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.”

Shane couldn't hold himself back any longer. He took several big strides towards the bed and pulled Natalie into a tight hug.

Natalie froze, stunned at the contact.

her face, checking for any

had no other injuries beyond a slightly swollen cheek, he heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he lifted her chin tenderly and

She took a long time to regain her composure, and then she pushed him away with a furious

let go

quickly shrunk back against the bed. She touched her lips as she tried to avoid his gaze. “Mr.

I came late,” Shane cut in. “I'm so

in his words, Natalie couldn't suppress the fear she'd felt any longer. She launched herself into his arms and burst

the van had crashed through

was going to die back there. I was lucky

tremble, Shane hugged her even more tightly. Patting her back gently,

uncontrollably with her head on his

cried for a really long time. After a while,

and realized she'd fallen asleep after

with a blanket, he left the room and went

the SWAT officers

asked sternly as he wiped his

some residents talking about a van that'd fallen off the cliff. They said it fell into a river. We approached them, and they brought us to the site of the crash. We found Ms. Smith knocking on

Since Ms. Smith was at the back of the van, she was

this was what

Shane nodded his head.

is blessed with luck. She's been through a lot of tough situations,

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