Little Island Bird

After six tortuous years of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her mother and stepfather, Pallia was on an airplane cruising at 42,000 feet above the blue pacific. Seated beside her was her father's sister, Leilani, a woman from her long forgotten life on the island. Together they were flying to attend the burial ceremony for her father, Makoa, who was also a stranger to Palila from her long forgotten past. When they met at the Honolulu International Airport, Leilani had squealed wit...