In this chapter, Evan is throwing his baseball up and down when he hears the basement door open and his little sister jessie comes in and starts talking to Evan. Jessie asks Evan “what do you want to do?” and Evan says he wants money and Jessie said he just got ten dollars from his grandma and he spent it. Evan does not want to do what Jessie suggested like building a fort, building a marble track, and playing stratego. Evan was throwing his baseball when he took his eyes off the ball for 1 second and hit his nose. Evan just wanted to get away from Jessie and she just followed him into the basement.