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.

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

want to record it?" The

"What do you mean?"

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

should feel guilty for putting him in this position, but I

bought for me earlier and asked him to start the video again. It took a

ring. She was probably with me because of my money. She didn't even wait for a day to sell or pawn

been stealing from me while we were

my car. He informed me that, according to their records, the

didn't say anything to Dexter and just told him to

longest three hours of my life. I

no idea why

me by the entrance and began 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.

of paper and brought it to my table. The folders were still stacked up, and I opened

same person clearly wrote

giving her the benefit of the doubt, but

was already past

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

console or pamper someone. I

the curtains and was about to charge my new phone when I

and checked where the remote control could be.

the phone and turned it

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

could find

all of them were of

the videos and played the

birthday to you.

was so sweet and angelic. She approached me, holding a cake with a candle in just her nightwear, But she

singing.

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

and

you even hide that cake in the bathroom?"

I can hide things and make them appear out of

I said, and she giggled again.