BABY ISLAND This story is by my brother, me and my 'BIG BROTHER' who is also my lover and mentor. Hope you'll like it. BabyElika (Elika is Eric in Hawaiian!!) ---------------------------------------------------------- Part One: I was getting away from CIVILIZATION. I decided to see if I could find a sandy atoll in the South Pacific. I was 45 years old and I just sold everything, after my wife divorced me after 26 years of marriage. My only possessions were a few clothes, A satellite TV set and 'OfficeDesk V', my 125 foot BROWARD MOTORYACHT. I was cruising to Hawaii, after going through the PANAMA CANAL and I was going to stop in Honolulu to get some supplies. So far the cruise was uneventful, but soon it will cheer me up. In the distance, I saw something bobbing in the water, so I decided to cruise to it. I decided to slow down the yacht and headed towards the thing that was bobbing. When I got closer, I saw it was a liferaft, so I called the SAR (Search and Rescue) in Honolulu and told them I found a liferaft. I went out to the transome and lowered my small boat (a 19' Boston Whaler) into the ocean and see if anyone needed some help. When I got to the liferaft, I saw two boys, one about 12 and the other was about 7. The 7 year old, which I found out was 10, was dressed in a diaper and the 12 year old was in a speedo. I looked at the boys and I said, "Need some help?" The 12 year old, looked at me and said, "Are we saved? Where are my folks?" I said, "You are safe with me. I'm not sure where your folks are. Why are you in the middle of the Pacific?" The 12 year old said, "Mom and dad said that the boat was sinking, so they put us in the liferaft. They said that they'll call for help and to tell anyone who finds us that we'll meet in Honolulu." I said, "When was that? What is your name? I'm Robert." The boy said, "I'm 'Ilima Kahale. That is my brother, Kehaulani. It was about three days ago." I looked over at Kehaulani and slowly shook him awake. I then said, "Lets get you to Honolulu." We boarded the 'Boston Whaler', then towing the raft, we went to the 'OfficeDeskV'. 'Ilima, climbed about but Kehaulani was still asleep, so I raised the 'Boston Whaler' and got him on the boat. I radioed the SAR station and asked about any 'maydays' the past week. I told SAR what 'Ilima told me, but SAR didn't have any maydays in the past month. SAR was going to get a hello, when I told them that Kehaulani was a bit dehydrated. Since I had a helicopter landing pad they were going to take Kehaulani to the hospital. I decided to set my course to Honolulu and then decided to see what 'Ilima was doing. Before I came down from the helm, 'Ilima was coming up to talk to me. I told him that a helicopter was going to meet us near Honolulu to take Kehaulani to the hospital. 'Ilima said, "Is my brother sick? He didn't want to drink water." "Why didn't he?" I asked. "He didn't want to pee. I think our mom and George wanted to get rid of us. He called Kehaulani a bedwetter MORON. Mom agreed with him saying it is too hard with him wetting his pants. They didn't know I heard them talking. Do you have any kids?" "Five kids," I said. "Who is George?" "Our mom's new husband," 'Ilima said. "How old are your kids?" "My oldest is 23 and my youngest is 13. Doug, my oldest, is in the Navy, Eric, who is 22 is a football player at New Haven. my twins Denise and Anna are seniors in high school and Jackie is a freshmen." I looked at 'Ilima and said, "We had a messy divorce and my girls - Denise, Anna and Jackie - aren't speaking to me. Eric and Doug do speak to me, but they aren't close. I was busy running a business." 'Ilima said, "I bet you did help your kids. George didn't care for us and our dad was killed." I looked at him and thought, 'And your mom was trying to kill you. Want to find an island?' I just sat looking at 'Ilima without saying anything.