Walking on Water: A Novel by Richard Paul Evans

Author:Richard Paul Evans [Evans, Richard Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2014-05-06T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

Twenty-One

Kailamai is back. Fortunately she brought her jokes with her.

Alan Christoffersen’s diary

The next two days were busy, which was a blessing, as it kept my mind from all the things I would rather not think about, including my conversation with Falene. Something had clearly changed. Still, she was coming out. That had to be significant.

I systematically worked down my father’s list. I decided that until I knew what I was going to do after I finished my walk I would just keep the house. Maybe I would live in Pasadena for a while. Maybe forever. At this point anything was possible.

Kailamai flew in from Spokane on Thursday night around six.

Kailamai was the young woman I had rescued from a group of men just outside of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. She had run away from her foster care family just before her eighteenth birthday. I had connected her with Nicole, and the two of them now lived together.

We went directly from LAX to dinner, a little sushi restaurant in Pasadena called Matsuri. It had been more than six months since I’d seen Kailamai, and she had changed quite a bit. Her appearance was different. She looked like a student. She wore a Gonzaga college sweatshirt and purple-framed glasses. She had taken out her nose piercing and wore only one pair of earrings. But the more significant change was less tangible. She seemed . . . domesticated. After we had ordered our meals Kailamai said, “I’m so sorry about your dad.”

“Thank you. He was a good man.”

“Nicole said that all the time. She’s going to miss him.”

“We all will,” Nicole said.

“So how’s school?” I asked.

“It’s going really well,” Kailamai said.

“Straight As,” Nicole said.

“And I met someone.”

Nicole’s eyes widened.

“Someone?” I asked.

“His name is Matt. He’s also prelaw. He’s pretty special.”

“This is news,” Nicole said.

“Well, you’ve been gone like two weeks. Things happen fast with me.”

“Apparently,” Nicole replied.

“You’ll meet him when we get back. If you ever come back.”

“I’m coming back,” Nicole said.

Kailamai turned to me. “How far have you gotten on your walk? The last I heard you were in Alabama.”

“I made it to the northern border of Florida—a little town called Folkston.”

“Are you still going to finish?”

“I’m planning to.”

“And we’re planning on being there when you arrive in Key West,” she said. “So just make sure you don’t do it around any of my finals.”

Nicole rolled her eyes.

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