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.

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

record it?"

"What do you mean?"

it again for you on

guilty for putting him in this position, but

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

he expected her to take that ring. She was probably with

had been stealing

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 it up next Friday before

say anything to Dexter and

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

had no idea why I was

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. 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

person clearly wrote the signature

just kept giving her the benefit of

already past

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

not in the mood to console

I closed the curtains and was about to charge my

remote control could be. I opened the drawers until I finally found it,

the phone and turned

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

I could find answers

first one I went to was the photo section. I only had a few, but all of them were of me and her or just her alone. I took too many

the videos and played the

to you.

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 grabbed the phone to record her when she

singing.

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

make a wish and blow the candle, which

did you even hide that cake in

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

I said, and she giggled again. "A