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

him, “You want to see her

her, his

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

their investigation, she

So be it!

not to respond either and put on a poker

at that moment they

didn’t want to admit that his attitude toward Natalie

loathed her because of Yulia. It made more sense

get a taste of his own medicine, he

face turned a lot more sour because of his internal

soon, they arrived at the prison’s visiting

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

saw her daughter

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

up the phone and greeted the woman inside, “Hi, do you

stood behind her, his narrowed eyes gazing

really not

pair of empty eyes, Alice picked up the phone too. “Yes,

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