Page 18 (1/2)

Hanna peered out the front s for Bo, her security guy, but she didn’t see his car in the lot She dialed Agent Fuji "Do you knohere Bo is?" Hanna asked, when she answered "I don’t see hi echoed in the background "Just because you can’t see him doesn’t mean he’s not there," Fuji answered

"But I haven’t seen him all day"

"Hanna, I don’t have tis I’ to worry about"

"It’s just I heard that the cops are looking into Gayle’s murder," Hanna said in a small voice "And I know that probably will make Ali nervous And I have ht hurt him because he knows soabout Mike, she reht Her phone had buzzed, and a note froer and Hanna had to find hiruously, the DiLaurentis house was next door--and the old hole the workers had dug to build the gazebo was back Hanna had run to it and peered insideand there was Mike at the bottom, curled up in a fetal position It was obvious he was dead

"What if so happens to hi the dream "Are we sure everyone is safe?"

"Hanna, calirls call, it takesthis case I’m sure you understand"

CALL ENDED flashed across the screen Hanna recoiled, not sure whether to feel dissed or reassured But Fuji was doing her job--she had to trust that Soon enough, this would all be over

Thirty ates of Immaculata University, a liberal arts school not far froby sweaters and plaid kilts crossed the quad Boys carrying lacrosse sticks over their shoulders cli Sperry Top-Siders

They parked at Madison’s dorot out "Come on" Mr Marin took Hanna’s hand and led her to the path toward the dor sirls

"This is it," Mr Marin said when they got to a door es for Madison Hanna paused to read a few Dinner, 6? And, Are you going to thattomorrow? And, Did you do the chem homework? Did that mean Madison had a relatively nor, dread squeezing her chest corset-tight "You can do this," Mr Marin said as if reading her rateful, she ale, she reached out and knocked The door flung open iirl with an oval face and overplucked eyebrows stood on the other side

"Hanna?" she said

"That’s right" Hanna looked at her dad "And this is my dad"

Madison’s brow crinkled, her focus still on Hanna "Huh I thought you were the blond Pretty Little Liar"

"That’s Spencer"

Madison leaned against the jaht at all"

She stepped aside and let Hanna and her dad into her room A neatly made twin bed with a dohite comforter stood near theThere was a desk filled with books, papers, and a Dell coainst another wall A pile of laundry was near the bathroom, and shoes lay in a heap by the closet

"You have a single," Hanna co one bed "Lucky"

"It’s on account of " Madison pulled up her jeans to reveal a brace around her calf "They took pity on ht settled on Hanna’s chest Nao had been shattered in the accident She wouldn’t be able to play field hockey ever again "Does it hurt?" Hanna said in a sed "Soery to reset the bone this suood as new after that"

Surgery Hanna glanced at the door, tempted to run out and never come back But then she peeked at her father He nodded at her encouragingly

She took a deep breath "Look, Madison, I’ht? I drove you homeand then someone swerved into my lane and we crashed and I left the scene I never should have left you"

Madison sat down in her desk chair "It’s okay, Hanna I forgive you"

Hanna’s eyebrows shot up Well, that was easy "Okay, then," she said, starting to stand Done and done!

But then she paused Maybe that was too easy "Wait Are you just saying that? If you’re really pissed, you can tell me It’s okay I would be pissed"

Madison twirled a pen between her fingers "It sucks that we got in an accident It sucks that you felt you had to leave But as far as I’m concerned, I would have been in orse shape if I would’ve driven etting you a cab" Hanna perched on the edge of Madison’s neatly made bed "They wouldn’t have crashed"

Madison spun around in the chair "We don’t really know that for sure The saht have crashed into the up "Did you knoe found video footage?"

"Of the other driver?" Hanna leaned forward "Did you see who it was? Was it Ali?"

"They had part of a license plate, and for a while I thought they were on to soure out who the driver was," Madison answered "The only thing the cops figured out was that the car was an Acura"

Spots formed in front of Hanna’s eyes An Acura? Hadn’t Spencer found an Acura keychain in her stepfather’s trashed e of her nose "I wish I could re frorabbed her phone fro into that bar I’d had a couple drinks at this other place that never cards down the street before I even went there, but I kind of re htened up "Yeah, Jackson He did that tothe bar that day, Jackson eyeing her froht now, he’d said in a flirty voice, flashing her an ultrawhite suy who had played lacrosse and rowed crew in high school, though there was so predatory in his eyes, too Much later, after Hanna and Madison bonded, Hanna had leaned over to catch Madison before she fell off the bar stool As she looked up, she caught Jackson sneaking a look down her blouse, a set ruffly