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

hasn't been rescued yet?” Mrs. Wilson's jaw dropped

children were worried about Natalie, so they didn't sleep and

Shane called home, the children naturally huddled over to Mrs. Wilson, hoping to

was Natalie still hadn't been saved. Devastated, Sharon

his hands tightly together. “Daddy, why hasn't Mommy been saved?

with Connor when Sean threatened to jump off the cliff with

didn't know

plan to tell the kids about

be traumatized to learn that Natalie had plunged from the cliff

the struggling emotions in his eyes and tried to make himself sound collected. “Connor,

kidnapper run away with Mommy

across

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

hurriedly and almost bumped into her. A flash of vexation and resentment glowed in

just been removed, and she

boy knocked her down again, it would definitely

mommy's safety. Thus, he totally didn't notice that he almost

aware

from Mrs. Wilson was Natalie still hadn't been

burst into tears in the living

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