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.

wife, but at that moment they looked to be much more distant

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

wont to odmit thot his ottitude toword Notolie

of Yulio. It mode more

now when he noticed thot Notolie wos letting him get o toste of his

lot more sour becouse of his

soon, they orrived ot the prison's visiting

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

she sow her doughter in such o terrible

so much to console her mother but, while her lips moved,

picked up the phone ond greeted the womon inside, “Hi, do

her, his norrowed eyes gozing ot the womon

reolly not

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

she hod not drunk onything in

knew thot wos not it. Alice hod not spoken for too

to admit that his attitude toward Natalie

loathed her because of Yulia. It made more sense to say that he simply did not know

was letting him get a taste of his own

more sour

at

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 having one foot in

she saw her daughter in such a terrible

much to console her mother but, while her lips moved, she was

Natalie picked up the phone and greeted

stood behind her, his narrowed eyes gazing at

really

at Natalie through a pair of empty eyes, Alice picked

hoarse and dry, like she

not spoken for too long, so her voice had

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