Peter Hastings (Book Character)

Peter Hastings is just as work-obsessed He always does as much as he can to make it look like he has the perfect family, when it's the farthest thing from the truth. When a essay that Spencer turned that was actually Melissa's gets nominated for a Golden Orchid and it is revealed that Spencer cheated, Mr. Hastings and Mrs. Hastings say that she should continue to call it hers, in an attempt to keep their family the perfect family-from the outside. Spencer soon admits that she cheated, and the Hastings parents pretend that they had no idea of any of this. Later in the book, the family makes amends about everything that happened, but it's not over. Spencer soon figures out that Mr. Hastings had an affair with Jessica DiLaurentis. She also figured out that Allison is Melissa and Spencer's half-sister. When Spencer confronts him about this in front of the whole family, he says, "I didn't know about the kids until later, I swear." Spencer assumes it was either an extra S on the end by accident, or that Jason was also her sibling, but it was actually Courtney, which was revealed later.