❝ we all eat lies, when our hearts are hungry ❞
Halle Brewster made a promise she would never tell the secrets of the summer Alison DiLaurentis went missing. Only now, someone else was doing the telling - something Alison never got the chance to do...
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Stood in Hanna's kitchen with a cup of coffee in hand, Halle relished in letting the heat pass from cup to the palm of her hands. It was one of the comforts she really tried to savour as of late. A wasn't giving her room for much else, not even enough to breathe. Every time Halle closed her eyes, she felt A's hand crept up around her neck, restraining her airway. Oftentimes, she woke up choking, gasping for breath.
"I thought you were getting your own room," Aria commented. She referred to how Emily was currently living with Hanna while Mrs Fields stayed in Texas with her husband. A fake letter from the Danby scout written by A ensured Emily stayed in Rosewood and ultimately the game.
"Yeah, that was the lead argument in Hanna versus Halle," Halle added. It was nearly Halle's family that Emily stayed with, but with the free guest bedroom, Hanna inevitably won.
"That was before the pipes went off behind the walls," Emily said, accepting a coffee from of Hanna.
"They have to fix the pipes and put back the wall back in, so we're roomies till then," explained Hanna.
"It'll be fun," Emily said, smiling.
Hanna was beyond excited. She was practically beaming, grinning ear-to-ear. "It's gonna be like a sleepover that never ends!"
Th other three all exchanged a look between them, already dreading the outcome of a sleepover that never ends for the two girls. Halle wondered how long it would stay polite and exciting. Every sleepover reached its end eventually, when the other person had overstayed their welcome.
"Has Garrett called you about Ian's message?" Spencer asked, quickly breaking up the looks before either picked up on it.
"Not a sound," Emily answered.
Uneasy, Halle asked them, "We do trust Garrett, right?"
"We dragged Garrett into this, we gotta trust him," Aria replied.
"We're trusting him with Ian's ten-thousand-dollars, and I could've used some of that to replace Melissa's ring," Spencer said, guilty chewing away at her face.
"And if they traced the money from Ian to you?" Hanna returned, pointing out the obvious. "How would you explain?" she asked.
"I just don't like waiting," Spencer said, her feeling just as nervous as Halle did. "You know, if we're too quiet, A will get bored and stir the pot."
"And if we say something, A's gonna smack us down," Hanna shot. "I don't wanna walk into another A-stravaganza like that fashion show."
"I don't know about you guys, but my parents are on my back more now than they were about Ian in the bell tower," Halle retorted. "I don't think they're buying the whole 'it's a stupid prank'."
