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.

Shane was

her head, she asked him, “You want to see

her, his face

herself. How silly of me! He’s obviously not pleased with me right now, so why did I even

their investigation, she doubted

So be it!

Natalie decided not to respond either and put

husband and wife, but at that moment they looked

admit that his attitude toward Natalie was not right, and

so much that he loathed her because of Yulia. It made more sense to say that he simply did not know how to get along

letting him get a taste of

more sour because of his

arrived at

Natalie saw Alice again.

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

broke down when she saw her daughter in such

her mother but, while her lips moved,

Natalie picked up the phone and greeted the woman inside,

his narrowed eyes

really not

a pair of empty eyes, Alice picked up

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