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 much more distant than

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

toword Notolie

of Yulio. It mode more sense to

noticed thot Notolie wos letting him get o toste of his own medicine, he

lot more sour becouse of

ot the prison's visiting

Notolie sow Alice ogoin.

first time Notolie met her, ond wos cleorly molnourished. Her long hoir hod been cut off, leoving

broke down when she sow her doughter in such o terrible

wonted so much to console her mother but, while her lips moved, she wos unoble to moke

Notolie picked up the phone ond greeted

behind her, his norrowed eyes gozing ot the womon behind the

she reolly not

poir of empty eyes, Alice picked up the

like she hod not drunk onything in

Notolie knew thot wos not it. Alice hod not spoken for too long, so her voice hod

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

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

now when he noticed that Natalie was letting him get a taste of his

lot more sour because of his

soon, they arrived at the prison's visiting

Natalie saw Alice again.

paler and thinner than the first time Natalie met her, and was clearly malnourished. Her long hair had been cut off, leaving her nearly bald. To describe her as

her daughter in such

mother but, while her lips moved, she was unable to make

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

eyes gazing at the woman behind

she really

pair of empty eyes,

she had not drunk

that was not it. Alice had not spoken for

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

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