After Jamie run away from home, he's in the town with Abby. Both induce a talk, which is very important, because Abby mentions, what it's like to be shadow. She explains, that she's living in a shadow and if someone lives there long enough, they become one. So she describes to Jamie, that he's also a shadow.
Jamie tells her that, he run away from home and both search for the sports hall of the school to have the chance to talk undisturbed.
Suddenly, the two man appear at the gym and Jamie and Abby are cached in the changing room. They talk about the mysterious man and Abby explains Jamie, that she owed them money. Jamie is desperate and he doesn't know, what to do next but doesn't want Abby to notice that.
Abby tells that she'll run away from Ashingford, because she would like to go to Cumbria, but it's clear for Jamie, that he wouldn't let her go on her own, so he wants to go with her.
At the next day, the two meet the man again, but at this day, they catch Jamie, while Abby cache herself in a corner. Jamie talks with the menand suddenly he says, that he got the money to pay them off. The two men warn Jamie that he should come to assign the money, without the police. After the men bashed him, Abby is gone.
Jamie doesn't know, how to enrage the money to pay the men off, so he goes to Spider, to ask him for help. Jamie knows, that Spider conserves a lot of money to buy a car but now he needs the help of his friend. Jamie doesn't want Spider to get into danger, so he doesn't say, why he needs the money but Spider trust Jamie, so he's inclinable to give the money to him.