This was a good idea.” I chugged the Mai Tai that had just arrived.
Rey and Linda had called a cab for seven o’clock to take us to Karaoke Knights, an upscale Kahala lounge, for a night of “fun” (per Rey) and “frivolity” (per Linda). The two had noticed how my spirits had started flagging upon arriving home after a long lunch at Zippy’s.
I’d attempted not to think about Cash. He was gone. Sadly, unfortunately. Fact was fact. And yet I’d never felt more forlorn.
Adwin had texted to say he was back from a visit to Maui, where he’d caught up with a couple of visiting cousins from North Carolina. He’d wondered if I wanted to come that evening to Steaming Mimi’s, his Kailua restaurant. We could do dinner and drinks, and maybe enjoy a beachside stroll afterward. My reply: I’d take a raincheck
