Hi everyone! Sorry about the wait. I live in Arkansas, and my town got hit by a few small tornados. My power was out for a while so I couldn't update. I don't own anything.
"All charges against you have been dropped." he says. I just sit there and stare at him. "Your friend here told us what really happened, and he cleared you of all charges." he says and points to someone out in the hallway. I stand up and look out in the hallway. It's Jason. How does Jason know what really happened?
"Did you find the real killer?" I ask the officer.
"It's hard to find a kill when there hasn't been a murder." he says.
"What are you talking about?" I ask. My heart starts pounding.
"Spencer Hastings is alive." he says.
Toby's POV
Alive. She's alive. Spencer, my Spencer, is alive. Nothing else matters. I don't care about anything else. I feel a smile spread across my face, and tears start to spill out of my eyes.
"She alive." I say.
"Yep." says the officer. "Apparently she showed up at her own funeral. Can you believe that?"
"Is she ok?" I ask.
"I don't know. You'll have to ask your friend." say the officer.
"Ok, thank you." I say. I start to limp down the hall towards Jason.
"Hold on." says the officer. I turn around to see what he wants. "You'll need these." he hands me a set of crutches for my broken leg. "Good luck." he says. I nod my head then I start back towards Jason. It's a lot easier to move around with the crutches. When I get closer to Jason, I can see that something is wrong. His face is full of worry and his shirt is stained with blood.
"Jason. Is it true? She's alive, she's ok?" I ask.
"Not here." says Jason. "Come on. We have to go." he heads out of the police station, and I have no choice but to follow him. We make it his car and he gets inside. I throw my crutches into the back seat then I get in the passenger side. He starts the car and we take off.
"What's going on? Where are we going?" I ask.
"Rosewood memorial." says Jason.
"Why are we going to the hospital? Is Spencer ok?" I ask.
"No. She's not ok." says Jason grimly.
"Why the hell not?" I ask. I'm staring to get angry. I need answers and I'm not getting them. "What happened to her?"
"You already know what happened." says Jason. "You were there, remember. Melissa, the A team, her getting hit with the axe."
"But she's going to be ok, right?" I ask. She has to be ok. I just got her back.
"I'm sorry Toby, but I honestly don't know." he says. "She was in pretty bad shape when I saw her last, and she's in surgery right now."
"What the hell is going on Jason? What happened at the memorial service? The officer said that Spencer was there. Is that true?" I ask.
"Yeah, she was there." says Jason.
"Why? Where was she the past two weeks?" I ask.
"I was trying to keep her safe." he says.
"Wait. You were with her? You knew she was alive all this time." I ask. Jason keeps his eye on the road and doesn't say anything. But his silence answers my question.
"How could you. I thought she was dead! You let me think she was dead all this time!" I yell.
"Spencer wanted to tell you." says Jason. "But I stopped her because if the wrong people found out that she was alive, they would have tried to kill her again." I calm down when he tells me this.
"What happened Jason? How did you find her?" I ask.
"It's a long story." he says.
"We've got ten minutes before we get to the hospital." I say. "Start talking."
We park the car at the hospital just as Jason finishes telling me what happened after the A team dragged me away from Spencer.
"I told her to stay at my house. She promised me that she would. I should have never let her come with me. She'd be fine if I had made her stay at the hospital." says Jason. "If she dies, it will be my fault." it would be easy for me to blame him, but it's not his fault.
"You did the best you could do." I say. "We both know that when Spencer wants to do something, there's no stopping her."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." he says. "Come on. We better go inside and see what's going on." we get out of the car and head to the front doors of the hospital. I follow Jason to the elevators and we wait for the doors to open.
"I'm sorry about everything." says Jason. "I can't imagine what it must have been like for you the past two weeks. Thinking that she was dead. I should have found a way to tell you that she was alive."
"No, you did the right thing." I say. "It would have been to big a risk to try and tell me. They would have found out." the elevator door slides open and we step inside.
"I just feel like I should have done things differently." says Jason. I can tell he feels guilty. But he shouldn't. I'm the one who let Spencer down. I promised her that I would keep her safe. But instead, I let the A team hunt her down and chop her in half with an axe. Then I left her out there in the woods by herself. She must have been terrified. She probably thought she was going to die alone. This whole mess is my fault. Spencer would be fine if I had been strong enough to protect her.
The doors to the elevator open and Jason and I step out into the hallway.
"The waiting room is this way." says Jason.
"When can we see her." I ask
"Emily called and told me that her surgery could last hours." he says.
"Emily's here?" I ask.
"Yeah, everyone's here." he says as we walk down the hall. "Spencer's parents, Aria, Hanna, Emily, and their parents."
"Why are all of their parents here?" I ask.
"Aria had to get stitches and Hanna had to have surgery on her foot, remember." says Jason.
"That's right. I forgot." I say. I was to worried about Spencer to remember that her friends had gotten hurt.
"Emily's can't wait to see you." he says. "Here we are." Jason holds open the waiting room door for me. I walk into the room, and all eyes turn to me.
Everyone stops what they're doing and stairs at me. I can't blame them. Up until about three hours ago, they had all thought I murdered Spencer. I start to feel uncomfortable, but Emily saves me. She runs across the room and slams into me. She hug me tightly and starts to cry.
"Toby, you're ok." says Emily through her tears. I try to hug her back without dropping my crutches. She pulls away from me. "Toby! Your leg."
"It's fine Emily, don't worry about." I say.
"I'm so sorry. I should have been there for you. I knew you could never hurt Spencer. But I just.. I was so…I wasn't sure what…" she breaks down crying again. I let my crutches fall to the ground, then I wrap her in a tight hug.
"It's ok Emily. Everything is ok." I whisper.
"No it's not. Nothing is ok. This is all so wrong." she says. I lead her to a seat and help her sit down. I continue to hug her while she cries into my shoulder. Aria and Jason come and sit down next to us.
"Have you heard anything about Spencer?" I ask quietly.
"No, we haven't." says Aria. "But Hanna just got out of surgery and she's going to be fine." this news catches Emily's attention.
"She is?" asks Emily.
"Yeah." says Aria. "The doctor said we can go and see her in a couple of hours." Emily nods her head and wipes the tears off her face.
"Sorry for crying so much." she says. "I should have held it together."
"Don't apologize for crying." I say.
"Yeah Em." says Aria. "We're your friends. You don't have to pretend to be ok around us."
"Thanks." she whispers. We all sit in silence for a few minutes. But then suddenly, Spencer's parents walk up to us.
"Toby?" says Mr. Hastings.
"Yes?" I say.
"You were with Spencer when she disappeared." he says.
"Yes, I was." I say.
"Spencer said you tried to save her." say Mr. Hastings.
"I'm sorry I wasn't able to protect her." I say.
"So you were with her when Melissa tried to…" he can't finish his sentence.
"Yeah. I was with her." I say. Spencer's dad tries to ask me something else, but he doesn't seem to be able to speak. So Mrs. Hastings speaks for him.
"Please Toby." says Mrs. Hastings. "Tell us everything that happened. Tell us why this happened to our daughter."
What do think? Is Toby going to tell them everything? Will he tell them about A? PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW!
-Rin Shade