Chapter 88

Still shaking with excitement Cleopoda and Strukus followed Zenas hand in hand to a small shack that neither Cleopoda in her days of coming to the field nor Strukus as he ran up to meet her, noticed. It was shabby and dark and when Zenas brought it an oil lamp to illuminate the place Cleopoda realized it served as a storeroom for the temple helpers for bundles of clothes and straw hats and patched cloaks were strewn around the place. Zenas went to a corner of the room and moved clothes aside so they could both sit then he dropped the lamp and turned to them.

"I'll be in the fields so you two can talk in private. Be quiet and don't take too long here, if anyone asks I'll say you're relieving yourself."

Cleopoda clapped his hands in hers and smiled up at him in gratitude. "Thank you so much, Zenas." Her voice shook.

He nodded at her with a small smile.

"Thank you very much, sir," Strukus said too.