CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The secret exit took me into an alleyway I’d passed loads of times before on my way to and from work, but which I’d never taken much notice of until today. When I first emerged from the secret exit (which I hastily blocked off with a few full trash cans just in case the vigilantes had followed), I had no idea where I was until I peered out of the alley and recognized the route I took to and from work every day. I was about two blocks away from the Elastic Cave, but that was two blocks too close to it for my liking, so I half-walked, half-ran another block or so until I reached an alleyway even I hadn’t known about. It was cloistered away from the main street and back streets, meaning that it was unlikely that the vigilantes would follow me here. Granted, I was dripping wet
