Chapter 41:

Spencer's POV:

It's 5 am and I'm dropping Isabella off at her school where a bus will take them down to Florida to Disney.

Spencer: Ok, be good. I love you.

Isabella: I love you to mom.

My daughter hugs me tightly before finding her friends and choosing a seat in the bus. I get back into the car and head home. I get back and carefully creep back into the house without waking anyone. I carefully slide back into bed, but Toby is already awake because he wrote his arms around me.

Toby: You just got back from taking Isabella?

Spencer: Yeah, sorry if I woke you?

Toby: You didn't, I just woke up.

Spencer: Ok. You gotta go to work?

Toby: Yeah, I'm working on a case. I'm not allowed to give much away but it's to do with a robbery.

Spencer: Who's the victim?

Toby: All we know is that her name is Olivia Mills. She was kidnapped in the process. She's 17 years old. I can't tell you anymore.

Spencer: I hope she's ok.

Toby: Me too. I know her.

Spencer: How do you mean?

Toby: You know my friend Chris, the one who died in the siege?

Spencer: Yeah?

Toby: It's his daughter and I'm gonna do everything in my power to bring her home.

Spencer: Oh my god.

Toby: I'm gonna try and get a tiny bit more sleep and then I'm gonna get up for work.

Toby's POV:

I fall asleep but I'm woken again by alarm. I turn it off, get out of bed, go into the bathroom, have a shower, shave, do everything else and go downstairs for a coffee and breakfast.

Spencer: Remember that we have to go watch Jacob in his talent show tonight.

Toby: I know. And isn't Jade and Lucy doing it?

Spencer: Yeah. They are singing together.

Toby: Cute. Who else is doing it?

Spencer: Don't think any of the other kids are doing it.

Toby: Ok. I'll meet you there.

I quickly kiss my wife, two sons and Lily goodbye. I get in my car a drive to work. When I arrive, I head straight to my office to try and crack this case. I'm now sitting in my leather chair, flicking through the pages, when Tanner comes in and takes a seat on the opposite side of my desk.

Toby: What can I do for you?

Tanner: Well, we have an update on the kidnapping and robbery case.

Toby: Well?

As I wait for Tanner to reply, I sit up straight in my chair.

Tanner: The car that was used to get away from the scene of the crime has been located, upside down in a river. No one was inside and it looks like someone or something was dragged away after the crash. We think it could have been Olivia.

Toby: Is that all?

Tanner: No. We then found a shack. We investigated and it looked like someone was chained up, we found some blood, tested it and it matches Olivia. There was also used condoms so this is also now an investigations of rape.

Toby: Why are they putting her through that? That girl has been through enough!

Tanner: I know it's hard, especially since she is the daughter of your dead best friend, but we have to stay strong and work this out.

Toby: DON'T YOU THINK IM DOING THAT?

I stand up as all my stress releases.

Spencer's POV:

Me, Toby and the three kids we have with us, are taking our seats ready for the talent show. We have front row and are sitting with Aria, Ezra, Hanna, Caleb, Emily, Allison and their kids. Emily is starting to show a bit, I just hope she decided to tell the truth.

Teacher: Welcome, parents, children. Welcome to this years 'Rosewood Elementary's' talent show! We have a lot of different acts lined up for tonight, but first we have Jacob with his street dancing.

We all cheers as Jacob enters the stage and the same again when he finishes. Another 4 acts perform before we get to Jade. She looks like she I'd gesturing to some one for them to come on stage.

Jade: I'm sorry. This was meant to be a duet, but my partner doesn't seem to want to come on. So, it's just me. I'm gonna sing a song that, whenever I hear it, it brings me to tears. This is 'concrete angel' by Martina McBride.

We all cheer as the slow music starts.

Jade: She walks to school with the lunch she packed.

Lucy: Nobody knows what she's holding back.

Jade spins her body to look at Lucy who is holding a microphone in her hand and walking in stage. The audience claps and they continue to sing.

Jade: Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday.

Lucy: She hides the bruises with the linen and lace. Ooh.

Jade: The teacher wonder am but she doesn't ask.

Lucy: It's hard to see the pain behind the mask.

Jade: Bearing the burden of a secret storm.

Lucy: Sometimes she wishes she was never born.

Jade/Lucy: Through the wind, and the rain, she stands hard as a stone. In a world that she cants rise above. But her dreams give her wings and she fly's to a place, where she's loved. Concrete angel.

Lucy: Somebody cries in the middle of the night.

Jade: The neighbours hear, but they turn out the light.

Lucy: A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate.

Aria's POV:

Jade: When morning comes it will be too late.

Jade/Lucy: Though the wind and the rain, she stands hard as a stone. In a world that she can't rise above. But her dreams give her wings and she fly's to a place, where she's loved. Concrete angel.

The instrumental finishes and tears are starting to escape my eyes as my daughter and Lucy finish the last part of the song.

Jade: A statute stands in a shady place.

Lucy: An angel girl with an upturned face.

Jade: A name is written in a polished rock.

Lucy: A broken heart that the world forgot.

Jade/Lucy: Through the wind and the rain, she stands hard as a stone. In a world that she can't rise her dreams give her wings and she fly's to a place, where she's loved. Concrete angel!

The sing the last note out to the full and when they finish, hit me and Ezra are crying at the sound of our daughters beautiful singing voice. We see that she waves to us and we wave back. She exits the stage with Lucy and a further 5 acts perform. At the end, the announce the winners.

Teacher: Ok. All those performances were absolutely amazing, but there can only be one winner. In third place is… Jacob Rivers with his street dancing.

Jacob collects a small certificate and the teacher continues.

Teacher: And in second place is Alyssa Saunders and Damien Phillips with their magic tricks.

The audience claps as the winning act is revealed.

Teacher: And in first place is… Jade Fitz and Lucy Dilaurentis Fields with their singing.

The whole audience stands up and starts to clap and cheer. The people that are cheering the loudest are clearly, me, Ezra, Hanna, Caleb, Toby, Spencer, Emily and Allison.

The show ends and we make our way back to the car.

Aria: I'm so proud of you baby.

Jade: Thanks mom.

Toby's POV:

At the moment, we are sitting down for dinner. Isabella is due home tomorrow.

Toby: So, how do you like the chicken wraps Mason?

Mason: They taste sooo good.

Toby: How bout you babe?

Spencer: Well. All I can say is that you're a good cook and I should get you to do it more often.

Toby: Lily, Tommy?

Tommy: Dada!

Lily: No, my dada.

Toby: Theres enough of me to go round.

We finish up dinner and Spencer takes the twins upstairs to give them a bath.

Toby: Mason, can you bring the plates from the table please?

Toby: I don't wanna!

Toby: Mason. Me and your mother do so much for you, so the least that you could do is being over the plates!

Mason brings them over in complete silence. Once he's don't, he goes upstairs. I finish washing up and then head upstairs. I find Mason and Tommy watching tv in their room and Lily playing with her toys.

Spencer: Dammit!

Toby: What's wrong?

Spencer: I've run out of cream for my scar form the c section. Would you mind popping down to the drug store and getting some more please?

Toby: If course.

I take the money and quickly head out. I return with the cream. After, I lay on top of our bed and read the paper.

Spencer: Anything interesting?