He aha ka maikaʻi e hoʻomaka ai, hoʻopau maikaʻi ʻole. ʻO ka nā mea haʻalulu kūloko pili lākou i kēia manaʻo. Hui hou ko Jacobo ʻohana ma o ka hana nui ʻana. Maliʻa paha ʻaʻole makemake kekahi o kēia ʻohana e noho ma lalo o ka hale like, mau makahiki ma hope o ka wāwahi ʻia ʻana o ka hanana ʻohana e ka nele i ke aloha a me nā hana luku.
Akā ʻaʻohe koho a Jacobo ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i Irene, kāna wahine a me Miriam, ka hua mamao loa o ko lākou aloha make, kahi kaikamahine ʻōpio mae me ka kamaʻilio liʻiliʻi a kamaʻilio ʻole paha. ʻO ke kaiapuni iho no ka hui hou ʻana o ka ʻohana ʻaʻole ia e hoʻolaha i nā kahawai o ka hauʻoli hou kekahi. ʻO Portocarrero, ke ola nei ke kūlanakauhale ʻuhane o Almería i kēia puke, kahi ola liʻiliʻi, ʻano ʻē, akā ke ola ma hope o nā mea āpau.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka hale mahiʻai kahi a Jacobo, Irene a me Miriam e hoʻāʻo ai e hāmare i ka puzzle o ko lākou ola, ua pau i ka ʻaihue ʻia i hoʻokahi pō. Pepehi kanaka ʻia ʻo Irene a ala aʻe ʻo Jacobo i ka haukapila.
Ke puka ʻo ia i waho o ka coma, ʻaʻole hiki iā Jacobo ke hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana i kuhikuhi i kāna kaikamahine ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻonohonoho i ka hoʻouka kaua a me ka pepehi kanaka pālua i hapa ʻia ka hapa. Akā hoʻomau ʻo Jacobo i kahi wahi o ka mahalo, kahi redoubt o ka makuakāne kahi i hānau ʻia ai ka manaʻo ʻaʻole hiki ke pēlā.
Me ka loio a kāna kaikamahine, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e nīnau i ke kaona liʻiliʻi, hūnā ʻia i ke awāwa wili, ma ke kaʻe o ka ale ʻia e kahi ʻano lohi akā paʻa. Eia nō naʻe, i loko o kahi ʻano maʻalahi, i waena o ka hāmau o ka hāmau, i hoʻohenehene ʻia i kekahi manawa e kekahi mele cicada, e ʻike ana ʻo Jacobo lāua ʻo Nora i kahi kuhi e huki ai. Aia nā aka o nā kānalua i waena o nā poʻe noho o Portocarrero, a hiki i ka manawa o lākou a pau he ʻāpana o kahi ʻino endemik, noho ʻia i ke ākea o kēlā awāwa poina.
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