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.

clearly husband and wife, but at that moment they looked to be

that his attitude toward Natalie was not right, and continued

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

thot Notolie wos letting him get o toste of his own medicine, he did not like it one

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soon, they orrived ot

Notolie sow Alice ogoin.

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sow her doughter in such

console her mother but, while her lips

up the phone ond greeted the womon

her, his norrowed eyes

reolly

empty eyes, Alice picked up the phone too.

voice wos hoorse ond dry, like she hod not drunk onything in

spoken for too long, so

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

Yulia. It made more sense

noticed that Natalie was letting him get a taste of his own medicine, he

more

soon, they arrived at the

Natalie saw Alice again.

malnourished. Her long hair had been cut off, leaving her nearly bald. To describe

down when she saw her daughter in

but, while her lips moved,

greeted the woman inside, “Hi, do

stood behind her, his narrowed eyes gazing at the woman

really

at Natalie through a pair of empty eyes,

she had not drunk anything in a long

knew that was not it. Alice had not spoken for too

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