Serenity
Beauty
Inside the car, John adjusted the rearview mirror while Erik fiddled with the radio, landing on a local station playing slack-key guitar and soft falsetto. The sunlight poured through the windshield, painting their arms in gold.
They pulled onto the highway, the road winding through green hills and black rock, with Mauna Kea rising in the distance like a sleeping god. The day was wide open, and the island stretch