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

her head, she asked him, “You

ignored her,

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

the detective agency was done with their investigation, she doubted that his attitude toward her would get

So be it!

to respond either and put on

and wife, but at that moment they looked to be much more distant than

attitude toward Natalie

made more sense to say that

was letting him get a taste of his own medicine, he did not

lot more sour because

arrived at the prison’s visiting

Natalie saw Alice again.

time Natalie met her, and was clearly malnourished. Her long hair had been cut off, leaving her nearly bald. To describe her

down when she saw her daughter in such a terrible

but, while her lips moved, she

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

eyes gazing at

really not

a pair of empty eyes, Alice picked up the phone

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