Hannah's eyes flashed with guilt at the mention of the box, but she held her ground. “I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know anyone called Jacqueline.”

“Do you really not know her?” Shane suddenly chimed in, his eyes narrowing.

He scares me the most. He looks at me like he's capable of having me killed at any moment.

Hannah lowered her face to avoid meeting his gaze. “No, I don't.”

Sally and Natalie exchanged a glance. “Nat, what do you think? Is she telling the truth?”

Natalie frowned and shook her head.

It only takes a stubborn will to make a lie indiscernible from the truth.

“Shane, what about you?” Natalie looked toward her husband.

Shane did not answer her. Instead, he summoned Silas.

“Mr. Shane,” the latter entered the room promptly and stood at attention.

“Bring me the lie detector,” Shane ordered.

“If she tells a lie,

she spoke, she pointed

Hannah screamed, her face pale with

you to decide.”

nothing. Instead, she stared at

seconds, Silas returned

took one look at it and sprang to her

her path of escape. With another swift movement, Sally twisted Hannah's arm around her back and

bad,” Silas

kept her weight on Hannah against the

my pleasure,” replied Silas

of them working quickly, Hannah soon found herself subjected to a polygraph against her

would be electrocuted the moment her skin came into

huge sigh of relief as the lie detector did not behave as she had

Ask away.”

who paid you to deliver the boxes to me?” she asked, turning to face Hannah,

metal can tell if a human

it zaps me anyway? It's safer

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