Chapters 26 - 30 Summary

Chapter 26: A few days later, the weather finally provides Luke with a clear, dry day. Luke knows his dad will spend the whole day in the fields, leaving him free to carry out his plan. Luke slips out the back door and dashes toward Jen's house. To get inside, Luke has to not only rip the screen, but also break a pane in one of the windows. Once inside, Luke heads for the alarm panel and nervously punches in the code Jen has taught him to disable the alarm. He calls loudly for Jen as he searches the bedrooms. He gets no response and hurries to the computer room, where he logs on with the password, "free." He is so jumpy he mistypes it twice, as 'fere' and 'feer' before getting it right. Once in the chat room, he is surprised...