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.

gently cupped her face,

cheek, he heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he lifted her chin tenderly

long time to regain her composure, and then she pushed him

go

her lips as she tried to avoid his gaze. “Mr.

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

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

van had crashed through the guard rails and plunged over the

going to die back there. I was

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

uncontrollably with her head

After a

at her and realized she'd fallen asleep after crying

was resting on a pillow. After covering her with a blanket, he

the SWAT

you find her?” Shane asked sternly as he wiped

off the cliff. They said it fell into a river. We approached

with its rear-end in the air. Since Ms. Smith was at the back of the

this was

Shane nodded his head.

tough situations, but she has always managed to turn them around. I guess fate

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