Summary

Chapter Thirty. Luke searches the steps and the landing several times but the portable phone isn’t there. He wonders if Jason has an accomplice who took it while Luke was gone and realizes that he can’t trust anyone in Jason’s group except the four boys Jason named while talking on the phone. Luke thinks about waking the other boys so that they can hide, but realizes that it will only be a matter of time before they are found no matter where they go. Luke has no idea how to handle the Population Police, and then remembers that Jen’s dad has been working against them from the inside for years. Luke decides his only option is to call Mr. Talbot.

Chapter Thirty-One. Luke thinks he may be able to find a telephone and Mr. Talbot’s number in...