Ali's Pretty Little Lies

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messaging with the President, and Mr. DiLaurentis kept peeking at a sheaf of legal briefs he had in his bag.
    “Jason, you’ll try some, won’t you?” Mrs. DiLaurentis placed her phone by her plate and nudged a skewer in Ali’s brother’s direction.
    Jason’s floppy blond hair fell into his eyes as he shook his head. “I’m not hungry.”
    “Don’t you feel well?” Mrs. DiLaurentis reached out to feel Jason’s skin.
    Jason pulled away. “I’m fine.”
    Ali snorted. “Looks like someone’s in one of his Elliott Smith moods,” she said, referencing the moody, miserable music he always listened to when he was depressed.
    Jason glanced at Ali for a split second, then sniffed and turned away. Ali wondered if he was pissed because he’d heard that she’d been smoking with Cassie, or maybe that she’d flirted with Darren. But why would he care about either of those things? Most of the time, Jason pretended like Ali didn’t even exist.
    Which really hurt. Ali was grateful her parents hadn’t guessed who she was—they were too wrapped up in their own lives to pay attention. As long as she acted enough like Ali, they didn’t question anything. But she’d thought Jason would have noticed something. Wasn’t he supposed to know her the best of anyone? He’d visited her practically every weekend at the Radley, after all, playing spit with her in the day room, telling her about the girls he’d liked—one of whom had been Melissa Hastings, with whom he’d struck up a friendship. “This is how you get her to like you back,” Ali had coached him, giving him pointers that she’d picked up from Cosmo.
    But when she’d taken over her sister’s life, she’d discovered that Melissa was dating Ian Thomas, and Jason was single. She’d wanted to ask Jason if he was okay, but it seemed out of character—Alison thought Jason was annoying and insufferable. If she wanted to play this part properly, she had to pretend she thought that, too. If she told even one person the truth, her secret would be one step closer to being revealed.
    The waitress set down everyone’s drinks. Across the table, Mr. and Mrs. DiLaurentis whispered.
    “Now?” Ali’s mother looked alarmed. “We should wait.”
    “It can’t wait,” Mr. DiLaurentis said firmly.
    “Yes, it can.”
    “What can?” Ali asked, grabbing a piece of cheese-saturated bread and popping it in her mouth. The cheese melted warmly on her tongue. It was so good she almost swooned.
    Her mother fumbled with her utensils. “Um, nothing, honey. We’re just a little stressed right now. Sending Jason to Yale is quite an expense, and we’re trying to figure out how to manage our finances.”
    Ali burst out laughing. “If you guys are so worried about money, then why are you building that huge gazebo in the backyard?”
    There was a long pause. Mr. DiLaurentis jumped up to use the bathroom, shaking the table so hard he almost knocked over the fondue pot. Ali’s mom’s phone rang, and she answered in a false, bright voice.
    Ali grabbed her mother’s wineglass when she wasn’t looking and took a long sip. Whatever. A year ago, she would’ve taken their bizarre behavior personally—maybe her parents sensed who she really was and refused to share things with her. But they kept lots of secrets, things they didn’t tell Jason, either.
    Mr. DiLaurentis returned from the bathroom and immediately reached for his wineglass. When Mrs. DiLaurentis got off the phone, she looked at Ali. “So. We’re going to the hospital this weekend.”
    Ali’s stomach flipped. “ Again? We were just there.”
    “ You were there two months ago. It’ll be good for you to visit your sister.”
    “I have plans,” Ali said quickly.
    Mr. DiLaurentis’s brow furrowed. “Your mother didn’t even tell you which day we were going.”
    “I have plans every day.” Ali smiled weakly. “ Please don’t make me go. It’s so hard on me emotionally. I spend hours crying in bed whenever I
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