My Life in Rosewood

Chapter Forty

Hey all. So sorry things have been taking longer to update. I've been more busy lately and going on vacation so it's going to take even longer to get back into writing and uploading. I will be back to this as soon as I can.

Enjoy!

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Days pass and Lucas isn't missing anymore. Hanna said he went to see her and said he messed up on money issues and was afraid to tell Caleb since it was his money from when he went to California. So he isn't part of the A team. When he was missing he had called his parents at some point to let them know he's okay but didn't want to go home until he got some of the money back. The police had looked for him in the lake with no luck since he obviously swam away, but her mom thought he just took off and left randomly instead of it being because of her and him getting into some type of fight before the boat tipped over.

Aria's parents have been a little more lenient about letting her go out with the girls, but they have tabs on her at all times. They've been dropping her to places so they know where she is and so far she has actually been keeping away from Ezra and not sneaking off. The only weird thing that's now a thing is Aria and Holden have been seeing each other. One minute my aunt plans dinner with his family and the next he's asking Aria to hang out, like a date I guess.

Then you have Emily, who is back with Maya. I didn't see it coming because she disappeared for so long and Emily was dating other people. She says she is a town over and Emily missed her so she reached out and now they have been dating.

The dating pool seems to be all over the place because Hanna and Caleb were fighting for a short time because of the Lucas situation on her not telling him more info on what happened. After that she cut him off on helping with the phone because she is scared for him getting caught and into more problems. Then there's Mona and Noel, even they broke up. She had me on speed dial as soon as it happened and I was there for her the best I could be. Poor thing got hit hard with this one and I had to give Noel a good talking to because I don't like that he broke her heart.

After practice today I head over to Philadelphia with Spencer. Her and Aria ended up around here the day after Lucas disappeared because they found clues in the lakehouse attic that were left by A. She said there was a picture Caleb got from the phone that had 4 dolls lined up against a wall and the background is the same wall from their attic. They also found burner phones and a receipt from somewhere in the city and she came across a school for the blind, the place Jenna went after she got hurt.

Right now we aren't doing anything A related but she wanted me to go with her into the city so she wouldn't be by herself if she found any more clues. So as of now we are at a coffee shop and just talking.

"Have you talked to Toby?" I ask her as I sip on my coffee.

She stares over at me after her eyes had been glued to her own for a while, almost like she was thinking too much. "No. Is he okay?"

I take a soft breath and shake my head, "He's having a hard time with a broken arm." Obviously I know she's asking about something else.

Toby was told yesterday that they still can't be together. No matter how hard he tries she still won't let him back into her life in that way. Instead she told Emily to tell him that she got back together with Wren, and I'll be honest that this excuse really pissed me off knowing it's about A. She told him this while he was in the hospital after he went to take down scaffolding he was using to help fix their barn because her dad made him stop from their differences. He fell off from loose screws and broke it. Turns out it happened because of A.

"And he's struggling with you dating someone else." I give her a bit of an annoyed face as I say it.

"Jessie..." her voice breaks from the look, "I'm sorry."