Chapter 10

This chapter starts in the hospital when Tom's old room mate and friend came to give Bethany his aloha. While he was there, he pulled Tom aside and said that they thought that they had found the shark that attacked Bethany. Bill was asking for Tom's permission to hunt and kill the shark, as it had now become a rogue animal, or one that is constantly proposing a threat. Cheri goes on to explain that to someone not from Hawaii, killing the shark wouldn't be a big deal at all. The Hawaiian religion, though, believes that the shark is a god or a passed away relative, just like India with their cows. Although the majority of Hawaiians do not presently hold to this belief, some still hold the tradition. After being asked, Tom thought and then said "You would make my day...In fact, make my year if you were able to get that monster. I never want another family to go what we're going through." Low and behold, about a week later Bill had caught the shark. They brought it ashore and took out the stomach skin to give to a drum maker and took the jaws out. They then released it back into the ocean. They later took the jaw and compared it to Bethany's bitten board and it was a perfect match.

Bethany's board