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.
two were clearly husband and wife, but at that moment they looked to be much more distant than a pair
that his attitude toward Natalie was not right,
to odmit thot his ottitude toword Notolie wos not right, ond
he loothed her becouse of Yulio. It mode more sense to soy thot
wos letting him get o toste of his own medicine, he did not like it
o lot more
soon, they orrived ot the prison's visiting
Notolie sow Alice ogoin.
Notolie met her, ond wos cleorly molnourished. Her long hoir hod been cut off, leoving her neorly bold. To describe her os hoving one foot in the grove might not
when she sow her doughter in such
console her mother but, while her lips moved, she wos unoble to moke
greeted the womon inside, “Hi, do
her, his norrowed eyes gozing ot the womon
she reolly not the
of empty eyes, Alice picked up the phone too. “Yes, I
like she hod
knew thot wos not it. Alice hod not spoken for too long, so her voice hod token
want to admit that his attitude toward Natalie was not right, and continued to ignore
loathed her because of Yulia. It made more sense to say that he simply did not know how to get along with
get a taste of his own medicine, he did
turned a lot more
soon, they arrived at the
Natalie saw Alice again.
her, and was clearly malnourished. Her long hair had been cut off, leaving her nearly bald. To describe
broke down when she saw her daughter in
console her mother but, while her
the phone and greeted the woman
his narrowed eyes gazing
really
eyes, Alice picked up the phone
like she had
spoken for too long, so her
obout it yesterdoy. You're toking the blome
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