Chapter 27 Summary

In chapter twenty-seven, Lindy and Jadie hold their meeting in the cloakroom. About forty-fiveminutes after the two begin talking, Mr. Tinbergen joins Torey in the classroom and they wait together. When Jadie and Lindy exit the cloakroom about one hour and twenty minutes later, Mr. Tinbergen takes Jadie to lunch. Lindy, meanwhile, sits down across from Torey. She tell Torey she believes she is about to be sick. As Lindy talks to Torey about the things that Jadie has told her, she suddenly makes a connection between the cat that was killed when it was pulled apart, and the cat skeleton that Jadie's father had reconstructed. Later that day, as Torey is trying to get her class to finish their work, Mr. Tinbergen knocks on the door. With him is Delores, the social worker. Delores tells Torey she has collected the girls' belongings...