So far, I'm having an awful night. First A, forces me to be awful to Paige, who is always so sweet to me. I didn't want to, but I had to break her heart because I couldn't risk her being really hurt by A.

After Paige left, all hell broke loose. Spencer found out Mona was A and everything fell apart from there. But, we can be glad that this whole mess is behind us. A is safely locked away in Radley Sanitarium, and now I just want to go home and sleep.

The four of us are walking together and I decide to fill them in on what happened with Paige.

"So, A, or I guess Mona, made me be pretty awful to Paige tonight," I say.

"How so?" Spencer asks.

"Well Paige wanted to talk to me-"

"About the almost kiss?" Hannah interrupts.

"Yeah. I sent her over to a table so I could take a minute to think about what I needed to say. I care about her, but I don't know where things stand with Maya and I didn't want to lead her on. Anyway, I got a text telling me to hurt her, to make her cry, or that she'd really be hurt."

"What'd you do?" Aria questions.

"Well, I didn't want to risk whatever A would do to her so, I made her cry. I said some really nasty things to her. I feel absolutely awful," I explain.

"How'd she take it? Was she angry?"

"I don't think so, Spencer. She was hurt mostly, I guess. I've only seen her cry one other time."

"She's been violent towards you in the past, are you scared of retaliation at all? I mean, no one can forget that little near drowning incident," Spencer continues. I can hear the protective edge in her voice.

"I doubt it. She seems different now. Less on edge. More at ease with herself," I reply.

As we round the corner to my house, we see flashing blue and red lights and a huge crowd of people. They're at my house. I break into a run, the others trailing behind me.

"Mom? MOM?" I scream frantically.

I don't see her until she turns around. I breathe a sigh of relief and approach her where she's talking to a police officer.

"Mom what happened?" I ask.

"It's Maya, honey." I gasp, bile rising in my throat and hot tears welling in my eyes. I feel the girls step up around me, holding me. "No, no. She's okay, well, she's alive. I heard noises outside, and when I went out the back door, it was dark, but I saw two people fighting. One of them was on the ground. I shouted and one of them took off. When I got closer I saw that the person on the ground was Maya. I called the police and an ambulance came and took her. She's unconscious, but they're going to run some tests and hopefully the damage isn't bad."

"Who-" My throat feels thick. I clear it. "Who did this?"

The officer breaks into the conversation, "We don't know yet. You're her girlfriend, right?" I nod. "Has she said anything about anyone being angry with her?"

"No, we haven't really spoken in a couple of weeks."

"Is there anyone that you can think of that may have wanted to hurt her?" he questions.

I can practically hear all of the girls arriving at the same conclusion, but I'm quick to speak.

"No officer. There's no one I can think of." I answer.

I see Spencer open her mouth out of the corner of my eye, and I quickly jab an elbow into her ribs. She closes her mouth.

"Okay, well if you think of anything, here's my card." The officer walks away.

"Mom, can I go see Maya?" I ask, pleadingly.

"Not tonight, honey. Let them run their tests and see if she wakes up. You can go tomorrow, if she's cleared for visitors." She looks at my friends. "You girls are welcome to come in and keep Emily company. You can stay the night."

They all agree and we go to my bedroom. I lend out shorts and t-shirts and everyone changes before we sit down to talk.

"Emily, why didn't you tell the officer about Paige? After tonight, hello motive." Spencer says.

"I really, really don't think she'd be capable of doing something like this," I explain. And it's true. "Sure Paige had her issues when she was struggling with her identity, but I really don't think she would hurt Maya, especially not just because I was a jerk to her."

Spencer stares for a moment. "If you're sure." I nod. "Fine, but I'm keeping my eye on her."

We settle into a tense silence. Aria clears her throat.

"I just thought of something." We all look at her. "You said you got a text from A. If Mona is A and she was with Spencer, how did she know you were talking to Paige?"

We all look around at each other. None of us have an answer. Maybe this isn't over.