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.

abruptly and gently cupped her face, checking for

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

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

let go

lips as she tried to avoid his gaze. “Mr. Shane,

sorry I came late,” Shane cut in. “I'm

Natalie couldn't suppress the fear she'd felt any

knew how scared she'd been the moment the van had crashed through

to die back there. I was lucky

gently, he comforted

uncontrollably with her head on his

time. After a while,

and realized she'd fallen asleep after crying herself to

her with a blanket, he left the room and went downstairs to search for the

the SWAT officers

asked sternly as he wiped his tear-stained

fell into a river. We

the river with its rear-end in the air. Since Ms. Smith was at the back of the van, she was safe when the river began flooding the van. Otherwise, she might've drowned along with the rest of the passengers in the

was

Shane nodded his head.

to say Natalie is blessed with luck. She's been through a lot of tough situations, but she

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