chapter fifty three
the remains of a
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"Hanna, slow down. You almost tripped over on a catheter back there that was still attached to someone," Spencer said as she, Hanna and Josie walked through the hospital towards Garrett's mother's room. "312, 312," Hanna whispered over and over until she spotted room 312, Garrett's mothers' room. "There it is." she whispered as the three of them hid behind a wall before they moved away further down to discuss what to do. "We need to have a plan." Josie said, crossing her arms.

"We have a plan. Exposing 'A'." Hanna remarked loudly. "Inside voice." Spencer whispered to her. "Okay," Hanna said. "What is the plan exactly?" she asked Hanna. "We're going to replace Garrett's note with a fake note that we wrote." Hanna told them. "Yes. I know that part I came up with It, remember?" Spencer asked. "Yeah, I was wondering why you were asking me that." Hanna answered, going to walk. "We still need a place to lead 'A' Han," Josie stopped her. "Rosewood church, by the organ in the main sanctuary, tonight." Hanna answered. "How did you come up with that?" Spencer asked. "I have been living there since my mom signed me up to sort through spandex shorts and granny panties." Hanna responded, making Josie cringe. "Yeah, but won't the church be locked?" She asked.

"That's the point. It's deserted at night." Hanna answered. "So when Lucas shows up to jimmy–" Spencer was cut off. "It's not gonna be lucas! " Hanna snapped. "Yes it will, Han, he had the pills." Spencer responded. "Fine!" Hanna snapped. "Then I'll show up with a paddle and finish what I started at the lake." Hanna said. "Whoa." Spencer and Josie whispered. "What happened to the girl who wouldn't get out of her sweats?" Spencer asked as she pulled a piece of paper from her bag.

"She traded them for fatigues. I'll write it." she offered and grabbed the paper from Spencer. "Are you sure you know how?" she asked. "Yes." Hanna answered as she took the pen from Spencer. "I've been forging my moms signature since seventh grade in P.E.'' Hanna added as she wrote the note before tearing it off and handing the notepad with both notes, back to Spencer.

"That's a pretty good job, Han." Josie told her as she walked forwards to see the room. "Yell if you see anyone, All right?" Hanna asked. "Wha– are you that you want to do it?" Spencer asked. "This 'A' broke me and Caleb up, do you understand?" Hanna asked. "They're gonna have to pay for that." she added before walking off towards Garrett's mother's room with Josie and Spencer watching as she entered the room.

Both girls slowly crept towards the room once they saw Hanna close the blinds on the door. "God, I hope this works." Josie whispered to Spencer, who nodded in agreement. After a minute or a minute and a half, an announcement went off. "Blue Team To I.C.U, Blue Team To I.C.U." it said and soon after they saw Hanna practically flew out of the room, worrying Spencer and Josie.

"Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Come on!" Hanna repeated as she ran towards her friends and they ran towards the elevator. "What the hell did you do?" Josie asked as another announcement went off as they were waiting for the elevator. "Blue Team To I.C.U, Blue Team To I.C.U." They saw people running into the room where Hanna was just in. Soon enough the elevator opened and they ran in.

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"I can't believe you asked him that." Josie told Spencer. "We have to find this girl and if anybody knows who she is, it's jason." Spencer responded as the three of them sat at a table in The Apple Rose Grille. "Well, he doesn't." Josie told her. "Well, he might not have recognized her name, but he could recognize her by a picture." Spencer responded. "I wonder if April was the type of girl who pimped out her friends." Hanna wondered.

"I don't know. All I know is that the prosecution's case is crumbling and we have to get this girl before 'A' does, whatever Garrett wants destroyed could be the only thing left that keeps him in jail." Spencer added. "Do you guys think Maya found those tapes with Ali's stuff?" Josie asked. "It's possible, maybe that's what Garrett was after all along, maybe April Rose has a tape, maybe that's what Garrett want's 'A' to destroy." Spencer responded.

"What I don't get is why would 'A' take direction from Garrett?" Hanna asked. "It might be the other way around." Josie suggested. "Yeah, Garrett might have done whatever 'A' told him to and that's how he wound up behind bars." Spencer added onto Josie's sentence as Aria walked through the door. "Hey." She greeted her friends. "Sorry I'm late," she added as she sat down.

"Finally, I'm starving." Hanna groaned. "Me too, do you want to split some cheese fries?" Spencer asked Hanna. "No, I want my own." Hanna told her before turning to Aria. "Hey, so the plan's changed for tonight." Hanna explained. "It is not a plan, it's a suicide mission." Spencer cut in. "Okay, you know the church is gonna be crawling with people, so we're not gonna be able to figure out who 'A' is." Hanna continued.

"Emily and I are gonna hide behind the organ and just see who shows up," she explained. "Hanna, I really don't think you should–" Josie started. "Jo, it's not about confronting, okay? I just want to see who it is so I'll know how to plan a real attack." Hanna cut her off, making her sigh as Spencer raised a brow at her. "We. When we attack." she corrected. "Just be careful," Spencer warned her. "And wear sensible shoes." she added. "Hey, I wear three inches or I wear nothing." Hanna told her. "Oh and order me a side salad, to soak up the cheese." she told them before leaving to go to the bathroom.

Josie noticed Aria's quietness. "What's wrong? You're acting like a pod person." she said, making Aria look up. "Hmm?" she hummed in question. "Oh, I– I was just trying to remember how much reward money Jason offered." she explained, causing Josie to furrow her brows, confused. "$50,000. Why?" Spencer answered. "And that was cash, right?" Aria asked. "Yeah." Spencer answered with a nod.

"Did he just have all that money lying around his house?" Aria asked. "I doubt it, that's a large amount of money." Josie answered. "But if someone did, would that be weird?" Aria asked. "If you had that much cash lying around, you'd probably also have a bomb shelter and like five years worth of dehydrated meat." Spencer said, causing Aria to let out a laugh. "Or you're a criminal." she added. "I do want my own cheese fries." Spencer said after a moment.

⎯ AUTHORS NOTE
new chapter <3 I know is chapter is short, only 1161 words but Josie nor Richie really weren't involved much in the plot of this episode.