Chapter 1057

Chapter 1057Hannah'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.
“Bring me the lie detector,” Shane ordered.
Sally perked up at once. “Oh, how exciting!” she squealed. “If she tells a lie, Nat, she will be
electrocuted immediately!”
As she spoke, she pointed at Hannah.
“No, no!” Hannah screamed, her face pale with fright.
“That's not up to you to decide.” Sally cast a contemptuous gaze at her.Natalie said nothing. Instead, she stared at Hannah thoughtfully.
Within seconds, Silas returned with the lie detector.
Hannah took one look at it and sprang to her feet in shock.
With a grim 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 Hannah's arm around her back and pinned
her against the couch.
“Not bad,” Silas exclaimed appreciatively.
“Indeed.” Sally appeared very pleased with herself as she kept her weight on Hannah against the
couch. “Mr. Campbell, would you please place her hand on the lie detector?”
“It would be my pleasure,” replied Silas with a nod.
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will.
Initially, she had thought that she would be electrocuted the moment her skin came into contact with
the device.
Touching the cold metal gingerly, Hannah heaved a huge sigh of relief as the lie detector did not
behave as she had expected.
“All done. Ask away.” Shane looked at Natalie.
“Was it Jacqueline who paid you to deliver the boxes to me?” she asked, turning to face Hannah, who
bit her lip defiantly.There's no possible way that this cold hunk of metal can tell if a human being is lying or not. They're
bluffing me.
What if I tell them the truth and it zaps me anyway? It's safer to remain silent.
Sally slapped the back of Hannah's head in frustration. “What're you waiting for? Answer her!”
Hannah spun around and glared at Sally viciously. “Why should I?” she shouted. “How accurate is this
machine anyway? What if it electrocutes me even if I tell the truth?”
“You don't have to worry about that,” Silas interjected. “This device is attuned to the pulse and
temperature changes of the person subjected to the test. If one is telling the truth, there should be no
change in heart rate and body temperature. If a lie is being told, the pulse will quicken or slow down.
The body temperature changes in a similar way too. I'd advise you to tell the truth.”
“You heard him! The lie detector won't harm you if you tell the truth,” said Sally impatiently.
Hannah allowed her gaze to linger on Natalie first before shifting it to Shane, whose face was
inscrutable. She took a deep breath before answering. “No, it wasn't.”
Every eye in the room was fixed on the lie detector at Hannah's response.
After several seconds, the green light on the lie detector lit up instead of the red one.
“She told the truth!” Shane announced as Hannah nodded fervently, giddy with relief at her narrow
escape.
On the other hand, Natalie narrowed her eyes in suspicion. “Do you really not know Jacqueline?”
“I don't know anyone named Jacqueline,” Hannah repeated.