Feel the Way You Feel, My Love

She did not know how the children were doing at home, and if Jacqueline had given them a hard time.

“We’ll leave tonight,” Shane answered as he sipped his coffee.

“That’s good,” Natalie said eagerly. “We would arrive tomorrow morning.”

“Wait for me in the hotel afterwards,” Shane instructed as he set his cup down on the table. “I want to go over to the diamond mine for an inspection.”

“It’s to be awfully boring.” Shane gazed at her uncertainly.

Natalie smiled. “It wouldn’t be boring if I was with you.”

Shane cheered up a great deal from her words. “Let’s go then,” he said.

“Let’s go!” Natalie jumped up and held his arm. Together, they departed the hotel.

The diamond mine stood on a hill which was close to a range of volcanoes. Very little vegetation was hardly enough to survive on its jagged surface. Natalie thought it looked very desolate indeed. That impression was somewhat subdued by the rows and rows of tents which housed bustling laborers who hoisted strange looking machinery as they went about their work.

“Are those detection equipments?” Natalie pointed toward the laborers.

a slight

those for,

are relatively soft. Once they’ve marked them out,

“I see.” Natalie nodded.

quarry up ahead. Let’s have a closer look.” Shane tugged

tell the difference between that and a regular mine. Her interest soon turned into

operation was only at the stage

was right. It

Shane indicated with a finger. “Why don’t you wait for me in there? I must discuss the excavation plan

was not keen on

hours before he had resolved

check out and made their way to

in J City the following day

to disturb them,

way to the study while

was half-past eight when she was awoken by the

where the children were having their breakfast. They couldn’t believe their eyes, so they merely stared at her in wonder. It was only when Natalie called out to them that

they grabbed a thigh