kahi mea mahana. Ha, a ʻo ʻoe?
Me he mea lā ua nānā pono ʻia kona mau maka ma luna o kona ʻaʻahu pulu a me nā kāmaʻa palupalu, ʻaʻole naʻe ʻo ia i nānā aku iā ia. Ua ʻike ʻia ka luhi nui ma kona mau papalina, a ma hope o ia mea, ua manaʻo ʻo Nora e hāʻule ana kekahi mea.
He leo leo nui ma luna o ko lākou mau poʻo, a laila ʻo ka puʻukū, ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ka lāʻau kahi a lākou i ʻākoakoa ai, hāʻule kekahi lālā nui i ka honua. ʻAʻole hiki iā Nora ke manaʻoʻiʻo i kona mau maka.
Kuno ʻo ia a huli iā Lewis. “E ʻoluʻolu, e Lewis, e hele pū me mākou. E ʻoluʻolu?" Ua lohe ʻo ia i ke kaumaha ʻino ma kona leo. No ka mea, ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke haʻalele iā ia ma ʻaneʻi a make, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike pehea e hoʻokomo ai iā ia i loko me ka ʻole e hōʻeha i kekahi. Ua noʻonoʻo mua ʻo ia i kona kaikunāne. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike iā ia no nā makahiki he nui a i kekahi manawa wale nō kona lohe ʻana iā ia. Hoʻopaʻa lima kona mau lima. Pono ʻo ia e ʻae iā Lewis i loko. – Aia kofe. ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mea mahana e inu ai i kēia manawa?
Huli aʻela ʻo Lewis mai o lākou aku, huli aʻe, a no kekahi sekona, ua kuʻi kona naʻau, manaʻo ʻo ia e haʻalele ana ʻo ia, akā ua kū ʻo ia a me he mea lā e hoʻololi i kona manaʻo. "Maikaʻi," wahi āna.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Nora i ka pumehana. — Maikaʻi, Lewis. ʻAe, ʻae, e hele kāua, ʻeā? Ke hoʻohiki nei au ʻaʻole au e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kāleka waihona hou.
Huhū aʻela ʻo Frodo, a ʻike akula ʻo Nora i nā poʻohiwi o ke kanaka e ala aʻe a hina. ʻūhū? akaaka? ʻaʻole pilikia. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana mai o kāna mea i manaʻo ai.
Alakaʻi ʻo Frodo i ke ala a hele mālie lākou mai lalo o ke kumulāʻau a i ka hau hohonu, ʻo ka makani e puhi ana i nā ʻōpala pulu i loko o kona mau maka a me kona waha a ʻike ʻole i kahi mea keʻokeʻo a hiki i ka hale waihona puke. Ua komo ʻo Nora a ʻike ʻo ia ua luku ʻia ka pō a pau.
“Nora!” Kū ʻo Marlene ma ka pākaukau o Nora, me ka paʻa ʻana o kona lima i ko Jasmine. “Ua haʻi aku au iā ʻoe, ʻaʻole maikaʻi kēia kaikamahine.
Makemake ʻo Nora e ʻoluʻolu ʻo Lewis, a laila noho ʻo ia ma luna o kahi noho, wehe i kona mau kāmaʻa kīpē a inu i ke kīʻaha kī wela. ʻAʻole ʻo ia makemake e launa pū me Marlene. Aka, ua huhu ke kaikamahine a me ka makau, a no kekahi manawa, ike aku la o Nora ia ia iho e kukuli ana maluna o ka mauu - me na waimaka ma kona mau papalina, ua wili kona waha - e nana ana ia Mario e haalele ana ma luna o kahi moe. Ua ʻuʻu ʻo ia i kona mau niho, a i kēia lā, ʻaʻole no ka manawa mua, ua manaʻolana ʻo ia iā Charlie. E ʻike ʻo ia i ke kamaʻilio ʻana me Marlene.
Hoʻokokoke ʻo Nora iā lākou me ka nānā ʻana i ka luahine. I kāna kamaʻilio ʻana, aia ka leo o ke anuanu. “E wehe i kou lima mai ia ia, e Marlene. Koke koke.
Nānā aʻela ʻo Marlene i ke kaikamahine a huki i hope, a hoʻokuʻu iā ia, me he mea lā ua pūʻiwa ʻo ia i ka hopu ʻana i kona lima. "ʻAe, akā ua ʻaihue ʻo ia i ka puke, ʻo Nora. "ʻIke wau ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hana i nā mea maikaʻi, hana ʻo ia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o ka hale waihona puke, kamaʻilio ʻo ia ma ke kelepona, ʻaʻahu ʻo ia i nā pāpale," wahi āna, me he mea lā ua manaʻo ʻo ia he hewa like kēia mau hana, akā ʻaʻole like me ka hoihoi.
I kēlā manawa, ʻā a pio hou nā kukui, a ʻo nā kelepona kelepona a pau i loko o ka lumi e uwē nui ana. Ua lele ʻo Marlene.
Ua hāpai ʻo Frodo i ke kelepona. “He ʻōlelo aʻo kēia. Ua ikaika nā ʻino a ʻoi aku ka ʻino o nā alanui. Manaʻo ʻia nā kānaka a pau e noho ma ko lākou wahi. "
Hele ʻo Marlene i ka puka makani a nānā i waho. "Ua haʻi aku wau iā ʻoe," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, ua ʻoi aku kona leo a ʻoi aku ka nāwaliwali ma mua o nā ikaika o ke ʻano i ʻike ʻia e Nora. "E like me ka ʻino o 2003, ʻoi aku ka ʻino."
Paʻi ka makani a me ka hau i nā puka makani, pio nā kukui a hoʻopiha nā aka i nā kihi o ka hale waihona puke kahiko e like me ka poʻi. Laha ʻia nā hoʻomanaʻo o nā ʻino kahiko me ke kukui loli. Nani i ka lewa a puni iā ​​ia, e hula ana me ka weliweli a me ka makaʻu i lilo i hoa kamaʻāina nona, ʻo kona kaikunāne i waho, me ka hoʻokahi a me ka ʻeha, ʻaʻohe mea hiki iā ia ke hana.
"Makemake koʻu kupuna wahine e ʻike inā hiki iaʻu ke noho ma ʻaneʻi a hiki mai ʻo ia noʻu?" Nānā ʻaoʻao ʻo Molly iā Marlene, e ʻuʻu ana kona mau niho. “ʻAʻole wau makemake e kau ma kahi kokoke iā ia, akā aia koʻu makuakāne ma waho o ke kaona a ʻaʻole wau makemake e hele mai koʻu kupuna wahine ma ʻaneʻi. He ʻilihune kona maka.”
Ua mahalo ʻo Nora i ka poʻe a puni ona. Hoʻopili ʻo Jasmine i ke kaula huki ma kona ʻaʻahu, huki ia ma kekahi ʻaoʻao a huki ma kekahi ʻaoʻao. ʻAʻole i ʻoi aku ke ʻano o ke kaikamahine ma mua o ʻumikumamālima mau makahiki, a ua hilahila paha ʻo ia, me he keiki ʻōpiopio lā, i mua o ka lehulehu o nā mākua kamaʻāina ʻole, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana iā ia no ka ʻaihue, a ʻo kekahi i piha i nā kākalaioa ma ka puka haiki. Holo akula ʻo Lewis i lalo i ka honua, e hilinaʻi ana i hope ma ke kua o ka puka me ka luhi. Ua ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia a nānā aku iā Nora. "Manaʻo wau ua ʻōlelo ʻoe aia ke kofe."
Ua hilinaʻi ʻo Frodo ma luna o Lewis, ua kau nā lima ma luna o kona umauma, a nānā iā Nora me kahi ʻano ʻike ʻole. Ua pulu kona lauoho ʻeleʻele a ua pumehana kāna minoʻaka i ka hui ʻana o ko lāua mau maka.
Ma ka pukaaniani, me he mea la ua nalowale ka manao o Marlene i kona nana ana i na pa hau. "ʻEli au no ʻekolu lā ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kaʻu kaʻa," wahi āna. "Me ka ʻole o hoʻokahi pule o ka pau ʻana o ka mana, pono wau e hoʻoheheʻe i ka hau e loaʻa ai ka wai."
ʻO ka ʻino hou ka hoʻomaka. ʻO ka mea i ukali ʻia he mau ʻano o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka ʻeha a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, ka manaʻolana a me ka home ʻole, me ke kaikunāne o Nora i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, a laila ma nā ʻāpana nui, e like me kahi hale e hiolo ana i ka manawa. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa kēia ʻino, ʻoiai ua ʻeha ʻo Mario ma kahi wale nō a hiki iā Nora ke hana i kekahi mea e pili ana iā ia.
Nana aku la oia ia Lewis, e oni ana kona mau lima ma kona mau lima me he mea la ua hoi hou mai ka manao ia laua. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa wale nō me kēia ʻino, ʻo ia me nā poʻe like me Lewis, Marlene a me Jasmine e pono ai kahi wahi palekana. ʻO ia ka mea hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi iā lākou, ʻo ia ka mea hiki iā ia ke hana.
Ua ʻakaʻaka ʻo Nora, paʻi i kona mau lima, a ʻōlelo, “ʻOi aku kahi wahi maikaʻi aʻe e hoʻopaʻa ai ma mua o ka hale waihona puke?”
ʻO Melissa Payne ka mea kākau kūʻai maikaʻi loa o Secrets of the Lost Stone, Drifting Memories, and A Night with Multiple Endings. ʻO kāna puke e hiki mai ana ʻo The Light in the Forest. Noho ʻo Melissa ma ka puʻu o nā Mauna Pōhaku me kāna kāne a me kāna mau keiki ʻekolu, he manu aloha aloha a he pōpoki walaʻau loa. No ka ʻike hou aku, e kipa www.melissapayneauthor.com a i ʻole e loaʻa iā ia ma Instagram @melissapayne_writes.
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