The waves were huge earlier, so Mrs. Larson might’ve been swept away to a nearby island.” After reporting this to Brandon, the rescuers turned around to head to their ship.
The waves were huge earlier, so Mrs. Larson might’ve been swept away to a nearby island.” After reporting this to Brandon, the rescuers turned around to head to their ship.
“Wait.” Brandon called them.
He put on a life-saver and followed the rescue team to the ship.
“I’ll go with you.” Wiping away her tears, Johanna tried to stop him.
“Brandon, you’re not thinking straight.
The wind is too strong.
It’s too dangerous for you to go with them.” However, Brandon shook his head firmly.
“I’ll bring Natalie back safely.” The waves never ceased.
Instead, they became more and more violent, which was a huge roadblock to the rescue team.
After what felt like an eternity at the sea, the search and rescue team still got nothing.
Brandon asked, “How long have we been looking for her?” “Some other boats came here earlier than we did.
They’ve been searching for an hour along the coast, but there’s no sign of her yet,” the rescue team member said through chattering teeth.
It had been raining nonstop and night had fallen.
The temperature continued to drop, and everyone was shivering from the cold.
Brandon nodded and said nothing more.
He continued to stand at the bow of the ship with the binoculars.
His white shirt was drenched from the rain, clinging to his broad shoulders.
He didn’t hide from the rain.
Instead, he stood with his back straight and a determined look in his eyes.
The rescue personnel on the ship couldn’t hold on any longer.
They even resorted to drinking liquor to warm themselves in the cabin, and one of the crew poured a mug for Brandon.
He shouted at Brandon, “Mr. Larson, would you like to come in and have a drink? You might freeze to death out here.” “Thank you.” Brandon accepted the mug of liquor and downed it in one gulp.
A warm feeling quickly flowed through his body, but he was still filled with worry.
He couldn’t help but ask, “Any news from the other teams?” A rescuer rubbed his hands to keep warm and shook his head.
“Not yet, Mr. Larson.
Do you want to go inside and rest for a bit? I’ll keep an eye out here.” Brandon sighed.
He nodded, gave the binoculars to the rescuer, and turned around to walk back to the cabin.
However, as soon as he took a step forward, his vision suddenly blurred…
The next second, he fainted on the deck.
All of a sudden, Brandon passed out.Everyone was in a panic and hurried to carry him safely into the cabin.
The rescue personnel immediately set out to check on his condition.
“Mr.Larson may have fainted from stress and fatigue.Let’s go back to shore and take him to the hospital.”
“No!”
A female voice suddenly came from the door of the cabin.
Everyone turned to look in the direction of the voice.One of the employees from the Larson Group recognized the woman and gasped.
“M…Ms.Turner, what’re you doing here?”
The accident had happened too suddenly, and Garrett was still in Barnes.
Apart from the staff of the search and rescue team, some of Brandon’s trusted employees who were stationed in Seacisco were also here.They had heard about the accident and immediately came to help.
“I’ve been friends with Brandon for years.Now that his wife got into an accident, of course I came to help in any way I could.”
Smiling slightly, Charis explained herself patiently.
“Going back will delay the rescue.I brought my yacht here.I can take him back to the hospital myself while you guys carry on with the search.”
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the sails were whipping violently in the wind.A hint of excitement flashed through Charis’s eyes as she spoke.
She had been waiting for this moment for a long time.Not long ago, she found out that Hannah was in a hospital in the countryside.
It took her little effort to bribe someone from the hospital to secretly change Hannah’s medicine, which made her health deteriorate exponentially.She did all this to force Natalie to come to the countryside.
There was one caveat to her plan: the possibility that Brandon would come along.
But even God was on her side this time.She could push through with her plan since Brandon wasn’t in the car with Natalie. She had also hired someone to stage the ‘accident’.
Charis had thought that Natalie would die in the car after the rock squashed it, but things didn’t go exactly according to her plan, because the car dodged the boulder and fell into the sea.
After this little setback, she had to carry out another plan.She took advantage of Brandon’s distraction and bribed a man from search and rescue team to let her board their ship.She then managed to spike Brandon’s drink with the drug that would make him lose part of his memory.
Everyone present didn’t doubt her when she said she would take Brandon back.However, one employee from the Larson Group did feel that it wasn’t really appropriate.
“Ms.Turner, you don’t work in the Larson Group anymore, so l think we should take care of him.There are four other teams searching the area anyway.We can surely go back and send him to the hospital.”
“Whether I still work in the Larson Group or not, Brandon and I are still good friends,” Charis said in a sincere tone.
“We can’t waste more time here.I think Brandon passed out from the cold.He’s the backbone of the Larson Group.We have to keep him alive and well.Just let me take him to the hospital-now!”
When Charis was fired from the Larson Group, nobody knew that she had fallen out with Brandon.
Everyone present found that what she said was reasonable, so nobody dared to protest any further.
“Okay then, let’s help Mr.Larson to Ms.Turner’s yacht.” The employees exchanged glances and finally agreed.
Natalie came back to consciousness to the sound of the ceaseless thunderous claps of the surf against the rocks.She opened her eyes again and looked at the sea.
The rain had eased up completely but the sky was still an ominous gloomy grey.She had no idea of how long she had been there.She was exhausted so she curled up under the shelter of some rocks and slept for some time.She looked in the distance to the horizon and couldn’t spot a single boat or ship passing by.
There was no sign of life apart from the occasional seagull diving into the reef.
Natalie swallowed hard and licked her chapped lips, and her stomach growled ravenously.
Now she was parched and starving.
Fortunately, since it had rained today, some water had collected in a shallow depression in the reef.She lay on the reef and scooped up some water into her cupped hands.She sipped the water to try to quench her thirst.
After sipping some of it, she felt like some life had returned to her body.
As for food, Natalie could only look for seaweed and bird eggs on the rocks, which barely filled her stomach.
When a person was extremely hungry and thirsty, food of any kind felt as precious as gold.
As soon as she finished eating, a downpour of rain ensued once again.
The only thing she could do was curl up under the shelter of rocks to avoid the whipping wind and rain.The night sea breeze was frigid.She took off her wet coat and placed it on the reef.She incessantly rubbed her hands together, desperately trying to keep herself warm.
Natalie could do nothing but wait.She encouraged herself to hang on for a few more days.
There would definitely be a boat coming for her.
After two days of staying by the reef, the weather finally took a turn for the better.
The sun dispelled the dark clouds and stormy haze.
She climbed to the highest point of the reef and stared out at the sea anxiously.She desperately hoped that there would be a boat passing by.She imagined countless times that she would stand at the top of the reef and shout when she saw a boat so that the boatman could see her and come to her rescue.
Unfortunately, there were only seagulls and endless waves to accompany her.
On the third morning, Natalie was woken up by the sound of a yacht.She thought it was an auditory hallucination.
When she rubbed her eyes and looked ahead, she saw a yacht floating quite nearby! She was thrilled and filled with wild excitement!
Natalie climbed to the highest point of the reef, took off her coat, waved it, and shouted at the yacht in the distance, “This way!
Help!”
Without delay, the yacht soon approached her.
“Are you Natalie White? We are the rescue team sent by the White family.”
The muscular man on the yacht reached out his hand to pull Natalie up onto the yacht.
“Come on.In order to find you, we have searched almost every inch of this sea!”
Immersed in the excitement of being saved, Natalie walked toward the yacht and said gratefully, “Thank you! My mom and dad must be really anxious.Where is my husband? Did he come with you?”
The two people on the yacht looked at each other.
The thinner rescuer said, “Yes, they are all waiting for you on the shore.You come up here first.It will take some time to get you there.”
Natalie frowned.
Seeing their reaction to her question, she could sense something was amiss.
She smiled and said, “I want to inform my parents of my safety first.You also need to report the situation, right? Can you give me the phone? I want to talk to them.”
“Well…”
These knights in shining armor who had come to her rescue actually looked flummoxed and as if they couldn’t find the words to answer her.
Natalie immediately went on the defensive because she was now suspicious.
“Since you claim to be sent by the White family, you should inform them as soon as possible that you have found me.Why are you hesitating about making a phone call to them