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

asked him, “You want

her,

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

the detective agency was done with their investigation, she

So be it!

Natalie decided not to respond either and put

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

want to admit that his attitude toward Natalie was

Yulia. It made more sense to say that he

noticed that Natalie was letting him get a taste of his own medicine, he did

more sour because of his internal

soon, they arrived at the

Natalie saw Alice again.

much paler and thinner than the first time Natalie 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 not sound like

saw her daughter in such

to console her mother but, while her lips moved, she was unable to make any

the phone and greeted the woman

her, his narrowed eyes gazing at the woman behind

she really

empty eyes, Alice picked up

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