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,”

up at once. “Oh, how exciting!” she squealed. “If she tells a

she spoke, she

screamed, her face pale with

decide.” Sally cast

said nothing. Instead, she stared at Hannah

Silas returned with

one look at it and sprang to

chuckle and a vast stride of her long legs, Sally appeared in front of Hannah to block her path of escape. With another swift movement, Sally twisted

Silas

kept her weight on Hannah against the couch. “Mr.

my pleasure,”

quickly, Hannah soon found herself

would be electrocuted the moment her skin came into

heaved a huge sigh of relief as the lie

Ask away.” Shane looked at

deliver the boxes to me?”

hunk of metal can tell if

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