Shane sat back on his sleeping bag, closed his eyes, and only opened them again after a long while.

As he reopened his eyes, there were no more rage and fury within them. He was composed, but it was so composed that it began to feel eerie.

“Give me the satellite phone.” Shane reached out his hand.

Silas handed it to him immediately.

Shane made a call to the villa.

It was Mrs. Wilson who answered the phone, “Hello, Mr. Shane, it’s so late already; why haven’t you come back? Have you found madam?”

Mrs. Wilson knew that Natalie had been kidnapped, too.

It was Joyce who relayed the news to her when she went to the police station to pick up the children.

“No.” Shane tightened his grip on the phone. There were tinges of weariness, hoarseness, and self-accusation in his voice.

He was beating himself for not being able to save her.

 

And it was him who promised that he would not let it happen a second time when she was kidnapped back then.

In spite of that, he failed to keep his promise. Not only did she experience it for a second time, but she even fell off the cliff the next day she was kidnapped.

 

as worthless as he was at that very

rescued yet?” Mrs. Wilson’s jaw

worried about Natalie, so they didn’t sleep and stayed up all night, waiting for them

children naturally huddled over to Mrs. Wilson, hoping to catch a glimpse

heard from Mrs. Wilson was Natalie still hadn’t been saved. Devastated,

“Daddy, why

with Connor when Sean threatened to jump

know what happened

he didn’t plan to tell the kids

traumatized to learn that Natalie had plunged from

gaze to mask the struggling emotions in his eyes and tried to make himself

with Mommy

across

it right away.” With that, Connor returned the phone to Mrs. Wilson and ran upstairs in

downstairs when she saw Connor come up hurriedly and almost

bandages around her eyes had just been removed, and she could finally see

her down again, it would

about was his mommy’s safety. Thus, he totally

aware of

in

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