Kota stared at her for a long time then said "I returned abou two months ago... and did she say where the oak tree was? I need to be sure i go to the right one..."

"And you didn't call?" Alia asked, disappointed. "Never,ind that, somewhere in the forest behind her home. She said the shortest one."

Kota said "I tried calling several times, but you never awensered... Meet me at her house in three days. There is something you need to see..."

"I left. I couldn't stand the emptiness of the loneliness. I had to leave, anyways. I couldn't pay the mortgage." That reminded her that her parents also had moved away, without her, which was the strangest thing.

Kota climbed onto her horse then gently grabbed her hand and pulled her onto Fall "Come on. I have to show you something.

Alia, still quite shocked, shakily climbed up with Kota. "What is it tat you must show me in this time of despair?" She asked, sighing.

Kota said "Dawn made me promise to show you what the key led to if anything happened to her, as there was something special for you."

"And you think you can just leave the crime seen?i am sorry but you will have to stay here for a little longer." I grab the reins of their horse. "Please don't make me have to hurt you. I too have somewhere I need to be. I left my children in the middle of the night. I would do anything to get back to them. I am just glad that my mother lives right down the block." It was true she had moved closer after my wife had died.

Kota sighed "Fine. You have twenty minutes, then i am leaving."

"A caring father, are you? That's all well." Alia un mounted from Kota's horse. "My parents, I've never seen them before."