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.

that Shane was right

she asked him, “You want to

her,

scoffed at herself. How silly of me! He’s obviously not pleased with me right now, so why

investigation, she doubted that his attitude toward her would

So be it!

to respond either and

moment they looked to be much

to admit that his attitude toward Natalie was not right,

It made more sense to say that he simply did not know

a taste of his own medicine, he did not like

lot more sour because of his internal

arrived at the prison’s

Natalie saw Alice again.

was clearly malnourished. Her long hair had been cut off, leaving her nearly bald. To describe her as having one foot

she saw her daughter in

console her mother but, while her lips moved,

the phone and greeted the woman inside, “Hi,

eyes gazing at the woman behind

really not

a pair of empty eyes,

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