Chapter FourThey were quiet on the long drive home. As they climbed from arid brush land to dense forest, the sun settled into the ocean amid a fan of fiery clouds.
When they passed the old lava flow above Ka'u Loa Point Susan suddenly slapped her thigh. "Oh, darn it! We didn't go see Harry."
Neal grunted. "Damn. Well, we can phone him later. I wouldn't have been good company anyway."
"I guess," Susan sighed. "You know, I've been thinking. Things might not turn out so bad after all. If you sold the land you could buy a place somewhere else on the island. Maybe even a better one."
Neal shot her a glance. "I sure as hell doubt it!"
The burst of anger in his words left them hanging in the humming pickup cab like solid objects.
Susan waited long enough for her own anger to subside before
