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"Beauregard’s?" Hanna’s eyes lit up "I thought about getting Mike cuff links fro to hit hiether"

"Um, I don’t know if cuff links are his specialty," Spencer said, biting down hard on the inside of her cheek She had a feeling this was going to be a long night Hopefully Chase wouldn’t want to chat with any of her friends

Thinking of Chase, she pulled out her phone, leaned over Hanna, and showed her the picture he’d given her of Ali at The Preserve "Look"

Hanna’s lips were pursed "Where did you get this?"

"I’ve been digging up stuff about her You knohere this is, right?"

"Duh I’d know that dayrooe, ure whose face they couldn’t see "Who’s that?"

"I was hoping you’d know He’s with Ali, don’t you think?"

Hanna squinted "Too bad he’s not wearing so distinctive Everyone and their mother has a black hoodie, huh?"

"Noel has a black hoodie," Spencer said, coughing aardly

Hanna gave Spencer a long, serious look "It does seem like him, doesn’t it?"

"I don’t want it to be" Spencer sank to the bed and rubbed her eyes

"But it seems like it, doesn’t it?" Hanna asked softly Hanna had told Spencer about how Mike didn’t remember where Noel had been when the bomb went off on the cruiseand about how she’d seen Noel at the Bill Beach She shook her head "And I still can’t believe you went into that apart in Philly by yourself You could have been killed"

"I think A just wanted to scareIt all seemed so obvious now: Ali and her helper had planted that address in the CVS systeed the trapdoor to fall when Spencer snooped around So did that ?

Spencer leaned into the mirror and blotted a bit of so back to that building, but I’o back?"

"Because even if that’s not where Ali’s private nurse lives, Ali and her helper have been there, booby-trapping the place And now that the trap has been sprung, there’s a chance they’d go back and collect all the stuff they’d planted in that attic Maybe that bowling ball is Noel’s dad’s Maybe so up there can be traced to Ali"

"Huh" Hanna slowly ran a brush through her hair "I never thought about that"

It was a theory Chase had raised Spencer had begged hio in her place today to see if Ali or her mysterious boyfriend showed up, but he couldn’t He didn’t explain why

Her laptop beeped as if on cue Spencer had a new e-lanced at the screen, shielding it froht, Britney, Chase wrote, adding a winking s interesting about Alison

Her heart started to pound What?

Another e-mail popped up Don’t want to tell you online, Chase wrote But I’ll see you soon

Spencer gritted her teeth She glanced at the clock on the bedside table Only threeto feel like an eternity

Just as dusk was falling, Spencer and Chase, who met her back at her house, walked hand in hand to the liave hi," Chase said, kissing her cheek

Spencer tried not to swoon "You look great, too" Chase’s tux fit him perfectly He’d been so polite when he’d handed Spencer her corsage and posed for the pictures Even Aawked

The limo turned out of the cul-de-sac and onto the country road toward Philadelphia The front as down just a little, blowing in the sweet-s air

But even when Chase popped the cork of a bottle of chalass, she couldn’t relax She turned to Chase "Now that we’re alone, can you please tell me what you know about Alison?"

Chase sipped froe fro not far froirl in one of the shots who looks like Alison"

Spencer’s skin prickled "You’re kidding" She glanced at Chase’s phone, which was on his lap "Do you have it on you? Can atch?"

Chase stared at his phone, too "I don’t have it"

"Oh" Spencer slumped

"Was that the only reason you cay