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really done anything else. I wondered what it was like driving a cab for a living. Proba

y. I haven't been here in years

factly. "Miles and miles totally untouched. The hikes are amazin

alone?"

. Jus

joining you? Your

hat question, they already had an answer; they just wanted you to say something so they could pretend they cited you as a source in the fake article they w

hrough the rearview mirror. I smirked. Oh, yeah. I knew that. He didn't have to tell me twice. If

ut the heroin literally inches away from me in my backpack. I learned that he worked as a driver during the peak tourism season and

had mostly been plantations and when some of them closed, they were abandoned, so the wild vegetation reclaimed the land. He

small, only like 150 miles or something, but

porters tried to get my bags, but I told them I could do it myself. I walked into the lobby. It was nice

wai'ian, the other was a blonde. The Hawai'ian one was smoking hot; she looked

use of makeup. She was tanned – of course, she was, she lived here – and her eyes were blue. Not like the ocean, lighter. Her hair was tied u

anything. They get this smile that they can't wipe off their face. The girls giggled. They looked at you like they knew your secret. She

ll right. This wasn't the end of the world. She was working, so maybe she'd be professional an

not dropping for a second. "

up and greeted me the same; she was also smiling and nice, but it was like a regular sort

n Hawai'i?" she asked me.

n here a few

time on

lly stay on t

y sign she knew who I was. Nothing. I relaxed. This really had been the r

her my credit card and identif

aw her give the blonde my stuff. Oh shit. If she hadn't recognized me already, she sure as

the blonde said without looking up. "Your suite has been stocke

t say anything else. Huh. Maybe she didn't know wh

take you up to your suite," Mak

and asked me to follow her. She told me one of the porters

I checked her out while I was back there, not gonna lie. Her uniform wasn't really flattering, but s

from, open till ten o'clock. The bars remain open till eleven pm. The option of in-room di

ay," I sai

do it for you if you need to unwind after your journey," she suggested. I grunted in response. It was nice of

omorrow?"

nding three months in your suite, are you? It's

I ever was. This must have been fun for her. This job. Gotta respe

my time inside if I came

do at the Four Seasons Lanai. Golf, snorkeling, and hiking. Horseback riding, nature tours, water sports.

it was going to be a nice place, but I hadn't booked the room myself. Casey had, and I'd never bothered to look at

ut you can request for another. You have two full bathrooms, a private terrace, and prime oceanfront views of the Marine Sanctua

a dining table, couches, and a television. A piano was against one wall clo

you think?

" I said ap

ness center, and the island adventure center is open between seven and six, where we can arrange day-long excursions to different parts of the island." I n

is is great. I

he desk, just ask the person you find there for Abby," she said. I said I

d the same way the living space was, with a massive television on the wall and a pair of sliding glass doors that op

ying, but I liked to since it was a good excuse to ignore people who were trying to reach you. The minute I was plugged back in, I saw the

ways have that bitch breathing down my neck. I'd leave Hawai'i and everything back in LA will just be worse. She'd sue me for more

to do something. I needed something to calm me down. I look