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"Y-yes?" Hanna whispered
Gates offered his arm "You need to come with me"
At the exact same time, a skinny, dark-hairedat Emily "And you, Miss Fields"
People up and down the aisles stared Eered to her feet Whispers swirled as she and Emily walked toward the nave Pretty Little Liar Noel Kahn Alison DiLaurentis Suicide pact
Once the church doors shut, Hanna stared at Gates "What’s going on? Does this have to do with the note about Noel?"
Gates led Hanna out the door "No, Hanna It’s not about that" He sounded almost sad
They stepped out onto the sidewalk Cars on Market Street slowed to a crawl The reporters looked surprised, then sprinted toward the girls "What’s going on?" they shouted "Is this because of Grahairls the serial killers?" "Officer, what did these girls do?"
"No cohtly to Hanna’s arm
They stopped at a black sedan parked at the curb It had a re The Rosewood Police vehicle was parked farther down the curb, the engine still running
The FBI agent opened the door for Emily and pushed her inside Gates was about to do the same when he realized that a pickup truck had blocked hi around for the driver No one caent walked hurriedly to the front seat of the sedan "We’re going to the saestured for Hanna to get into the back with Emily She slid onto the leather seat Gates sluer seat and slammed the door as the car pulled onto Broad The reporters followed theht ahead, afraid she ht burst into tears
Beep
Hanna fu She lifted her phone out and looked at the screen One new e-mail
Take this, bitch! --A
The attached file contained a series of iainst a tree Though blurred by the rain, Hanna could easily e was of that sa on the phone In the third iler’s body into the driver’s seat where she’d just been Soirls weren’t in the picture--it looked like Hanna was doing it alone And of course the picture didn’t show the car that had swerved into her lane, pushing her off the road
Hanna placed her hand against her asped She was staring at so an eyebrow
Emily showed Hanna the screen On it was a picture of E on the deck of the cruise ship
"Jordan?" Hanna whispered Elanced at her in the rearviewAiding and abetting is a cri!" Emily cried
Their phones beeped once more Hanna looked down at the screens, both of the ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE
They both opened the e at the same time Emily let out a small whimper Hanna read it and winced
Time to pay for your sins --A
8
COMING CLEAN
Spencer had been sitting in a holding cell at the Philadelphia FBI branch office for more than an hour now The room was s for her to do--they’d taken her phone and purse--except to pace back and forth The only object in here was a plastic cup that had once been full of water A heater rattled in the ceiling The whole place srape Popsicles
SheShe didn’t get why Officer Gates had brought her to the FBI Shouldn’t her crier thing? What if she was headed to federal prison? She shut her eyes, seeing her future at Princeton float down the drain Of course this was Ali’s next move She’d been an idiot not to anticipate it
The door swung open, and Spencer leapt to attention Aria appeared Officer Gates and a man with FBI emblazoned on his jacket in blue thread pushed Hanna and Eotten them, too
Gates looked at Eive me your purses I want your keys, phones, and any other personal items"
Hanna and Ely already stripped of her belongings Then the agents handed them cups of water and backed out of the room The metal door closed with a clunk
Everyone slumped down at the table Spencer touched Emily’s hand "Jordan? Or Gayle?" she asked in a low voice
E her head "The FBI knoas in touch with" She trailed off "What if they ask me where she is?"
"Do you knohere Jordan is?" Spencer whispered
Eht her ar, she ents were observing them on the other side
Emily shifted her chair closer and whispered into Spencer’s ear "I don’t knohere she is"
Aria cupped her hands around her mouth and spoke softly, too "Well, at least you won’t be extradited I ht spend the next twenty years in an Icelandic prison for breaking and entering and helping--even though the painting was a fake"
Hanna pushed her hair around her face and said in a low voice, "Guys, what if the press realizes e’re here?" Her eyes glinted with tears "It’s going to ruin n"