Chapter 989


    “What happened afterward?” Natalie had her eyes closed and yed the part of an attentive audience.


    “She often told me how well my parents treated her and how much she missed them. I slowly came to


    ept her as I thought she was really fond of them, and even felt grateful to her for being there to keep


    thempany in my absence.”


    “Which was why you saved her when she met with an ident and never gave up on her in the ten


    years that she was in a vegetative state? Was that why you continued to be nice to her even after she


    came to?” Natalie said.


    Shane nodded. “That''s right. It was entirely on my parents'' ord that I treated her well. Never could I


    have expected for her to be one of those responsible for causing their death. My generosity toward her


    turned out to be a joke. I even feel that I''ve somehow let my parents down.”


    Natalie felt her man''s self-reproach and guilt. That did not make her feel good either.


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    She ced a hand on his chest. “It''s not your fault as you couldn''t have known any better, so I believe


    that Dad and Mom won''t me you for it. At worst, we can go visit them to apologize after we''ve


    caught Jacqueline. I''m sure they''ll surely forgive you.”


    Shane ran his fingers through her soft curls. “Here''s hoping.”


    They had not managed to locate Jacqueline and still had no idea where she could be after all this time.


    If left to her own devices, she could not possibly have managed to continue to elude them. Hence, he


    was convinced that someone must be assisting her from the sidelines.


    He had no inkling as to who that might be. It could not be the Gunns as they were already on theirst


    legs and were, as such, unlikely to have any resources to spare toward any distant rtions.


    Whoever has been helping Jacqueline has to be someone else. The question was who? Was it Sean,


    or...


    It urred to him that Sean and Jacqueline got in touch once when his rtions were frosty with


    Natalie.


    He, therefore, suspected that there must be more to their meeting than Sean simply asking after


    Natalie. There had to be another angle to it.


    As for what that was, he had a good hunch about it. The answer to that rested with that video inside of


    his mailbox.


    That recording was filmed by Jacqueline, so she must be in possession of the original. Jacqueline had


    every intention ofing between Natalie and himself, as did Sean.


    Therefore, there was a distinct possibility that those two might still be working together; Jacqueline


    handed the video over to Sean who, in turn, had it rerouted to him.


    Going by this line of logic, everything else seemed to fall into ce.


    Wherever Jacqueline may be holed up, it was highly probable that it was Sean who made the


    arrangements. If Sean was involved, then perhaps Jacqueline might not even be inside J City anymore.


    The more Shane thought about it, the more severe his expression grew.


    Natalie was about to check in with him when her cell phone rang, so that conversation took a backseat.


    When she pulled out her phone, she found that it was a call from Jared.


    “Jared?” said Natalie when she picked up.


    She heard Jared''s kindlinesse through from the other end. “Harrison has just got in touch with


    Susan, Nat.”


    “What?” Natalie narrowed her eyes. “Stay on the line.”


    She lowered her phone and looked toward Shane. “Is Warren still in Mr. Campbell''s custody, Darling?”


    Shane nodded. “Yes.”


    After Warren received Susan''s call, he tried to run because he knew that the cat was out of the bag.


    That was how Ss'' men nabbed him.


    They were still holding him and yet to turn him over to the police, as they were still nning to do that


    in concert with Susan''s capture.


    “What about Susan?” she asked again.


    In her eagerness to ry that rotten bit of business between Harrison and Susan, she almost forgot to


    inquire about Susan''s whereabouts.


    “Still in J City. Susan and Harrison have arranged to meet up at the airport, but she doesn''t know that


    Warren has been caught. She was in the opinion that he might have been dyed and has thus been


    waiting for him at a hotel,” replied Shane.


    The reason why he did not have Ss send anyone after Susan was because of Donald.


    If Susan was captured, who would be there to take care of the boy if he had suddenly taken ill?


    He was not going to have anyone take care of Donald because he was not his own kid.


    Besides, Susan did not have the influence of Jacqueline or Sean. She was not capable of slipping


    away under his nose, so he thought he might as well allow her to take care of the boy as he could


    always try to get her at ater time.