Hannah’s eyes flashed with guilt at the mention of the box, but she held her ground. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t know anyone called Jacqueline.”

“Do you really not know her?” Shane suddenly chimed in, his eyes narrowing.

He scares me the most. He looks at me like he’s capable of having me killed at any moment.

Hannah lowered her face to avoid meeting his gaze. “No, I don’t.”

Sally and Natalie exchanged a glance. “Nat, what do you think? Is she telling the truth?”

Natalie frowned and shook her head.

It only takes a stubborn will to make a lie indiscernible from the truth.

“Shane, what about you?” Natalie looked toward her husband.

Shane did not answer her. Instead, he summoned Silas.

“Mr. Shane,” the latter entered the room promptly and stood at attention.

lie detector,” Shane

“If she tells a lie, Nat, she will be

she spoke, she pointed

her face pale with

up to you to decide.”

said nothing. Instead, she

returned with

one look at it and sprang

her path of escape. With another swift movement, Sally twisted Hannah’s

bad,” Silas

she kept her weight on Hannah against

pleasure,” replied Silas with a

quickly, Hannah soon found

thought that she would be electrocuted the moment her skin came into

huge sigh of relief as the lie detector did not behave

Ask away.”

the boxes to me?” she asked, turning to face Hannah, who bit her lip

can tell if a human being is lying or not. They’re bluffing

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