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“You’re the only brother I have. And I have ways of making people pay.”
“Is that a fact?”
She nodded. “I can get into a person’s life, and before they know it, they have nothing left. No job, no money, no house.”
“You’re kind of scary.”
She nodded. “I protect what’s mine.”
He smiled and chucked her under the chin. “Then, I count myself lucky.”
They went back to watching the waves roll in. Considering how she lost her parents, she knew most people would think she would want to stay as far away from the ocean as possible. “I was already thinking about staying here though.”
“Oh?”
“Yeah. Delano talked to me about a job. Not full time, but some kind of contract work. They need a person with my skill set.”
“I didn’t know you were interested in that kind of work.”
She shrugged. “Not sure if I am, but solving crimes is like solving puzzles. I like puzzles.”
“So, you would stay here. Are you sure?”
She knew what he was asking, but she had returned to Thailand. It had been hard to do, but she had done it. She could handle Hawaii, especially if her family was here.
“Yeah, I can stay. Anywhere I live is going to have some kind of natural disaster. I would much rather deal with a Tsunami warning than a tornado. Those bastards just drop out of the sky.”
He chuckled. Suddenly they heard something crash in the kitchen.
“I said to let me get it for you,” Randy said, his voice calm and filled with humor.
“Well, if you two would not put important things on the top shelf, I wouldn’t have issues. We are not all bloody giants.”
“You do have a lot of stuff on the high shelves,” Emma said.
“She lives with two men who are over six feet tall. You would think she would ask one of us.”
“Sometimes, a woman has to do for herself.”
Something clattered to the floor, and this time it sounded as if glass had shattered.
“It’s not normal, but it’s home,” she said.
His chuckled turned into a full-blown laugh, as she leaned her head on his shoulder. They might not be the average Ohana, but it was nice to have them around. Maybe, she might have just found her home.