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"Okay, thanks" Emily pressed the receiver closer to her ear "Maybe I could set up a visit next week, then"

After arranging to visit Iris next Wednesday, E up the phone and sluood that Iris returned like she said she would Maybe this time, she’d actually take her stay at The Preserve seriously

Ee of The Preserve with its Grecian colu his SUV up the drive to visit Ali, his secret girlfriend Had he set appointments with "Courtney" like Emily just had with Iris? She still couldn’t quite wrap her brain around the fact that he and Ali had been working together for all these years Watching E the of all the intimate moments Noel had spied on How carefully had he watched Elass-bottomed boat in Puerto Rico? Had he seen the, but that A was someone they knew so intimately hurt even more It had been Noel who’d called the FBI on Jordan And it was because of Noel that Jordan had to swan-dive off the top deck, risk those treacherous seas, escape the country forever Sure, maybe Ali had told him to do it, but Noel had actually done it He hated them that much

And he loved Ali that hts, Emily climbed the stairs and padded into her bedroom She sat down on the bed and stared into theto her She’d been in the Rosewood Day locker rooht was Courtney had sidled up next to her and acted devastated that Eht she was killed E that if she ever needed anything, Emily was there for her

Courtney’s face had lit up Maybe we could get together after school tomorrow? she’d asked If it’s not too weird, that is With Ali, I mean And Emily had said yes, of course, that would be fine, and when she’d looked up at Courtney again, the girl had a glea with ht, stunned Courtney had winked, like she knew exactly what she was doing And so lust had rus had started to stir That old love

But even if she was the one Ali wanted, she would have never done for Ali what Noel had She would have never hurt innocent people, her friends

She whirled around and kicked the bedpost so hard her toe ached Maybe it was a bad idea that they hadn’t told Agent Fuji about A--both of them--immediately Because if Ali and Noel were out there, they needed to find them Now

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Who’s That Girl?

"So you haven’t heard from Noel at all?" Hanna said into her burner cell as she walked through the Bill Beach’s back entrance--all the parking at the front was filled again The entrance bordered one of the community rooa faathered around in Phillies jerseys

"Nope," Mike said on the other end "Though Aria asked ht?"

"It doesn’t ht"

"Really?" Mike cleared his throat "Hanna, all those questions you asked me about Noel and that boht now," Hanna interrupted Mike would find out soon enough, after all She didn’t want hi to break Mike’s heart that his best friend had tried to kill his sister and his girlfriend

Hanna still couldn’t believe what they’d coht She also couldn’t believe Spencer had the guts to hit hiotten away, but his run had been stu ot just after Noel ran off Even though the ce that someone else was there with theh--and none of the to her It was probably all in her mind

She pulled open the door to the woely, was e out there, watching soaps "My shift starts soon, so I’d better go"

"So how long are you going to work there?" Mike asked

"Actually, I think today’s going to be an unbuttoning her jeans Her investigation into Graham was done "I’ll call you later"

She hit END Her phone rang again a split second later It was her dad’s number When she answered, her father sounded furious

"Hanna, so with a team and a search warrant for your bedroom," he said "I was able to have my lawyers send the on? What are you mixed up in?"

Hanna froze A search warrant? Spencer had been right: Fuji was syste At least she hadn’t picked Aria as her next victient looking for?"

"She didn’t say" Mr Marin’s voice was strained "Is it drugs? There were ruun? I can’t believe a news van hasn’t shown up here yet The last thing I need is an FBI vehicle at the house and a bunch of agents searching the place andwhat to say"

Tears filled Hanna’s eyes She couldn’t have her father getting caught up in this "Whatever she’s looking for, she won’t find it in h thatbut it was just a bigup the phone and took deep breaths If her father had sent Agent Fuji away, she ht try someone else’s house Like Aria’s, maybe And then what?

There was no way she could continue her shift now She walked down the hall and turned toward the lobby, ready to tell Sean she’d do a makeup day another ti at once Mr Ackard was speaking to two official-looking men by the front desk A police officer spoke into a walkie-talkie A man with a news camera walked in, followed by a reporter in a suit In the corner, another reporter interviewed Sean, whose face was laced with concern

Hanna’s stomach soured Was this for Graharoup, her hand to heron?"

The nurse gawked at her ide eyes She opened her lanced down one of the patient hallways "Can I go back there and talk to Kyla?" Maybe she could explain as happening