Page 18 of Try Easy

He leaned over and draped his arm over the back of the seat, pointing to something on the map.

“Waimea Bay is right here,” Keoni said.

“Oh?”

Lou glanced up at Keoni. He’d moved closer. She could see the individual hairs of his stubbly beard and the fine lines radiating from the corners of his eyes. His hair was nearly dry. It was long and flopped over his forehead, concealing the gash near his hairline. If they’d been in Seattle, Lou would have thought Keoni needed a haircut and a shave, but in Hawaii, he seemed perfect.

Lou cleared her throat and asked, “Is that where they will have the Duke contest?”

“Nah.” Keoni shook his head. “Waimea’s too wild. They’ll have it here,” he said, trailing his finger north along the map to stop at Lou’s knee. “Sunset Beach.”

“You have to be invited?” Lou asked.

“Yeah,” Keoni said.

Lou waited for him to go on, but he didn’t. From what Declan and Bones had said, she thought Keoni must be pretty good at surfing. Then again, judging from his injuries, maybe he wasn’t so good.

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