Luke calms down, and Jen’s father explains that he uses his job to try to sabotage the Population Police. Jen’s father puts up his hands and tells Luke that he’s on his side. Luke ends up grabbing the gun, and he points it at Jen’s father. Panicked by the mention of the Population Police, Luke charges at Jen’s father and tries to wrestle his gun away. Jen’s father says he can get Luke a fake ID that will allow him to live a normal life he can do this because he works for the Population Police. They’ll start searching every house nearby. Jen’s father calms down and tells Luke that when he logged into the chat room, a notification was sent to the Population Police. She probably knew that the rally was hopeless, but she was still determined to try. Jen’s father starts to cry, and Luke remembers how Jen visited the night before she left. Luke protests that Jen said there would be so many Shadow Children that the police would be overwhelmed, and Jen’s father replies that she had too much faith in the courage of her fellow hidden children. Jen’s father explains that the police gunned down all forty children who attended the rally. Jen’s father explains that he was allowed to view her body, but he had to pretend he didn’t know her. Luke explains that he was too afraid to go to the rally, but couldn’t stop Jen. He explains how he noticed signs around the house that suggested the presence of another third child and made contact with her. Luke explains that he’s a friend of Jen and that he’s a third child too. Luke turns around and realizes that this is Jen’s father. Guns have been outlawed by the Government, so it’s surprising that the man has one. Suddenly, a voice behind him informs Luke that he has a gun, and asks who he is.
He logs on to the chat room and asks where she is, but there’s no reply. He wanders through the house looking for Jen, but he can find no sign of her.
#AMONG THE HIDDEN WINDOWS#
He breaks one of the windows in order to get in, and he manages to turn off the alarm the way that Jen showed him. A week and a half after the rally, Luke makes the dangerous decision to go over to Jen’s house.
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