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 was right behind

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

her,

of me! He’s obviously not pleased with me right now,

with their investigation, she doubted

So be it!

respond either and put on a poker

clearly husband and wife, but at that moment they looked to be much

want to admit that his attitude toward Natalie was not

not so much that he loathed her because of Yulia. It made more sense

letting him get a taste of his own medicine, he did not like it one

lot more sour because of his internal

soon, they arrived at the

Natalie saw Alice again.

malnourished. Her long hair had been cut off, leaving her nearly bald.

broke down when she saw her daughter

but, while her lips moved, she was unable to make

and greeted the

her, his narrowed eyes gazing at the

really not the

eyes, Alice picked up the phone

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