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"Māku koe e whakaae, kaua ko tōku pāpā," i pōrarutia a Reiko e te whanonga o tana tamaiti nāna a ia i taua. - Ko tana tama, nāna i mōhio he ātaahua, he mokemoke tōna oranga mārire, e ngana ana ki te whakamarie i a ia ki tōna tinana. E kore e whakaaetia tēnei. Ahakoa rā, i whakaaro a Reiko ko te aroha tēnei o tana tama. Me ākiri e au hai whaea? Me whakaae ahau ki a ia hai wahine? Ka poipoi te ngākau o Reiko, engari i a ia e rongo ana i te aroha o tana tamaiti nāna i āta tiaki i a ia, ka katia e ia ōna whatu, a, ka whakaiti i tōna kaha ki te ātete.