After school, I went with Aria to her Mom's office with some groceries for her. "Thanks again, Ames," Aria said. "No problem," I said as we got to the office. We both stopped when we saw Ella talking with a blonde woman. "No way. Not her," Aria said. I frowned. "You know her?" I asked.

"Yeah," She replied before we walked in. Ella looked up at us and smiled, "That was fast. This is my daughter, Aria," She said, pointing at Aria. "And this is one of her best friends, Amy." She pointed at me. "They both also known as my saviors, because when I got here, there were about three cups."

The woman giggled. "Thank you, my dears," Ella said and handed the woman a card. "Uh, this is Meredith. Aria, she works with your dad."

"Actually, Aria I've met. Nice to see you," Meredith said with a smile and then turned to me, "It's nice to meet you, Amy." I gave her a small smile, "You too," I said. "Meredith just wandered in. She's looking for somebody who shows alternative art," Ella explained as she took the bags from me and Aria.

"And Ella's been very helpful. Thank you so much," Meredith said. "Oh, you're welcome. So, we'll see you tonight?" Ella asked. "Mm-hmm," Meredith hammed in agreement while Aria and I looked at each other frowning.

"Tonight?" Aria asked. "Yeah, I invited her to the opening, which may be a success now that we don't have to eat Cobb salad with our fingers," Ella replied as she walked to the door and turned to me, "Amy, you can come too if you want."

I gave a smile, "Umm, sure. I'll love to," I said and she smiled. "Okay. I'll see you later," She said. "For Sure. Bye-bye," Meredith said and Ella left. Meredith smiled at me and Aria before starting to walk away but Aria grabbed her arm, stopping her. "You can't come tonight."

"Why not?" Meredith asked, frowning. "You know why not, and so do I ... But my mom doesn't," Aria said. "I don't know what you're talking about," Meredith said. "Look, I saw the way you were looking at my dad yesterday. I have eyes, so just find someone who's available. My dad isn't," Aria said. Meredith stared at her for a moment before glancing at me and then leaving the office.

"What was that?" I asked and Aria looked at me. She took a step closer to me, "One day before Alison went missing, we found my dad's car and ... him kissing with that woman," She whispered. My eyes grow wide, "What?"

"Yeah. I told him that I saw them two but he asked me not to tell," She said. "And you didn't?" I asked but she didn't replied. "Aria, you had to tell your Mom that. And he shouldn't have asked you to keep it a secret," I said. "It's over now. So, nothing to tell," She replied and I sighed, shaking my head.

... ...

It was already night. Hanna was ready for a party at Noel's house while I was ready to go with Aria to the opening, so I was going to wait for her home. Han walked back into my room, "How do I look?" She asked. I smiled, "Great as always," I said and she smiled. "Are you sure you don't want to go to the party?" She asked again for the fifth time.

I rolled my eyes. "No. And I told Aria and her Mom that I will go to the opening," I said. She sighed, "How can we be related? My baby sister doesn't like to go to parties." I rolled my eyes and got up from my bed, "Come on," I said, grabbing her arm and we laughed as we walked down stairs to the kitchen.

Mom was there, making a salad while Wilden sat there, drinking beer. Mom looked at us, "Hanna, how are you getting home? If there's any drinking, I will pick you up," She said. "Or I could take you, if you don't mind riding in the squad car. I wouldn't use the cuffs," Wilden said as I grabbed one of my books from my bag. Hanna glared at him. "I'll be fine, thanks."

She give me a kiss on the cheek before leaving from the back door. I glared at Wilden, "What? It was a joke," He said. I rolled my eyes before looking at Mom, "I'll be at my room, Aria will pick me up soon," I said and she nodded.

I gave one last glare at Wilden before walking out of the kitchen and up my room. I closed the door and grabbed my phone from the bed.

Hey, Aria, are you on your way to my house?
- Amy

After a moment, I got a text from Aria.

Yeah, on my way. I'll call when I'll get there.
- Aria

I sighed as I dropped on my bed, staring at the ceiling. Soon, Aria picked me up and we both went to the party because we had to talk with the other girls. We were outside talking with Spencer and Emily, "He tackled Ben?" I asked. "What was Toby even doing in the girls' locker room?" Aria asked.

"Why are you shocked? Toby's a perv. We caught him peeping through the windows, watching us undress," Spencer said. "Alison's the one who saw him do that. We never did," Emily said. "What's up?" Hanna asked once she came over to us and stood beside me.

"Toby Cavanaugh got into a fight with Ben over Emily," Aria said. "It wasn't over me," Emily insisted. "God. Look, he just ... saved me." Spencer frowned, "For what, himself?" She asked. "If we hadn't asked you about Ben, would you have told us about this?" Aria asked Emily.

"Toby is not a good guy, Emily. He could be seriously dangerous," Spencer said. "Wait, if he's such a bad guy, why'd he take the fall for us?" I asked. Spencer looked at all of us and we knew that she knew something. "Is this another secret? Do you know something that we don't?" I asked. "Guys, why don't we just, like chill, and talk about this somewhere else? When we're alone," Han said.

Aria shook her head slightly, "I ... don't even know what "just us" means anymore," She said as Han looked around. "Yeah, uh ... Let's talk about it tomorrow, okay? Are we still meeting up at the shed?" Han asked but then just walked away.

"Yeah. Yeah, sure. Why not?" Aria said. "Where you two going?" Emily asked me and Aria. "The gallery. We promised my mom," Aria said and we both left to Aria's car.

We got to the gallery. "I'm impress," I said to Aria and she laughed. We got drinks and looked at Aria's parents talking and laughing with some people. "They look so happy," Aria said. "Yeah," I agreed and smiled as I looked around. My smile faded away when I saw Meredith walking in.

"Aria," I said and she looked at me before at the entrance. "I can't believe this," She said before walking over to her, stepping her from coming over to her parents. Knowing Aria's look, Meredith didn't seemed to care what she said. She took her glass and started walking away from her to her parents.

Aria just stared at her, shocked and angry. I stopped Meredith, grabbing her arm tightly but no one saw. "You need to leave," I said. She gave a small chuckle, "Excuse me?"

"I said leave," I said coldly. "I won't ask again." She stared at me for a moment and I raised an eyebrow as I stared at her with cold stare. "Meredith, hey." We looked over my shoulder to see Ella walking over and Byron, he didn't look happy to see Meredith and more like shocked.

"Hey," Meredith said with a gentle smile. "Come in," Ella said. "Oh actually, Meredith said she just came to say hello and was about to leave," I said to Ella with a smile before glaring back at Meredith, "Right? You said you need to go somewhere."

She looked at me and I gave her a look as Aria came over and stood beside me, crossing her arms as she glared at the woman. "Yes," Meredith agreed, giving me a small fake smile but looking at Ella, "I have to go. I just came to say hello, I'm sorry."

"Oh, it's okay. At least you came just for a moment," Ella said. Meredith nodded with a smile, "Yes, I'll go now. Good night," She said. "Good night," Ella said while Byron just gave her a small nod. Meredith glanced at me and Aria before turning around and walking out.

"Well, that was weird," Ella said. "She must have forget she had something to do," Aria said and gave me a small smile, "Thank you," She whispered as her parents walked away. I smirked, "You own me." She laughed, shaking her head.

...

It was the next day, me and the girls went to the woods again early in the morning. "Alison wanted us across the street so she could have it out with Toby. Ali had something on him," Spencer explained.

"Besides being a total perv who peeped in our windows?" Hanna asked. "Yeah, something way bigger, and she was threatening to tell everybody. That's why he took the fall for us," Spencer said.

"Why are you waiting until now to tell us?" I asked, crossing my arms. "I don't know. Ali made me promise, and ... I guess I was scared. I thought if we never talked about that night again, it would just go away," Spencer admitted.

"Well, it's not going away. Not unless we toss our phones and join the Navy," Hanna said. "Look, there's five of us and one freak sending messages. If we just talk to each other like this, I feel like it makes it easier to deal with everything," Emily said as we all started to walk away.

"I think Emily's right. There's way too many secrets. We shouldn't do this in the middle of nowhere. We should do it where we can see it every day," Aria said. "You mean, like, somewhere in school?" Hanna asked.

"No. In town. We should ask if we can put a bench somewhere," Aria said and we stopped walking. "Wait, and you know what? Whoever did this to her, if they're still in rosewood, we should make them look at it every day, too."

Hanna sighed. "What, you hate the idea?" Spencer asked her. "No. No, I just ... I had a rough night," Hanna said. Suddenly, we all heard branches rustle and footsteps so we all run to where it came from.

We stopped and looked around. "Look," Hanna whispered. We all looked at her then at the ground. "Is that yours?" I asked, staring at the bracelet. "Alison's," Aria replied and then the five of us looked at each other, shocked.