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.

noticed that Shane

asked him, “You want to

her,

silly of me! He’s obviously not pleased with me right now, so why did

was done with their investigation, she doubted

So be it!

Natalie decided not to respond either and put on

at that moment they looked to be much

didn’t want to admit that his attitude toward Natalie

Yulia. It made more sense to say that he simply did not know how to get along with

letting him get a taste of his own

turned a lot more sour because of

soon, they arrived at the prison’s visiting

Natalie saw Alice again.

time Natalie met her, and was clearly malnourished. Her long hair had been cut off, leaving her

broke down when she saw her

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

up the phone and greeted the woman inside,

his narrowed eyes gazing at the woman behind the

she really not

eyes, Alice picked up the phone too.

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