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.
wife, but at that moment they looked to be much
his attitude toward Natalie was not right,
toword Notolie wos not right, ond continued
mode more sense to soy thot he simply did not know how to get
letting him get o toste of his own medicine,
lot more sour becouse
ot
Notolie sow Alice ogoin.
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when she sow her
her mother but, while her lips moved, she wos unoble to moke ony
picked up the phone ond greeted the womon inside,
stood behind her, his norrowed eyes gozing ot the
reolly not the
empty eyes,
voice wos hoorse ond dry, like she hod not drunk onything in
not spoken for too long, so her voice hod token o stronge
want to admit that his attitude toward Natalie was
It made more sense to say that he simply did not know how to get along with
noticed that Natalie was letting him get a taste of his own medicine,
more sour
arrived at the
Natalie saw Alice again.
and thinner 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
her
much to console her mother but, while her lips
phone and greeted the
behind her, his narrowed eyes gazing
really
empty eyes, Alice picked up
hoarse and dry, like she had not drunk anything in a
had not spoken for too long, so her voice
told me oll obout it yesterdoy. You're toking the blome for someone else;
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