Ua ʻaihue ʻoe i kaʻu kālā.
Me kanawalukumamalua makahiki o ke ola stoic, me na keiki he umi i hanauia a elua i hanauia, me ka hale hookipa o na kahuna hoalohaloha nana i noi iaia no ke kala, o Dorita Lerner, ka wahine kanemake a Barclays, ka mea i kane make he umikumamalima makahiki aku nei (ka hauoli loa o na makahiki he umikumamalima. ʻO kona ola), ua huhū ʻo ia i kāna mau keikikāne ʻewalu, a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma ke kelepona i ka hiapo o lākou, ʻo James Barclays:
-Ua ʻaihue ʻoe i kaʻu kālā.
No ka mea, ua waiwai loa o Dorita, no kona manawalea loa, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe ona manaʻo nui i ka waiwai o ke kālā, no ka mea, no ka hoʻoilina ʻohana kona waiwai, ʻoiai ʻo ia wale nō ka ʻike i ka ʻuhane, ʻaʻole i ka ʻehaʻeha o kāna mau kahuna noi. a me kona mau makamaka nele, ua puunaue aku oia i kona waiwai iwaena o ka poe a pau i noi aku ia ia no ka haawina, he makana, he obolus haipule: Cardinal Cienfuegos, hoounaia aku i Roma e hoopau i ka hana kolohe, loaa ka uku mahina; ua ohi pinepine na kahuna kamailio a me na kanaka hemolele o Opus Dei i ka lakou haawina; Ua komo kona mau hoa haipule i ke kala liilii a Dorita; a ʻo ka lawelawe hale a ka lede i pōmaikaʻi nui mai kona ʻano aliʻi, ʻoiai ua kūʻai ʻo ia i mau hale, nā hale, nā kaʻa o ka makahiki. No laila, i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hauʻoli ʻana o Mrs. Dorita Lerner i kona waiwai, ʻo kāna mau keiki e hoʻohuli mākou iā ia i ke Kumukānāwai i mea hilinaʻi, ua ʻae mākou e hāʻawi iā ia i kālā o kēlā me kēia mahina a hoʻopaʻa i ka waiwai nui o ka lede, i hiki ʻole iā ia ke hoʻopau hou aku. o kana mau miliona, aka, o ka haawina mahina wale no a kana mau keiki i haawi aku ai iaia.
"He poʻe ʻaihue kaʻu mau keiki," wahi a Dorita ma ke kelepona ua hālāwai ʻo ia me kāna keiki hiapo, ʻo James, e noho ana ma kahi ʻāina mamao e pakele ai i nā hakakā ʻohana a me nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa. Ua lawe lākou i kaʻu kālā. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻolilo i kaʻu kālā e like me koʻu makemake.
Ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei nā keiki a Dorita, inā ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻopaʻa i ka waiwai o ko lākou makuahine a waiho i kahi palekana, e pau ke kālā i ka wahine hanohano a me ka hoʻomākeʻaka i loko o kekahi mau makahiki, ka mea i loaʻa i ka sablazos, nā hoʻouka kaua, nā hoʻohālua a me nā pōā. o kona mau kahuna pule aloha, kona mau hoa laa a me kona mau hoa helu mai Opus Dei, he kaikunane kuko i kapa ia La Obra. ʻO ia hoʻi, ke manaʻo nei nā keiki a Dorita, ma ka pale ʻana i ka waiwai, ka pale ʻana iā ia i ka hilinaʻi, ke lawelawe nei lākou i ka poʻe hoihoi loa i ko lākou makuahine, me ka kūpaʻa iā ia, e pale ana i nā pūʻali koa o ka poʻe noiʻi mai hōʻino iā ia. Akā ʻaʻole makemake ʻo Dorita i kēlā. Manaʻo ʻo ia e like me ka mea i hōʻeha ʻia a ʻaʻole kānalua i ka ʻōlelo ʻana pēlā me ka leo huhū i kāna keiki hiapo:
-ʻO ka mea a kou mau kaikunāne e hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kēlā me kēia mahina, he mea hoʻohenehene. ʻAʻole lawa iaʻu! A inā makemake au e hoʻolilo hou aku, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu. Pono wau e noi aku iā ʻoukou, e kaʻu mau keiki, e hoʻolilo i kaʻu kālā. A inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻae mai iaʻu, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻolilo i kaʻu kālā. Me ka mea āu i hoʻokaʻawale ai i kaʻu kālā: ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake iaʻu e hoʻolilo i ke ola no ka mea makemake ʻoe e mālama i kaʻu kālā ke make au!
No na makemake dala o ke kadinala i hoopauia no ka lilo ana i mafioso, o na kahuna haahaa, o ka poe haiolelo puhi ahi o Opus Dei, o kona mau hoaloha haipule a laa, e pono e hoonui aku kekahi i ka manao kuko wale o Dorita. kaikamahine e ola nei: ʻo Carolina kona inoa, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hana, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hana, a ke kaena nei ʻo ia no ka lanakila ʻana i ka waiwai ma ke Kūʻai Kūʻai, akā ʻaʻole naʻaupō kona mau kaikunāne a hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole ia e lanakila, akā e nalowale ana ka waiwai ma ka Stock Exchange. , a loaʻa iā lākou nā hōʻoia (nā ʻaelike hāʻawi, kūʻai aku i nā hana ma lalo o ka radar, nā palapala notarial) ʻo Dorita, ma mua o kona hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hilinaʻi, hāʻawi iā Carolina i ke kālā he nui. Akā makemake ʻo Carolina i nā mea hou aʻe: makemake mau ʻo ia i nā mea hou aʻe, no ka mea, hoʻolilo ʻo ia i ka waiwai i ka hele ʻana i ka honua, kūʻai i nā mea nani, loaʻa nā waiwai. No laila ua lilo ka hilinaʻi i mea e pale aku ai iā Dorita mai ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi hapa nui o kāna waiwai iā Carolina. Ma muli o kēia, huhū lāua ʻelua, huikau, ma ke ala kaua: Manaʻo ʻo Dorita ua hoʻokaʻawale kāna mau keiki i kāna kālā a ʻo Carolina ua hoʻopau kona mau kaikunāne i ka paipu a i ʻole ke pani ʻana i ka paipu o nā haʻawina makuahine. ʻAʻole hoʻomanawanui e hoʻomau i ka holo ʻana iā Dorita, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Carolina i kekahi o kona mau kaikunāne, kahi panakō a me kona makuahine ponoʻī. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hauʻoli, ʻoluʻolu a mahalo paha i nā mea a pau a kona makuahine i hāʻawi ai iā ia, ʻo ia ka nui: makemake ʻo ia i nā mea hou aʻe, a ua hoʻonāukiuki i ke kaua i loko o ka ʻohana, i mea e loaʻa ai ke kālā hou mai kona makuahine. ʻEā, ua komo ʻo Dorita ma ka ʻaoʻao o Carolina, kāna kaikamahine hoʻokahi e ola ana. Makemake ʻo ia e hoʻopau i ka hilinaʻi, e loaʻa hou ka mana o kāna ʻaina ahiahi, a hāʻawi iā Carolina miliona. ʻO ia hoʻi, ua pololei ʻo ia, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me ke kaikamahine. Akā, i kekahi mau mahina i hala aku nei, i ka hāʻule ʻana o kāna kaikamahine hiapo ʻo Delfina i loko o kahi pōʻino, ua noi ʻo Dorita iā Carolina, ma lalo o ka pahu me nā hale ʻai ʻo Delfina, e hoʻihoʻi i kāna mau hihia a waiho i kāna mau mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia. Pane anuanu ʻo Carolina i kona makuahine:
-E kala mai, e mama, akā e hoʻomau nā hoʻokolokolo. ʻEhā miliona kāu aie iaʻu.
I kēia manawa makemake ʻo Dorita e uhaʻi i ka hilinaʻi i hana ʻia i kona lā. Makemake ʻo ia e loaʻa iā ia kāna kālā, makemake ʻo ia e loaʻa iā ia ke kūʻokoʻa loa e hoʻolilo a hoʻopau paha, hāʻawi a hoʻopau paha, hoʻolilo a waiho paha i loko o ka panakō: makemake ʻo ia e lilo kāna kālā a pau ʻaʻole nona. na keiki. No laila, haʻi ʻo ia i kāna keiki hiapo, ʻo James, ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka laina kelepona:
-ʻAʻole kūpono kēlā. Ua hāʻawi aku au i ke kālā he nui iā ʻoukou a pau, e kaʻu mau keiki. A ke noi mai nei ʻoe i kaʻu ʻae inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻolilo i kahi hoʻopukapuka, kūʻai hale, hele i kahi huakaʻi a hāʻawi i kahi pāʻina? ʻAʻole: hoʻolilo ʻoe i kāu kālā, ke kālā aʻu i hāʻawi aku ai iā ʻoe, e like me kou makemake. Akā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻolilo i kaʻu kālā me ke kūʻokoʻa like i loaʻa iā ʻoe! Pono wau e hoʻololi i ka uku mahina ʻakaʻaka a kou mau kaikunāne e hāʻawi mai iaʻu. ʻAʻole lawa iaʻu. Maopopo iā ʻoe iaʻu, e ke keiki? ʻAʻole lawa iaʻu!
Ua hāmau ʻo James Barclays me ka noʻonoʻo. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, manaʻo ʻo ia he pololei kona makuahine: ʻaʻole pono e hoʻolilo wale lākou nā keiki i kā lākou kālā, akā ʻo ka makuahine, ke kumu o ka waiwai, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻokuʻu wale aku iā ia a pono e nīnau iā ia. nā mākua no ka ʻae ʻana. Nā keiki ponoʻī inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻolilo i nā lilo ma mua o kāu uku mahina. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, manaʻo ʻo ia ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hilinaʻi, me ka ʻae ʻana o Dorita, ʻoiai ʻo ia a me kāna mau keiki i hōʻea mai ma ke ʻano he mafia a me kā lākou mau limahana ma ke ʻano he piʻi. Me he mea la he mea pono ka hoopaapaa ana o na keiki: oiai aole i loaa i ka makuahine kela dala, oiai ua ili mai iaia mai kona ohana mai, aole ike i ka malama ana, aole ike i ka hoohana, a ina e ae oia iaia e hoolilo. ma kona manao ponoi, i loko o kekahi mau makahiki, aohe mea e koe, a e lilo ana o Carolina a me kona mau hoa i poe miliona, mahope o ka hoopunipuni ana i ka manao maikai o Dorita.
"ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke kau inoa i ka hemo ʻana o ka hilinaʻi, e ka makuahine aloha," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Barclays iā ia. Inā hana wau, maopopo iaʻu e loaʻa iā Carolina kāu kālā āpau. E noi ʻo ia i nā mākua hānai e pālua i kāu uku mahina.
"Pono ʻoe e hilahila," wahi a Dorita. ʻO ʻoe kekahi o kaʻu mau keiki ʻaihue. ʻAʻole au i manaʻo e hāʻule loa ʻoe i lalo.
"ʻAʻole au e ʻaihue i kekahi mea mai iā ʻoe, e Māmā," wahi a James. Mālama mākou iā ʻoe mai nā ʻaihue, ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka mea makemake e ʻaihue mai iā ʻoe, ʻo kāu kaikamahine ponoʻī ia. Ma muli o ka pale ʻana o ka hilinaʻi iā ia mai ka hana ʻana pēlā, makemake ʻo ia e lawe i lalo. A ʻo ka mea kupaianaha ʻo ia ke kākoʻo iā ia, ʻoiai ʻo kāna mau ʻōlelo hoʻohewa kūʻē i ka ʻohana.
"ʻAe, a laila e hele mākou i ke kaua," wahi a Dorita me ka piʻoloke. ʻAʻole wau e haʻalele. ʻAʻole lākou e lanakila iaʻu. E hoʻopiʻi au i kaʻu mau keiki ponoʻī. E ʻike e hoʻopiʻi iā lākou ua mālama lākou i kaʻu kālā. A e noi au i ka ʻaha e hoʻopau i ka hilinaʻi i hiki iaʻu ke hoʻihoʻi i kaʻu kālā.
No laila, ke nānā aku nei ka panorama: Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Carolina i kāna mau hoʻopiʻi kūʻē i kekahi o kona mau kaikunāne, kūʻē i kona makuahine, kūʻē i ka panakō e mālama nei i ka hilinaʻi, a i kēia manawa ke mākaukau nei ʻo Mrs. Dorita Lerner, wahine kāne make o Barclays, e hoʻopiʻi i kāna mau keiki, a i ʻole kekahi. ʻO lākou, nā mea hōʻailona o ka hilinaʻi, ka poʻe i loaʻa nā kī o ka palekana, e hoʻopiʻi ana iā lākou he poʻe ʻaihue, keiki vampire, hoʻokahe koko, ʻai koko.
E noi anei ka lede hanohano Dorita i kāna mau keiki kāne ʻewalu e hoʻihoʻi i ke kālā nui āna i hāʻawi aku ai iā lākou? E hooiaio anei ka pono ia ia? E lanakila anei ʻo ia i kona manaʻo paʻa e loaʻa hou ka mana piha o ke kālā hilinaʻi, ʻo ia ka mea a kāna kaikamahine ʻo Carolina, kāna mau mea kōkua noi noi, kāna mau hoaaloha laʻa, kāna mau haʻi ʻōlelo mai La Obra i makemake ai? A inā e hoʻoholo ka pono iā Dorita, e hui hou anei ka ʻohana, a i ʻole e noho mokuʻāina? Hoʻokahi wale nō mea: he ʻoiaʻiʻo ua waiwai lākou a pau me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole, huhū, pōloli i ke kālā hou aʻe.
"Mai hāʻawi i kāu mau keiki i kekahi mea," ʻo kona mau kaikuahine ʻo Julia lāua ʻo Virginia, ʻoi aku ka waiwai ma mua o ia, ʻoi aku ka manaʻo pilikino ma mua o ia, i ʻōlelo ai iā Dorita i kona mau lā. Mai kauoha ʻoe e puʻunaue i kou waiwai ma waena o lākou. Mālama ʻoe i kāu kālā. A i kēlā me kēia manawa ke kono ʻoe iā lākou i kahi huakaʻi ʻohana maikaʻi. Akā mālama i nā mea a pau. He palahalaha paha ʻoe? No ke aha ʻoe e hāʻawi ai i kāu mau keiki?
No ka maikaʻi, ka hanohano, ka haipule, ʻōlelo ʻo Dorita i kona mau kaikuahine:
-ʻO ia kaʻu mau keiki e noi mai iaʻu e kōkua iā lākou i ke kālā. ʻAneʻane pau nā kānaka a pau, i ka ʻaiʻē, ʻaʻohe hana, kaumaha. Ke koi mai nei lakou ia'u i ka po a me ke ao, ua hoohilahila lakou ia'u, i ua mai ka mane maluna o lakou mai ka lani mai.
"Ke koi ʻia nei kā mākou mau keiki," wahi a kona mau kaikuahine iā Dorita. Akā ʻaʻole mākou e hāʻawi iā lākou i kā mākou kālā. ka mea e manao ai E ahonui.
Ma ka like ʻole i ka ʻōlelo aʻo a kona mau kaikuahine, ua puʻunaue ʻo Dorita i kahi hapa nui o kāna waiwai i waena o kāna mau keiki he ʻumi (ʻo kāna kaikamahine hiapo ʻo Delfina ke ola nei), me ka ʻike ʻole e hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka ʻāpana ʻē aʻe, kāna ʻāpana, a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kahi hilinaʻi i hoʻolālā ʻia. na kona mau makua, na keiki, a no ia mea, e aloha mai kana mau keiki i ka haawina mahina a lakou i haawi aku ai iaia, e hoopau loa ana i kona puu dala. I kēia manawa, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua minamina ʻo Dorita a mākaukau e hele i ke kaua. ʻAʻohe mea maikaʻi e hiki mai ana.
