Back to Me

Caught

Spencer and I left the cemetery and I parked the truck two blocks away from Spencer's house so that her parents wouldn't see it. Melissa knew about us and was happy for us. But Spencer was still scared of how her parents would react, especially if they found out now in the middle of all this.

We got to her house and I held the back door open for her. When she didn't walk through I thought she was going to give me some speech about how she was capable of opening the door herself. And I was almost right.

"You know, I could give you a whole lecture about always opening the door for me." She stated as she leaned against the doorframe.

"And I would listen to every word." I told her as I leaned down to kiss her. "But then I would tell you that I was just being a gentleman. I know it's sort of rare nowadays, but I can't help it, just like you can't help that you're addicted to extra, extra strong coffee."

"I said I could give you a lecture not that I was." She clarified. "There's something else I want to tell you."

"What's that?"

"You sure know how to walk a girl home." She smiled and then started kissing me again.

"We better get inside, it's pretty cold." I told her.

"Well, then I'll have to make coffee to warm us up." She said slightly joking and slightly serious.

"Whoa, what's all this?" I asked when I saw all the boxes scattered in front of the fireplace.

"If you're asking about the boxes, it's all Ian's stuff. My dad is supposed to take it to a storage place tomorrow I think." She told me.

"Hey, here's his yearbook. I wonder what he was voted most likely to be."

"My guess is, most likely to play professional sports or most likely to be a creep." She replied sarcastically.

"Both of those are true, but I doubt they'd put the second one in the yearbook." I laughed as I flipped through the pages. "Hey, Spence, what's the N.A.T Club?"

"The what club? I have no clue, I've never heard of it. Why do you ask?"

"In the yearbook, it has Ian's picture and underneath it lists all the sports and clubs he was involved in." I told her.

"Is it listed in the back index? And is there anyone else that was part of it?" She asked as she handed me a cup of coffee.

"No, it's not in the index. But I do see two other people that were in it, Garrett and Jason."

"Well, it kind of makes sense. The three of them were friends up until Alison went missing and they drifted apart I guess."

"Why would that cause them to drift apart?" Now I was the one asking the questions.

"After Ali went missing, Jason sobered up and so did Garrett. But Jason didn't just sober up, he also really cleaned up his act and finished college with flying colors. Garrett on the other hand, is a police officer but I think he's only doing that to look out for himself. And Ian, he might have eventually gotten his life together but he still seemed stuck in his college party years."

"Do you really think that Garrett is only a police officer to protect himself?"

"I don't know about protecting himself. But it makes sense that he's a cop for reasons other than keeping the people in this town safe. I don't think it's a coincidence that he was on duty when they found Alison, arrested you, and found Ian."

"I still don't know how Jenna knew about Caleb picking me up at the church that night." I sighed as I started digging through Ian's things again. "But a lot of things would make sense if the person framing everyone is working for the police."