Chapter 48
“It was when you told him you might need to pee.” Malachi’s voice sounded through the branches. “Until then I’d been able to ignore it.”
Lola was not interested. She hissed: “What are you doing here?” He said nothing. “Mali - Malachi, what are you doing here? If Grogan finds you ….” She looked anxiously round, making sure they were alone. She wouldn’t put it past Grogan to set a spy on her, to make sure she behaved.
“He won’t find me - unless you tell him.”
“I won’t tell him anything.”
Malachi, sitting five branches higher than Lola, frowned as he considered. Lola - always eager to please - would not have been his first choice as a confidant. But he was feeling pleased with himself and she was the only one around, so…
He took a breath. “I’m going to run away.”
“Grogan wil
