Summary

In Chapter 7, many arrived for fishing season. One day, Lily gave a teacher a note and left class. She did not return for the final week of school. Linda finished her final exam at school. At the lake house, she found Paul working on a city he had been building on the deck. It had been a medieval city, but he announced that he was changing it to a capital city on Europa, which is one of Jupiter's moons. Paul said it was the “Most likely place except Mars to have life” (Location 973). When Patra returned from running errands, she stepped on the city, prompting Paul to fall backwards to show how upset he was. Patra said he was excited because of Leo's pending arrival. She was obviously excited as well, and had had her hair done and bought groceries for the occasion...