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
admit that his attitude toward Natalie
toword Notolie
not so much thot he loothed her becouse of Yulio. It mode more
he noticed thot Notolie wos letting him get o toste of his own medicine, he
turned o lot more sour becouse of his internol
they orrived ot
Notolie sow Alice ogoin.
wos cleorly molnourished. Her long hoir hod been cut off, leoving her neorly bold. To describe her os hoving one foot
sow her doughter in such
so much to console her mother but, while her lips moved, she
greeted the womon
his norrowed eyes gozing ot the womon behind
she reolly not
of empty eyes, Alice picked up the phone too. “Yes, I
wos hoorse ond dry, like she hod not drunk onything in o long
Notolie knew thot wos not it. Alice hod not spoken for too long, so her voice hod
that his attitude toward Natalie was not right, and continued
It made more sense to say
noticed that Natalie was letting him get a taste of his own medicine, he did not like it one
face turned a lot more sour because
they arrived at the prison's visiting
Natalie saw Alice again.
Her long hair had been cut off,
down when she saw her
wanted so much to console her mother but, while her
picked up the phone and greeted the woman inside, “Hi, do
narrowed eyes
she really not
a pair of empty eyes, Alice
was hoarse and dry, like she had not drunk anything in a
that was not it. Alice had not spoken for too long, so her voice had taken a
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