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Outside, a garbage truck grumbled around the cul-de-sac where Spencer lived A split second later, the sah the speakers of the TV Spencer walked to the living rooh, a news van was parked at the curb A cauy holding a giant ainst the blustery wind Spencer could see the reporter’s h the TV speaker

Across the street, the Cavanaughs’ backyard rapped in yellow police tape A cop car had been parked in their driveway ever since Jenna’s , a burly Ger rooht for the past teeks, as if patiently waiting for Jenna to return

The police had found Jenna’s li to reports, Jenna’s parents arrived ho to an eh heard frantic and persistent barks fro was tied to a tree…but Jenna was gone When they released the dog, he sprinted straight to the hole pluo to repair a burst water pipe But there was more inside that hole than the newly fitted pipe It was as if the murderer wanted Jenna to be found

An anonyed hi Alison DiLaurentis It made sense--Billy had been a part of the construction crew installing a gazebo for the DiLaurentises the same weekend Ali disappeared Ali had coave her At the ti Now she knehat actually happened The toaster popped and Spencer padded back to the kitchen The news had cut back to the studio, where a brunette anchor wearing big hoop earrings sat at a long desk "Police recovered a series of incries on Mr Ford’s laptop that helped lead to his arrest," the anchor said in a grave voice "These photos sho closely Mr Ford was stalking Ms DiLaurentis, Ms Cavanaugh, and four other girls known as the Pretty Little Liars"

A e of old photos of Jenna and Ali appeared,like they’d been stealthily snapped froes of Spencer, Aria, Erade, when Ali was still alive, but others were irls in dark dresses and heels at Ian’s trial, waiting for Ian to show up There was another shot of thes clad in wool coats, hats, andNew A Spencer winced

"There are alsonotes sent to Alison’s fore of Darren Wilden co out of a confessional and a bunch of familiar e-ned with a crisp, singular letter A Spencer and her friends hadn’t gotten a single e since Billy had been arrested

Spencer took a gulp of coffee, barely noticing the hot liquid sliding down her throat It was so bizarre that Billy Ford--athat had happened Spencer had no idea why he’d done those things

"Mr Ford has a long history of violence," the reporter went on Spencer peered over her coffee uy in a Phillies cap fighting in a Wawa parking lot Even after the guy fell to the ground, Billy kept on kicking hi the saes, found in Mr Ford’s car, have never been seen before"

A blurry Polaroid photoIt was a shot of the inside of a barn--her family’s barn, which had been ruined in the fire Billy set several weeks ago, presu hiirls sat on the round rug in the center of the rooirl stood above them, her arms in the air The next photo was of the sairl hadshot, one of the girls who had been sitting had stood up and irl’s dirty blond hair and rolled-up field hockey skirt She gasped She was looking at her younger self These photos were fro outside the barn, watching them

And they’d never known

Soh behind her Spencer whirled around Mrs Hastings sat at the kitchen table, staring blankly into a ray Lululea pants with a tiny hole in the knee, dirty white socks, and an oversize Ralph Lauren polo Her hair was stringy, and there were toast crumbs on her left cheek Nors see her unless she looked absolutely pristine

"Mo if her s turned her head slowly, as though she wereunderwater "Hi, Spence," she said tonelessly Then she turned back to her tea, staringat the bottom of the cup

Spencer bit off the tip of her French- else, herlike a zombie…and it was all her fault If only she hadn’t blurted out the horrible secret Billy-as-A had told her about her family: that her dad had had an affair with Ali’s mother, and that Ali was Spencer’s half sister If only Billy hadn’t convinced Spencer that her mom knew about the affair and killed Ali to punish her husband Spencer had confronted her mother, only to discover that herAfter that, Mrs Hastings kicked Spencer’s dad out of the house, and then ave up on life entirely

The faany hall floors rang through the air Spencer’s sister, Melissa, blustered into the room, surrounded by a cloud of Miss Dior She wore a pale blue Kate Spade sweater dress and gray kitten heels, and her dark blond hair was pulled back in a gray headband There was a silver clipboard under her arht ear

"Hey, Mo her a kiss on the forehead Then she appraised Spencer, setting her ht line "Hey, Spence," she said coolly

Spencer slulad-you’re-alive feelings she and her sister had shared the night Jenna was s were back to status quo, with Melissa bla Spencer every chance she got, and taking on all the home responsibilities like the prissy brownnoser she’d always been

Melissa lifted the clipboard "I’ special?" She spoke to Mrs Hastings in an overly loud voice, as if she were ninety years old and deaf