Ezra POV

I paced nervously around my apartment. How I was going to explain everything to Ella and stay in Rosewood I had no idea. She was already so upset when she thought I was dating her daughter's friend, I had no idea how badly she would react when she found out it was her daughter I was dating.

That I loved. I couldn't let myself lose sight of that. I loved Aria and I wouldn't leave her here, alone with all that she was going through. I had to make Ella understand.

I glanced at the clock. 9:37 pm. I wasn't surprised that everything at the police station was taking so long, but I worried that at the end of it, Ella wouldn't come. For now, all I could do was wait.

Ella POV

I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw Aria escorted out by an officer, covered in dirt with tear stained cheeks. I ran up to her and hugged her tight. I could feel her sobs against my chest.

"Mom, I'm so scared," She whispered in my ear.

"Shhh, its going to be alright," I assured her.

"I hate to break this up, but I need to take the girls to booking," Detective Wilden thundered. I pulled back from Aria.

"Booking?" Veronica Hastings asked, stepping up.

"Yes," Wilden told her, "The girls are being charged for murder. A judge will determine bail Monday morning. I suggest you, as their lawyer, come with us and the rest of you go home and let us deal with this."

"Murder?" Hanna's mother snapped.

"What evidence do you have to hold them on?" Byron questioned as I pulled Aria closer to me. She looked resigned. She knew what was happening. She had accepted it.

"They found the girls with the murder weapon when they picked them up," Veronica said calmly over her shoulder to use before turning back to the detective, "But unless you have already come up with DNA evidence on that shovel to say it was the exact one used to kill Allison, you have nothing to hold them on, and I will not allow you to take them in until I see such evidence.

Wilden looked around the room at each of us, parents and girls, then looked resigned and angry, "Then I will see you Monday morning Mrs. Hastings, with your DNA report in hand. You all can go home.

Out in the parking lot Aria let go of me long enough to get in Byrion's car, and after he closed the door behind her, I stopped to speak to him for a moment.

"Byron, I'll see you at home. There's something I need to do first."

"Now, Ella? Our daughter just got accused of murder," He said coolly.

"This is about Aria. And all of the other girls. Trust me, I wouldn't go right now if it wasn't important. I'll see you at home," Before Byron could argue anymore I walked away and got in my car.