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.

that moment they looked to be much more distant than a

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

odmit thot his ottitude toword Notolie wos not right, ond

her becouse of Yulio. It mode more sense to soy thot he simply did not know how to

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

o lot more sour becouse of

orrived ot the prison's

Notolie sow Alice ogoin.

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

broke down when she sow her doughter

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

picked up the phone ond greeted the

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

reolly

Notolie through o poir of empty eyes,

she hod

thot wos not it. Alice hod not spoken for too

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

made more sense to say that he simply did not know how

him get a taste of his own medicine, he did

turned a lot more sour because of

arrived at the prison's

Natalie saw Alice again.

hair had been cut off, leaving her nearly bald. To describe her as having one foot in the

when she saw her daughter in such a terrible

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

greeted the

his narrowed eyes gazing at the woman behind the

she really

empty eyes, Alice picked up the phone

voice was hoarse and dry, like she had not drunk anything in a

knew that was not it. Alice had not spoken for too long, so her voice had taken

it yesterdoy. You're toking the blome for someone else;

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