“Oh, yeah. She just up and disappears, first thing he's gonna wonder is how she got away, and with me able to use the tree as portal, he'll definitely lay eyes on me,” Jason agreed.
“Wait. He doesn't know I can enter the tree, does he?”
“Nah. So far he thinks you were just dumped, maybe with your folks hoping the forest folk would protect you or that humans would find you and you'd end up hidden in plain sight. He thinks you have a coincidental connection to some great power in that the tree it's in is where ever your true home is. But since you're not a dryad, he doesn't think you can use tree portals unaided.
“Right. So, if next time he has you go with him on a mission, and it's during school hours, if I sneak out during lunch and come back in time finishing up a burger from a fast food place, he'd have no reason to believe I actually went home and made a quick trip to Japan.”
Jason looked thoughtful. “Kinda be pushing it, wouldn't you? Going to fast food place, getting home, grabbing her, going through unseen by the gardener, coming back, getting out unseen, and getting back to school?”
I chewed my lip. “Could you show me the route from home to school by tree? And from tree close by the burger place to home?”
He nodded. “I can do that. Burger place by the park should be perfect. You can walk to the burger place, buy your meal to go. Go to the park to eat, then slip away when you're sure no one sees you. Come home, have her meet you at the tree, take her where she needs to go, then go back to the park, sit on bench, finish meal if you have time, or exit park eating and drinking. Don't lose your receipt, and oh! Take a book with you so it looks like you're reading or studying or something during your lunch there. “
I nodded. We had a plan. Now I just needed to memorize the routes and practice getting through them within a limited time.
Chapter Ten
Chapter Twelve
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