Description
⚘I think of us more as flowers in the attic. Paper flowers. Born so brightly colored and fading duller through all those long grim, dreary, nightmarish days when we were held prisoner of hope and held captive by greed🥀 Kailani is a child who lives two very different lives in two very different places. When she's with her mother Raegan Bentley in Monterey, Virginia she is very independent and basically takes care of herself. But when she's in Honolulu, Hawaii with her father, Steve McGarrett, Kailani gets to be a kid. When she's with her Dad, which isn't very often since her Dad's a Naval Seal, she feels like it's her safe haven. Kailani cherishes the moments she spends with Steve because she knows when she goes back with her mother that all goes away. A few days after her ninth birthday, which she spent with Steve, Kailani was sent back to the mainland where her mother awaited. With a smile on her face Raegan lies to Steve about her drug addiction and drinking problem saying she hadn't touched either in months. And then that night tragedy struck. A few men walked into the house while Raegan was there, passed out, and took Kailani. In the morning when Raegan finally woke up it took her hours before she noticed that her daughter was missing. In her mind she couldn't call the police because it was her fault and Steve would find out. While she fights to decide what to do Kailani is held hostage by a stranger surrounded by children just like her. At nine-years-old she cannot be a child that plays outside, but is forced to hide away and protect herself like a mother should've done. 🌵We are all gardeners, planting seeds of intentions and watering them with attention in every moment of everyday🌺
|Prologue 1|Daddy
