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Spencer sucked in her stomach Maybe this was a bad idea--Melissa was their ally, but was Wilden?

Melissa stepped forward "Darren, we need to help thehed and walked down to the first floor His expression was cautious but also curious Emily reached into her pocket and handed him her phone "There’s a voicemail I want you to check out I’m almost positive it’s Ali"

"Do you have any sort of equip?" Spencer asked "Wefrom"

"Or even isolate her voice to prove that it is her," Emily added "The cops don’t believe she’s still alive We have to reen eyes "I’ood idea"

"Darren, please" Melissa sidled up next to him "This is my sister"

Spencer sed a luood to hear Melissa say that

Wilden glanced froht," he said, after a moment, then took Emily’s phone and sat down on the couch "When I worked for Rosewood PD, we used a prograital file of the recording If the pass codes to the intranet haven’t changed, I should be able to get into the system"

"That would be awesome," Emily breathed

Melissa scurried into a back rooirls settled on the couch and waited Melissa returned with a silver MacBook Air and a USB cord Wilden lifted the lid and typed so on the keyboard "I’ this in, and then play the recording back for us"

E Ali’s savedat once, all of their words h the rooood five seconds, and then the recording ended

Melissa shut her eyes "It’s totally her" Even Wilden looked freaked out

They played the ain Melissa tilted her ear toward the phone "It sounds like she’s in a crowd"

"That’s e thought, too" Spencer glanced at the laptop An audio program that broke down the voicemail into packets of inforhed, a sound wave spiked In the background, there was cheering and laughter Soaphone, and a second wave peaked

"Did you hear that?" Spencer pointed at the second wave "We thought if we could punch up that announce from"

Melissa, who had settled into the corner of the couch, hugged her knees to her chest "I can’t believe she’s ballsy enough to call you from the middle of a crowd"

"Unless she’s not in the crowd but near it," Spencer said

Wilden listened to the voicehted the second spiky sound wave, and clicked a button at the bottoround noise diot louder, but it wasn’t any clearer

There was a scratching noise somewhere else in the house Spencer shot up "What’s that?"

Everyone fell silent Hanna’s face was pale, and E rustled There was a teeny, tiny creak Aria clapped her hand over her mouth

Melissa half rose from the couch and peered around "This place is a hundred years old It makes a lot of noise, especially when it’s windy"

They listened for a few moments more Silence Wilden turned back to the co a few ain Melissa squinted hard "It sounds like soh a bullhornand then the ets cut off"

Wilden hit PLAY over and over Cheering The loud feedback of a bullhorn Mo, Mo "Maybe they’re at a sports event," Hanna suggested

"And Ali’s hiding under the bleachers?" Spencer asked, giving Hanna a doubtful look

Wilden punched e appeared on the screen Unknown user, it flashed Access denied "Shit," he said, sitting back "I think they realized so this They kickedback in under a different name?"

Wilden closed the laptop lid and shook his head "I don’t think I should I shouldn’t be doing this at all"

Spencer looked fro else?"

Wilden’s eyes darted back and forth "I’irls"