Unhappily ever after

Chapter 3 - The unexpected

"Wait! Your leaving me? How could you do this to me?"

Olivia had got back home from the funeral for about an hour now and her mum had just told her that she was going to be in London for a year and a half for some big business deal.

"I'm not doing anything to you! I just think that this is a good chance for you to become independent. If you really don't want to be alone, you can always come to London with me."

No way was A going to ever let that happen. Plus there were so many things going on in Rosewood, her leaving would just make things worse.

"You know what! Go! I'll be fine on my own, I've been doing it for long enough." And with that she walked upstairs and put her headphones on to drown out her mum packing her things with her music. (She is listening to Attention by Charlie Puth)

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"I'm not abandoning you, you will always be my baby. I just need to do this, for the business. You understand that, right?"

The day of her mum leaving, had come. Olivia's mum was all packed and her driver was waiting, to take her to the airport. They were standing outside, at the front of the house, saying their goodbyes.

Olivia nodded. "Good, now you'll get plenty of money into your bank each month so don't worry about that, spare house keys are under the pot plant in case you lose yours."

Olivia's mum embraced her daughter into a hug. "Are you sure you're going to be okay?"

"I'll be fine mum." Olivia said, reassuring her. "Now go before you miss your flight!"

And that was it. Once her mum got in the car, Olivia waved her off and went back into the house, not looking back.

Maybe if she did look back, she would see A, staring straight at her. But she didn't.

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Now let me tell you something. In Rosewood, secrets can get easily buried. But there are always people watching. People observing your every move.

It's far from a perfect town, but Rosewood likes to be seen as one. So if anyone was to tarnish their perfect reputation, they would have to be taken care of. And, well... you've met Alison Dilaurentis, haven't you?

It was only the fourth day back at Rosewood High and Olivia was really considering flunking and staying home in bed. But she knew that if her mum found out she would be flown straight to London, no questions asked.

So she got out of bed, ready to endure another torturous long day, at the hell that some people called school.

Once she had her breakfast, she drove herself to school. When she got there she made her way to her locker when her phone buzzed. Becky was calling her.

Becky did this often. She'd call Olivia even if they were right next to each other, it so happens that Becky was across from her in the hallway, next to her own locker. Olivia rolled her eyes at this absurdity and answered the phone.

"What's up Bex?"

"Have you seen Melody? I'm worried about her. She hasn't taken Ali's death so well." Her best friend replied.

"We've got worse things than Ali's death to worry about right now... speaking of worse things, what the hell is Maddy doing back at school?!"

Her best friend turned to see what Olivia was seeing. Maddy with her long blond wavy hair covering her entire back. She was talking to a group of students and was laughing, pretty damn loudly might I say.