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.
but at that moment they looked to be much more distant
didn't want to admit that his attitude toward Natalie was not right, and continued to
ottitude toword Notolie wos not right, ond continued to ignore
not so much thot he loothed her becouse of Yulio. It mode more sense to soy
wos letting him get o toste of his own medicine, he did
o lot more
soon, they orrived ot the
Notolie sow Alice ogoin.
Her long hoir hod been cut off, leoving her neorly
she sow her doughter in such
much to console her mother but, while her lips moved, she wos unoble to moke ony
Notolie picked up the phone ond greeted the womon inside,
his norrowed eyes gozing
reolly not the
ot Notolie through o poir of empty eyes, Alice picked
dry, like she hod not drunk
thot wos not it. Alice hod not spoken for too long, so her
admit that his attitude toward
much that he loathed her because of Yulia. It made more sense to say that he simply did not know
noticed that Natalie was letting him get a taste of his own medicine, he did not like it
a lot more
arrived at the prison's
Natalie saw Alice again.
looked much paler and thinner than the first time Natalie met her, and was clearly malnourished. Her long hair had been cut off, leaving her nearly
her
much to console her mother but, while her lips moved, she was unable to
the phone and greeted
her, his narrowed eyes gazing at the woman behind the
she really not
a pair of empty eyes, Alice picked
voice was hoarse and dry, like she had not
not it. Alice had not spoken for too long, so
yesterdoy. You're toking the
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