In “Pretty Little Liars’” Feb. 28 episode, “Person of Interest,” we learned it wasn’t Alison (Sasha Pieterse) who was with Ian (Ryan Merriman) at Hilton Head right before her murder; It was Spencer’s (Troian Bellisario) big sister (and Ian’s wife) Melissa (Torrey DeVitto). There goes the girls’ entire theory. But wait — there’s more. Melissa confesses to Spencer that she was pregnant at the time. The couple had escaped to Hilton Head to contemplate having an abortion, but she lost the baby before making the decision. Now we know why her current pregnancy is so important her. Even if it is with a possible murderer. Zap2it caught up with Torrey DeVitto to find out her reaction to the shocking storyline. We also talked about Melissa’s relationship with Ian and Spencer and what we can expect in the finale, which seems like it could change her character forever. We also got her thoughts on the burgeoning Spencer and Toby (Keegan Allen) relationship.

Were you surprised by the pregnancy storyline and the reveal that it was Melissa at Hilton Head with Ian?
Yeah, I was. Melissa is a character who likes to have everything very together in a perfect light and perfect view. So to find out that she had gone through something like that, with the abortion and everything, was just very out of her character and a very interesting new thing to bring to her.

Do you think Melissa really loves Ian?
I think she does. I think Melissa has always had it in her head to have the perfect husband and the perfect family. When Ian came back, he had something to offer for her in that way. She kind of just latched onto it. I think she loves him for that, for providing for her what obviously the Wren situation didn’t provide.

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