"Okay. Calm down." Alison snatched away Kate's phone, as if it was her own.
"Hey!" Kate squealed.
Alison scrolled through the text conversation.
Eventually, she found what she was looking for.
"Oh my god. Kate, look at this."
"What?" Kate leaned in.
"Kate. You know this person...and she's sent you messages before. You just didn't know it was...A."
"Are you crazy, Alison?! This number is one I've never heard of!"
"I'm not crazy, and this is for real." Alison showed Kate earlier messages.
"What the? I never was never sent these before." Kate was really confused.
"Hm, A probably wanted us to send the messages to Agent Jasmine Fuji. Then, she would find those older messages and think that Kate and Ali were lying and making it all up!" Hanna piped in.
"This A sounds a lot like Ali, but we know it isn't her." Aria picked at a burnt spot on the silver pan.
"Of course it isn't me! I'm right here, and I'm not even holding my phone. It's on the kitchen island." Alison replied.
"Wait, Kate. Send a message to A." Emily suggested.
"Okay, what should I send?" Kate asked.
"I know who you are?" Spencer suggested.
Kate sent a message to A.
A few seconds later, Ali's phone buzzed with a new message. Alison went over and picked up her phone.
"Huh? Kate, how come your message was sent to me? I thought it was sent to A."
"I did send it to A." Kate was super confused.
"Maybe this super smart A redirected all messages sent to him or her to be sent to your phone, so we would all think you did it, Ali." Hanna suggested.
"You're right...I mean, I totally did that once. I didn't think it would be passed on to the new A." Alison confessed.
"So who do you think A is?" Spencer asked.
"Hold it. Last time we tried to figure who A was, who was obviously Alison, it was a DISASTER!" Aria tapped her nail on the marble.
"I have an idea who it is...but I think I'm completely wrong. Because...well, she isn't even alive anymore." Alison said.
"Oh Alison, I really don't care! Mind your own business, sweetie." Kate shooed her away.
Alison gawked at those words.
Hmph. Who cared what Kate said? Once she reclaimed the throne as Queen Alison of Rosewood, Kate-Katelyn-would be on her knees, begging for a job that wasn't being a peasant. Serves that stupid little bitch right!