Talk:No Stone Unturned/@comment-26191626-20150716022420/@comment-26248202-20150716041704

hmm?...of course Ali didn't know about the dollhouse before vanishing. Hopefully the reasoning for the creation of the dollhouse will be explained. Don't think about the situation with everything you know already. Instead just try to picture it like this. Charles has always had it out for Ali, his new favorite toy, and he's rough on his toys like the boys that melt their green army guys "just for fun". He escapes Radley, hits Ali, but Jessica saw so he couldn't take his doll away, she's buried. Sara was the substitute  doll. Only then learns of the game Mona was playing with Ali and her friends, made it his own, first with the liars, then begins hunting Ali down when it turns out she's alive. The Mona thing and the trial, just another fun game to play. Mona also made for a better Ali, so another plus for him. He's evolved with time, it wasn't just about acquiring her as quickly as possible.