AN HPD OFFICER LET them into the kids’ room. Palea spoke quietly to the uniform for a moment before joining Alf. “Nobody’s been by since your brother and his girlfriend left. It’s been quiet.”
Alf nodded.
Lei was asleep, her chest rising and falling rapidly as she twitched, clearly in the middle of a nightmare. Her brother sat on the bed next to her, his small hand wrapped around hers. He’d been staring out the window at the waving palm trees beyond the glass, but he turned as Alf and the detective came in the room.
“Hey, Hani,” Alf whispered. “Mind if we join you for a minute?”
The boy glanced toward his sister, frowning. “I don’t know...”
“We can talk out in the hallway if you’d rather.”
The boy shook his head. “I need to stay with her. She gets upset if I’m not holding her hand.”
