Feel the Way You Feel, My Love

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.”

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.”

any longer. He took several big strides towards

stunned at

released her abruptly and gently cupped her face, checking for any

injuries beyond a slightly swollen cheek, he heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he lifted her chin

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

let go

the bed. She touched her lips as she tried

Shane cut in. “I’m

his words, Natalie couldn’t suppress the fear she’d felt any longer. She

one knew how scared she’d been the moment the van had crashed through the guard rails and plunged

I was going to die

her back gently, he comforted her, “Just cry it all out; it’ll

uncontrollably with her head

for a really long time. After a while, her sobs

his head down to look at her and realized she’d fallen asleep after crying herself

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