He rangatahi Tumuaki a Wachi. He tangata whai rawa, he ataahua, he rangatira i runga i te moenga, he pai tana hopu… Engari he rereke te mea pono mai i tenei pohehe, i te mea e kite ana ia i ana hoa me ana hoa mahi he taputapu noa hei whakakaha ake i tana mahi me ana hoa wahine hei taonga moepuku. Ko nga tono mo te whanaungatanga pono mai i tetahi ka whakapataritari, ka whakapataritari hoki i a Wachi, kaore ia e tino whakapono ki enei mea. I roto i ana hikoi i roto i tona oranga tino pai ki a ia ano, ka haere a Makio, he rangatahi toa ataahua i whakamohiotia ki a ia e tetahi o ana hoa omaoma, a i tutakina atu ano e ia i taua ata ano. I a ia e timata ana ki te haere ki te paera a Makio me te pai ki a raatau korerorero i ia ra, ka raru a Wachi i nga kare-a-roto kare ano ia i pa ki mua… Engari he tino parakore, he harakore ranei a Makio ki tana titiro, he kanohi ataata ranei kei te huna i te rewera kei raro? A ka taea e te Wachi pohae ki te whai whakaaro mo tenei i tenei wa kua hinga ia?
