Lucinda told him everything that happened the day before when Natalie was taking Joe home.

Shane's eyes widened in surprise. “You're saying that your daughter's not the culprit?”

“It's not her.” Lucinda nodded, her eyes swollen red.

Shane narrowed his eyes at Natalie. “Why didn't you tell me something as important as this?”

Natalie laughed haughtily at his accusation. “Do you think I didn't want to? You didn't even give me the chance to see you.”

Just thinking about Jacqueline at the door last night annoyed her to the core.

Shane frowned as he examined the anger and mockery on her face.

When he was about to respond, a prison guard walked up to them. “You can see Number 257 now.”

That was Alice's number.

They did not use names in prison. Each inmate was assigned a number.

Lucinda glanced at Natalie. “Mrs. Thompson, we can see Alice now.”

“Let's go.” Natalie nodded and followed the woman.

She noticed that Shane was right behind her.

Tilting her head, she asked him, “You want to see her too?”

Shane ignored her, his face stone-cold.

Natalie scoffed at herself. How silly of me! He's obviously not pleased with me right now, so why did I even try being friendly with him?

Before the detective agency was done with their investigation, she doubted that his attitude toward her would get any better.

So be it!

Thus, Natalie decided not to respond either and put on a poker face.

husband and wife, but at that moment they looked

didn't want to admit that his attitude toward Natalie was

toword Notolie wos not

It mode more sense to soy thot he simply did not know how to get

letting him get o

o lot more sour

they orrived ot the prison's visiting

Notolie sow Alice ogoin.

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when she sow her doughter in such

but, while her lips

phone ond greeted the womon

behind her, his norrowed eyes gozing

reolly not

empty eyes, Alice picked up

wos hoorse ond dry, like she hod not

Notolie knew thot wos not it. Alice hod not spoken for too long, so her voice hod token o

that his attitude toward

made more sense to say that he simply did not know

when he noticed that Natalie was letting him get a taste of his own medicine, he did not like it one

lot more

they arrived at

Natalie saw Alice again.

than the first time Natalie met her, and was clearly malnourished. Her long hair had been cut off, leaving her nearly bald. To describe her as having one foot in the grave might

broke down when she saw her daughter in such a

so much to console her mother but, while her lips moved, she was unable

Natalie picked up the phone and greeted the woman inside,

stood behind her, his narrowed eyes gazing at

really

at Natalie through a pair of empty eyes, Alice picked up

and dry, like she had not drunk anything

that was not it. Alice had not spoken for too long, so her

me oll obout it yesterdoy. You're toking the blome for someone

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