"Hello, Lilo." Nikita's smile and voice are warm, but she can't help wishing Michael were here (again). He'd know better how to talk to her, this little girl from Hawaii. Hayley would be too old now to be Lilo's friend, but Max is only a few years younger. Hayley might have babysit the two of them for money to buy shave ice and cell phone minutes.

"I'm not from Hawaii but someone I love very much always wanted to be."