"Go back to what, Jason?" Alison asked. Her expression softened somewhat as she sat down next to him and looked at him. "Things were never okay at home. You had Charlie and then he was taken away from you and they made you feel like you were crazy when they told you that you imagined him. Our parents... I don't even have words for what they've done to us, all three of us. Mom, she... she buried me alive."
Alison felt tears start to spill over. For once, she wasn't crying for manipulation purposes. Alison wasn't a sociopath, she could still feel how deeply wounded she was. She was only fifteen years old at the time, a lifetime ago and still she clung to the memory of being paralyzed as her mother shoveled dirt on top of her. She knew that Jessica thought she was dead but why should that matter? Ali was her daughter. As much as A scared her, nothing was as bad as watching her own mother bury her alive.
That, and not A, had been the catalyst for Alison running away and faking her own death. Faking her own death truly hadn't been part of the plan. It was sheer luck that Bethany Young ended up in her grave and looked enough like Ali for her corpse to pass. Ali had no one to turn to when Mona stalked and terrorized her. Alison might have been a bitchy queen bee at their local high school, but she didn't deserve to be murdered or tortured for it. She would hate Mona forever for causing so much pain and it didn't matter to Alison that Mona had more than paid for her sins against her and the girls. Ali would destroy Mona if it was the last thing she ever did.
"I don't want you to bury yourself. I don't think Cady is good for you. She's probably using her Satanic influence over you. Think about it. You were fine back home, you hadn't touched a drop in years and suddenly you're drinking again? And you're drinking with her. I heard about wrecked you guys got at Emily's girlfriend's party."
She tried not to roll her eyes at the last part. She had been the only person not invited to the party. She understood but at the same time, it hurt to be the one who was left out.
"I'm worried. You're the only family I have. I think we should get you into rehab. I'm sure Spencer and I can figure out a way to pay for it."