Ma hope o 12 makahiki o ka male ʻana, makemake kaʻu wahine iaʻu e lawe i kekahi wahine ʻē aʻe i ka ʻaina ahiahi a i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia iaʻu: "Aloha au iā ʻoe, akā ʻike wau he wahine ʻē aʻe ke aloha iā ʻoe a makemake wau e hoʻolimalima manawa me ʻoe."
ʻO kekahi wahine ʻē aʻe a kaʻu wahine i noi ai no ka nānā ʻana ʻo koʻu makuahine. He wahine kāne make ʻo ia no 19 mau makahiki. Akā, ʻoiai ua koi kaʻu ʻoihana a me nā keiki ʻekolu i koʻu ikaika a pau mai iaʻu, hiki iaʻu ke kipa iā ia i kekahi manawa wale nō.
I kēlā ahiahi ua kāhea au iā ia e kono iā ia e ʻaina ahiahi a i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
- He aha i hana ai? Maikaʻi paha ʻoe? i ninau koke aku ai oia.
ʻO koʻu makuahine kekahi o kēlā mau wahine e hoʻolohe koke i nā lono maikaʻi inā kani ke kelepona.
"Manaʻo wau e hauʻoli ana ʻoe e hoʻolimalima manawa me aʻu," i pane aku ai au.
Noʻonoʻo ʻo ia no kekona, a laila ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Makemake wau i kēia."
ʻO ka Pōʻalima ma hope o ka hana, ke kaʻa nei au nona a me ka hopohopo iki. I ka haʻalele ʻana o koʻu kaʻa ma waho o kona hale, ʻike wau iā ia e kū ana ma ka puka a ʻike wau me he mea lā ua hopohopo iki kekahi.
Kū ʻo ia ma ka puka o ka hale, hoʻolei ʻia kona ʻaʻahu ma luna o kona poʻohiwi. ʻO kona lauoho i nā curls a ʻaʻahu ʻo ia i kahi lole āna i kūʻai ai no kāna lā male male hope loa.
"Ua haʻi aku au i koʻu mau hoaaloha e noho kaʻu keiki i ke ahiahi me aʻu i loko o kahi hale ʻaina i kēia lā, a ua lilo ia i mea ikaika loa iā lākou," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, e komo ana i ke kaʻa.
Hele mākou i kahi hale ʻaina. ʻOiai ʻaʻole nani, akā nani loa a ʻoluʻolu. Lalau ko'u mama i ko'u lima a hele me he lede mua la.
I ko mākou noho ʻana ma kahi papaʻaina, pono wau e heluhelu iā ia i ka papa kuhikuhi. Hiki i nā maka o Māmā ke ʻike i nā paʻi nui. Ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana i ka hapalua, nānā au a ʻike i koʻu makuahine e noho ana e nānā mai iaʻu, a pāʻani ka minoʻaka nostalgic ma kona mau lehelehe.
"Ua heluhelu au i kēlā me kēia papa kuhikuhi i kou wā liʻiliʻi," wahi āna.
"No laila, ʻo ka manawa kēia e uku ai i kahi ʻoluʻolu no kahi makana," i pane aku ai au.
He kamaʻilio maikaʻi loa mākou ma ka ʻaina ahiahi. Me he mea lā ʻaʻohe mea kūikawā. Ua hōʻike wale mākou i nā hanana hou loa i ko mākou ola. Akā, ua lohi loa mākou i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
I koʻu lawe ʻana iā ia i ka home, ʻōlelo ʻo ia: “E hele hou wau i kahi hale ʻaina me ʻoe. ʻO kēia wale nō kaʻu e kono aku nei iā ʻoe.
ʻAe wau.
— Pehea kou ahiahi? ua nīnau mai kaʻu wahine iaʻu i koʻu hoʻi ʻana i ka home.
- Maikaʻi loa. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kaʻu i manaʻo ai, pane wau.
I kekahi mau lā ma hope mai, ua make koʻu makuahine i ka maʻi puʻuwai nui.
Ua hikiwawe loa ia a ʻaʻohe oʻu manawa e hana ai i kekahi mea nona.
I kekahi mau lā ma hope mai, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi envelopp me kahi palapala hōʻaiʻē no ka uku ʻana mai ka hale ʻaina kahi i ʻai ai māua me koʻu makuahine. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka loaʻa kahi leka: “Ua uku mua au i ka bila no kā mākou ʻaina ahiahi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu hiki iaʻu ke ʻaina ahiahi me ʻoe. Akā naʻe, ua uku au i ʻelua kanaka. Nou a no kau wahine.
ʻAʻole paha e hiki iaʻu ke wehewehe aku iā ʻoe i ke ʻano o kēlā pāʻina ʻelua āu i kono mai ai iaʻu. E ka'u keiki, aloha au ia oe!"