About ten minutes later, Shane arrived at the location marked out by the coordinates he’d received. It was a small bungalow that appeared to be built by hand. Two SWAT officers were stationed at the front door.

They walked towards Shane when they saw him. “Mr. Shane.”

“Where is she?” Shane asked, his fists clenched tightly.

One of the SWAT officers waved his hand in an inviting motion as he said, “Please follow me.”

Shane followed him to a room located on the second floor of the bungalow.

The officer opened the door to the room.

Shane was greeted by the sight of Natalie sitting on a bed, dressed in dusty, floral print clothes. There was a bowl in her hand, and she was taking small sips of chicken soup from it.

It’s really her! She’s alive!

The tension finally left Shane’s body when he saw her safe and sound. He called out softly, “Natalie!”

At the sound of his voice, Natalie paused in surprise. She lifted her head to look at him. Her eyes were reddened with tears as she bit her lips. She answered him pitifully, “Mr. Shane.”

 

couldn’t hold himself back any longer. He took several big

froze, stunned at

 

cupped her face, checking

a

long time to regain her composure, and then she pushed him away with a

let go of

back against the bed. She touched her lips as

cut in. “I’m so glad that

Natalie couldn’t suppress the fear she’d felt

the van had crashed through

die back there. I was

her tremble, Shane hugged her even more tightly. Patting her back gently, he comforted her, “Just cry it all out;

cried uncontrollably with her head

a while, her sobs

look at her and realized she’d fallen asleep after

resting on a pillow. After covering her with a blanket, he left the room and went downstairs to search for the two SWAT

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