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"Ua huhū wau i ka manawa like no ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia aloha iā ia, i kona haʻalele maʻalahi iā mākou"
ʻAe, he pāpā kou, ʻōlelo mau wau iā Sophie i kāna nīnau ʻana mai iaʻu i ka nīnau. Loaʻa iā ia ka inoa a mākou i koho pū ai, ʻo ia a ʻo wau, i ka pō aʻu i ʻike ai ua hāpai au. Ua inu pū mākou, a la Badoit. A ʻoiaʻiʻo, manaʻo wau ua hauʻoli ʻo Patrice. I kona haʻalele ʻana iaʻu, ʻelua mahina ma hope, ʻaʻole wau i maopopo i kekahi mea. ʻEhā mahina koʻu hāpai ʻana. Ua kala mai ʻo ia, akā ua haʻalele ʻo ia. Nui loa ke koʻikoʻi, ʻaʻole mākaukau e lilo i makua kāne, kala mai no ka noi nui ʻana! No ka mea, nana i koi mai e wikiwiki kaua, i nui na keiki e like me kana i olelo mai ai… Ua haawi nae oia e hai i ka maua keiki i kona wa i hanau ai, hoole aku au. Ua makemake au iā Patrice e haʻalele i koʻu ola a ua makaʻu wau e hōʻino koʻu ʻeha i ka pēpē aʻu e kali nei. Ua ʻōlelo au iaʻu iho inā ua uhaʻi au i nā pili āpau no ka maikaʻi, hiki iaʻu ke puka i waho. Ua hāʻule ka honua, akā ua loaʻa iaʻu ʻelima mau mahina e kūkulu hou ai. Ua neʻe au a hoʻoholo i kēia pēpē ka manawa kūpono o koʻu ola. Ua hoʻoholo wau, e like me ka lawe ʻana i kahi hoʻoholo maikaʻi, a ua mau kēia manaʻo iaʻu: i koʻu hele ʻana i nā ultrasounds, i koʻu hele ʻana e hānau. Ua noho piha au me ka'u kaikamahine.
Mai kona mau makahiki 2 a me ka hapa, ua noi mau ʻo Sophie i kona makuakāne. Ma ke kula, aia kekahi. ʻAʻole oʻu manaʻo ua kaumaha ʻo ia, akā i ka ʻimi ʻana i kāna moʻolelo a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ke haʻi aku nei au iā ia ma koʻu ʻano ponoʻī, me ka hoʻopoina ʻana i kekahi hapa o ia mea. Ke haʻi aku nei au iā ia ua aloha kona makuakāne iaʻu, ua aloha au iā ia, a ua ʻae mākou e hānau keiki. Akā i loko o ka hohonu, ua aloha maoli ʻo ia iaʻu? ʻIke wau he mea nui ka haʻi ʻana i kahi keiki ua hāpai ʻia ʻo ia i ke aloha, no laila ke haʻi aku nei au iā ia, me ka mechanically. Akā i kekahi manawa makemake wau e ʻōlelo ʻino iā ia, "E nānā, he kanaka ʻino kou makuakāne nāna wau i hāpai, a laila hele i waho!" A hāmau wau. Makemake pinepine ʻo Sophie e ʻike i ke kiʻi o kona makuakāne, no laila ke hōʻike nei au i kāna mau kiʻi e hoʻoweliweli iaʻu, kahi aʻu e puliki mau ai i kona mau lima, he minoʻaka hauʻoli ma koʻu mau maka! ʻIke ʻo Sophie iā ia he uʻi. "Nani ʻo ia, he ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia, maikaʻi anei ʻo ia?" Nīnau mai ʻo ia iaʻu. I ka Kalikimaka, makemake ʻo Sophie e hoʻouna iā ia i makana. Pehea ʻoe e haʻi aku ai iā ia ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia iā ia? Ua ʻae au i kāna hoʻokokoke ʻana, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka manaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻohewa mai iaʻu no ka pale ʻana iā ia mai ke komo ʻana i kona makuakāne. Ua ʻimi au i kāna helu wahi. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka mea ma kāna keʻena hou. A ʻo Sophie nāna i kākau i ka enveloppe. Ua paheʻe ʻo ia i kahi kiʻi kiʻi a me kahi kūpeʻe lima liʻiliʻi. Ua hopohopo nui wau i ka manaʻo i manaʻo ʻo Patrice ʻo kaʻu kēia hoʻouna ʻana, a aia wau i ka manaʻo e hoʻowalewale iā ia a i ʻole e huki iā ia iā mākou. Akā, ua ʻōlelo wau iaʻu iho ʻo kaʻu kaikamahine wale nō ka mea nui a ʻo ka mea āna i manaʻo ai ʻaʻole hoihoi iaʻu. I kekahi mau lā ma hope mai, ua loaʻa iā Sophie kahi pane. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Patrice iā ia a hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia i kāna kiʻi ʻana. Ua hana ʻo ia i hoʻokahi, e kiʻi ana iā ia iho me kāna inu wai hua. “Ua ʻike anei ʻoe?” Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sophie, ua huki ʻo makuakāne i kahi mauʻu! Ma hope koke iho, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi leka uila mai Patrice mai. Ua noi ʻo ia i koʻu ʻae e hālāwai me Sophie. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau hoʻololi. Makemake au e haʻi aku iā ia inā e ʻae wau, nona wale nō. A laila, i ka pau ʻana o kaʻu hana ʻino, ʻae wale wau. Aia ʻo Patrice me kahi wahine. Noho pū lāua. ʻAʻole pono nā mea i koʻu makemake. Ua makemake au e ʻike iā ia wale nō a mihi.
"Ua ʻike au, akā naʻe, ua kūpono wau e ʻae"
Ua makemake au e hana ʻia ka hui ma waena o Sophie a me kona makuakāne ma kahi māla. Ua hoʻokuʻu au i kaʻu kaikamahine ma laila. A hele au e kali iā ia ma ke kaʻa. Ua haʻalele au iā lāua. Mai ke kaʻa mai, ʻike wau i kaʻu Sophie liʻiliʻi e ʻakaʻaka nui ana i kona piʻi ʻana i ka lewa, ʻoiai ʻo Patrice, ma hope, hoʻokuke i kāna kowali. Ua uē au i ka waimaka, ua lanakila ʻia e kahi kaomi ʻano ʻē. I ka manawa like, ua huhū au no kona kuleana i kēia aloha a pau mai kāna, i kona haʻalele maʻalahi iā mākou. Ua ʻike naʻe au, ua pono wau e ʻae. Ma hope o hoʻokahi hola, e like me ka ʻae ʻana, hoʻi wau e kiʻi iā ia. Makaʻu wau o hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hoʻokokoke mai iā mākou, a i ʻole ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e haʻalele, akā ʻaʻole, ʻapo mai ʻo ia iaʻu a haʻi aku i kona makuakāne me ka pilikia ʻole. I kāna ʻōlelo ʻana "E ʻike koke iā ʻoe", ʻōlelo ʻo ia iā ia. I loko o ke kaʻa, nīnau au iā ia pehea ke ʻano. "Maikaʻi," i pane aku ai ʻo Sophie, ʻike ʻo ia i ka hoʻopā ʻana i kona ihu me kona alelo!
I ke ahiahi, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi leka uila mai Patrice e wehewehe ana iaʻu ua mākaukau ʻo ia e ʻike hou iā ia, inā wau e ʻae. Ua kala mai ʻo ia no kona hoʻokuʻu ʻana iaʻu. Ua aʻo aku au iā ia ʻaʻole au e hāʻawi aku iā ia i nā kuleana ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka launa pū ʻana me ia, a haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu ua maopopo. Hoʻouna ʻo Sophie iā ia i nā kaha kiʻi. Kāhea ʻo ia iā ia i kēlā me kēia manawa. ʻImi ʻo ia i kona wahi a hāʻawi ʻo ia iā ia. He mea maʻalahi nā mea ma waena o lākou i kēia manawa. Hoʻonohonoho mākou i nā koho, ma ka māla i ka wā maikaʻi o ka wā, a ma koʻu wahi paha, a ma ia hihia, hele wau i waho. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua hana pololei ʻo Patrice me aʻu. ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia, akā ʻaʻole maikaʻi ʻo ia e hoʻonā i ke ʻano. ʻAʻole oʻu makemake e hāʻawi i kaʻu kaikamahine i ka hoʻopunipuni o kēia ʻohana liʻiliʻi e hiki ke hana i kāna moeʻuhane. Hele ʻo “Papa” iā ia i kēlā me kēia manawa, ʻo ia wale nō. Haʻaheo ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo ʻana o ka makuahine a me ka makuakāne. Lohe au iā ia e kamaʻilio ana no kona mau hoa kula. "Ua nui koʻu makuakāne!" Ua haʻi ʻo ia i koʻu mau mākua. Manaʻo lākou e like me aʻu, akā pani lākou! Makemake au e lilo kona makuakāne i mea nui nona. I nehinei, ua noi mai ʻo Sophie iaʻu inā hiki iā ia ke hele i kona wahi. ʻAʻole wau i pane pololei, akā ʻike maopopo wau e pau ana kaʻu ʻōlelo ʻae. Paʻakikī ka noho ʻana o kēia wahine ʻē aʻe iaʻu. Akā makemake wau e loaʻa i kaʻu kaikamahine ke kuleana i kona makuakāne. ʻO ka lā āna e makemake ai e moe i laila, pilikia nui wau i ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana, akā ʻaʻohe kānalua e ʻae pū wau. A laila, inā e moe kaʻu kaikamahine i nā wahi ʻē aʻe i kēlā me kēia manawa, malia paha e holomua au i ka loaʻa hou ʻana o ke aloha…