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 right

asked him, “You want to

ignored her, his

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

agency was done with their investigation, she doubted

So be it!

to respond either and put on

at that moment they

to admit that his attitude toward Natalie

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

get a taste of his

lot more sour because of

at the

Natalie saw Alice again.

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

when she saw her daughter in such a terrible

to console her mother but, while her lips

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

her, his narrowed eyes gazing

really

Natalie through a pair of empty eyes, Alice picked up the phone too. “Yes, I

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