EMPTY GOLD.
011. | ❛ don't let your tea get
cold. ❜

"A hole in the closet?" Elena asked.

"Yeah. It led to all of this space underneath. Whole parts of Radley that had been sealed off. Parts from when Charlotte was there." Spencer addressed since she and Aria snuck into Sara's room.

"Should we tell Hanna's mom?" Emily nervously.

"No. If we tell Mrs. Marin, she'll throw Sara out lock, stock and ladder. This way we know about her escape hatch but she doesn't know that we know." Aria reassured her.

"Maybe I really did see her in the clinic."

"Have you checked in with them... to make sure that everything's okay?"

"Yeah. I, I'm gonna go over there as soon as they open. Guys, we need to tell Ali."

"Tell Alison what?" Elena asked setting down her cup of coffee.

"She was with me at the clinic. And she needs to know about that. She needs to know about Sara."

"Okay, if we do tell Alison we have to be ready for her to turn right around and go talk to the police about it." Spencer made sure that they understood the risk they were taking.

"Maybe that should happen. Maybe Elena should tell Toby about this. Maybe this is a new problem and we're getting stuck in old thinking. Secrets are getting toxic again."

"I know that this is getting dangerous again but I'd rather keep Toby out of it. I mean until we have more that little texts like these." Elena said, while the liars nodded in agreement.

"I don't know, just keep on trying to get in touch with Hanna. I have to go meet my mom at headquarters." Spencer gathered her things and made her way to the exit.

"Okay. Do you want us to come with you?" Elena grabbed a hold of Emily's hand.

"Honestly, no. I wanna do this myself."

"Are you absolutely sure?"

"Yeah. I'll be alright. Or I will be as soon as I know." Elena gave Emily a sincere smile as they all got up and headed out of the Brew

"Hi. Liam. Oh, my God," Aria made her way to the counter to hug her boyfriend,"Wait. What are you doing here?"

"That was it for the welcome?"

"No, no, no. Is something wrong?"

"No, no. All is good. I wouldn't come all this way with bad news."

"Hey," Elena made her way towards them.

"Elena. This is Liam." Elena held her hand out for a proper hello.

"Nice to meet you," Liam said to her.

"Right back at you. I've heard a lot about you."

"Same here, like you dyed a strip of your hair red because Aria dyed it pink." Liam said which made Elena a little embarrassed.

"Not one of my finest moments. Listen, I have to go it was nice meeting you." Elena said before taking leaving Aria alone with her boyfriend.
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"When did it start again?" Alison asked Emily, Spencer, and Elena who were at her house.

"After Charlotte's funeral. After Sara came back. Look, Ali, whoever this person is... they think we know who killed your sister." Spencer said seated in the couch in front of Ali.

"Do you have any idea who could have done it?" Elena asked her.

"I know that Charlotte hurt a lot of people but... for someone to kill her... "

"No, Ali, whoever's threatening us now, who... Whoever's stealing Emily's eggs and sending us pictures of golf clubs. That person didn't kill Charlotte they want revenge for what happened to her." Spencer tried to enlighten Ali to think differently.

"What golf club?" Alison asked in confusion.

"The murder weapon was a golf club." Emily bluntly said.

"No, it wasn't. What Detective Tanner described was a hollow piece of metal cut with a rectangle at the end."

The girls looked at each other before turning back to Alison,"Are we getting punked?"

"The picture, the golf club' maybe this is some kinda of joke?"

"I don't think it could be a joke. I mean, Sara doesn't have any sense of humor left." The trio tried to make sense of this situation before Alison asked them something.

"Guys... have either of you heard of a restaurant called The Two Crows?"
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Emily and Elena headed back to Elena's house, where they sat on the porch swing.

"I was just actually' looking forward to it." Emily spoke in a somber tone.

"I'm sorry, Em. I didn't know you weren't gonna keep them anyway but I'm so sorry."

"I keep thinking about all those other women and couples. You know, someone would do that just to steal my eggs."

"Well, first off, I think that you should stay here. You have enough to deal with, without having to... keep up the shields with your mother. Plus I could use the company." Elena made her puppy dog eyes while patting Emily's lap,

"Yeah, I think, that's an excellent idea."

"Last night I went to the art show and when I was driving back into town, I... past that "Welcome to Rosewood" sign and I kept thinking... why did we come back and why can't we stay away from here? What does this creep want from us?"

"They want us to lead them to Charlotte's killer."

"Why us?"

"Because we wanted Charlotte dead. I mean, think about it. All the people who could've killed Charlotte... they might have done it because they thought that's what we wanted."

"What kind of nut would think that?"

"The kind who would hold my eggs for ransom... and destroy a freezer full of potential babies just to get them."
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Night had fallen and Elena stopped by the Brew to get some more coffee, and sat down on the couch, scrolling through her phone when Detective Tanner stops in front of her.

"You can drink coffee this late and it won't keep you awake?"

Elena clears throat,"It's tea."

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" Elena nods before Tanner takes a seat across from her,"I wanna thank you and the others for staying in town helping with the investigation."

"We didn't have much choice."

"I know you've all got your own lives, things to do... and staying in Rosewood has got to be a sacrifice. It certainly is for me."

"It's not like we're strangers here."

"Hm, no, it's not. So, what do you think of the old town? Has it changed much? In some ways, yes. In other ways, not so much. I'll tell you one way it's different. What happened to Charlotte DiLaurentis that is the first homicide we have had here in five years. All that time you and your friends weren't here no murders. But when everybody gets together... I just think that's a very interesting statistic don't you?"

"I don't know about statistics. Im hear quite often, since I live here and nothing's happened. I just know that Alison deserves some answers."

"I'm glad you feel that way. So, if I have to take steps to keep all interested parties here in Rosewood till this is resolved I know you'll understand." Tanner said coldly before standing up,"Don't let your tea get cold."
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Elena received a text from Aria and Hanna to meet them at Radley. Little did Elena know that they were being shown the secret hole.

"We should've waited for Spencer." They held onto their flashlights trying to illuminate their path.

"No, we have to get there before Sara has a chance to take Emily's eggs out of the mini-bar." Hanna said

"I don't think she shoved them in there with those $7 orange juice." Elena tried not to fall behind.

"God, my mom thought she got rid of all the Radley ghosts. Wait till she finds out about this. She'll be down here with a jackhammer."

Suddenly they hear thudding,"What was that? Do you think that's Sara?" Elena asked shining he flashlight at the door.

"Maybe she needs a hand." Hanna proceeded, the two following after her to see a figure there. They tried to maintain the body still, and tried to get a look at the face but when they got a look, they found out it was Emily.

After they got out of the hole, they made their way to the Radley's lobby as Emily explained her reasons for being down there.

"I wanted to see for myself, and I thought maybe there was an old freezer or something down there. There's nothing. No electricity, no nothing."

"Why didn't you tell us? We could've gone with you." Elena tried to understand.

"I wanted to go alone, in case I found them."

Hanna came back with some information,"The desk clerk said nobody's seen Sara Harvey since she left the hotel last night."

"Where is she?"

"I don't know, probably in some other hole somewhere. I'm sorry about grabbing your boob, Em."

"Don't worry about it. I just have to face it. One way or another, my eggs are gone." She looked down.

"Look, Emily, you have the money. Use it. Finish school. That's what you wanted. That's why you put yourself through this."

"Yeah, Hanna's right. What happened was terrible but you're not responsible." Elena told her straight up.

"Bullies don't need excuses. You can always donate them again." Hanna said to Emily.

"Just remember to keep some for yourself."

"Yeah, I just wanna be with someone when that happens. And so far my relationships have all been challenging."

"Well, you will have kids," Hanna pointed to Emily," You will have kids," Hanna points to a Aria next.

"Spencer will have kids, Elena will have kids, and I will have kids, and we will all have beautiful babies."

"More visualizations?" Emil asked.

"Absolutely. Just wait till you see what I've planned for our playdates." Hanna smiled which made the girls laugh at the future ahead.