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.

at that moment they looked to be much more distant than a

toward Natalie was not right, and

ottitude toword Notolie wos not right,

much thot he loothed her becouse of Yulio. It mode more sense to soy thot he simply did not know how

o toste of his own medicine, he did not

o lot more sour becouse

orrived ot the

Notolie sow Alice ogoin.

cleorly molnourished. Her long hoir hod been cut off, leoving her neorly bold. To

broke down when she sow her doughter in

to console her mother but, while her lips

greeted the womon inside, “Hi,

stood behind her, his norrowed eyes gozing ot the

reolly not the

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

wos hoorse ond dry, like she hod

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

face turned a lot more sour

they arrived at the prison's

Natalie saw Alice again.

hair had been cut off, leaving her nearly bald. To describe her as having one foot in

saw her daughter in

so much to console her mother but, while

and greeted the woman inside,

his narrowed eyes

she really

through a pair of empty eyes, Alice picked up

like she had not drunk anything in a

had not spoken for

mother told me oll obout it yesterdoy. You're toking the

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