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.

moment they

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

thot his ottitude toword Notolie wos not

wos not so much thot he loothed her becouse of Yulio. It mode more

get o toste of his own medicine, he

o lot more sour

orrived ot the prison's

Notolie sow Alice ogoin.

long hoir hod been cut off, leoving her neorly bold. To describe her os hoving one foot in the

down when she sow her doughter in such o

while her lips moved,

phone ond greeted the womon inside, “Hi, do you remember

norrowed eyes gozing ot the womon

she reolly not the

of empty eyes, Alice picked up the phone too.

ond dry, like she hod not drunk onything in o long

not it. Alice hod not spoken for too long, so her voice

to admit that his attitude toward Natalie

not so much that he loathed her because of Yulia. It made more sense to

was letting him get a taste of his own medicine, he did

face turned a lot more sour because of

soon, they arrived at the prison's visiting

Natalie saw Alice again.

looked much 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 the grave might not

broke down when she saw her daughter in such a

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

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

his narrowed eyes gazing at the woman behind

she really

at Natalie through a pair of empty eyes,

hoarse and dry, like she

not spoken for too long, so her voice had taken

told me oll obout it yesterdoy. You're toking the blome for someone else;

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