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She pulled her hand away "Actually, Mike, I’ht drained froirlfriend, too"
Hanna flinched He did? "Good for you, too," she said stiffly
They eyed each other cagily Then soed Hanna’s ar next to her Both of them looked frazzled and pale
"We need to talk to you," Aria said They whisked her back into the parking lot once lanced over her shoulder at Mike, but he’d already turned toward Mason Byers and James Freed
"You need to see this," Spencer said when they got to a secluded spot at the corner of the lot She pulled out her iPhone and waved it in Hanna’s face
Hanna’s vision took a while to adjust On the screen was a picture of a girl’s body lying in the sand Blood pooled around her head "Is this?" Hanna gasped, too afraid to even say Tabitha’s name
"Yes It’s from A From Kelsey"
Spencer told Hanna how Kelsey had marched up to her and asked if she’d received her text--this text "She knoe did," she said "She knows everything She came after me, and I tried to protectI attacked her And then, when it was all over, Kelsey looked at asped "Are you sure?"
Spencer nodded "We have to find her and stop her before she does soone I can’t find her anywhere"
An engine sputtered on the road, re Hanna of the car that had almost sideswiped her moasped "I think I just saw Kelsey But I didn’t realize it was her"
"Where?" Aria shrieked
Hanna sed hard and gestured to the restaurant’s exit "In her car Leaving And, guys, she wasn’t alone"
Spencer widened her eyes "She ith E for her car keys "We have to find the lot, and Hanna followed But after a few paces, Hanna turned and noticed that Spencer had re from one foot to the other "What is it?" Hanna asked
Spencer chewed on her bottoht with Emily in the restaurant I said soht not want to see rabbed Spencer’s arether, right?"
Spencer nodded, zipped up her coat, and stepped off the curb toward Aria’s car Aria hit the UNLOCK button on her keychain, and they all cliine, Hanna pointed to a piece of paper skewered through the antenna on the hood "What’s that?"
Spencer jumped out of the car and ripped the paper free She cliathered around to look Collectively, they let out a long, nervous gasp
Hurry, girls! Before it’s too late! --A
Chapter 33
A FALLEN IDOL
Emily and Kelsey sped past the quaint shops on the e, the upscale hair salon where Their Ali had taken Eraduation Ali had tried to talk E a bikini wax, too, but Emily had refused
Kelsey didn’t say a word, just drove, staring straight ahead Every so often, her whole body shivered and spas fro okay?" E’s fine," Kelsey answered "Never better! On top of the world! Why do you ask?"
Whoa She’d said all that in the span of about two seconds Eainst her chest "You confronted Spencer about what happened, right? How did that go? Are you upset?"
Kelsey took her hands off the wheel, leaned over, and started to stroke Eet this worried about people, or am I special?"
"Uh, can you watch the road?" Emily warned as the car drifted over the dotted yellow line A car speeding toward them honked and swerved
"I hope I’ain "Because you’re special to me"
"Good," Emily answered, but she still felt a little unnerved She stared out theat the dark telephone poles rushing past Where were they, anyway? This was a part of Rosewood she rarely visited
Just after an old, ramshackle Quaker church ca the car onto a hidden turnoff A sign swept past, written in crooked capital letters FLOATING MAN QUARRY
"W-why are we going here?" Emily stammered
"Have you ever been to this place?" Kelsey gunned up the steep hill "It’s awesoes Not since before I went to juvie"
Emily peeked out theShe hadn’t been here in a while, either: The last time hen she and the others had discovered Mona Vanderas the original A Mona had been about to push Spencer over the cliff into the jagged rocks below, but Mona had slipped to her death instead
"There are cooler places than this, you know," Emily said shakily "There’s a spot near the train tracks where you can see the whole Main Line"