Chapter 21: About Bobby Stillman

Captain Delbert Kauhane, Chief of Detectives, called a meeting for three-fourths of the Hawai‘i Four-9 task force. He’d not invited … More

Chapter 20: Discovering a Father

Sung-min Kwon did not understand what the man meant about his father having killed Lt. David Chan. Kang Yu could … More

I wish this shave ice would cool mefaster, and I’m glad for the shadeof this massive old monkeypod tree. We … More

When David Chan returned to the station, he found Sergeant Stillman poring over a file having to do with a … More

Because he couldn’t afford the airfare to Wanhei, Sung-min Kwon walked and hitched rides when he could. All told, the … More

Breakfast, lunch, or dinner, it didn’t matter. Any meal where Dr. Philip Tico and his wife Zelda were eating together … More

As he rode the escalator down from the second floor, David Chan imagined what all he might do to one … More

“Sung,” said Byung Yu, “that kink in my supply chain, I’ve not been able to handle it from over here. … More

David Chan had difficulty focusing on the case file. He kept reading through the evidence and the witness reports, but … More

He had never known his father. When his mother thought him old enough to know, she told him. He had … More

Byung Yu was mightily relieved when Sung-min Wang called him the following day. He’d been concerned that the people at … More

Let’s meet, you message, and she says sure,so right away you start mind-fumbling subjectsyou might discuss, things to talk about … More

Miraculously, I have found enough wordsall month long to fill unturned pages turned,my daily worry, heavy as a dreaming child’s … More

I watch the Midwest-style lightningjags rip from heaven to the ground,the lake ice exploding with the impact. Slipping on my … More

More than 60 years removed now, so long ago,you are mostly ghosts now, but you were thengood news, big headlines … More

Few apple trees will fruit this latein fall, but I do see a fewin the far misting distance,the children I’ve … More

Every week we would receive a few cut-out albums,the ones with the notched corner and stickers sayingthey were not for … More

I say again I have no funny family stories worth telling.Lots of families do, sure, and sure, some of minemight … More