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I can't take my eyes off of the taxi cab that Jenna is in a few cars ahead of us. I'm not sure how long it is but I do know that we aren't in Rosewood anymore, most likely in Philly as we pull up across from her cab. We watch her get out and she heads over to a building as she walks up the steps and disappears inside. How insane is this that we have to follow her just to get some answers? Apparently going up to her and saying that we know she isn't blind to get to the bottom of this is not a thing in their planning.
I take off my seatbelt and slide closer to be in between their front seats. I rest my hand on Aria's seat and squint to see the name of the building. "Where did she go?"
"A medical building?" Hanna says, looking at us in disbelief. "All this for a crummy doctor's appointment." Now she looks a bit frustrated. "Seriously? What a rip."
"Let's just go over to the Directory and see what kind of doctor Dr. Cobb is." Aria tells her.
"Does it matter what kind of doctor it is?" I ask.
She turns to me. "Yes, which you should be at a doctor right now, because you are getting worse."
I give her a look. "Too late now."
"No. I'll tell mom to take you when we get back. There is no way you are lasting through the rest of the day like this. Your voice is practically nonexistent right now and you look like you are about to be completely sick."
"Guys." Hanna says. We both look at her. "Stop, okay?" She looks back out the window. "What do we do?"
"Give her a minute to get out of the lobby, then we'll go." Aria tells her.
We sit in silence for about a minute. In that time I'm watching the front door to the doctor's building. A few times things distract me, like a car passing by or people talking, even birds. But in the end I'd put my attention right back to that door. That is until I see Aria's face gets suspicious when she looks to the side.
She taps Hanna's arm. "Look." She says nodding over towards Hanna's window.
I turn to where they are looking to see a blue mustang is coming out from a side street next to us. When the car turns onto the street my mouth drops, because the person driving the car completely takes me off guard.
"Oh my God!" Aria half screams in a hushed voice. "It's Jenna."
"Call Spencer and Em!" Hanna yells.
Aria takes out her phone and I hear the clicking sound on her phone. Then Hanna starts to drive and I can't help but watch the blue car with a not so blind Jenna driving in front of us.
"Spence, call Emily." Aria says. "Tell her we are following Jenna."
"This is crazy." I say as loud as I can through my almost gone voice.
"Welcome to our crazy life." Hanna says. "You're going to hate it."
At some point Jenna parks her car, but instead of us stopping, Hanna continues to the next corner to turn around. Then she parks her car across the street a bit farther down from Jenna's and we wait in that spot for about ten minutes, just watching the building Jenna walked into. I can't make out what the place is but we can't do anything until Spencer and Em meet up with us.
I yawn and then cough. It was not a pleasant sound and I can feel something in the back of my throat trying to come out that makes me want to throw up. "So what's the plan?" I ask hoarsely minutes later.
"Not sure." Aria says. "But you're staying in here." She turns to look at me.
"What? No way."
"You look like shit, Jessie. You can barely even keep your eyes open."
"Hey." I hear Spencer's voice come from the open window on Hanna's side.
I look over and see her and Emily standing beside Hanna's car. They both look at me in a bit of confusion. "I thought you were sick." Emily asks.
"I…"
"She is." Aria says for me. "But she's stubborn and now she's even worse than she was when we got her."
"Stop bossing me around."
She gives me a look as she opens the door. "Just stay here." She says in a serious tone.
"Ria."
"What we say goes, remember?"
"But…"
"No." She says. "Just…please, okay? We won't be long."
I look at the other girls for help, but they all just give me half smiles. "Fine." I look back at her and wipe away some sweat from my forehead. I most likely have a fever now and it's my own fault. "But if anything goes wrong you let me know. Or if I try to get in contact after at least fifteen minutes of you being gone and you don't answer after five, I'm coming to get you."
She nods. "Fair enough."
I know that won't happen though. I'm feeling like complete shit now and I am almost positive I won't be able to get out of this car on my own. But I wanted to get my point across so I nod in agreement. "Okay. Be careful."
"Here." Hanna says. "I'll leave the keys in the car. But keep the doors locked, and if you need to put the AC on or something then do so."
"Yes ma'am."
She smiles and gets out with Aria.
I watch them walk away from the car and down the street. They don't walk all the way to where Jenna's car is but they stop a few cars before it. I can't hear what they are saying but Spencer turns around, yelling something and flapping her arms in frustration. Obviously something upset her. But I said I wouldn't get out, so I don't.
I'm about to look away when Jenna comes out of the building she went into. I don't know why I think it's a good idea but I grab my phone and click on the camera, zooming it in at her. I record her walking without her sunglasses or cane as she gets to her car and into the driver's seat, taking a few pictures as well. The girls stand there though, they don't bother to make a move and I'm curious on what they are going to do as I put my phone away. Then Hanna finally starts to walk and my heart races. Spencer runs after her and grabs her arm, pulling her a bit towards her. Hanna turns around and they start talking. Clearly Hanna is mad because she is yelling loud enough that I can hear her voice travel, but not enough that I can make out her words. Then as soon as she is done screaming she turns around to Jenna's car and storms over. No one bothers to stop her this time.
Jenna doesn't seem to notice until Hanna practically throws herself in front of the car. My heart sinks and I watch as Jenna's break lights go off shortly after, just in time to avoid hitting her. Hanna has a bit of a smile and says something as she puts her hands on the hood of the car. Then Jenna gets out and all of them follow her into the alleyway not too far away. I can barely see any of them from where I am but it's better than not seeing them at all. I want to check and see what is going on but I know I can't. Plus the thought of going into another alley after what happened the last time I was in one makes my anxiety rise.
They are in there for maybe ten minutes. In between that time I'm getting texts from Blake. "Hey. How are you feeling?"
"Eh." I put. "Like shit. I think I may have to go to the doctor."
"Aw that sucks. Guess coming to pass by is out then?"
"Maybe later. I'm gonna get some sleep and see how I feel when I wake up."
When I look up sometime later I see the girls walk out with Jenna from the alley. She gets into her car and they walk back over towards me. They stop next to the car and say some random things that I'm having a hard time keeping up with. Something about how they can't believe they have to keep this secret from everyone just because they owe her. So naturally when Hanna and Aria get inside I ask what happened and they give the simple answer.
"Apparently someone is after her and the only way to stay safe is to pretend she's blind." Aria says.
"And you guys can't say anything?"
"No." Hanna says a bit pissed.
I slowly nod, "Well I did something completely impulsive and I'm not sure if you are going to love or hate me for it."
They both look at each other in confusion, "What did you do?" Hanna asks curiously.
I press on the app for my camera roll, showing them the pictures and video I took of her. For a second they don't say anything as they hand it back to me. "It was stupid right?" I ask.
"No." Aria says, shaking her head and smiles. "It was smart."
"Really?" I raise my eyebrows in surprise.
"Yea." Hanna says as she starts to follow behind Spencer's car to head home. "It gives us leverage in case she does something to screw us over."
I smile, "Glad I could help."
"And you managed to get this without her seeing you. That's even better and keeps you out of it." She adds.
It gets quiet again, so I go with. "So did she bring Em to the cemetery?"
"No." Aria says. "She just found Emily sometime after midnight wandering the streets drunk. She tried to take her home but Em jumped out at a red light and took off."
"So back to square one."
Aria nods. "Kinda." She turns to me. "But now at least we know that Jenna wasn't part of this. Which means she's most likely not A."
"Great." I say and look out the window. "Another dead end."
"Stay positive." She says.
"Trying."
"Well I'm not sure if you knew this but we found out that Melissa lost her baby way before June."
I look at her. "What?"
"Spencer checked for records and apparently there was never any Melissa Hastings at that hospital in Hanover. And she didn't check out of the resort until the thirteenth. Her mom however, checked in on the tenth."
"I'm so not able to keep up with this."
"Us either." Hanna says. "But that's not too important until Spencer can find out why she lied."
Let me backtrack a bit. Melissa had supposedly lost her and Ian's baby to a miscarriage in June when she went to a resort in Hanover to get away from all this mess because she was involved with Garrett just before he got arrested. Apparently it was their mom's idea for Melissa to take a break, but when she got back she wasn't pregnant. Not only was she not pregnant but she had no baby with her. Now I'm finding out that she lost the baby sometime before she left and lied about it. Why? Who the hell knows. Everyone in this freaking town is crazy.
I look out the window, shaking my head. I need to get out of this insane town. I think to myself.
"Hey." Aria says, touching my leg.
I turn back to her. "Yea?"
"Sorry I got upset with you for coming."
I half smile. "It's cool. I'm sorry I was being a pain."
She shrugs. "You wanted to help." She stops for a second. "I still hate the idea though."
I nod. "I know, but gotta deal with it."
She laughs a bit as I cough that horrible cough again. "You're going to a doctor when we get home."
"Yea." I nod "I was thinking the same thing."
After we get home Aria begs her dad to take me to the doctor because I'm even worse than I was an hour before. Uncle Byron was home earlier than planned so he takes a break from doing work stuff to take me and it turns out that I caught the flu and now have a 102 fever. I'm given a note to stay out of school until Monday, which is fine with me I guess because it allows me to get some rest from all the hecticness that has been going on.
I'm so weak from this flu that I can barely get out of bed once I lay down when we get back. It gets so bad that I can't eat or drink anything without throwing it back up. Everything sounds ten times louder to me than it actually is. My throat is on fire as it hurts to swallow and I can't even talk anymore. My nose is stuffed up and runny, my vision is barely focused because the light hurts my eyes, and my head won't stop pounding. It feels the same way it did after I got hit across the face with the crowbar.
Basically, having the flu is a nightmare and I cannot wait to get over it.
