ABBY GOODWIN AND PARI Malik approach Wailele Bridge in Moe’uhane. “I am going to give you privacy,” Abby says quietly. “Take your time, please, and find me when you are finished.”
“Abby, I have already made a decision. I decided for myself. At least some big things. I am not letting the bridge make a life decision for me.”
“You said you wanted to do this, didn’t you?” Abby argues.
“I did say that. But I have already decided.”
“That you are going to stay on the island? Everyone wants you to stay.”
“No, I don’t know yet. I mean, that is not the main question I have been tackling.”
“What could be more momentous of a decision than that?” Abby asks, with her head tilted quizzically.
“Abby, I am actually taking your guidance. Your suggestion to me the first time we had breakfast
