Chapter 37

Aria's pov

I jumped out of the truck before Toby try to talk to me about it. Seeing a couple desk lights on inside, I started banging on the door. Before I could try and open the door, Barry appeared and opened it when he saw me.

"Alison Dilaurentis is hiding out at the shed." I said and Barry noticed Toby and motioned for him to come in with us.

...

"So you say that Alison Dilaurentis is at the shed... as in the same shed that Mona Vanderwaal kept the two of you?" Barry asked as I rocked Oliver in my arms.

"Yes, she's there now." I said and shared a look with Toby.

"No one will be in trouble, but is there anyone with her?" Barry asked and my hesitation to answer must have showed.

"They won't be in trouble." Barry promised and I looked at him. Does he actually expect me to believe him?

"You have my word." He said and I nodded, still not fully believing him.

"Spencer, Hanna, and Emily." I said and Barry nodded, Toby gave me a reassuring look.

"I'll go first thing in the morning and bring her in." He said and I finally felt like I could finally start trusting the cops.

...

Next morning

I was giving Oliver his morning bottle when the girls walked into the house.

"You told the cops where Ali was staying?" Emily asked when they walked into the kitchen.

"Did you not hear anything she said last night? She KNEW Mona was 'A' since Hanna had been hit, she could have found a way to tell us that but she was more worried about herself!" I said and Emily held her arms out for Oliver.

"Let me finish feeding him and burp him first." I said and Hanna spoke up.

"She knew what Aria went through with the shed, but still made her go there last night." She added as Oliver finished his bottle.

"I was tired of Alison calling the shots, and it being all about her. She's not being targeted by 'A' anymore but we are." I said and Spencer looked at me.

"We don't know if 'A' is planning on targeting Alison or not. For all we know, they could be planning on attempting to kill her again." She said and we all shared a look.

"So we believe this 'A' is the one who tried to kill Ali?" Hanna asked and Spencer realized what she had said as I finished burping Oliver. Emily gladly took him and started giving him kisses.

"None of this is making sense. Does Ali know that Ian tried to kill us over those videos?" I asked and Emily sighed.

"She was the one who pushed Ian off the bell tower, they were suppose to meet afterwords." She said and I stared at her. Wait Alison was going to meet with Ian after the bell tower accident?

"Does that mean Ian knew Ali was alive? And was she apart of the whole thing?" I asked and Spencer shook her head.

"No, well he knew she was alive at least by that point. She told him to do what he did in the interrogation room." She said and then shook her head when I made a face.

"Not shooting himself... that I have no explanation for. She told him to pressure us into giving him the tapes, to see if we would remain loyal to her." She said and I stared at her in shock.

"Are you fricking kidding me? We almost died! And for what to see if we would remain loyal to someone who we honestly believed was dead?" I asked annoyed and I placed my hands over my face.

"I'm SO done with her." I said and Emily handed Oliver back to me.

"Well I'm not waiting for her when she comes to school." I said, Emily and Spencer agreed with me.

"Ali is still our friend." Hanna said and I turned to her.

"Han, When has Alison ever been a friend to any of us?" I asked her and she thought about it.

"She was there for me after my dad left and I felt it was because I was fat." She said and I rested a hand on her shoulder.

"Han, she taught you to throw up... which could have ended badly for you." I said softly and Hanna seemed to realize we were right.