4 years ... 4 years since he last saw her , they have been falling apart ever since he started working as a cop during her senior year of high school they were finally back on track when he told her he would quit the force for her but then it happened A , he took her from him. He kept her and her friends looked up for weeks , finally after many sleep deprived nights and lots of coffee the cops found her and her friends but , his pure innocent Spencer was always A's favourite maybe it was because she was related to him or maybe not. All her friends managed to get out but he kept her ! Why her ? He didn't know if A killed her or kept her as one of his dolls all he knew was that she was gone.

Toby woke up at half past 10 perfect time for him to get ready and meet Emily for coffee down stairs in the brew for 11. Emily had just finished college where she trained to be a swimming coach she got a job at her old high school , rosewood high but now all she needed was a place to stay , Paige was busy today so Toby offered to go look at an apartment today with her it was just out side of Philly. He didn't mind she was his friends he wanted to help her out but also he couldn't bear another day alone in his loft.

"Hey" Emily said leening up to hug him.

"How have you been"

"I've been fine you know just busy with work and stuff do you want a coffee em"

"No thanks we better get going it will take us over an hour to get their and I don't want to be late "

and with that they left the brew and made their way to Emily's car.

"So what did you think of the place "

Emily asked bringing out the coffees they ordered to their outside table at the small coffee place they found around the corner from the apartment.

"It was nice , but don't you think it's a bit far from rosewood you do need to go there everyday for work"

" I know but it's about half way from rosewood and half way from Paige's job it's only an hour drive i don't mind as long as I'm with her"

Hearing Emily say that made him think of Spencer how he would of gone any where just to be with her no matter how far her college was he would of made it work for her but he never got the chance to try.

"Earth to Toby "

The clicking of the girl next to him made him snap out of his day dream.

"Sorry what did you say"

"Don't worry ... you were thinking of her weren't you" Emily said weary of bringing Spencer up around him

" I know she would of wanted me to move on it just .."

"You can't while you know there is still a chance of her being alive , is that why you broke up with Laura "

He nodded

" she was nice but she wasn't Spencer "

" you would of thought when the police found A , Charles who ever we would of found her"

Toby thought back to how happy he was when Spencer's parents phoned him to let him know the police found A , he finally for the first time in 3 years smiled and he also started to dream about his future with her , what they would do now he had her back , what there kids would look like something he wouldn't let himself do the whole time she was missing just in case she never came back . But they didn't know they found his life less corpse after he killed himself , they searched his new lair but there were no signs of her being their wether she was dead or alive. This made it harder for him to hold onto hope he always thought back to what Spencer always use to say " hope breeds eternal misery" maybe she was right.

" I just don't know that was nearly A year ago and we haven't had any new leads after that , any way do you think you will buy that apartment"

Emily wanted to push him on it , he rarely ever spoke of Spencer much but she knew she was always on Toby's mind. But it was obvious he didn't want to talk about her any more so she decided to let it go

" I don't know it was nice it had two decent size bedrooms and it wasn't too small I like it I just have to talk to Paige about it first"

" I'm sure she will love it what time does her flight arrive"

"About 2 ish"

"If we leave now we should be able to miss any traffic and get there on time" Toby suggested

" come on let's go then"

Emily started to pull on her coat and grab her purse while Toby left a tip but just then they heard that perfect laugh they were deprived of for 4 years he quickly turned around and saw someone leaving the coffee shop that he thought only existed in his dreams.