"Aloha kakahiaka e ka makuakāne," i kāhea mai ai ʻo ia mai ka puka pā me kona leo haʻahaʻa.
Eia hou ʻo Roberto. Ke noho nei ʻo ia ma ka ʻaoʻao ala, he nānā ʻole i kona mau maka, e hoʻomaha ana i kona mau maka paʻa i ka paia, e honi ana i ka ʻawaʻawa. Ua hahau ʻia ʻo ia i ʻelua pule i hala aku nei, pehu mau kona papalina, piha i nā ʻōpala ʻeha. He kamaa kona ma kekahi wawae. He ʻeke ʻeke hou kāna ma kona ʻūhā, aia nō ke kumukūʻai ma luna. Noho ʻo ia ma laila me ka ʻōhumu ʻana iā ia iho, a ʻike ʻo ia iaʻu ma ka pā.
"E kōkua mai iaʻu, e ka makuakāne, ua ʻaihue hou lākou i koʻu kāmaʻa!"
"No ka mea, ua ona ʻoe."
"ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole wau i ʻona, ʻaʻole i kēia manawa."
"Ua ona mau nō ʻoe, pilau ʻoe i ka ʻona."
"ʻAʻole au ʻona, ʻo ia ka hangover. Ua kūʻai au i nā kāmaʻa hou i nehinei."
Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au ua noho kāna pahu poni kāmaʻa ma luna o koʻu pā hale i ka lā a pau, i nehinei, no laila pehea i loaʻa ai ke kālā no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā kāmaʻa hou? ʻAʻole hoʻi e haʻi i ka wai inu. ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo e nīnau iā ia.
"Ma hea ʻoe i loaʻa ai ka ʻeke ʻeke?" Ke ninau nei au.
"He mea hou ia, nana, he mea hou. Ua haki mua ia, aka, he mea hou ia..."
Wehe ʻo ia e hōʻike mai iaʻu. ʻO ia kekahi o kēia mau peke hope Kina ma kahi e haki mau ai ka zipper i ka manawa mua āu e hoʻohana ai. ʻO ia ke ʻano a nā mākua ʻilihune e hāʻawi ai i kā lākou mau keiki i ko lākou lā mua o ke kula, a hāʻawi nā NGO i ka poʻe ʻilihune ma ke ʻano he "mea hoʻoikaika" e hele i nā papa a me nā hale kūʻai hana.
"Ma hea i loaʻa ai iā ʻoe?"
"Ua loaʻa iaʻu mai kahi hoaaloha. He mea hou ia. E nānā. Ua loaʻa iaʻu mai kahi hoaaloha. ʻAʻole wau he ʻaihue. E hāʻawi mai iaʻu i mau kāmaʻa hou, e ka makuakāne!"
"E ʻaihue wale ʻia lākou ke ʻona ʻoe."
"ʻAe, e ʻoluʻolu, e hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ke kālā no kahi kāmaʻa hou!!"
"Aole au e haawi aku ana ia oe i ke dala no na kamaa hou. Nau no e loaa ia dala."
"ʻAe, e ka makua kāne liʻiliʻi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia me ka ʻae ʻana i ka lanakila.
I ka wā lōʻihi, ua hāʻawi aku au iā ia i ʻekolu mau kāmaʻa kāmaʻa. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke mālama i kekahi o lākou no hoʻokahi pule. ʻAʻole palekana nā wahi e moe ai, a i ka wā e ona ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke pale iā ia iho.
"E ka makua liʻiliʻi, pololi au, hāʻawi mai i meaʻai naʻu!"
Loaʻa iaʻu kekahi mau tortillas a me kekahi mau pī i loko o ka friji, a hele wau i loko e hoʻoponopono i kahi kīʻaha. Hoʻomaka hou ʻo ia e ʻōhumu. Kū wau i loko o ka puka, hoʻolohe.
"ʻAʻole he ʻaihue. ʻAʻole he ʻaihue. Mai ʻaihue. E noi aku, mai ʻaihue. ʻAe, pono wau e pepehi iaʻu iho. Manaʻo wau e pana kekahi iaʻu ma ke poʻo… "
Manaʻo wau ua ʻaihue ʻo ia i ka ʻeke kua.
I koʻu hoʻi ʻana mai me kāna pīni, he waimaka ma kona mau maka. Hoʻomaka ʻo ia e ʻai, mālie. Hele au i loko a kiʻi iā ia i kahi kīʻaha wai.
"Hiki iaʻu ke honi kofe."
"Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka wai iā ʻoe." Miser! Hoʻopaʻa wau iaʻu iho i koʻu manaʻo.
He 16 a 17 paha kona mau makahiki. Ua ʻike mākou iā ia no ʻelua mau makahiki. He keikikāne kamaʻāina ʻo ia mai Esteli akā ua noho ʻo ia ma Managua mai kona wā ʻehiku i holo ai mai ka home. Ua li'ili'i 'o ia ma ka wāwae ho'okahi mai kona holo 'ana e kekahi ka'a i kekahi mau makahiki i hala. Ua kūʻai aku kona makuakāne ma Esteli i hoʻokahi ʻeka ʻāina i mea e uku ai i ka hana i hoʻopakele ai i kona ola a hui pū i kona wāwae me ʻehā mau kui nunui.
Ke hana nei ka makua kāne ma ka ʻāina hoʻolimalima a ʻaʻole i kala i ke keiki. ʻAʻole hoʻokipa ʻia ʻo Roberto i ka home ke ʻole ʻo ia e lawe mai i ke kālā. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia i kekahi mau manawa e hoʻi i ka home no ka Kalikimaka a i ʻole Easter, akā ua haʻalele ʻo ia. ʻAʻohe ona koa, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au.
Hele au i loko e inu i kaʻu kofe kakahiaka. Ke heluhelu nei au i kahi moʻolelo hewa na Michael Connely. E pili ana i ka pōʻino, ke kaumaha, a me ka make. Ma Los Angeles.
"Mahalo iā ʻoe, e ka makua liʻiliʻi," wahi āna mai ke ala ala.
Hele wau i waho iā Roberto. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻai i nā meaʻai a pau.
"E hoʻokomo i ke koena i loko o kahi ʻeke naʻu, hiki iaʻu ke ʻai ma hope."
Ke lawe au i ka ʻeke, ʻōlelo ʻo ia:
"Aole au makemake e inu hou."
"E make oe i ka waiona, e Roberto. Ua loaa ia oe ke dala, aole nae e loaa ia oe kekahi mea mailoko mai o ia mea. Hoohana oe i ke dala ma ka waiona, a aihue ia ke inu oe."
"Aole au makemake e inu hou."
ʻAʻole like me ka hapa nui o nā keikikāne e noho ana ma ke alanui, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e honi i ke kāpili, hoʻohana i ka māwae a i ʻole ka puhi ʻana i ka heroin. ʻO kāna hewa ka mea mahiʻai, ʻaʻole ke keiki alanui. Ua hoʻopololei ʻo ia iā ia iho i kekahi mau manawa. Ke pololei ʻo ia, ʻauʻau ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia pule, noi i nā pālule maʻemaʻe, mālama iā ia iho.
"E mālama ʻia ʻoe e like me kāu hana ʻana iā ʻoe iho," i ʻōlelo mai ai ʻo ia iaʻu, haʻaheo, maʻemaʻe, i nā lole maʻemaʻe, mākaukau nā mea a pau e hoʻomaka hou, loaʻa kālā, ʻo ia ka limahana hilinaʻi āna i ʻōlelo ai. I ka pō hoʻokahi, ua hoʻi ʻo ia i loko o ka ʻauwai, ua make i ka ʻona, ua hahau ʻia, ʻaʻohe kāmaʻa. Ua hewa nā mea a pau.
Hiki iā ia ke loaʻa kālā maikaʻi akā ʻaʻole mālama. I ka manawa i mālama ai ʻo ia ma kahi o 1000 cordoba, ua mālama kekahi ʻanakala iā ia. A laila ua kuʻi ʻo ia i ke kaʻa. Ua lawe ka ʻanakala i ke kālā i uku no ka haʻalele ʻana i ka hana a hoʻokele iā Roberto i ka haukapila. I kekahi manawa manaʻo wau: no ke aha e pana ʻole ai i ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa?
"Pono ʻoe i ke kōkua, e Roberto, pono ʻoe e hele i kahi kikowaena kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe."
"ʻIke wau i kahi kikowaena. Aia wau ma ʻO Casa Alianza. ʻElua mau manawa aʻu i hele ai ma Casa Alianza. "
Ua haʻi mua ʻo ia iaʻu, aia ʻo ia ma Casa Alianza no ka hapalua makahiki i kona wā ʻōpio. Hana maikaʻi lākou iā ia, hele ʻo ia i ke kula. Ua makemake lākou iā ia. Minamina loa lākou i kona holo ʻana mai o lākou aku. Ua hoʻi ʻo ia i Casa Alianza i Dekemaba, ʻo ka manawa hope loa i hoʻoholo ai e hoʻoponopono. Ua noho ʻo ia no ʻelua pule. Ma hope iho, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻaihue nā poʻe ʻē aʻe iā ia i loko o ka hale moe. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke lawe i kēlā.
Ma hope o kēlā, hele ʻo ia i ka inu nui. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i inu nui i koʻu hālāwai mua ʻana me ia, ʻelua makahiki aku nei. He 14 a 15 paha ona makahiki. He keikikāne nō ʻo ia ia manawa. ʻO ia nō, akā, he kanaka maoli nō.
Ma Casa Alianza loaʻa iā ʻoe ʻelua mau manawa.
"Pono ʻoe e hoʻāʻo i kahi kikowaena ʻē aʻe. Pono ʻoe i kekahi e kōkua iā ʻoe."
"ʻAʻole, ʻaʻohe kikowaena hou noʻu. Pono wau e mālama i koʻu iho. Ua aneane wau i ke kāne i kēia manawa. Pono wau e hana i kekahi mea noʻu iho. ʻAʻole au makemake e inu hou."
"E hana ana ʻoe i kēia lā?"
"ʻAe, hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka pahu!"
E kiʻi au i ka pahu poni kamaa nona. Ke mālama nei au iā ia i kekahi manawa, me nā pālule ʻelua i loko o kahi ʻeke plastik.
"Aloha ʻoe, e ka makuakāne liʻiliʻi. Mahalo iā ʻoe, makemake wau i kahi lā maikaʻi loa iā ʻoe!"
"Aloha ʻoe, e Roberto, makemake wau e holo pono nā mea a pau iā ʻoe i kēia lā!"
I kekahi manawa, manaʻo wau ʻo ia kā mākou aloha nui iā ia. ʻO ke kamaʻilio maikaʻi ʻana i nā manaʻo maikaʻi, e like me kāna i aʻo ai i kona wā kamaliʻi i ka home i kauhale. E ʻae ʻia ma ka inoa.
I hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei, ua puka mai kekahi o nā wili o kona wāwae i waho o ka wāwae, a pono ʻo ia e mālama pono iā ia iho. Ua hele ʻo ia i ʻelua mau haukapila, a aia ʻo ia ma ka papa inoa kali no nā mahina, i hoʻouna ʻia mai kekahi manawa a i kekahi. Ua lōʻihi ka lōʻihi, a ua pehu ka wāwae, a ua ʻae ke kauka e wehe i ka wili. I loko o nā pule ma mua o ka hana ʻana, mālama ʻo ia i nā lole maʻemaʻe a me ke kālā no ka meaʻai no hoʻokahi pule ma ka haukapila. I ke kakahiaka ma mua o ka hana, pono ʻo ia e holoi iā ia iho. He mea nui ia, he mau lā ia o ka hoʻomākaukau akahele. E hoʻolālā ana i ka ʻauʻau ma ka mākeke, e mālama ana i kona ʻaʻahu, kāna kālā, a me nā kālā no ke kaʻa. A pono ʻo ia e hiki i ka manawa ma ka haukapila. I nā manawa a pau, me ka makaʻu make ʻole o make ʻo ia i ka hana.
Ma hope o ka hana ʻana, aia ʻo ia i nā lāʻau hōʻeha a me ka penicillin. ʻO ka noho ʻana e like me kāna hana, he hana paʻakikī ka mālama pono ʻana i nā doses. Ua helu pono ʻo ia i nā hola a me nā lā, e noho ana ma waho o ka ʻīpuka a helu pinepine i nā hola ma kona manamana lima. Ua mālama ʻo ia iā ia iho maʻemaʻe a me kona ʻeha. Ua hana ʻo ia, ʻaʻole pehu kona wāwae, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻona iā ia iho. Haʻaheo au iā ia.
He mea kupanaha ke loaʻa iā ia he iwakālua.
He mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe kāmaʻa ʻo Roberto ma Bello Horizonte, Managua. Noho ʻo ia ma lalo o kekahi mau pahu pahu ma lalo o ka pōʻai kaʻa. He kanaka hana lokahi ʻo Sven a noho pū ʻo ia ma Bello Horizonte. Noho ʻo ia i loko o ka hale me kahi pā, kahi lumi hoʻokipa, kahi lumi ʻaina, kahi lumi kuke, ʻehā lumi moe, ʻekolu lumi ʻauʻau. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka hale me nā pā, nā kaulahao, a me nā uwea ʻala.
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