Secrets (Pretty Little Liars fan fic!!!!)

Chapter 19__A Person of Interest

We were all being interviewed separately.

I sighed. "The video was sent to us by an anonymous source. Probably the same person who sent it to you. It was loaded onto my laptop. This time we saw who Alison was talking to. It was Ian. He told her to come closer, and she did. Ian and Alison were together the weekend before she went missing. Spencer called Hilton Head. She talked to the desk clerk. Ian lied to her. He stayed at Hilton Head last summer."

"This is what I don't understand," Detective Beyer told me. "Ian was a star athlete, right? Popular guy, dating a beautiful woman like Melissa Hastings. You really think he would risk all that to be with Alison? She was barely 15."

"Well, maybe he has a thing for younger girls," I told him. 

"Why would you say that?" Beyer asked.

I shrugged. "I don't know."

"Were there other younger girls he was interested in?" Beyer asked.

I shook my head. "Not that I know of. No one but Alison."

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I walked out into the hallway where Byron and Ella Montgomery, Ashley Marin, Pam Fields, Veronica Hastings and my mom were waiting with Aria, Hanna, Emily and Spencer.

Beyer followed. "You'll be available for more questions?"

"Of course," Veronica answered. "The girls have nothing to hide."

Beyer walked away.

Pam walked out, leaving.

Ashley, Byron, Ella, Veronica and my mom pulled aside to talk.

"Pam just stepped out to call Wayne," Ella told them.

"Are they being charged with something?" Mom asked. "Conspiracy to commit an honest mistake? Sorry. Haven't they been through enough?"

Veronica nodded. "The girls are free to go."

"I'm still trying to process this," Byron admitted.

"It appears our daughters have been the victims of a cruel joke," Veronica told them.

Ari, Hanna, Spencer, Emily and I stepped out into the hallway.

"Whoever said 'the truth will set you free' never met A," I told them.

"Jesus," Emily told us. "It's from the Bible. Jesus said it."

"Then Dakota's right, because that bitch is going straight to Hell," Hanna told us.

"I wasn't completely honest in there," Spencer told us. "I should have been, but my mom was right next to me, and with the whole Wren thing, I couldn't bring myself to say that I also hooked up with Ian."

"That has nothing to do with this," Aria told her.

"I lied about it too, Spence," Emily told her. 

"You know, sometimes telling the truth does more harm than good," Hanna told us.

"Who said that?" I asked.

"Alison," Hanna answered. 

Garrett walked closer. "Hey, Emily."

"Garrett?" Emily asked.

"You're a cop now?" Aria asked.

"Look, uh, sorry they're putting you through this," Garrett told us. 

Beyer was standing down the hall, looking at Garrett. "Officer Reynolds."

Garrett looked toward him.