The Forgotten Luna by Cassandra M

Chapter 13

KAEL.

"If you press a fucking alarm, you will surely not like what I'm going to do with you."

"This is harassment, sir."

"No. This is frustration, sir! I want my ring back. My wife is missing. She has that ring, and I want to know who sold it here!" I snapped at him.

He swallowed.

"Do you have a wife?" I asked him.

He nodded.

"Do you love her?"

He nodded again.

"I have a wife, too. I want her back, but I don't know where to start." I put my hand in my back pocket and pulled out my wallet.

I opened it and took out stacks of bills, placing them on the counter in front of him. "Now, I just want to see the CCTV of the person who left this ring. And who bought it. Also the buyer's information on when he will come to pick it up. I meant no harm. I want to know so I can buy it from him." I was talking calmly this time.

He didn't talk, but his eyes were on the cash in front of him.

"You can buy many things with that money. Buy something for your wife or kids if you have any. I'm not even going to take the tape or the recording. I just want to see it."

"After this, you will leave?" He asked in a low voice.

"Once I see the video and after you give me the information about the buyer." I made it clear.

He grabbed the cash on the counter, inserted it into his pocket, and walked to the back of the shop. He then led me to a door that had a narrow hallway before it came to another door.

The security room. I didn't say anything and watched as he operated it, rewinding the recordings for the day, and my heart dropped because I was sure I saw Adessa.

"That one..." I didn't know where I found the voice to speak.

He stopped and rewinded a bit more before playing it all.

in, looking at her back before going directly to the counter. She spoke to the woman behind the counter. It took a while before she finally took the ring from her pocket. My hands coiled onto my tight fist as my

you want to record it?" The man

"What do you mean?"

replay it again for you on

for putting him in this position, but I didn't. I

the video again. It took a lot of effort on my part to refrain from punching anything while watching the same

I expected more of her. But I could see why Dexter said he expected her to take that ring. She was probably with me because of my

had been stealing from me while

was able to get back inside my car. He informed me that, according to their records, the individual who had reserved the ring

say anything to Dexter and just told him

hours of my life. I was drowning in silence.

no idea

chattering about how inconsiderate of me to leave the territory without letting her know. I didn't say anything. I didn't try to explain. I just walked away and locked myself inside my office. My

paper and brought it to my table. The folders

person clearly wrote the signature and her

kept giving her the benefit of the

was already past

decided to go to my room. I expected to see Desiree there, but was glad she was not inside. She was probably sleeping somewhere, pissed off at me. But if she expected me to come to her

not in the mood to console or pamper someone. I just wanted time

showered, I closed the curtains and was about to charge my new phone when I suddenly had the

the phone to the TV and checked where the remote control could be. I opened the drawers until I

took the phone

was smiling too. We looked happy, and it left a pang of pain inside

could find

but all of them were of me and her or just her alone. I took too many photos of

videos and played

to

approached me, holding a cake with a candle in just her nightwear,

singing.

I wasn't even capturing the cake at the angle of the video. It

and blow the candle,

hide that cake in the bathroom?" I asked in the

I can hide things and make them appear out

and she giggled again. "A beautiful