Hello,
So this chapter will follow immediately after the ending of last one, the night where the girls were being caught around Sara's dead body…
Chapter 56 – The great pretender
(At night at Welby)
*** Music background: Scars by Michael Malarkey***
Alison was struggling with her ties and she just opened wildly her eyes when she noticed the presence of someone else into her room…
Alison gulped. – "Why are you doing this?!"
Elliot smirked. – "Because, I need something from you…"
Alison. – "Whatever it's… you will not get anything from me…"
Elliot smirked. – "Oh Alison… always being such a bitch…" (He nailed a syringe on Alison's shoulder and slowly pushed the drug on her system as he said with a big smirk) "And just like you Alison… karma can be such a bitch too…"
Alison just sighed heavy as she started to feel the effects of the drugs on her…
Elliot caressed Alison's face and her hair as he said. – "Ahmmm… you really have a little of resemblance with her… with my dear Cece…"
Alison murmured. – "Cece…? You…"
Elliot. – "You killed her and you killed Melissa too… and I'm bringing hell to you… and you know what is the best part of it…?"
Alison gulped hard
Elliot smirked. – "That I'm not the only one plotting against you and right now, no one can help you… no one…" (Big smile as he whispered on Alison's ear) "You're in my hands Alison, you're mine now and I've plenty of stuffs planned for us…" (Big smirk)
Alison gulped hard and even if she tried to stay awake, she couldn't as the drugs on her body completely knocked her out.
Elliot. – "Sweet dreams Barbie… sweet dreams…"
*** Music background ends***
(That same night inside a cell – Police station of Rosewood)
The four girls were inside the same communal cell…
Hanna. – "I can't believe this fucking town! We're the victims here and we got in jail?! What the hell?!"
Aria. – "Calm down Hanna, the important here is that you got your baby girl back…"
Hanna. – "Yeah, I know…" (She looked up towards the brunette that was in front of her and she asked as she noticed the lost look on her friend's face) "Em… is everything ok?!"
Emily sighed. – "I don't know…"
Spencer. – "What do you mean?"
Emily ran a hand through her hair and said. – "I'm worried about Ali…" (Gulp) "We just once again betrayed her… offering her as a sacrifice to our enemy…" (Heavy sigh) "It's just like history is repeating itself and we once again put her on the front line… alone…"
The girls weren't sure what to say and before they could think in something; they all heard the ring of a phone…
Aria. – "What is that?"
Spencer. – "A phone… but here?"
All the girls started to look around and then they found a burned phone glued against the bench where they were sitting…
Hanna. – "What the hell?!"
All the girls stared at each other with big eyes, it was Spencer who took the initiative and opened the phone and read the message for everyone…
Anonymous. – "I knew that I wasn't the only one showing up its true colors; always sacrificing your Queen, where is loyalty these days, huh?! Betrayal is a bitter pill to swallow so let's see how many can take the Queen into her throat… thanks for the Queen, she's on our hands now… xoxo AD"
After reading the text, Emily was so angry that she started to punch the wall until her fist started to bleed…
Spencer. – "Em… you need to calm down… don't let him get into your skin… Ali is safe; there is a lot of security at Welby…"
Emily. – "Yeah?! Maybe for people that want to get out but is it the same for those that want to get in?!" (She resumed her actions of hitting the wall)
Spener. – "Em, stop punching the wall, hurting your hand, it doesn't help anyone… stop worrying about her! Nothing bad will happen to her…."
Emily. – "You just don't care! You are just mad with her because of Melissa's death!"
Spencer. – "It's true that I'm mad but I still care for Ali!" (Sighs) "I just know that she's on good hands; Elliot will not let anything bad happen to her… I promise…"
Emily just sighed hard, trying to really believe on Spencer's words…
(At Welby, the next day)
Blair was arguing with a nurse of the hospital, by the corner of her eyes, she saw Elliot on the hallway and she approached him with an angry face…
Blair. – "Why I'm not allowed to see Ali?!"
Elliot. – "You've not authorization…"
Blair. – "Who do you think you're for stopping me to see her?!"
Elliot. – "I'm her doctor… I decide what is best for her… and right now, I'm deciding that only family could get in…"
Blair. – "Huh… just family… just in time when her wife is in jail… what a coincidence you don't think? Does Emily know about it? About the measures that you're taking about Alison's health?"
Elliot didn't reply and he just smiled to her and left her there alone in the hallway…
*** Music background: Madness by Ruelle***
Dr. Rollins entered into Alison's room, he looked confused when he found the bed empty; he didn't see it coming when Alison threw herself towards him like a savage animal by behind him; she attacked directly to his neck, trying to hurt him with the ties that she had in her wrists. Sadly, Rollins was stronger than her and after a moment of struggle, he put her again in bed and doped her again with another injection.
Alison was slowly opening her eyes, she felt her mouth sore, possible for all the drugs on her body or because it has been hours since the last time that she drank water. She rolled her eyes under the empty unknown room…
Elliot. – "Nice to see that you're finally awake…"
Alison said disorientated. – "Where are we?"
Elliot smirked. – "We're still in the hospital if you're asking… but just in a quiet isolate room…"
Alison gulped hard and she wildly opened her eyes when she felt how Elliot put his hands on her throat and started to choke her tight…
Elliot smirked. – "Oh God… see that look of fear on your eyes… it's priceless… I start to understand Cece's fasciation towards you…"
Alison whispered as she was trying to breathe under the choking. – "Cece… how… what…"
Elliot. – "She was the 1st love of my life… then I lost her and I found love again with Melissa… but then she died too… they both died…" (He choked her tighter as he was getting angry) "Because of you… I lost them, because of you…"
Alison was under the point to pass out and it was in the moment that she was losing all strength on breathing that Elliot let her free from his hands; Alison caressed her neck and coughed as she was feeling free to breathe again…
Elliot. – "Did you kill her? Did you kill Cece like you kill Melissa?"
Alison. – "What?! NO! I didn't kill Cece neither Melissa!"
Elliot. – "Don't lie to me Alison…"
Alison. – "I'm not lying…"
Elliot smirked as he put out a cattle prod; Alison gulped hard seeing that equipment, that cattle prod was bringing back all the bad memories of her torture, from the days when Cece and her minions played with her like a doll…
Alison begged with watery-eyes. – "NO! Please!"
Elliot smirked. – "No so brave now, huh…"
Alison's screams started to fill the room but no one could hear her from outside since it was an isolate room in the abandoned area of the hospital…
*** Music background ends***
(In the police station)
Toby. – "Hi Girls, I brought you something to eat…"
Spencer. – "Thanks… how long are we gonna stay here?"
Toby. – "At least until the forensics finish their report…"
Emily. – "Toby, did you check on Ali?"
Toby. – "Sorry Em, but I couldn't see her, her doctor didn't let me…"
Emily. – "What?! Why?!"
Toby. – "He said family only; Blair tried to visit her too and she also couldn't get in…"
Emily showed a concerned look as he was pressing her hands tight on the bars of the cell…
Toby. – "In one hour, you can get a visit of your family and friends, Caleb and your Dad Em, they're already here… I will come for you in order to see them ok…"
Hanna. – "Thanks Toby… mmm… could you also bring us some ketchup for this fries?"
Toby chuckled and nodded. – "Sure…" (He was planning to walk away but he noticed the worried look on Emily and he just put his hands over Emily's hand in order to give her any comfort) "Em… it will be ok… you will see her soon as well as your kids… don't overthink about it ok…"
Emily nodded and sighed hard again, something was bugging her and she wasn't sure of what it was. The time of the visits came and each girl have an hour to talk with one relative or someone close to them; Emily was talking with her Dad in a visit room as well as Hanna was with Caleb and Liam was talking with Aria; Spencer stood for a moment alone in the cell and she felt a little sad as she found herself alone without visit; she was lost on her own thought when once again the phone that they found in there started to sound and she read the text…
AD. – "Watch out S, they say you're only as good as the company you keep and right now you're not keeping any…"
Spencer got really upset by the text because it only remaindered her that at that moment she was alone and she threw the phone against the wall. She was running a hand through her hair when someone got close to her…
Toby. – "Are you ok?"
Spencer. – "Toby… hey… well, that depends, if you can be ok by being here alone, accused by something that you didn't do…"
Toby said as he stretched his arm through the bars and gripped Spencer's hand. – "You're not alone…"
Both were staring at each other with warm eyes and with a smile on their faces until someone interrupt their moment…
Elliot. – "Sorry, Am I interrupting something?"
Spencer. – "Elliot? What are you…?"
Elliot smiled. – "Well, you're important for me Spencer, so obvious I will come in and check on you…"
Toby gulped hard and said as he pulled away from Spencer's hand. – "I'm gonna give you a moment alone…"
Spencer. – "Thanks Toby…"
Toby nodded and he just left, leaving Elliot alone with Spencer…
Elliot said as he was caressing Spencer's hair, just the bars of the cell where separating them. – "I'm sorry for not showing up sooner, I was very busy in the hospital…"
Spencer. – "Because of Ali?"
Elliot nodded
Spencer. – "You didn't let Toby neither Blair get in and see Ali… why?"
Elliot. – "Spencer, I'm just looking for my patient… believe me when I'm telling you that this is the best for her… for everyone…" (Big smile) "Just trust me ok…"
Spencer nodded. – "Ok… I trust you…"
Elliot smiled and said as he was leaning towards Spencer's lips for a kiss…
Elliot. – "Good…"
He was under the point to kiss her when someone interrupted them…
Blair cleared her throat. – "Ackm…."
Elliot sighed. – "You again…"
Blair smirked. – "Yeah… me again… and you once again… trying to do something that you shouldn't!"
Spencer. – "Blair! Stop it!"
Blair yelled as she pulled Elliot away from Spencer, she put her hands on the bars of the cell and said to Spencer. – "He's not the one for you!"
Spencer crossed her arms. – "It's not to you to decide that! Whatever I do or not do with Elliot is not your business…"
Blair sighed hard and just bitted her lips as she was feeling a huge frustration…
Elliot. – "Why don't you just leave Blair…"
Blair. – "NO!" (She turned towards him and she said as both were face to face, just millimeter of distance between their faces) "Look at me 'poker face'! Over my dead body you will get your way with her!"
Spencer yelled. – "Blair!"
Elliot smirked and he replied to Blair as he looked at her into the eyes. – "Careful girl… I may take your word on that…" (Evil smirks)
Spencer felt a shiver over her body when she noticed the smirk on Elliot's face, she felt cold as she had never seen that face on him…
Spencer gulped. – "Elliot… thanks for passing by but you should leave now…"
Elliot took a deep breath and said. – "Ok… but I will be close if you need anything ok Spencer…"
Spencer nodded and Elliot left and Blair just followed him with the eyes…
*** Music moment: Rise up by Andra Day***
Spencer. – "What was that for?!"
Blair. – "Don't look at me like that… I'm right… he's not for you…"
Spencer. – "Oh really?! So who is for me then?!"
Blair looked down and murmured. – "I don't know… someone better… someone loyal and kind… like Toby…"
Spencer. – "Toby is with Yvonne…"
Blair looked up and said. – "But it hasn't had to be like that…"
Spencer rolled her eyes and she just turned again her look on the other brunette when she felt Blair grabbing her hands on her own…
Spencer blushed. – "What are you doing?!"
Blair. – "I'm trying to open your eyes! God! Why you've to be so stubborn! You deserve to be with the person that you love! You've to fight for the person that you love! No matter what! You've to fight for it!"
Spencer said with a bitter tone. – "Yeah… just like you fought for Ali in the past right?"
Blair let go the hands of Spencer and made some steps backwards, Spencer gulped as she noticed that she hurt the feelings of her friend…
Spencer. – "I'm sorry… I shouldn't…. I shouldn't have said that…"
Blair took her time to reply and after taking a deep breath she talked as she locked her eyes on Spencer…
Blair. – "Yeah you shouldn't because it's not the same; Ali never loved me but Toby did love you, he's still do and you too; you still love each other…"
Spencer didn't reply, she just blushed and crossed her arms avoiding eye-contact…
Blair. – "You found love and love found you… you're lucky for having requested love, so you're not allowed to just run away from it…"
Spencer felt the sadness on Blair words and she turned her look on the other girl that was looking down and Blair just stretched her hand and put a cup of coffee on Spencer's hand…
Blair. – "Here… I know how grumpy you can be without good coffee on your system…"
Spencer chuckled and she smiled as she smelled the aroma of the coffee…
Spencer. – "Let me guess… Nicaraguan coffee?"
Blair looked surprised. – "How do you know…?"
Spencer smirked. – "Like you said… I just drink good coffee…"
(Chuckles)
Spencer said after taking a sip from the coffee. – "Thanks… I really needed that…"
Blair teased. – "You're saying thanks for the coffee or for the pep talk…?"
Spencer glanced at her and Blair chuckled as she found adorable that look on her. They continued talking during all the visit hour…
*** Music background ends***
(In the Hastings house at night)
Veronica. – "Oh Elliot, I can't thank you enough for all that you've been doing for my family…"
Elliot smiled. – "It's nothing; I care deeply for your family…"
Veronica. – "I know… I know how much you cared about Melissa…" (Sighs) "I just came back as soon as I received your message about Spencer… I can't believe that she finds her way to get in this kind of situations all the time…"
Elliot. – "I'm so sorry for bother you in times like these… but I thought that you needed to know…"
Veronica. – "Don't apologize, you did well…"
(A phone ringing)
Veronica. – "I need to take this, can you give me a moment…?"
Elliot nodded. – "Off course…"
Veronica left him alone and he just followed her with his eyes, once he noticed that Veronica was out of the picture, he quickly opened her laptop and put an USB in it; he smiled as he was typing and looking to the screen of the laptop…
(Next day, in the police station at night)
Hanna huffed. – "I can't believe that we're still here!"
Aria. – "I know… I need a shower…"
Spencer. – "Can you stop whining! God! It's torture for my ears!"
Hanna. – "Hey! Stop complaining you too! Do you hear me whining for your snoring?!"
The girls were arguing and they only stopped when Emily stood up and yelled to them…
Emily yelled. – "Shut up!"
The girls saw the angry face of Emily, they've never seen her like that, so they just stood in silence; they were in complete silence when once again the phone rang…
AD. – "Hey girls, looks like school's back in session and you're still in retention… the question is, have you learned your lessons? I hope not, because I'm in the mood to see someone fail again…"
Aria asked. – "Should we inform to the police about this phone?"
Spencer said with sarcasm. – "Great idea, let's inform to the police that we've a phone with us, in a cell where normally we should be uncommunicated from the entire world…"
Aria. – "We didn't bring it with us, someone put it in…"
Hanna. – "Exactly, someone, someone with access to this installation, someone that could be a cop too…"
All the girls stared at each other as they were thinking on what Hanna just said…
Emily. – "Could be a cop behind all of this… why?"
Spencer. – "We know nothing… but Hanna is right in something, someone with access to this place can be involved…"
They stood in silence for a moment and started to think and then they started to talk about the facts that they knew until now…
Aria. – "Did you notice it…? The texts… he's starting to sign them as 'AD'…"
Hanna. – " AD…. Could be his initials…?"
Emily. – "Like Archer Dunhill?"
Spencer. – "I know that Sara mentioned that name before she dying but… I don't know anyone with that name and you?"
The girls shook their heads in order to say 'no'…
Emily. – "Maybe we should ask Toby to check the name for us… I mean, he's the only cop in whom we can really trust…"
Spencer. – "No…"
The girls. – "NO?!"
Spencer. – "Let's try to don't involving him in this… it's too dangerous and…" (Deep breath) "And he's just getting engaged with Yvonne… he's happy and he doesn't need to get into our shit…"
Emily. – "I didn't know… how you know that he's getting engaged?"
Spencer. – "I overheard a conversation that he was having today with another cop; looks like Yvonne said happily 'Yes'…"
The girls approached towards Spencer and hugged her…
Aria. – "Are you ok?"
Spencer wasn't sure of what to say, she turned in direction of Aria that was at her side…
Spencer smirked as she smelled Aria. – "You're right Ar… you really need a shower…"
Aria blushed ashamed and the girls laughed…
Spencer. – "Maybe we can ask Caleb to check on this 'Archer' and even give him the phone, maybe he can track something…"
Hanna. – "No, we can't…"
Aria. – "What? You don't want to involve him too into this?"
Hanna confessed. – "I asked him to leave… I'm guessing that right now he's already in NY…"
The girls. – "WHAT?!"
Hanna. – "I asked Caleb to leave with our baby, I can't risk them, I can't lose them in this stupid game…"
Aria. – "I don't know if we should call it 'a game'…"
Hanna said with a mocking tone. – "So how do you wanna call it shorty?! '-A part II?! Or even better '-A the sequel'!"
(Everybody sighed hard)
Aria. – "I've something to confess too…" (Deep sigh) "I still have feelings for Erza…"
The girls chuckled, not surprised by Aria's confession…
Hanna smirked. – "Jesus shorty, you call that a confession…"
Aria. – "What?!"
Spencer. – "Please, it's so obvious that you're into him… the only one that hasn't noticed it, it's Liam…"
Aria gulped. – "Oh no, he has noticed it…"
Emily. – "And?"
Aria. – "I don't know… my head and my heart want two different things… most precisely two different persons… I'm not sure of anything…"
Emily. – "You should follow your heart… the heart is never wrong… if I would have heard my head I wouldn't be happily married with Ali… I followed my heart and I bet on it and I don't regret it… you need to take the risk and you may get surprised by the payoff…" (Chuckles) "Believe me I know…"
(All the girls were chuckling)
Hanna smirked. – "Well, now that we're into the confessions; tell us Em… how hard is to be married with the Queen Bee?"
Emily chuckled
Spencer. – "Come on… tell us… we promise don't say a word of what you tell us in here…"
Aria nodded. – "Yeah, pinky promise…"
Hanna. – "Yeah, what happen in this cell, stay in this cell…"
Spencer glanced towards Hanna and said. – "This is not Las Vegas, Hanna…"
Hanna. – "And…? It's the same feeling anyway…"
(Laughs and the girls continued pushing Emily to talk…)
Emily. – "Ok, ok… stop it… I will tell you…" (Chuckles)
Spencer. – "So… how demanding it's?"
*** Music background: Closer by Kyle Neal***
Emily sighed with a big smile. – "It's true that Alison has her peculiar temper, she's also very jealous…" (She bitted her lips as she was picturing the blonde on her mind) "One time, one mom of my students just patted my arm and Alison just glanced at her with that lethal look that she has and she made her cry…"
The girls chuckled
Hanna chuckled. – "Ali… making someone cry in the school… why I'm not surprised at all…"
(Chuckles)
Emily chuckled. – "Yeah, she's still has this side of her that is so much as high school… but she's also so warm, kind, lovely when we're just the two of us with the boys…" (Watery-eyes as she felt overwhelmed by the happy memories) "She's just perfect… everything in her it's perfect… her eyes… those beautiful eyes… you can felt the love emanating from those ocean eyes…" (Chuckles) "She looks so cute when she's jealous of Enzo, seeing Enzo and her fighting over my attention is something that I will never get tired off…"
(Chuckles)
Emily. – "She's a great mom, the boys loved her so much, she's so warm with them… she's a mama bear… she would give her life for our boys…" (Heavy sigh) "Even for me…" (A tear) "She's always putting us as her priority… always cooking what we like, always watching tv shows that we like… always doing everything just to make us smile…" (A tear) "She just love us so much and she doesn't waste a minute to don't showing it up… so no… it's not hard being married with her… it's a blessing… it's my happiness, it's my happily ever after and I couldn't ask for a better one…"
All the girls chuckled with happy smiles…
Aria sighed. – "I want that…"
Spencer nodded. – "Me too…"
Hanna. – "And I want that Caleb could cook just like Ali…"
(Laughs)
Hanna. – "What?! It's true! Ali's great in the kitchen…"
Emily teased and blushed. – "She's not only great in the kitchen…" (She bitted her lips)
(Chuckles and blushing)
Hanna smirked. – "I can tell, I caught them once having hot sex…"
Aria blushed. – "Hanna!"
Spencer rolled her eyes. – "Oh God! I don't need more information!"
Hanna. – "Come on Spencer, it's not like you don't know about Ali's skills… in high school, we did play a lot the 'spin the bottle game' and we did kiss each other more than once time…" (Smirk) "Of what I remember, she was a great kisser…"
Emily glanced at her with jealousy and all the girls laughed looking at the jealous look of Emily…
Aria teased. – "Yeah she was… her lips so soft… tasting like cherry…"
Spencer teased too. – "You're right, Alison definitely was one of a kind kisser, the one that take your breath away with just one kiss…"
Emily pouted with jealousy. – "Ok stop… I do not like where this conversation is going…"
The girls chuckled and continued teasing Emily, for one moment, they could have a nice moment, and take a break from all their problems…
*** Music background ends**
(The next day at Welby)
After visiting her daughter again on the police station, Wayne went directly to Welby hospital, he promised to his Emmy to make sure that Alison was ok in there.
Wayne said with anger in his voice. – "I'm family!"
Elliot. – "Sorry Sir, but you're not immediate family so you can't get in…"
Wayne. – "Alison is the mam of my grandsons, the wife of my Emy, I care about her like my own daughter, she's a Fields and I'm gonna get in and see her, right now!"
Elliot. – "Sir, you're not coming in… and you will not pass through me… please just go, don't force me to call security…"
Wayne yelled. – "I'm family!"
Elliot said in a higher tone of voice. – "NO YOU'RE NOT!" (He waved his hands towards the guards and said) "Security! Please guide this man to the exit please…"
Wayne was struggling with the guards, refusing to leave when Blair approached and help him, pushing the guards away from him…
Blair. – "Let him go! Didn't anyone teach you to respect your elders?!"
Elliot. – "You again…"
Blair. – "Me again…"
Elliot. – "I told you… you can't get in… only family…"
Wayne. – "I'm family…"
Elliot. – "Blood family… immediate family…"
Blair rubbed Wayne's arm and calmed him down and then she showed a huge smirk on her face as she was looking towards Elliot…
Elliot looked confused. – "Why are you smiling…? I just tell you that you can't get in… didn't you understand me?"
Blair. – "Oh I heard you… and I get it… just family… so that's why I brought someone with me…"
*** Music background: Walk through the fire by Zayde Wolf feat. Ruelle***
Elliot looked confused and then his eyes got bigger of shock when someone approached to them…
Jason. – "I'm her brother, Jason, so you can't deny me to see her…"
Elliot gulped. – "It's not visit hours…"
Jason stepped forward and took an intimidated posture towards Elliot; he glanced at him with a lethal look and pointing out against Elliot's chest…
Jason. – "I'm not leaving without seeing my sister, I'm gonna see her right now! You like it or not!"
Looks like Blair is about to save the day by bringing a familiar face into the picture but we'll see if she's still in time to save her friend… Sometimes you know who the bad guy is from the start but most of the time you find out very late that they've been in front of you all along… in this town of Rosewood, it's very important to always be alert because if you blink you might miss something or someone…
Next: Chapter 57 – Killer
