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Ezra's POV

"I love you, Ezra." She whispered to me, cradling Lucy in her arms, before turning towards the door and walking out of the hotel room without a single glance back at me.

I stood there, frozen for a moment, unable to comprehend what had just happened. Aria had left me, for the second time, and this time, with our daughter. There was no way I was going to let myself lose her again.

I ran towards the door and yanked it open, as I frantically searched the void hallway for Aria and Lucy. They were both gone. I ran towards the elevator, hoping she would still be waiting for one, however, they were all empty and there were no signs of life.

I took a deep breathe in an attempt to calm myself. Where the hell did she go? She could not have gotten far; it had only been a minute since she walked away from me! I hurried towards the stairs, knowing the elevators would take longer to get downstairs. I rushed my way down, skipping every two stairs. I burst through the door leading to the lobby as I desperately looked around for Aria. Once again, she was nowhere to be found. I ran over to the receptionist standing at the front desk and bombarded her with questions.

"Have you seen…" I started breathlessly. "A teenage girl, dark hair, brown eyes, about yay tall," I held my right hand up in front of me. "She had an infant in her hands wrapped in a pink blanket." I said frantically.

The woman looked at me for a moment, she must have thought I was crazy.

"She left a few minutes ago." She pointed towards the revolving doors at the front of the hotel.

I sprinted towards the doors without even muttering a thank you to the woman. As I burst outside, I frantically looked around for Aria. There were a few people around the area, but Aria was not amongst any of them. I ran from the front of the hotel, hoping to get a better view of my surroundings to help me find Aria.

I finally spotted a short brunette quickly walking towards the parking lot.

"Aria!" I called, as I raced after her. Where was she going? What was she planning on doing? We had driven my car here, and I was pretty sure that my keys were still in the hotel room in the pocket of the jeans I had worn yesterday.

Why couldn't she just understand that I could protect myself? That I was not scared of this A person! That I would not let anyone or anything tear us apart!

"Aria!" I called again, as I rushed over to her and grabbed her hand, spinning her around. I could not let her do this again. There was no way I could lose Aria again. And this time, she was taking Lucy away from me too!

However, to my astonishment, it was not Aria's sparkling brown eyes that I was met with when the woman turned around, but a random stranger's green ones.

"S-sorry." I said quickly, letting go of the woman's hand. "I thought you were someone else."

The woman gave me a small smile in understanding, before continuing down the sidewalk.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket and pressed Aria's number on speed dial. I continued frantically searching around me for Aria and Lucy. As the phone rang and rang I started getting more and more frustrated. Why couldn't she just answer the stupid phone? Why was Aria being so stubborn?

My call was met with Aria's voicemail. "Aria, come back! Please come back! We can work through this together! Please Aria!" I cried into the phone, before I ended the call.

I hurried towards the parking lot in search for my car. There was no way that she had taken my car, since I had the keys upstairs. I spotted my silver Toyota sitting in the same spot it had been all night.

Where the hell had she gone? I dialed Aria's phone number again, as I felt fresh hot tears brimming the edge of my eyes. After a few moments, I was met with Aria's voicemail once again. "Aria, please! Answer your phone! I'm not going to let you leave me again! Please, Aria!" I cried into the small piece of plastic.

I ran my hand through my hair in a frustrated manner as I roughly hung up the phone. I needed to leave, now. I needed to find Aria. The problem was that I had no idea where she would have gone. We were a few hours away from Rosewood, and I was sure that Aria did not know this town well. How is it that she was able to walk away from me so easily? After everything we have been through, why did she think that this A person would actually be able to tear us apart? Aria and I have been through everything, yet she let A ruin our relationship so easily! Did she have any second thoughts this morning? Had she been planning to leave me like this for a while now? Yesterday, she had been so set on fighting for us, on not letting A destroy our relationship with each other, yet in just a few hours, she changed her mind completely.

I raced back into the hotel and barged into my room. Mine and Aria's room. I quickly moved around the room and threw all of my stuff back into my duffel bag. As I threw a shirt into the bag, I dialed the number to the phone I bought with Aria while we were leaving Rosewood. "Come on, come on, Aria!" I muttered, praying that she was going to answer, as I quickly tossed my toothbrush and other toiletries into the bag.

I stopped what I was doing as I heard a faint buzzing sound coming from somewhere in the room. I looked around me as I tried to figure out where the buzzing was coming from. I slowly started moving towards it as I heard the vibrating coming from near the bed. To my dismay, there was nothing on the bed. I moved the pillows aside, hoping to find Aria's phone, but once again, I was left disappointed. I dialed the number again and remained quiet as I listened for the buzzing.

Buzz… Buzz…

I crouched down and peered underneath the bed as I heard the vibration again. In front of me, was not one, but both of Aria's cell phones, lying facedown on the white carpet.

"You've got to be kidding me." I muttered under my breath.

I snatched both of the phones and unlocked them. Aria's old phone buzzed with a text alert. I quickly opened up the text, which was sent from an unknown number, that I guessed was A.

You know what to do to keep Ezra safe. –A

It was sent about ten minutes ago, meaning that A had sent this text to Aria after Aria had left me.

Aria must have been so afraid of A, that she had left her phone here in an attempt to escape A's messages and threats.

Aria had done exactly what A wanted her to do, without even having to be threatened to do it.

I shook my head in disbelief as I felt my eyes welling up with tears. Who wanted to hurt Aria so badly? What had she done to make someone want to hurt her like this? To completely and utterly ruin her life?

I had promised Aria that I would always protect her and Lucy, yet here I was, completely letting her down.

I shoved the rest of my belongings and Aria's that she had left behind into the duffel bag, before grabbing it and heading out the door.

Five minutes later, I was back in my car and driving away from this small town.

I picked up Aria's old phone and looked through her phonebook in search for one of her friends' numbers. Spencer Hasting's was the first number to pop up, so I quickly dialed it.

"Aria!" Spencer exclaimed, answering the phone barely a second after I had clicked send. "Where the hell are you? A sent us a text saying that they got rid of you, Ezra, and Lucy! What the hell happened to you guys?" She cried out, speaking one hundred miles an minute.

I felt my heart sink to my knees as I listened to her words. If Spencer did not know where Aria was, then I doubted that Hanna or Emily did either.

"Spencer, this isn't Aria." I said quietly.

"Ezra?" She asked.

I nodded, but it quickly dawned on me that she could not see me.

"Y-yeah. You don't know where Aria is? She hasn't talked to you?" I asked, a wave of sadness, regret, and frustration, washing over me.

"No, sorry. Why? What happened?" Spencer asked, unable to contain her curiosity.

"She left with Lucy. Just like that. She just walked away, and I have no idea where the hell she went!" I clenched the steering wheel in my hands in frustration as I spoke into the Bluetooth of the car. "Where the hell could she have gone? She doesn't have a car or anything!"

"I'll ask around and try to figure out if anyone has heard anything and I'll let you know." Spencer assured me.

"Thanks, Spencer." I said, before hanging up.

I drove faster and faster as my mind raced. At the rate I was going, I would end up back in Rosewood in half the time it took Aria and I to get away from there.

I picked up the phone again and was about to dial Aria's parents, but I stopped myself. What if they still thought that Aria was with me? They would never forgive me for all of this, since they thought I would always protect Aria while I was with her. Where the hell was she? She could be anywhere!

What was I supposed to do? Call the police and let them know that Aria and Lucy were missing? What if A sent the pictures in? Then I would definitely go to jail!

I could not help but blame myself for some of this. If Aria and I had never stayed together, then she never would have gotten pregnant. She never would have had to sacrifice her family for me.

Aria was only a teenager. She was a sixteen year old girl, who had a daughter with an older man. She was in love with her old English teacher. There was no question about it, I loved Aria with my whole being, and she meant the world to me, yet I could not stop myself from wondering about how much happier and safer she would be if we had not pursued a relationship with each other after finding out the truth.

She was being stalked by a psychotic freak, who was trying to, and had the power to, ruin her life. It was like A controlled Aria's life and decided what she was going to do next, and Aria had no choice in it. It was like A was playing a game, and Aria and her friends were the pieces, yet A was the only player.

I could tell from the way she spoke to me earlier, that she was feeling helpless. She just wanted all of it to stop. She knew, that the only way A would quit playing this ruthless game, was if Aria obeyed A's commands.

At this point, I really did not care if I went to jail for being in a relationship with Aria. I knew that Aria and I would find a way to work everything out if A actually sent the pictures in. We had managed to make it through everything else that life has thrown at us, so why not this?

Truth to be told, all I cared about was that Aria and Lucy were safe, and that they knew that I loved them.

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