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.

her back before going directly to the counter. She spoke to the woman behind the counter. It took a while before she

want to record it?" The man

"What do you mean?"

it again for you on another day. You know, after this, I might

him in

him to start the video again. It took a lot of effort on my part to refrain from

But I could see why Dexter said he expected her to take that ring. She was probably

she had been stealing

according to their records, the individual who had reserved the ring

say anything to Dexter and just told

hours of my life. I was drowning in silence. I

no idea why I was

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 eyes fell

grabbed the crumpled piece of paper and brought it to my table. The folders were still stacked up, and I

same person clearly wrote the signature and her

giving her the benefit of

already past ten in

She was probably sleeping somewhere, pissed off at me. But if she expected me to come to her tonight, she'd be waiting in

mood to console or pamper someone. I just

about to charge my new phone when I suddenly had the curiosity to watch the

the TV and checked where the remote control could be. I opened the drawers until I finally found it, and

took the phone and

smiling too. We looked happy, and it left a

could find answers

but all of them were

went to the videos and

to you.

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 grabbed the

singing.

even capturing the cake at the

let me make a wish and blow

did you even hide that cake in the bathroom?" I asked

can hide things and make them appear out of nowhere..."

I said, and