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.

opened, and Adessa stepped 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

you want to record

"What do you mean?"

for you on

him in this position, but I didn't.

that Dexter had bought for me earlier and asked him to start the video again. It took a lot of effort on my part

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

been stealing from me while

informed me that, according to their records, the individual who had reserved the ring would pick

and just told him

hours of my life. I was drowning

had no idea why I

leave the territory without letting her know. I didn't

and brought it to my table. The folders were

same person clearly wrote the signature and her

kept giving her the benefit of the doubt, but they seemed right

was already past ten in

there, but was glad she was not inside. She was probably sleeping somewhere, pissed off at me. But

mood to console or pamper someone. I just wanted

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

instead, I connected the phone to the TV and checked where the remote control could be. I opened

the phone and

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

could find

one I went to was the photo section. I only had a few, but all of them were of me and her or

the videos and

to you.

She sang, and it was so sweet and angelic. She approached me, holding a cake with a candle in just her nightwear, But she had her golden robe on her. The recording started midway. Thad probably

singing.

capturing the cake at the angle of the video. It

wish and blow the

cake in

a witch. I can hide things and make them appear out

and she giggled again. "A