Chapter 5....Scaleaha

"WHY ME!" I whimper.

"Why is it always me."

"Holiya? Is that you?" I hear me Maska call.

"Yes Maska!

was just....just talking to Sheeka.

She and Malanao walked me home....I'm going....camping with them...If that's okay......Shes waiting outside."

"Okay then........If they say that's alright."

"Maska I have checked." I lie fluently.

"Okay! Have fun!

Are you leaving now?"

"Yes Maska...I have packed, last night."

At least that was the truth.

"Okay come and say good-bye!"

I slip my rucksack over my shoulder.

Then walk to the kitchen.

Maska has packed me a lunchbox stuffed to the brim with preservable food.

I slip into the laundry and say good-bye.

My eyes fill with tears but I blink them back.

"Good-bye Maska." I say keeping my voice steady.

"Good-bye. I will see you in a week.

"I slip back into the kitchen and place a crumpled note on the bench:

Dear Maska,The truth is I am not going camping.

I will not return in a week.

I am going away.

Away for a long time.

Longer than a week.

Maybe longer than a month.

Dear Maska, It is even possible i will never see you again.

I cannot leave you the place where I am going on this note.

Or why I am leaving.

But please Maska remember the codes we used to crack.

I will tell you in code.

Copy the code and lock it in the safe.

Then burn this letter.

Let no-one else see it.

Most of all I love you Maska.

Never forget this.

Yours with love, Holiya.

Here is the code.

I am going to leave this place.

I'm going to change my name.

I'm going to the cave.

Though I will always keep the name you gave me close to your heart.

I am sorry about the mistakes in my letter but I can scrsly remember the letters.

Please dear Maska I leave you with this.

LOVE

I slip through the door and into the hall.
I wave a kiss towards the laundry then run out the front door.
I run down my cobbled lane and into the market. I throw my gold Malea shoes in the trading bin and swap them for a pair of brown outdoor shoes.
I then slip them on and hurry down the lane to the town gates.
"STOP!" A uniformed guard says.
I am entirely prepared for this.
"Maleajaskanao" I say.
The guard shakes his head.
"Okay kid go on."
I hurry on through the gates and enter the forest.
I continue to run until I reach the big oak.
Here is where I leave the track.
I look to the left.
The bush is far more overgrown than it was last time I visited.
I slip into the rocky terrain.
This is the only way to stop my Maska from discovering me.
The only place she doesn't know about.
My hideaway.
I walk for a long time.
I'm beginning to wonder whether this is the right way wen suddenly I see it.
A small rock face with a cave entrance in the side.
I approach hurriedly, then stop in my tracks.
I'm sure I've just heard something, or someone say something from my cave.
I'm not surprised.
The cave is used by lots of people.
Its the word I heard that troubled me.
The word I heard was..................Scaleaha.

So who was in the cave?
Find out next chapter.
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