SUSAN, EVEN MORE RECKLESS now, hurtles toward Kahaluu, speeding and changing lanes without signaling.
She has to make a choice, she knows. Neither option will be easy. Neither option may work. Regardless, she has to buy time. She believes she can devise a solution if she can just get some time to think.
The mountains or the marina?
From the highway she can glimpse portions of the ocean to her left. Looking right, the green mountains, the Ko’olau Range, laced with fog, offer many more places to hide, but with hazards she is completely unprepared for.
Susan chooses the marina. She continues heading south for Kaneohe Bay.
Nathan’s boat. It offers some opportunities. Access is not a certainty, but she believes she knows what to try to do.
Susan pulls off the highway at the approp
