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.

 

never felt as worthless as he was at that

Mrs. Wilson’s

about Natalie, so they didn’t sleep and

to Mrs. Wilson, hoping to catch a

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

hands tightly together. “Daddy, why hasn’t

Sean threatened to jump off the cliff with

didn’t know

he didn’t plan to tell the kids about it

be traumatized to learn that Natalie had

his gaze to mask the struggling emotions in

kidnapper run away with Mommy

flashed across Shane’s eyes. “Sort

to it right away.” With that, Connor returned the phone to

and almost bumped into her. A flash of

been removed, and she could finally

down again, it would definitely

in that instance, all Connor could think about was his mommy’s safety. Thus, he totally didn’t notice that

aware of Jacqueline’s

as Connor ran into the study while Sharon burst into tears in the living

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