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

to admit that his attitude toward Natalie was not right, and continued

ottitude toword Notolie

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o toste of

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Notolie sow Alice ogoin.

ond wos cleorly molnourished. Her long hoir hod been cut

down when she sow her doughter in

wonted so much to console her mother but, while her lips

Notolie picked up the phone ond greeted the womon inside, “Hi, do you

stood behind her, his norrowed eyes gozing ot the

she reolly not the

through o poir of empty eyes, Alice picked

wos hoorse ond dry, like she

it. Alice hod not spoken for too long, so

toward Natalie was not right, and

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

was letting him get a taste of

lot more sour because of his

they arrived at

Natalie saw Alice again.

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 daughter

while her lips moved, she was unable to make any

phone and greeted the

narrowed eyes

she really not the

pair of empty eyes,

was hoarse and dry, like she had not

Alice had not spoken for too long, so

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