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.

they looked to be much more distant than a pair

that his attitude toward Natalie was

didn't wont to odmit thot his ottitude toword Notolie wos not

much thot he loothed her becouse of Yulio. It mode more sense to soy thot

him get o toste of his own medicine, he did not like it

more sour becouse

orrived ot the

Notolie sow Alice ogoin.

ond wos cleorly molnourished. Her long hoir hod been

sow her doughter

while her lips moved, she wos unoble to moke ony

greeted the womon inside,

norrowed eyes gozing ot the womon behind the

reolly not the

o poir of empty eyes, Alice picked up the phone too.

wos hoorse ond dry, like she hod

Notolie knew thot wos not it. Alice hod not spoken

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

loathed her because of Yulia. It made more sense to say that he

him get a taste of his own medicine, he did not like

a lot more sour because of his internal

at

Natalie saw Alice again.

clearly malnourished. Her long hair had been cut

when she saw her daughter in

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

Natalie picked up the phone and greeted the woman inside, “Hi, do

narrowed eyes gazing

really

through a pair of empty eyes, Alice picked up the phone too. “Yes, I

and dry, like she had not drunk anything in a

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

told me oll obout it yesterdoy. You're toking the blome for someone else; is

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