One Truth, No Lie by Lehua Parker

Author:Lehua Parker [Parker, Lehua]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Makena Press

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Sharkiller Doomsday

Ho‘oala

To awaken someone.

Uncle Kahana roared up the steps of the Westin house like a runaway sugarcane train barreling down the tracks.

In one smooth motion he kicked off his slippahs and yanked open the screen door, bending the frame a little and making the hinges squeal.

Surprised, Liz poked her head around the kitchen.

“Jay!” he snarled.

Wordless, Liz pointed down the hallway, trailing Uncle Kahana as he punted open the bedroom door.

“What—” Jay started, but never finished.

Uncle Kahana stormed to the bed where Jay lay, ripped the laptop out of his hands, and snapped it in two.

In the doorway, Liz froze.

“Are you crazy!” Jay shouted. “That’s my computer!”

Uncle Kahana leaned down into Jay’s face.

“No, this is a weapon! A weapon in the hands of a child. A lazy, self-indulgent child who should’ve known better.”

“I’m not a child!” Jay spat.

“No, you’re Sharkiller Doomsday!”

Jay jerked his head in surprise.

“You thought I wouldn’t find out? Stupid, old-fashioned Uncle Kahana—I know what you think. But you blew it, Jay. All your pity party videos calling for shark eradication built quite the following. You’re trending with your fund-raising drive to pay people to kill sharks.”

“Not all sharks. Man-eaters! I can’t help it if people agree with me,” Jay sulked.

“Uncle—” Liz said.

“Here.”

Uncle Kahana thrust the broken computer at her, pieces of keys and bits of screen dropping to the floor.

“Take this and throw it in the rubbish can. Jay won’t be needing it any longer.”

Liz hesitated.

“Go, Liz,” Uncle Kahana said more softly. “J-boy and I need to have a long overdue conversation.”

Jay flipped to his side facing the wall and pulled a pillow over his head.

“Make him go, Mom. I’m not talking to anybody.”

Uncle Kahana tilted his head toward Jay and raised an eyebrow. Closing her eyes, Liz nodded.

“I can’t lose two sons,” she said, walking out.

“Mom!” Jay called in disbelief. “Don’t leave me alone with him! He’s crazy!”

Uncle Kahana shut the door behind her.

“Get out of here,” Jay yelled. “I’m not talking to you.”

Uncle Kahana blinked.

“Okay,” he nodded. “We can skip that part.”

He bent down and lifted Jay from the bed, throwing him over his shoulder.

“What are you doing?!”

“Taking you where we can have a conversation without words.”

Jay struggled, kicking and hammering his fists against Uncle Kahana’s back.

“Just what I thought. Too much time lying around. You’re weak. We’re going to fix that.”

Uncle Kahana opened the bedroom door and headed toward the front of the house.

“Liz,” he said, “I’m taking Jay for a while. We’ll see you for dinner.”

“Oh, okay,” she said, forcing her voice to sound normal. “I’ll be here if you need anything.”

“Mom!”

“Have fun,” she said.

When they pulled into the parking lot at Keikikai beach and Uncle Kahana got out, Jay started to hyperventilate.

“No, Uncle Kahana!”

He slammed the lock on the car door.

“Take me home.”

Uncle Kahana walked around the car, reached through the open passenger window, and popped the lock.

“That’s what I’m doing. You’ve been in the house for three months now. You won’t go to school—”

“I’m learning! Ridgemont sends me packets! Ms. Robinson is tutoring me on the weekends—”

“You won’t see your friends.

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