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.”

 

longer. He took several big

froze, stunned

 

released her abruptly and gently cupped her face,

she had no other injuries beyond a slightly swollen cheek, he heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he

eyes widened at his kiss. She took a long time to regain

go of her

shrunk back against the bed. She touched her lips as she tried

came late,” Shane cut in.

Natalie couldn’t suppress the fear she’d felt any longer. She launched herself into

been the moment the van

was going to die back there. I was

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

with her

a while, her sobs grew softer and

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

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

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