Chapter 678
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 wasposed, but it was
soposed that it began to feel eerie.
“Give me the satellite phone.” Shane reached out his hand.
Ss handed it to him immediately.
Shane made a call to the vi.
It was Mrs. Wilson who answered the phone, “Hello, Mr. Shane, it''s sote already; why haven''t you
come back? Have you found madam?”
Mrs. Wilson knew that Natalie had been kidnapped, too.
It was Joyce who ryed 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-
usation 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.
Shane had never felt as worthless as he was at that very moment.
“Madam hasn''t been rescued yet?” Mrs. Wilson''s jaw dropped in surprise.
Both the children were worried about Natalie, so they didn''t sleep and stayed up all night, waiting for
them to return.
Now that Shane called home, the children naturally huddled over to Mrs. Wilson, hoping to catch a
glimpse of news regarding their mommy.
Yet, all they heard from Mrs. Wilson was Natalie still hadn''t been saved. Devastated, Sharon broke out
in tears.
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Connor sped his hands tightly together. “Daddy, why hasn''t Mommy been saved? Did something
happen?”
Shane had ended the call with Connor when Sean threatened to jump off the cliff with Natalie.
Hence, Connor didn''t know what happened after that.
As with Shane, he didn''t n to tell the kids about it either.
He was worried that the children would be traumatized to learn that Natalie had plunged from the cliff
again.
“No, it was just some minor ident.” Shane lowered his gaze to mask the struggling emotions in his
eyes and tried to make himself sound collected. “Connor, you try to locate Mommy''s tracker again.”
“Did the kidnapper run away with Mommy again?” Connor frowned and asked.
A gleam shed across Shane''s eyes. “Sort of.”
“Alright, I''ll get to it right away.” With that, Connor returned the phone to Mrs. Wilson and ran upstairs in
a jiffy.
Jacqueline was about toe downstairs when she saw Connore up hurriedly and almost
bumped into her. A sh of vexation and resentment glowed in her eyes.
The bandages around her eyes had just been removed, and she could finally see things again.
If that little boy knocked her down again, it would definitely affect her eyes again.
However, in that instance, all Connor could think about was his mommy''s safety. Thus, he totally didn''t
notice that he almost stumbled into someone else.
More precisely, he wasn''t aware of Jacqueline''s existence at all.
Yet, all they heard from Mrs. Wilson was Natalie still hadn''t been saved. Devastated, Sharon broke out
in tears.
Watching as Connor ran into the study while Sharon burst into tears in the living room, whereas Mrs.
Wilson was busyforting Sharon, Jacqueline squinted.
Watching as Connor ran into the study while Sharon burst into tears in the living room, whereas Mrs.
Wilson was busyforting Sharon, Jacqueline squinted.
“Mrs. Wilson, does anything happen?” Jacqueline asked curiously.
Mrs. Wilson remembered when Ss asked her to pick up the children from the police station, he told
her, in particr, to not ry the matter about Natalie to Jacqueline.
Hence, Mrs. Wilson patted Sharon on her back and answered with a smile. “Oh, there''s nothing much.
Sharon was just terrified by her nightmare a little while ago”
“Ah, I see.” Jacqueline took a nce at Sharon.
But the way this girl is crying now doesn''t look like she''s frightened by a nightmare.
What are they trying to keep from me?
Jacqueline rolled her eyes and a darkened glint shed across them. Looking at the clock on the wall,
she uttered, “Oh, it''s already ten o''clock, aren''t Shane and Ms. Smithing back yet?”
A hesitant glint shed across Mrs. Wilson''s eyes as she replied, “Perhaps they''re dating outside and
woulde backter. If you''re tired, you should go to sleep, Ms. Graham.”
Jacqueline could tell that Mrs. Wilson was lying. A shaded glint flickered in her eyes and vanished in a
second. “Alright, I shall head upstairs then. You rest earlier, too, Mrs. Wilson.”
“Sure.” Mrs. Wilson nodded.
Jacqueline turned around and went upstairs.
However, when she reached the second floor, she hid in the corner of the stairwell.