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 she finally took the ring from her pocket. My hands coiled onto my tight fist as

want to record it?"

"What do you mean?"

it from your phone. I'm not going to replay it again for you on another day. You know, after

him in this position, but I didn't.

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

see why Dexter said he expected her to take that ring. She was

she had been stealing from

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

to Dexter and just

hours of my life. I was drowning

idea

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

the crumpled piece of paper and brought it to my table. The folders

wrote

of the doubt, but they

was already past

when decided to go to my room. I expected to see Desiree there, but was glad she was not inside. She was probably sleeping somewhere,

the mood to console or pamper someone. I just

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

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

phone and

too. We looked happy, and

I could find answers

photo section. I only had a few, but all of them were of me and her or just her alone. I took

the videos and

to

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

singing.

I wasn't even capturing the cake at the angle of

a wish and

cake in the bathroom?" I asked in

have magic. I'm a witch. I can hide things and

I know," I said, and she